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RAHAL and BMW HIT the BEACH “WE’VE BEEN FAST, but THAT ISN’T WHAT WINS LONG BEACH” Rahal and BMW Team RLL HIT the BEACH LONG BEACH, 2016 RAHAL AND BMW HIT THE BEACH “WE’VE BEEN FAST, BUT THAT ISN’T WHAT WINS LONG BEACH” Rahal and BMW Team RLL HIT THE BEACH The streets of Long Beach and the road second three times (actually four), and (son) Graham has also to victory lane here and at Indianapolis are finished second.” familiar territory to Bobby Rahal, team principal Thankfully, the BMW Team RLL in the IMSA WeatherTech at BMW Team RLL. SportsCar Championship has fared considerably better with “My first race here was in 1977,” said Rahal, three GT victories. an IMSA champion team owner and three time IndyCar driver champion. “My dad and I came to the The Recipe for Success at Long Beach U.S. Grand Prix. Long Beach is always a great event. Bill Auberlen, the senior BMW factory driver, has done In Indy Cars, outside of the Indianapolis 500, this is the something that Rahal never did; win at Long Beach. Auberlen, one everyone wanted to win.” the unofficial “mayor” of nearby Redondo Beach has done it Now heading a Pennsylvania group of nine new car twice in the past three years, winning in 2013 with Maxime dealerships, Rahal is building upon the success, experience, Martin, and last year with current co-driver Dirk Werner. and focused team approach that have always been keys “We’ve been fast. Our cars have been fast, but that isn’t to his racing achievements. He will be pulling double-duty what wins Long Beach,” said Auberlen. this weekend, leading the factory BMW Team RLL’s BMW M6 “The guys on the BMW pit stand have been so fast in GTLM entries and his IndyCar team. making the calls, or countering strategies, that they have “I like the combined doubleheader, having different cars helped us win here both times.” here is a lot of fun,” said Rahal. “It’s great for spectators. Great “They (BMW Team RLL strategists) do things like have us for BMW. We get a big crowd and we feed off each other.” pit twice for fuel on a long yellow, or pit way early to be out Ironically, for all his success as an Indy 500 winning driver of sequence,” said Auberlen. “Race strategy is one of the and team owner, Rahal has never won an IndyCar race here. strengths of the team. We are always in the fight at the front, “We were in position to win it once, but I broke a gearbox even if we are not as quick. It’s the leadership of the team, plus with eight laps to go,” said Rahal, wistfully. “I think I finished BMW.” 2 Putting the Pieces together “We are making small tweaks not big “The team is very professional. It is what a ones, and that is a great sign with a new car.” driver dreams about,” said Auberlen. A second place finish at Sebring together “People talk about the driver pairing with a fifth in the season opener at Daytona and combinations, but that is all done by has Auberlen and Werner and the No. 25 BMW Bobby, the team, and BMW before we currently third in the WeatherTech GTLM standings ever start,” said Auberlen. and poised for success here at Long Beach. “They go over plans and review drivers and engineers and “This is Bill’s hometown race and I know that he would personalities. Combinations are no longer a deal where you love to have another big hometown victory party,” said Rahal, just throw guys in together. They research it.” who also has BMW factory aces John Edwards and former Long That level of detail is critical in the fiercely competitive Beach overall winner Lucas Luhr in the No.100 BMW sister car. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM class where factory linked squads from BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford and Calling the Shots Porsche do battle. For Auberlen, having Rahal on the pit stand is one of the team’s advantages. New Ride “Most teams have a team manager or engineer who has “I love our new BMW M6 GTLM,” said Auberlen. never driven, but we have Bobby, who is a champion driver,” “It’s different. It’s bigger and more powerful with the twin said Auberlen. turbos. It handles differently, and Michelin has something new “When you have a team owner who understands where this year with tires that are a little different, but it makes a your head is at, he knows what’s going on in the car,” said great combination.” Auberlen. “He says the right thing to get you focused and to “We qualified 1-2 in just our second race (Sebring),” said get the most out of everyone.” Auberlen. And that is the real road to success. 3 Turning your kids loose with the keys for a drive in the “Last year (Le Mans) was one of the most mentally family car can be a bit scary. draining weeks that I’ve experienced,” said Jordan, Just imagine if the “family car” was a 600 horsepower who spent the final hour of the race hiding in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Corvette DP back of the Corvette garage, too nervous to watch. Prototype, and the drive was through the tight, concrete “I will never forget the feeling of being on the barrier lined streets of the Long Beach Grand Prix race top step of the podium.” The kids circuit. “Having Ricky be part of the team at Le Mans That is the scene for three-time sports car champion this year is great,” said Jordan. “I’m confident driver Wayne Taylor, as he tosses the virtual keys to the that he will fit in and perform well.” Wayne Taylor Racing car to his sons, Ricky and Jordan. “Le Mans is like no other race in the But, things have turned out quite all right on all world,” said Ricky. are all accounts. In fact, the Taylors are the defending pole and “It was special to see Jordan, Oliver race champions here at Long Beach. And his sons recognize (Gavin) and Tommy (Milner) stand on the opportunity and the responsibility. the podium after winning last year’s “The Daytona Prototype means a lot to our whole race. I hope we (his co-drivers are Jan family,” said Ricky Taylor. Magnussen and Antonio Garcia) can right “Firstly, it is the car that Jordan and I made our names join them there this time around.” driving in sports car racing. It was also the platform on The Taylors are not the only which our whole family has made a living over the last 12 drivers with their family teams here years, and the platform for my dad to be able to form his at Long Beach. On the opposite own racing team.” side of the paddock, Graham Growing up in a racing family can have its advantages, Rahal (age 27) and Marco but also its challenges. So can co-driving with your brother. Andretti (30), both sons of “We all know each other, we know everyone’s strengths and former series champions, also weakness, so we just have to use that to our advantage,” drive for their respective said Jordan. family teams. “These days every team has the top sports car drivers Here at Long Beach, from around the world, so we cannot count that as an Wayne Taylor expects advantage compared to them,” said Ricky. the boys to bring the “We can consider that no team in the field has as good car home with the fuel of a working relationship between teammates as we do, tank virtually empty. and that is an advantage that really helps us in long races.” And, if it is once A second place finish in the season opening Rolex 24 At again covered Daytona certainly supports that claim. in road grime, At the ripe old age of 24, Jordan has an IMSA GRAND- champagne, and AM championship, 11 race wins, and a class victory as a co- confetti; well, driver aboard the factory Corvette Racing C7.R at the 2015 that will be Le Mans 24 Hours race. even better. This year, Ricky, an 11-time IMSA race winner and IMSA series runner-up will join Jordan at Corvette Racing at Le Mans as they take the third spots aboard the pair of Corvette Racing GTE-Pro factory entries. That race will put Wayne, a former Le Mans winner, in just one role; nervous parent. Watching both his sons race through the day and night, rain and fog, in a highly pressured class filled with factory teams does that. So does seeing them drive for a team that has eight Le Mans wins in the past 15 years. 4 The kids are all TAYLOR MADE right FOR LE MANS 5 FASTFACTS Watch us GTLM FIVE BY FIVE now on FOX Don’t miss the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as the series All five manufacturers in the GTLM class finished in the Top competes at the BUBBA burger Sports Car Five at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Corvette Racing Grand Prix at Long Beach. followed its Daytona win with the victory at Sebring. BMW Team RLL and Porsche North America scored podiums while Risi Friday, April 15 (All times EDT) Competizione Ferrari and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing took fourth Qualifying and fifth respectively. 8:35 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. IMSA.com (Live) (IMSA App) Saturday, April 16 7:00 pm FOX Sports 2 (Live) 11:00 pm FOX Sports 1 (Re-air) Sunday, April 17 12:30 pm FOX Sports 1 (Re-air) HEY, BUBBA! IMSA welcomed one of its newest sponsors, BUBBA burger, Watch online on www.FOXSportsGO.com, to the family at Sebring and in a timely move, they quickly or download the FOX Sports GO app.
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