BMW Rahal Letterman prepared for Petit Le Mans

The entire BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team is now at Route Atlanta addressing final details in training for this Saturday'south Petit Le Mans endurance classic. The overall race distance will exist g miles or ten hours (whichever comes start), and GT2 class leaders normally complete about 900 miles.

Last weekend, BMW of Due north America drivers Nib Auberlen, Joey Hand, Dirk Mül ler and Tommy Milner tested both BMW M3 GT2 race cars at Road Atlanta. Test time was limited
past torrential rains, but the team was able to gather data, bed restriction pads, and properly aim each M3's xenon headlights. On Tuesday, BMW Motorsport drivers Andy Priaulx and Jörg
Müller arrived at the track.

The Petit Le Mans will be one of the toughest challenges the team has faced in its inaugural American Le Mans flavour, just having proven able to win at a circuit similar Road America, the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team is gear up to accept on Road Atlanta.

Bill Auberlen, commuter, No. ninety M3:

"The weekend exam went well. I have been function of several BMW efforts at Petit Le Mans and I feel we are set up. The key to winning the Petit is to stay clean and fast."

Joey Hand, commuter, No. 90 M3:

"Petit Le Mans is driven like a sprint. We will need to go full tilt the whole time considering the competition is closely matched. Final weekend'due south testing showed how far we take come up as a team. The engineers and mechanics and drivers work well together. We get better with every lap."

Andy Priaulx, driver, No. 90 M3:

"This will be my first race in the US then I am very excited to practise it in a BMW. I haven't driven this automobile since testing hither nine months ago, but I don't believe that to be an issue. What I will have to learn quickly are the specific rules regarding caution flags and pit stops, while getting a handle on race pace."

Tommy Milner, commuter, No. 92 M3:

"The pelting this weekend express the corporeality of track time, only the team was still able to accomplish plenty that nosotros tin can now focus on the race itself. In the ALMS you can't win merely by staying out of problem. We volition have to be both fast and reliable. I am excited that our Number 92 M3 will carry Need for Speed SHIFT logo for this race. It'due south a thrill to see the M3 on the box comprehend, and a cracking connection to real-life motorsport."

Dirk Mül ler, driver, No. 92 M3:

"During testing I learned that Atlanta tin can exist much like Malaysia with the amount of pelting coming downwardly. I did go far some dry laps and it feels similar the M3 suits the track nicely. We checked all the systems and we are prepared for the race. I accept raced Petit Le Mans four or five times and it is more like a long dart race than an endurance race. Jörg volition be a
good addition, and his final proper name begins with an M. Iii M's in our M3!"

Jörg Müller, driver , No. 92 M3:

"I have very skillful memories of Petit Le Mans and I am happy that I can come up here again to support BMW in Northward America. I accept led the race in past years, merely a GT2 grade win is high on my listing of things nevertheless to practice."

The Petit Le Mans Powered past Mazda vi is scheduled to outset at 11:15 a.m. ET Sabbatum, Sept. 26 and volition exist broadcast live on SPEED television receiver.

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