Amesbury, MA. July 6th, 2012 --Turner Motorsport finished off Grand-Ams grueling four-race month of June with excellent results for each of its three BMW M3s at Watkins Glen International. Bill Auberlen, Paul Dalla Lana and Billy Johnson drove the No. 94 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 to a second place finish in Sundays Rolex Sports Car Series Sahlens Six Hours of the Glen. The third consecutive podium finish sits on top of a seven race streak in which the car has not finished lower than fifth has moved the team to third in GT points. Saturday saw the No. 96 M3 of Auberlen and Dalla Lana finish eighth and the No. 97 M3 of Michael Marsal and Boris Said finish 10th in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) Continental Tire 150. The result was the third time this season both Turner M3s scored a top-10 finish.
June was tough, but we were tougher, said Will Turner. We race the only BMW in the Rolex GT class and after a four race run of top-five finishes we have moved to the front of the class, winning at Mid-Ohio and taking two strong seconds at Road America and Watkins Glen. Our CTSCC program has not seen the success of last season, but Watkins Glen saw two top-10s. Most importantly, Michael Marsal got his first taste of leading a race. That was exciting to see.
The second half of the Grand-Am season holds five more Rolex races and three more CTSCC races that will include the first sports car races held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the Grand Ams only race on the West Coast at Laguna Seca Raceway. The season will finish at Turner Motorsports home track Lime Rock Park, in Northwest, Connecticut.
Every Grand Am race, whether Rolex or Continental, gets more challenging as the season progresses, continued Turner. Nothing has come easy this season and that continues to make the Turner team stronger. Everyone did a great job at Watkins Glen.
The legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway is next up for Turner Motorsport. Live timing and scoring from practice, qualifying and both races can be found on grand-am.com. The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race takes the green flag a 1:00 p.m. and the Rolex Sports Car Series contest starts at 4:10 p.m. on July 27.
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About Turner Motorsport
Turner Motorsport is the leading BMW tuner in North America, bringing technology and expertise from the racetrack to the street for over two decades. Since 1993 the Turner Motorsport Team has competed in over 240 professional races, winning six professional racing championships in three different series since 2003. The most recent being the 2011 Continental Sports Car Challenge. Their success is passed into every component that Turner Motorsport designs and sells through their comprehensive website and performance showroom. Our race team, R&D engineers and Sales team work together, ensuring practical knowledge and state-of-the-art engineering flow in both directions. Few companies in North America can claim such a close relationship to what they sell and what they race.
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2012 ROLEX SERIES SCHEDULE
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LIVE! Super Weekend at the Brickyard July 27th @ 4:30pm ET | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
LIVE! Watkins Glen International Short Course August 11th @ 6:00 ET | Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen. NY
LIVE! Circuit Gilles Villenueve August 18th @ 7:00pm ET | Circuit Gilles Villenueve, Montreal, Quebec
LIVE! Continental Tire Sports Car Festival September 9th @ 3:00pm ET | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas, CA
LIVE! Lime Rock Park September 29th @ 3:00pm ET | Limerock Park, Lakeville, CT
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