BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK, Birmingham, AL (July 16, 2008) -- Turner Motorsport M3s are back in action this weekend in Birmingham, Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. The H&R Springs BMWs have done well on the 2.3-mile track with podium finishes in 2005 and 2007 and two top-five finishes in 2006. The team is also coming off a second-place finish two weekends ago at Watkins Glen Raceway. Everyone on the team is looking to move one step up the podium this weekend in a race that will be televised on The Speed Channel, July 26 at 2:00pm ET.  (check out some pic's)

Bryan Ortiz and Don Salama scored the top spot in qualifying two weekends ago at Watkins Glen in the #97 H&R Springs/Nova Derm/OCG/GoToPuertoRico.com BMW M3. But their teammates Matt Alhadeff and Bill Auberlen grabbed second place at the checkered flag with the #96 Motul Lubricants/StopTech Brakes BMW M3. Ortiz was hit from behind during the early stages and knocked out of the race.

Will Turner, team owner: "Both M3s have had all of the ingredients in place except for the good luck. It's been the things out of our control that have crept up on is -- the #97 M3 taken out in the last race and both cars were stuck behind the pace car at Mosport. We had it all in place at Watkins Glen and it showed with the pole and the second-place. We're going to do everything we can to put both cars in contention for the win here on Saturday."

Turner continues, “In the past we have done very well here. Don Salama and I finished second here last year. Bill Auberlen was on the podium in 2005. The circuit suits the BMWs well and our StopTech Brakes and H&R Springs give us an edge that we hope to exploit. We want to take it all the way!”

The Speed Channel will be televising this race on Saturday, July 26 at 2:00pm ET - set your TiVO’s!

Joining the team for this weekend are two sponsors aimed at every enthusiast – Allshocks.com and Allsprings.com. They represent retail outlets for Bilstein Shock Absorbers and H&R Springs, respectively. They join an already powerful combination of sponsors and technical partners that provide championship-winning support at each race – H&R Springs, StopTech Brakes, Borla Exhaust, Pagid Racing, Motul Lubricants, and Piloti Driving Shoes.

This weekend's schedule has Practice and Qualifying on Friday with the 250-mile endurance race on Saturday afternoon. This weekend will be just for the Koni Challenge GS cars with the ST class taking a break. The full series will resume together for the following round at Iowa Speedway in August.

About Turner Motorsport
Turner Motorsport is the leading BMW tuner in North America, bringing technology and expertise from the racetrack to the street. Turner Motorsport is not about clever marketing tricks or gimmicks. Those don't belong on the racetrack where results speak for themselves. The Turner Motorsport team has won five championships in two different series since 2003, including the 2007 Koni Challenge ST Championship. This storied success is passed into every component that Turner Motorsport designs and sells through their website catalog. Our R&D engineers and Sales team work alongside our race team, allowing practical knowledge and state-of-the-art engineering to flow in both directions. Few companies in North America can claim such a close relationship to what they sell and what they race.