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  • BimmerWorld's Capestro-DuBets and Liefooghe Score Top-3 at Daytona Season Opener
    Created: Monday, January 31, 2011
    Breaking into the professional ranks of any sport is a pressure-packed endeavor, and for a young driver like BimmerWorld Racing's John Capestro-DuBets, the need to deliver a strong performance in his first pro race was critical. Thankfully, the 21-year-old Californian not only performed well in his professional debut at the GRAND-AM 200, he completed a dream weekend by standing on the famed podium at the historic Daytona International Raceway. After earning a third-place finish in the grueling 2.5-hour Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season opener with his teammate, veteran driver Gregory Liefooghe, the pilots of the No. 81 BimmerWorld BMW E90 celebrated a top-3 result to open their account on the 2011 season. Starting seventh, Capestro-DuBets, known as 'JCD' to his teammates, looked poised within the 77-car field during his turn at the wheel. Handing off the car to Liefooghe, the duo raced their way to third to start the year in spectacular fashion. "This is a dream come true...
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  • BimmerWorld Prepared for Second Season of GRAND-AM ST Competition
    Created: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
    For some teams, finishing second in a major auto racing championship would be received in a positive light--as an indicator of how much progress had been made. For BimmerWorld Racing, the 2010 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner (ST) class runner-up, finishing second has only served to fuel a relentless off-season of work to make sure it doesn't happen again. Speed, reliability and consistency were hallmarks during BimmerWorld's 2010 ST campaign, but despite the team's collection of wins, pole positions and fastest laps, improvements in every area of BimmerWorld's program were targeted for 2011. Led by long-time crew chief Jason Marks, the Dublin, VA-based BMW experts tore through their two BMW E90 chassis to freshen and improve each component and system in preparation for the season opening race this Friday at Daytona International Speedway. While the technicians at BimmerWorld have paid special attention to improving their cars, the same focus has been plac...
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  • BimmerWorld Ready for GRAND-AM GS Debut at Daytona
    Created: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
    After an intense off-season dominated by building two new cars for the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Grand Sport (GS) category, the BimmerWorld Racing team is ready to unload their BMW M3 V8s at Daytona International Speedway to go racing this week at the season opener. Drawing from a year of success in the Street Tuner (ST) division, BimmerWorld made the bold move to expand their Dublin, Va.-based GRAND-AM operation from two cars to four in 2011 with the addition of the No. 78 and 79 GS entries. Built on the heavily refined E92 chassis platform, the BMW experts at BimmerWorld have crafted their finest racing cars yet after drawing from more than a decade of knowledge gained from racing the German cars. Team owner/driver James Clay, who will pilot the No. 79 BimmerWorld BMW E92 M3 with Seth Thomas, says fans can expect one thing from BimmerWorld's new GS cars and drivers: "Excellence! We entered GRAND-AM in 2010 with the ST cars with a winning effort and nearly won the champ...
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  • BimmerWorld Announces CRC Industries, Johnstone Supply as New Partners for 2011 GRAND-AM Season
    Created: Monday, January 24, 2011
    BimmerWorld Racing revealed today an energized roster of sponsors and partners for the 2011 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season. BimmerWorld's familiar blue, white and yellow colors will continue to dress the team's two BMW E90 Street Tuner (ST) entries and its two new BMW E92 M3 Grand Sport (GS) cars, but fans will find a revised livery and new sponsors in CRC and Johnstone Supply featured prominently in both classes. GearWrench and Chin Motorsports will also return to support BimmerWorld's four-car team. CRC Industries, known for its range of popular specialty automotive chemicals, has sponsored BimmerWorld for some time, but as CRC Industries marketing manager Julie Williams explains, CRC's expanded support of BimmerWorld matches the increased promotional value the team offers with its GRAND-AM racing activities. "CRC Industries has sponsored BimmerWorld on a smaller level over the past few years and we are so impressed with the growth and hunger we've seen from...
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  • RSR Motorsports Ready for Daytona’s Challenge; Mirzayan and Sarian Team Up
    Created: Monday, January 24, 2011
    With more than twenty test days completed, RSR Motorsports is ready to see a green flag during this weekend’s GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season opener at Daytona International Speedway. The trio of MINI Cooper S race cars—sponsored by Cruise America, Thor Motor Coach and US LED—will take on the ST class in hopes of picking up right where they left off last year. Sarah Cattaneo and Owen Trinkler, driving the new No. 198 RSR Motorsports MINI, are encouraged after Test Days at Daytona just a few weeks ago. “The new car ran really well and we’re just ready to go race,” says Trinkler. “Our goal is to leave Daytona with a top-five finish. Another top five at Homestead will set us up well heading into Barber.” In addition to his RSR Motorsports driving duties, Trinkler is also competing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. He will drive the Team Spencer Mazda RX-8 with co-drivers Jim Downing, David Murry, Dennis Spencer and Rich Grupp. Cattaneo, who also carries ...
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  • BMW to race in Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in 2011.
    Created: Sunday, January 23, 2011
    Following the debut of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) last year, BMW will once again in 2011 line up in the racing series, organised by Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO). BMW Team RLL (Rahal Letterman Lanigan) will fly the BMW flag at the two races on American soil. At the four European races and the championship's Asian round in China, BMW Team Schnitzer will be responsible for fielding the two BMW M3 GT2 cars. Five BMW works drivers will be behind the wheel in the ILMC. Andy Priaulx (GB), Augusto Farfus (BR) and Jörg Müller (DE) have been confirmed as regular drivers for BMW Team Schnitzer. Priaulx and Farfus will head to the USA for the ILMC races that form part of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). In Sebring (US) and in Road Atlanta (US) they will support BMW Team RLL and BMW works drivers, Dirk Müller (DE and Dirk Werner (DE), as well as the two Americans, Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand, who will be battling for points and victories throughout the entire ALMS season. ...
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  • BimmerWorld Completes GRAND-AM GS Lineup with Wilden, Michaelian
    Created: Wednesday, January 05, 2011
    Expanding a racing team from two cars to four requires immense planning and labor, but to make all of that extra effort worthwhile, the best drivers are required. With today's announcement of Ken Wilden, 2009 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Grand Sport champion, and 2010 GS race winner Bob Michaelian as the drivers of the No. 78 BimmerWorld Racing BMW M3 V8 GS entry, the team has everything it needs to succeed. Wilden, who draws from a massive amount of racing experience in open-wheel and touring cars, and Michaelian, who has worked his way up the tin-top ladder with impressive performances at every level, arrive at BimmerWorld after driving together for six races during the 2010 GRAND-AM GS season. Wilden and Michaelian compliment BimmerWorld's new-for-2011 GS program that will see team owner/driver James Clay and Seth Thomas partner in the No. 79 BMW M3. BimmerWorld's two-car GS effort, coupled with their two-car Street Tuner program, gives the Dublin, VA-based outfit the str...
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