Hello BMW racing fans! We hope you’re as excited as we are for the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. For this epic weekend of Racing and Revelations, Kyle van Hoften will be live-blogging right here on BimmerLife! So stay tuned to this story for continuing updates on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We’ll have photos, video, visits with guests, short interviews with drivers and team members, and overall coverage of the racing and events.
Best of luck to the BMW race cars and drivers this weekend!—Mike Bevels
[Title photo by Kyle van Hoften.]
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The BMW Hybrid V8 GTP number 24 is now in 4th place, one spot off that podium! Seven more hours to go!
Just past 5:30am with a little more than eight hours remaining in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. Here’s the Paul Miller team following the race from their pit tent.
Almost eleven hours into the Rolex 24, the Turner Motorsport team goes into action for another pit stop for the 96 M4GT3 GTD car.
Ten hours-plus into the race (as in, the duration at Petit LeMans), we have less than 14 hours to go. The Hybrid V8 GTP 24 car has pushed into sixth place and in GTD Pro, the Turner 95 car is also in sixth. In GTD, the Paul Miller Racing car is in ninth while the Turner 96 car is in nineteenth. The Hybrid V8 GTP 25 car is back out on the track but sitting in ninth in class.
Fireworks Saturday night at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona are always a highlight. Well, literally….high…lights.