Road America: Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 clinches IMSA Sprint Cup Championship

In their absolute first season with BMW and the BMW M4 GT3, Paul Miller Racing secured the IMSA Sprint Cup Championship, with one run race staying, after a fourth spot GTD class finish at Road America (USA). It is the primary title win for the new BMW M4 GT3.

Street America. In their absolute first season with BMW and the BMW M4 GT3, Paul Miller Racing secured the IMSA Sprint Cup Championship, with one run race staying, after a fourth spot GTD class finish at Road America (USA). The #1 BMW M4 GT3 of Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow (both USA) has two GTD run race triumphs (Long Beach and Lime Rock Park/USA) this season and with the Road America result, the Paul Miller Racing drivers presently have 2343 focuses in the standings and can’t be trapped in the leftover run race at Virginia International Raceway (USA) toward the finish of August. It is the principal title win for the new BMW M4 GT3.

BMW M Team RLL persevered through one more extreme day to complete fifth in the GTD PRO class in the two-hour-and-forty-minute race. The dry-wet-dry race turned out badly for the #25 MOTUL BMW M4 GT3 on the absolute first lap as John Edwards (USA), beginning from his fourth-place qualifying position, radioed in that there was a gadgets issue and that he would need to ease back and eventually stop to endeavor to reuse the PC. Issues kept on tormenting the vehicle through Connor De Phillippi’s (USA) stretches with the vehicle at last taking the checkered banner in fifth.

While Paul Miller Racing completed fourth to secure the IMSA Sprint Cup Championship, Turner Motorsport encountered some misfortune in the GTD class. Robby Foley (USA) began the race from shaft position in the #96 BMW M4 GT3. He drove for the whole first stretch, giving off to Bill Auberlen (USA) following 40 minutes into the challenge, during the race’s most memorable watchfulness time frame. Tragically, in the last phases of the race Auberlen, dashing second and in a definite platform position, was caught a twist thusly five and dropped to tenth. He in the end went too far there.

Responses after the race:

Bryan Sellers (#1 BMW M4 GT3, Paul Miller Racing): “Today might not have been our best race, yet we had one objective and that was to come out on top for the Sprint Cup championship. In the wake of missing the Rolex 24 at Daytona, that was the main title we could win, and we did it with one run competition to go. We can now race with our heads held higher and center around getting one more win for the BMW M4 GT3. We are extremely satisfied with our organization with BMW and anticipate what’s in store.”

Connor De Phillippi (#25 MOTUL BMW M4 GT3, BMW M Team RLL): “We just really can’t get a break of late. I feel awful for the folks. Ideally, we have all the misfortune far removed and can come by a decent outcome at VIR.”

John Edwards (#25 MOTUL BMW M4 GT3, BMW M Team RLL): “Today was another extreme one. A specialized issue implied an early excursion to the pits. Then an ABS issue made me go out of control and harm the underside. Everybody in this group works like a dog, yet with everything taken into account, a forgettable day.”