Joey Paw and Dirk Müller consolidated BMW's lead in the American Le Mans Series GT form manufacturer, team and driver championship with their tertiary consecutive win this season in today'due south Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Stone Park. The No. 56 BMW Team RLL M3 GT started from the pole and led every lap in the two-hour-and-xl-five-minute race at BMW of Northward America'south home runway. The duo completed 176 laps of the 1.474-mile circuit in the run to the checkered flag, finishing 20.387 seconds ahead of the second place Porsche.

The No. 55 M3 GT of Bill Auberlen and Dirk Werner fell victim of circumstance as Werner was hit past a competitor on lap 23, merely twenty minutes into his opening stint. The duo soldiered on after extensive repairs, ultimately finishing 8th, 13 laps downward to their teammates.

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Bobby Rahal, Team principal, added, "It's another groovy day for BMW and Rahal Letterman Lanigan. It's too bad the 55 car got in the middle of that scrum. I take no doubt that they would have been right there and I'm just really pleased that nosotros had a relatively trouble free weekend. Dunlop did a super job for the states once more. It's iii in a row, wow, that doesn't happen very often in racing, and so I'm really thrilled for Dirk and for Joey and this helps them out fifty-fifty more in the drivers' championship. BMW has given u.s.a. the great equipment and our guys have washed a not bad job and the results show."

BMW Team RLL returns to action on July 24 at Mosport International Raceway for Circular 4 of the American Le Mans Serial.

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