IMSA: Continental Tire Road Race Showcase (Aug 8th-10th 2014)

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Live racing happening live now at IMSA.com

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Turner's Z4 will be starting on the front row in P2!
Woohoo




And the 56 of BMW Team RLL did well today

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John Edwards Racing to P1 in the #56 BMW USA Racing Z4 GTLM with a 2:03.747
Pole sitter BMW will be followed closely by SRT in P2

Fantastic!


It was close, the time gap on the top 4 was like 0.21 seconds

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Bobby and Dirk stopped by to tell John how much he kicks ass

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If you're wondering about the black bands, those are in memory of Dieter Lamm.

Next weekend at the Nuerburgring, all 8 M4 DTM cars will sport the black ribbons as well

Farewell, Mr. Lamm

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If you're at the track, go get your autographs!

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Only a couple more laps and TMS is in P1
I hope they bring it home!

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Congrats to Turner for the win. Also, the RLL 56 car came in second in GTLM. Anyone know why they had to pit early? Couldn't watch the beginning of the race.

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Originally Posted by tallshortguy

Congrats to Turner for the win. Also, the RLL 56 car came in second in GTLM. Anyone know why they had to pit early? Couldn't watch the beginning of the race.

TMS! Those are my boys! Congrats are in order.

Re: your question. I believe it was due to contact damage (but somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) .



Coupla new shots

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Here's what BMW had to say today:


P2 for Dirk Müller and John Edwards with their no 56 BMW Z4 GTLM at Road America. Victory in the GTD class goes to Turner Motorsport! This was just another gripping TUDOR Championship race! /// Yeah, P2 für Dirk Müller und John Edwards im #BMW Z4 GTLM mit der Nummer 56. Der Sieg in der GTD-Klasse geht an Turner Motorsport! Das war wieder einmal ein packendes #USCC Rennen




and looking forward to the future:

2015 UnitedSportsCar calendar just announced 10 races GTLM Indy dropped 10 races GTD Kansas dropped. First race Daytona 24/25 January

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Great weather for racing, the track was awesome. I will post my pictures from Saturday when I can.

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Originally Posted by MiamiE93Vert

Great weather for racing, the track was awesome. I will post my pictures from Saturday when I can.

Sweet! Are you going to the FloridaBimmer charity rally?

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BMW Team RLL Finish 2nd and 8th at Road America; Strong Drive by Dirk Müller Returns BMW to the Podium

August 10 2014

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Aug. 10, 2014 . . . Dirk Müller secured BMW Team RLL’s first podium finish in four TUDOR United SportsCar Championship races with an excellent closing stint in the No. 56 BMW Team RLL Z4 GTLM to take a second place finish in today’s Road Race Showcase at Road America. Hounded from behind by the No. 93 Viper for the final minutes Müller stayed ahead to complete 61 laps of the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit in the 2.75-hour contest. He ultimately finished only 1.588 seconds behind the winning No. 62 Ferrari. Co-driver John Edwards started the race from the pole position and saved the day by deftly avoiding the race’s first accident to suffer only minor damage to the left front fascia. He pitted during the first caution period to have the damage repaired and hand off to Müller.

The No. 55 BMW Team RLL Z4 of Bill Auberlen and Andy Priaulx finished eighth. The car was started by Bill Auberlen from his fourth place qualifying position. He held the spot for the opening hour before pitting during the race’s third caution period to hand off to Priaulx. Priaulx fell back two positions following a delay at the end of his pit stop so not to run over an errant air hose and incur a penalty. He lost two more positions during late race restarts to ultimately finish eighth.

Separately, in the GTD class, the Turner Motorsport BMW Z4 GTD, driven by Dane Cameron and Marcus Palttala, raced to the team’s third victory of the season (Laguna Seca, Watkins Glen International, Road America). The duo led every lap of the 59 lap GTD race.

“Overall, this was a good day for BMW,” said Gordon McDonnell, BMWNA Motorsport Manager. “BMW Team RLL is back on the podium with a second place finish by the No. 56 Z4 and excellent drives by John and Dirk. The Balance of Performance is certainly not in our favor so the podium finish is well deserved. Congratulations to Turner Motorsport for a third GTD class win. They have kept themselves in the championship hunt.”

“Obviously, lots of yellow flags make for a challenging race,” said Jens Marquardt, BMW Motorsport Director. “We made the right strategy decisions and just had to sprint to the end with the No. 56 Z4. It is great this worked out for us with a second place for Dirk and John. Well done to the team.”

“After lap two or three the day did not look like it was going to be a good one,” said Bobby Rahal, Team Principal. “The No. 56 Z4 was wounded aerodynamically and it slowed us a little bit on the straights. Dirk did a great job and he was able to hold off the Viper at the end. The Ferrari was able to pull away from us on the long straights. Congratulations to them for the win. We are really pleased with second place. We’re back on the podium.”

John Edwards, driver No. 56 Z4 GTLM – (2nd) – “It was a bit of relief for us yesterday to get the pole as we didn’t expect to be so competitive here with all the long straights. Obviously, we played the strategy well after a bit of contact at the beginning. That gave us a shorter fueling time on the second stop and got us back in the thick of things. It was a short race for me today so this is mostly Dirk's day after he drove really hard at the end to hold the Viper off.”
Dirk Müller, driver No. 56 Z4 GTLM – (2nd) – “When I saw John have the incident only minutes into the race and the front was damaged I thought the race may be over for us. When it was my turn I used every trick in my book to chase and defend and am proud that John and I could race BMW back on the podium.”

Bill Auberlen, driver No. 55 Z4 GTLM – (8th) – “Between qualifying and the race we tipped the handling of the car over a little bit, so it took us a little while to make some adjustments during our two pit stops. Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication in the pits during Andy’s stop. In order to not run over an air line they had to back him up causing us to lose a few positions.”

Andy Priaulx, driver No. 55 Z4 GTLM – (8th) – “I think our pace was good at the end, but at the beginning and the middle we did not have the handling dialed in where we wanted it to be. Bill made a good start, but during the restarts both of us struggled. It was great for the 56 car to finish so well when they looked as if they were out of the race at the beginning.”

Round Nine of the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, the Oak Tree Grand Prix of VIR, will take place at Virginia International Raceway, in Alton, Virginia, on Sunday, August 24th. The race will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET. Follow BMW Team RLL on Twitter at BMWUSARacing for “from-the-pit-box” updates all weekend. More information on the program can be found at www.bmwusa.com and www.imsa.com.

BMW Group In America
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 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 and X4 Sports Activity Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 339 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 139 BMW motorcycle retailers, 120 MINI passenger car dealers, and 35 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.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet at: www.bmwgroupna.com

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Originally Posted by 954Stealth

Sweet! Are you going to the FloridaBimmer charity rally?

I don't think I will make it, but I should be able to make our local M3 meet August 31st.

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Originally Posted by MiamiE93Vert

I don't think I will make it, but I should be able to make our local M3 meet August 31st.

Is that the one near the bridge?

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Here are my pictures from Saturday. The weather and the track could not have been better for August. Just happened to get some pictures of a M1 at the RLL Tent.

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Originally Posted by 954Stealth

Is that the one near the bridge?

Yes, should be great pictures downtown; we had our last one on Watson Island and were able get some shots with the cruise ships behind us.

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Originally Posted by MiamiE93Vert

Yes, should be great pictures downtown; we had our last one on Watson Island and were able get some shots with the cruise ships behind us.

Fantastic photos! Somehow you managed to capture all my favorite teams lol

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Here is one of many pictures I took this past weekend.


IMG_0735 by C-M2 | Fotography, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by 954Stealth

Seb Priaulx watching his Dad race

pretty cool!!!!!!!!!!!