BMW owns the day at Homestead

car_fan · 03-05-2011, 11:04 PM

BMW showed strong at the Grand Am races held at Homestead Raceway in Miami Florida today.

Brief Summary

The #01 Dinan preped Telmex BMW/Riley Daytona prototype took the checkered flag in its class.

and

The #94 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 took the GT Class Trophy

The #96 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 piloted by Bill Auberlen and Dalla Lana
brought home the checkered flag in the Continental Tire Sports car class as well.

There was some stiff competition in both classes from the Brumos Team and the band of Porsches in the GT and Prototype classes.

Ford showed strong with Mustangs in the Continental Tire Sports Car Class with a second place win.

Anybody here check out the races. It was a good day. Unfortunately I missed the majority of the Daytona Prototype/GT Class race.

midlifecrisis · 03-06-2011, 10:10 AM

The Rolex race was one of the best I've seen in a while. There was tons of passing and the usual amount of fender banging. Memo Rojas caught some grief for punting another car. He had to do a drive-through for the contact. It made the outcome a little more interesting because Pruett had to run through the field and took the lead very late in the race.

The Turner team was fantastic, and Bill Auberlen did another one of his driving clinics.

I was monitoring the Timing and Scoring of the Continental race, and it looks like there were lots of yellow flag laps. This is the best racing in the world as long as it stays green, but until last year many races had as many yellow flag laps as green. I hope that it's not a regular thing again this year. This race will be shown on Speed in a week or two. I'm going to have the popcorn ready!

scott@bmwhn · 03-07-2011, 10:28 AM

BMW F T W! Congrats to all the teams!

03-05-2011, 11:04 PM	#1
car_fan Major 481 Rep 1,208 Posts Drives: 2024 F98 X4MC Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SoFla/ATL iTrader: (0) Garage List 2020 BMW X3M [7.50] 2024 BMW X4M (F98) [10.00]	BMW owns the day at Homestead BMW showed strong at the Grand Am races held at Homestead Raceway in Miami Florida today. Brief Summary The #01 Dinan preped Telmex BMW/Riley Daytona prototype took the checkered flag in its class. and The #94 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 took the GT Class Trophy The #96 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 piloted by Bill Auberlen and Dalla Lana brought home the checkered flag in the Continental Tire Sports car class as well. There was some stiff competition in both classes from the Brumos Team and the band of Porsches in the GT and Prototype classes. Ford showed strong with Mustangs in the Continental Tire Sports Car Class with a second place win. Anybody here check out the races. It was a good day. Unfortunately I missed the majority of the Daytona Prototype/GT Class race. Attached Images __________________ 2011 MINI CooperS BRGII/Lounge Green/Sport/Prem/Connect/Black Xenon/Black Conical Spokes/ACS springs/ACS exhaust/Alta Shorty/Yokohama Advan Sport A/S 2012 M3 AW/FR NDH2/2MK/ZPP/ZCP/ZCW/752/6NR/OEM CF splitters/OEM CF Mirror caps (retired) 2012 X3 35i Titanium Silver/Black ZAP/ZPP/TECH/APPS/Breyton GTS (retired) 2018 X3 M40i BSM/Oyster/ZPP/ZPX/HK/S6CPA/718M(retired) Last edited by car_fan; 03-07-2011 at 07:15 AM..
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03-06-2011, 10:10 AM	#2
midlifecrisis Major 837 Rep 1,220 Posts Drives: 2017 X5 35d, 2019 230i X Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	The Rolex race was one of the best I've seen in a while. There was tons of passing and the usual amount of fender banging. Memo Rojas caught some grief for punting another car. He had to do a drive-through for the contact. It made the outcome a little more interesting because Pruett had to run through the field and took the lead very late in the race. The Turner team was fantastic, and Bill Auberlen did another one of his driving clinics. I was monitoring the Timing and Scoring of the Continental race, and it looks like there were lots of yellow flag laps. This is the best racing in the world as long as it stays green, but until last year many races had as many yellow flag laps as green. I hope that it's not a regular thing again this year. This race will be shown on Speed in a week or two. I'm going to have the popcorn ready! __________________ 2017 X5 35d (Performance Center delivery March 2017) 2019 230i X-drive 2022 M3 base 2000 328i sedan (UUC suspension - still the favorite), 2006 M3 slick top - Alpine White/Cinnamon SOLD! 2008 E90 M3 SOLD! 1991 325iX (both great), 2019 Miata RF - various others not as memorable but gone.
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03-07-2011, 10:28 AM	#3
scott@bmwhn Major 139 Rep 1,245 Posts Drives: Msport X3 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston iTrader: (3)	BMW F T W! Congrats to all the teams! __________________ 03' 525iT stick, 22' 530i Previous: 20' X3 M40i, 19' 740i Msport, 17' 430i GC, 15' Msport X3 28i, 15' Sportline X1 28i, 13' Msport 328i, 09' Msport 335i, 07' Msport 335i
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