On 21st March 2015, BMW Team RLL contest the 63rd staging of
the legendary 12-hour race of Sebring (US) in the US state of Florida. The
endurance classic is also the second race of the 2015 United SportsCar
Championship (USCC). BMW Motorsport and BMW of North America celebrate a
special anniversary on their return to Sebring this season: 40 years ago, BMW
Motorsport got its first Sebring victory, with the BMW 3.0 CSL.
In honour of that success, the two BMW Z4 GTLMs of BMW Team RLL sport special designs as they compete on the “Sebring International Raceway”.
Car number 25 will carry the colours of the winning BMW 3.0 CSL of 1975. BMW of North America presented the anniversary design of
the vehicles to the public for the first time.
Many of the successful heroes of that time took the opportunity to
attend the presentation. Forty years after the historic victory, then winners
Brian Redman (US), Sam Posey (US) and Hans-Joachim Stuck (DE) were reunited on
Amelia Island. Jochen Neerpasch, the first managing director of BMW Motorsport
GmbH, and BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt were also among the guests.
They all had front row seats as current BMW Team RLL driver Bill Auberlen (US)
completed the first presentation laps in the BMW Z4 GTLM with the anniversary
design.
1975 was a significant year in the history of BMW in North America:
BMW of North America was founded, and just a few days later came the historic
first victory with the BMW 3.0 CSL in Sebring. After finishing second and
fourth in the GTLM class at the season opener in Daytona (US), BMW Team RLL is
hoping to add another chapter to the BMW success story at this year’s classic.
