Blended outcomes for BMW M Motorsport groups on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Highway America, USA. BMW M Staff RLL had a troublesome weekend with its two BMW M Hybrid V8s, whereas the BMW M4 GT3 groups had motive to have a good time, with Turner Motorsport securing a category victory within the GTD class and Paul Miller Racing ending second within the GTD PRO class.
Turner Motorsport’s win, achieved by BMW M works driver Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher, ended a victory drought courting again to Mid-Ohio in 2022. This was the primary triumph of the present IMSA season for the BMW M4 GT3. Foley and Gallagher, having additionally secured podiums at Lengthy Seashore and Laguna Seca, at the moment are well-placed within the GTD drivers’ standings. Paul Miller Racing’s podium end, with BMW M works driver Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers, was their first since putting third on the 24 Hours of Daytona earlier this season.
Highway America
August 1 – 4, 2024
BMW M Staff RLL’s BMW M Hybrid V8s didn’t attain the rostrum. Philipp Eng and Jesse Krohn, ranging from the again after lacking qualifying resulting from an accident, completed seventh. Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly had been in competition early on, however Yelloly’s crash right into a barrier ended their race. Yelloly was luckily unhurt.
Sadly, the breakthrough we hoped for with our BMW M Hybrid V8 crews didn’t occur at Highway America, and we had been unable to translate the great approaches we confirmed in observe into corresponding outcomes. That’s disappointing. The #24 automobile managed an enchancment from the very again of the GTP beginning grid to seventh place after lacking qualifying. We misplaced the sister automobile from a great place resulting from an accident. I’m glad that nothing occurred to Nick Yelloly.
We’ll proceed to work exhausting to show issues round this season and reward ourselves with good outcomes.
Congratulations to Turner Motorsport on the category win and the primary success of a BMW M Motorsport staff within the present IMSA season. We had been shut a number of occasions and have achieved podium locations with the BMW M4 GT3, but it surely was solely now that we made it to the very prime of the rostrum. Congratulations once more to Paul Miller Racing for the second place within the GTD PRO class. I hope we are able to add extra successes within the second half of the season.”
Andreas Roos (Head of BMW M Motorsport)
A New Partnership for BMW
BMW M Motorsport additionally introduced a brand new partnership with Champion Ignition, now an Official Associate. The Champion emblem will function on the BMW M Hybrid V8s within the IMSA sequence and the BMW M4 GT3 pushed by René Rast within the DTM.
“We’re excited to welcome Champion Ignition as Official Associate of BMW M Motorsport,” mentioned Franciscus van Meel, CEO of BMW M GmbH. “This can be a nice match as our manufacturers are united in engineering excellence and expertise management. We’re wanting ahead to creating this a profitable collaboration throughout our motorsport programmes in IMSA and DTM.” Ananth Parameswaran, Vice President and Normal Supervisor of Champion Ignition, mentioned: “Rising quickly within the OE area with a dedication to engineering, expertise, and buyer satisfaction, Champion has develop into one of many world’s largest suppliers of OE spark plugs. This partnership will deliver collectively our model heritage in racing with our OE pedigree to boost consciousness and construct pleasure round Champion.”
