BimmerWorld will return to the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner class in 2015 with two F30s and two cars from what the team says is “another German marque.” BimmerWorld owner James Clay campaigned an F30 328i in the series in 2014 along with Jason Briedis. It was a development season for the car, but the F30 was competitive, scoring a fifth place finish at Watkins Glen and a sixth at Road America.
Clay says, "I am a BMW die-hard, and after pushing the development of the new car in our program, I will again be racing one of the F30s. We haven't finalized where everyone on our team will be placed, and I have one to two seat openings to fill with either a rookie driver to be paired with one of our existing pros, a solid driver with series experience, or possibly the right driver pair.”
BimmerWorld will run two additional cars in Street Tuner along with the F30s, but they will not be BMWs. This year, the team will run two cars from a yet-to-be-disclosed German marque under a new “Next Level European” banner. Clay says, "In 2015, we are expanding the reach of our racing organization into another German marque, run under the Next Level European banner. We have an incredibly talented staff assembled for the team, our focus and dedication to the BMW brand isn't changing, and we're bringing a new offering to our customers who want to join a Championship effort with something that's different from our F30 program.”
The CTSCC season begins at Daytona in January.—Brian S. Morgan
