2017 Imsa Weathertech Sportscar Championship
2017 IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP. Sheer Driving Pleasure BMW MOTORSPORT MEDIA INFORMATION. and drivers are looking to back up those results and achieve more success for BMW Motorsport in North America in the 2017 season. As well as established IWSC drivers Bill Auberlen and John Edwards, Martin Tomczyk and Alexander Sims will also take on the high-class opposition in the GTLM class, which includes Chevrolet, Ferrari, Ford and Porsche. Tomczyk, who bid farewell to the DTM last year, remains an important part of the BMW family, while at the same time embarking on a new chapter in his motorsport career. Sims is a genuine GT specialist. The biggest success of his career to date came in 2016, in the form of victory at the 24 Hours of Spa- Francorchamps. Auberlen and Sims share the cockpit of the number 25 BMW M6 GTLM during the season. As in the past two years, they will be supported at INTRODUCTION. endurance races by DTM drivers Augusto Farfus and Bruno Spengler. The quartet has the special honour The IWSC combines magnificent cars, iconic outfit made their debut in what was at the time the of driving the 19th BMW Art Car – designed by US racetracks, quality drivers and passionate fans. In American Le Mans Series back in 2009. Since then, artist John Baldessari – at the opening round of the doing so, it continues a long tradition of sports car they have won numerous races and five titles in the season in Daytona. For this special event it will bear racing in the USA and Canada, in which BMW has GT class.
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