This weekend, BMW Team RLL will be racing in the Sahlen's Six Hours Of The Glen—the sixth round in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The team recently completed testing at Road Atlanta where they were noticeably running without a livery. This made us believe that they had something special up their sleeves!
Almost half way into this season, BMW Team RLL are looking for a way to turn it around. Currently BMW sits last in points in the Manufacturers' Championship with the #25 BMW M6 GTLM of Bill Auberlen and Dirk Werner sixth in the Team Championship and John Edwards and Lucas Luhr in tenth in the #100.
Maybe hoping to rekindle the spirit of their 2001 championship season, BMW Team RLL will be running a throwback livery on the #25 BMW M6 GTLM. Inspired by the BMW Team PTG E46 M3 GTR, the M6 will be wrapped in the Stars & Stripes for the Fourth of July holiday weekend!
The BMW Team PTG M3 GTR was a dominant competitor throughout the single season that it contested in 2001. Bill Auberlen, Boris Said, and Hans J-Stuck capped off the season for BMW North America by winning the 2001 Petit Le Mans finale. As a tribute to a grieving nation and to those who lost their lives in 9/11, BMW Team PTG owner Tom Milner had created the patriotic “Stars and Stripes” design specifically for this race. As a result of the win and the special livery, the car became a legend for BMW racing fans in America.
BMW Motorsport Chassis no. M3-GTR-006 recently underwent an 18-month ground-up restoration by BMW USA Classic partner Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL) with invaluable assistance from former PTG team members and BMW Motorsport. This car was featured at our Legends of the Autobahn during Monterey Car Week.
Hopefully this new look helps to get BMW Team RLL back in the winner's circle! Tune into Fox Sports 1 or online with Fox Sports Go this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. ET for live coverage from Watkins Glen. And be sure to follow along on twitter at @BMWUSARacing.—Nate Risch
