Amesbury, MA. September 25th, 2012 -- This weekend Turner Motorsport will compete in the season-finale GRAND-AM Championship Weekend at Lime Rock Park presented by BMW. Over the years the blue and yellow liveried Turner Motorsport BMWs have used their home field advantage to take numerous wins in many levels of the sport at Lime Rock Park.
In Saturday afternoons 2.45-hour Rolex Sports Car Series race, Bill Auberlen and Paul Dalla Lana will share the No. 94 BMW M3. The pair, along with third driver Billy Johnson at select events, drove to nine consecutive top-five finishes that included two wins in the middle of the season. That excellent record has left the team third in championship points, only one marker from second. One more podium finish could easily see the Turner team finish second in the championship.
Will Turner will be back driving in the No. 93 BMW M3 in the Rolex GT class with Michael Marsal this weekend. The duo last raced together in 2011 at Mid-Ohio where their infamous taco break pit stop occurred. Turner considers Lime Rock one of his favorite racetracks, having grown up about 45 minutes away, and Marsal is an upstate New York native. Together they hope to celebrate the whole enchilada in victory lane.
Lime Rock Park is really where it started for us, said Will Turner. It is great to finish up the 2012 season at home where we have so much support. Our number one goal is to move Paul to second in the GT championship. He has had another outstanding season. Looking forward, 2013 will be our 20th year of professional motorsport and we plan to celebrate that anniversary in some very exciting ways.
In the mornings Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge 2.5-hour Grand Sport race Marsal and Boris Said will drive the No. 97 BMW M3, but the No. 96 M3 will see a change in its lineup. Bill Auberlen will share the car with Don Salama. Better known as Turner Motorsports chief strategist, Salama is also an accomplished driver. He shared the 2006 Street Tuner class championship with Will Turner and knows the intricacies of the Lime Rock Park circuit as well as anyone.
Grand-am.com will host live timing and scoring. The Rolex Sports Car Series race will be broadcast live on SPEED television Saturday, Sept. 29th from 3 to 6 p.m. ET. The CTSCC Grand Sport race will be televised on SPEED Sunday, Oct. 14th from 1:00 3:00 p.m. ET.
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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 250 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! Lime Rock Park September 29th @ 3:00pm ET | Limerock Park, Lakeville, CT
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