Blended outcomes for BMW M Motorsport groups on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Highway America, USA. BMW M Workforce RLL had a tricky weekend with its two BMW M Hybrid V8s, whereas the BMW M4 GT3 groups had cause 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 Seaside 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 inserting third on the 24 Hours of Daytona earlier this season.
Highway America
August 1 – 4, 2024
BMW M Workforce RLL’s BMW M Hybrid V8s didn’t attain the rostrum. Philipp Eng and Jesse Krohn, ranging from the again after lacking qualifying as a consequence of an accident, completed seventh. Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly have been in competition early on, however Yelloly’s crash right into a barrier ended their race. Yelloly was thankfully unhurt.
Sadly, the breakthrough we hoped for with our BMW M Hybrid V8 crews didn’t occur at Highway America, and we have been unable to translate the nice approaches we confirmed in apply 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 very good place as a consequence of an accident. I’m glad that nothing occurred to Nick Yelloly.
We are going to proceed to work onerous 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 crew within the present IMSA season. We have been shut a number of instances and have achieved podium locations with the BMW M4 GT3, but it surely was solely now that we made it to the very high of the rostrum. Congratulations once more to Paul Miller Racing for the second place within the GTD PRO class. I hope we will 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 Companion. The Champion brand 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 Companion of BMW M Motorsport,” stated Franciscus van Meel, CEO of BMW M GmbH. “It is a nice match as our manufacturers are united in engineering excellence and expertise management. We’re trying 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, stated: “Rising quickly within the OE house with a dedication to engineering, expertise, and buyer satisfaction, Champion has change into one of many world’s largest suppliers of OE spark plugs. This partnership will carry collectively our model heritage in racing with our OE pedigree to boost consciousness and construct pleasure round Champion.”
