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In Reply to: PTG M3 Sebring Press Release posted by john h on March 05, 2000 at 16:15:19:
: selected passages from the official BMW press announcement--
: SEBRING, Fla., March 1, 2000 -- After five years of sports-car racing success with
: the BMW M3, BMW Team PTG will introduce a racing version of the all-new 2001
: BMW M3 coupe at the Superflo 12 Hours at Sebring on March 18. The new M3 race
: car is based on the production model that was unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show on
: Feb. 29.
: Tom Milner's Prototype Technology Group, BMW's development team, returns to the
: American Le Mans Series in 2000 to campaign this new race car and will compete in
: the GT class of the 12-race series, which includes eight U.S. races and events in
: Australia, Canada, England and Germany.
: The main difference in the new race car is improved aerodynamics. Sleeker than its
: predecessor, it follows the lines of the new M3. In addition to the roll cage and other
: safety equipment, the racing M3 has wider fenders, larger tires, bigger brakes and a
: more powerful 3.2-liter in-line 6-cylinder engine than the production vehicle. The race
: car skims the ground with just two inches of clearance, considerably less than the
: street version.
: "We all know how punishing the 12 Hours at Sebring can be on any car, its drivers
: and the team," says Thomas Salkowsky, motorsport manager for BMW of North
: America, Inc. "We are probably going to have to climb the largest mountain we've
: faced so far..."
:
: The new No. 6 BMW M3 will be driven by the trio of Hans Stuck of Austria, Boris
: Said of Carlsbad, Calif., and Johannes van Overbeek of Danville, Calif. BMW Team
: PTG will also field the No. 10 M3, driven by Stuck and Said in 1999. Its drivers will be
: Brian Cunningham of Danville, Ky., Peter Cunningham of West Bend, Wis., and
: Darren Law of Phoenix.
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