At the Tudor Championship's Sahlen 6 Hours at the Glen this weekend, BMW Motorsport will hold the North American public revealing of the new BMW M6 GT3 and BMW M235i Racing cars.
The M6 GT3 will be replacing the Z4 GT3 that has seen so much professional and privateer success worldwide in recent years. The BMW M6 GT3 is currently in the testing phase and is expected to make its racing debut in 2016. Here in the North America, the GT3 spec race cars can be raced in the Pirelli World Challenge and next year in Tudor Championship as the GTD class will transition to the worldwide spec.
Although BMW Motorsport has not stated that there will be a GTE version to replace BMW Team RLL's current Z4 GTLM cars yet, most have assumed that they will continue with the successful program.
The M235i Racing is planned to be made available to North American enthusiasts next year. This more affordable race car has been racing in Europe for the last two seasons and has recently has had some hot weather testing completed at the new BMW Performance Center West at The Thermal Club. Currently it is unknown how it will be classified for racing in North America though.
If you want to express your intent, send an email with contact info to: M235iRacing@bmwna.com and remember, the M235i Racing car is a track-day and Club Racing special. It will be sold for off-road use only, and most likely sold only through the BMW Motorsport Parts dealers. We can’t think of a better way to start your 2016 BMW CCA Club Racing season!
Both cars will be on display at the BMWUSA Classic display along with the No. 25 3.0CSL that gave BMW its first motorsport victory at Sebring in 1975 and the BMW of North America sponsored McLaren F1 GTR that raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1996.—Nate Risch
