Woodcliff Lake
, N.J.
– July 10, 2010… The BMW Rahal
Letterman Racing Team M3 GTs will start fifth and sixth in the
ultra-competitive GT class for Sunday’s American Le Mans Series
Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix.
Tommy Milner, in his first qualifying run of the season, placed the
No. 92 M3 GT fifth on the GT grid with a time of 1:47.966 minutes
around the 3.048-mile, 15-turn circuit, only .299 seconds off the
pole. A scant .004 seconds back, Dirk Müller drove the No. 90 M3
GT to the sixth starting position. Today’s qualifying session
saw the top-nine GT cars qualify within one second of the pole.
With four podium finishes in the first three races of the season, BMW
stands second in GT manufacturer points. BMW M3 GT co-drivers
Joey Hand and Dirk Müller, along with Bill Auberlen and Tommy
Milner, stand third and fourth in Driver points, respectively.
The Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix is scheduled to start
at 2:35 p.m. on Sunday. The two-hour-and-forty-five-minute contest
will be broadcast same-day on SPEED television beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET.
BMW on YouTube:
Tommy Milner, No. 92 M3 GT, describes his qualifying attempt in Utah.
BMW on YouTube:
Dirk Müller, No. 90 M3 GT describes his qualifying effort in Utah.
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, 336 BMW Sports
Activity Vehicle centers, 143 BMW motorcycle retailers, 97 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.
Information about BMW Group products is available via the Internet at:
www.bmwgroupna.com
www.press.bmw-motorsport.com
Information about Rahal Letterman Racing is available via the
Internet at:
www.rahal.com
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