| Turner Motorsport was named the world’s top BMW Customer Racing team at last Saturday’s 61st BMW Sports Trophy dinner in Munich, Germany – the second time a U.S. team has been awarded the honor. Exclusively racing BMWs since 1998, the Dec. 2nd banquet saw Will Turner’s eponymous team score the win based on a very successful 2023 season.
In 2023, Turner Motorsport won the IMSA VP Racing Challenge GSX championship with Francis Selldorff behind the wheel of the No. 95 BMW M4 GT4 as well as the IMSA Michelin Pilot GS title behind the efforts of Vin Barletta and Robby Foley, driving the No. 96 LIQUI-MOLY BMW M4 GT4. With three runner-up finishes in the No. 96 BMW M4 GT3 Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher finished fourth in IMSA GT Daytona class driver points – only three points from P3. Bill Auberlen and Chandler Hull, who co-drove a partial GTD Pro season in the No. 97 McIntosh BMW M4 GT4 finished 15th in GT Daytona driver points.
The January 27 – 28 Rolex 24 At Daytona will begin Turner Motorsport’s 26th season of racing for BMW and, by mid-season, see the team set the record for all-time BMW starts. When the checkered flag flew at Petit Le Mans in October Turner Motorsport’s BMW race count reached 535, second only to the legendary Schnitzer Motorsport. With the 2024 season as planned Turner’s count will reach 590 – and possibly 916 – to be the team with more races for BMW than any other team in the world.
Will Turner said, “Wow! What an honor. Thank you to everyone at BMW M Motorsport and BMW of North America. Winning the BMW Sports Trophy is a wonderful way to finish off our 25th season racing for BMW.”
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