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  • BMW Team PTG Gets to Know Road America
    Created: Wednesday, July 30, 2003
    Just four days after its historic 1-2-3-4 Speed GT Round-6 sweep at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., BMW Team PTG introduced its four BMW M3s to the Road America circuit today for Round 7 of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship.Since the beginning of the current BMW M3 racing program in 1995, BMW Team PTG has never raced at the 4.0-mile, 14-turn circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wis.BMW took over the Speed GT Manufacturer's Championship lead after 1-2-5 and 1-3-4 finishes in Rounds 3 and 4 at Lime Rock Park in May. With his third win of the season at Infineon, Bill Auberlen leads the Speed GT Driver's Championship, so Team PTG was all business today, pushing hard to learn the track in order to defend the championship standings.Pushing a bit too hard, both Boris Said and Hans Stuck found the gravel trap at Turn 14 and Justin Marks was forced into the team's spare car after hitting the wall in Canada Corner (Turn 12).Official practice for the weekend is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. CT tomorrow...
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  • BMW TEAM PTG MAKES SPEED GT HISTORY WITH 1-2-3-4 M3 SWEEP AT INFINEON
    Created: Saturday, July 26, 2003
    BMW Team PTG made history again at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., whenit became the first Speed GT team to sweep the first four positions in theSCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship.While today's 1-2-3-4 finish was a first in Speed GT, when BMW last raced atInfineon Raceway in July of 2001, BMW M3 GTRs swept the first four spots inthe American Le Mans Series endurance race. BMW Team PTG also had its firstpodium sweep here in 1996.Bill Auberlen, in the No. 7 BMW Team PTG M3, led every lap of the 25-lap,Round-6 contest from his third pole position of the year to win by 6.75seconds over the No. 6 BMW Team PTG M3 of Boris Said. Auberlen also recordedthe fastest lap of the race at 1:42.865.In capturing his third win of the season Auberlen took the lead in theDriver's Championship and BMW extended its lead over Audi by 12 pointsin the Manufacturer's Championship.Boris Said and Hans Stuck raced each other every lap, ultimately ending upin second and third, respectively, for Said's second...
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  • Bill Auberlen Scores Third Speed GT Pole; BMW Team PTG M3s to Start 1,4,6, and 7 at Infineon
    Created: Friday, July 25, 2003
    BMW Team PTG driver Bill Auberlen recorded his second consecutive and thirdpole position of the season in today's 20-minute qualifying session forRound 6 of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship at Infineon Raceway inSonoma, Calif. Auberlen - the only GT driver in the 1:41 bracket - recordeda 1:41.560 lap around the 2.52-mile circuit in his No. 7 BMW Team PTG M3.Hans Stuck's 1:42.903 was his fastest time of the weekend and he'll startfourth in the No. 8 BMW Team PTG M3.Boris Said, in the No. 6 BMW Team PTG M3, will start just behind his 2001Team PTG teammate Stuck in sixth (1:43.535) and next to the seventh placeNo. 80 BMW Team PTG M3 of Justin Marks (1:43.650) when the 50-minute SpeedGT race makes its standing start at 8:50 a.m. tomorrow.BMW currently leads the Speed GT Manufacturer's Championship and BMW TeamPTG drivers stand third (Auberlen), fourth (Stuck), sixth (Marks) and eighth(Said) in the Driver's Championship.BILL AUBERLEN, NO. 7 BMW TEAM PTG M3 (first):"It was greasy an...
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  • BMW Team PTG Sets the Pace in Speed GT Practice; Auberlen Leads Both Sessions
    Created: Thursday, July 24, 2003
    Bill Auberlen, in the No. 7 BMW Team PTG M3, led both practice sessionstoday for Round 6 of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championships at InfineonRaceway in Sonoma, Calif., setting a time of 1:42.462 around the 2.52-mileroad course in the afternoon session. He was one-half second faster than his1:42.950 time from the morning session.The No. 8 M3 of Hans Stuck was fourth (1:43.751) and the No. 80 of JustinMarks was sixth (1:44.538).The day was trouble-free for Team PTG until Boris Said's No. 6 M3 of Borishad a mechanical problem on the first lap of the second session and couldnot complete a lap. Said's time from the morning session (1:43.227) put himthird on the day.Tomorrow's single 20-minute qualifying session is scheduled for 11:40 a.m.with the 50-minute race scheduled to start at 8:50 a.m. on Sunday.BILL AUBERLEN, NO. 7 BMW TEAM PTG M3 (first):"That time in the last session was me looking toward qualifying. I wanted toget my mind in that kind of mode. We will qualify and race earlie...
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  • Wine Country to Wisconsin: Two Races in Two Weeks for BMW Team PTG
    Created: Wednesday, July 16, 2003
    WINCHESTER, Va. (July 17, 2003) - BMW Team PTG faces two contrasting race tracks in two weeks as it heads into the second half of the 2003 SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship season: the Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma (Calif.) at Infineon Raceway on July 27, and the Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on August 3.The 12-turn, 2.52-mile Infineon Raceway tucked into the hills of Northern California's wine country is like a second home to Team PTG. It's the site of the team's first endurance-racing win and first 1-2-3 M3 sweep in 1996. It's also where, in 1997, the M3 four-door sedan earned its first victory, and where the Boris Said/Hans Stuck duo collected its first win in 1999.In 2001 Team PTG added two potent V8-powered M3 GTRs to those of BMW Motorsport and went on to a 1-2-3-4 M3 GTR finish at this circuit.On the other hand, Road America's 14 turns are spread out over an imposing 4.048 miles of Wisconsin real estate, an historic race track on which the ...
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