Monday, March 22, 2010

Bell Micro and BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team Finish second and third at Sebring 12 Hours

Robin Osborne

In the first race of the 2010 American Le Mans Series the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team scored a double-podium class finish in the 58th annual 12 Hours of Sebring this past weekend..

Bill Auberlen, Tommy Milner and Dirk Werner co-drove the No. 92 BMW M3 GT to a second place finish (seventh overall), finishing 330 laps of the 3.7-mile, 17-turn Sebring International Raceway. They passed their team mates in the NO. 90 BMW in the last corner of the last lap of the race.

The No. 90 M3 GT co-driven by Joey Hand, Dirk Müller and Andy Priaulx completed the same number of laps to finish third (eighth overall). Hand set a new GT class race record with a 2:00.985 minute lap (lap 185) during his final stint.

Both M3s ran flawlessly for the entire race, turning some of the fastest laps in the closing hours of the race as they chased the class leader which had gained a substantial lead during the race’s second full-course caution period

Risi Competizione won in GT2, the team’s sixth straight victory in a major endurance race. They took a one-lap victory in their Ferrari F430 GT over BMW Rahal Letterman Racing’s two BMW M3s.

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