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Mid-Race update - ALMS Sebring 2010
Sat Mar 20 23:24:37 CET 2010 Press Release
Sebring, Fla. - March 20, 2010... The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW M3 GTs stand third and fourth in the GT2 class just past the 6-hour mark of the 58th annual 12 Hours of Sebring. With some 700 miles around Sebring International Raceway complete the team has delivered an excellent performance with the No. 92 M3 GT running second for about four-and-one-half-hours.
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Sebring , Fla. – March 20, 2010… The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW M3 GTs stand third and fourth in the GT2 class just past the 6-hour mark of the 58th annual 12 Hours of Sebring. With some 700 miles around Sebring International Raceway complete the team has delivered an excellent performance with the No. 92 M3 GT running second for about four-and-one-half-hours.
Starting from seventh on the grid, the No. 92 BMW M3 GT of Bill Auberlen, Tommy Milner and Dirk Werner has raced in second position for nearly five hours. Werner took the 10:30 a.m. start, cracking the top-five before handing off to Auberlen just prior to the one hour mark. The experienced Californian drove an excellent second stint to move into second before handing off to Milner. With three hours complete, Werner re-entered the race to drive the team’s first double-stint of the race. Auberlen drove the fifth hour, pitting for Milner almost precisely at the halfway point.
The No. 90 BMW M3 GT of Joey Hand, Andy Priaulx and Dirk Müller was forced to start from the pit lane after an off by Hand in morning warm-up. Müller took the green flag and quickly carved through the field to deliver the No. 90 machine to Hand in fourth. One hour later, Andy Priaulx took the wheel and retained control of the fourth spot. Priaulx pitted just past the three-hour mark for fuel and new Dunlop tires, remaining in car for a second stint. Müller followed, also driving a double-stint. The race’s second caution period placed the pace car in between Müller and the overall leader, costing valuable track position when Hand rejoined the race.
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Attached Image: On Friday the team, its sponsors, technical partners, and the BMW Car Club of America members held a celebration in honor of BMW of North America’s 35th anniversary and the marque’s first major sports car endurance racing victory in North America – the 1975 12 Hours of Sebring.
About BMW Rahal Letterman Racing:
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since
1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles
in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include
marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW
brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and
the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a strategic
design consultancy in California; a technology office in Silicon
Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW
Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group’s
global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant
for all X5 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity
Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the
U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers, 335 BMW Sports
Activity Vehicle centers, 143 BMW motorcycle retailers, 91 MINI
passenger car dealers, and 31 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW
(US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North
America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
BMW’s partner, Rahal Letterman Racing, based in Hilliard,
Ohio and co-owned by three-time IndyCar Champion and 1986 Indianapolis
500 winner Bobby Rahal and CBS LATE SHOW host David Letterman, has
been competing for more than a decade compiling 20 victories, 30 poles
and one series championship (Bobby Rahal in 1992 in CART) and an
Indianapolis 500 championship (Buddy Rice in 2004). In 2008
Rahal Letterman Racing again won Rookie-of-the-Year honors at the
Indianapolis 500 and partnered with Andersen Racing to run two entries
in the Indy Pro Series. In 2009 the team joined BMW of North America
to campaign the BMW M3 as BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team in the
American Le Mans Series.
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