Following the annual intermission in the American Le Mans Series flavour for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, BMW Squad RLL returns to action at Lime Rock Park on July 9th for the Northeast Grand Prix.

With BMW on height of the GT class point standings following wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Long Beach races, the squad heads to Lime Rock Park with the lead in all ALMS GT class championships and fresh from a two-day Dunlop tire test at Road Atlanta on June 15 and sixteen.
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"The BMW Team RLL guys have been champing at the bit to get back to the track after such a long hiatus," said Bobby Rahal, Team Principal. "We are the hunted instead of the hunter at the moment and we'll have to be ready to accept everyone'southward best shots. Nosotros have had some adept tests, gotten great support from BMW as well as good tire input from Dunlop, so the team and the drivers are confident that nosotros volition become to Lime Rock Park and accept another chance to do well."

Lime Rock Park is not only important because it is the home track of BMW of N America, simply information technology is the first of seven races in 13 weeks for the American Le Mans Series title. Last year BMW Team RLL clinched the GT course championship in the concluding laps of the flavor-catastrophe Petit Le Mans. This year, the 3rd for the partnership of BMW of North America, BMW Motorsport and Rahal Letterman Lanigan, BMW Team RLL has already equaled its prior two flavour win total.

Bill Auberlen, driver No. 55 M3 GT – "Afterward Long Beach I haven't been sitting around waiting for Lime Stone. Most of my time has been spent in an M3 getting podiums and winning races in GRAND AM competition. (Notation: Auberlen and co-driver Paul Dalla Lana atomic number 82 CTSCC GS points and stand up fifth in Rolex GT points.) Let's become back to dominating the ALMS. Lime Rock Park is a BMW track, nosotros have been all over the podium there."

Dirk Werner, driver No. 55 M3 GT – "I'm looking forward to bulldoze with BMW Team RLL and my teammate Neb again after the Le Mans break. After the first two races we know that our car is fast and Lime Rock Park would be the platonic place for the No. 55 car's first win. Lime Rock Park is always challenging. Traffic and how yous handle it is critical to success."

Joey Hand, driver No. 56 M3 GT – "I feel awesome coming off Le Mans. We went to win, merely a 3rd identify finish is just slap-up. Racing then standing on the Le Mans podium made me gain a huge respect for the event. Following Le Mans information technology was correct back to testing at Road Atlanta with BMW Team RLL. Heading to Lime Rock we can put into play all we learned at Atlanta with the tires and new fix-ups. Lime Stone Park is NA's home track and we really go a practiced feeling from the crowds. There are seven more races this flavor and I know we can keep our great momentum going."

Dirk Mueller, driver No. 56 M3 GT – "lt has been a long interruption and 50 am really hungry to go more success in our BMW RLL BMW M3 GT. After a great third place cease at Le Mans with BMW Motorsport and a great race at the Nurburgring 24 its fourth dimension to become back to business with the ALMS. We had a fantastic test in Atlanta the other day and fifty spend a lot of time with Joey at Le Mans which is expert in gild to get pumped for the rest of the season! I'm happy to run across the Rahal boys again and nosotros are going to Lime Rock to win this race!"

Exercise and qualifying for the American Le Mans Series Northeast grand Prix volition be held on Friday, July eight with the ii-60 minutes-and-forty-5-infinitesimal race scheduled to take the green flag at 2:05 p.1000. ET Saturday. The race will be circulate live on ESPN3.com and rebroadcast on ESPN2 from 1 – 3 p.m. ET on Sun, July, 10.

[Source: BMW ]