BMW Rocks Watkins Glen

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A Photo Pictorial from the Six Hours at the G

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Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Charles Espenlaub and Charles Putman made it a good weekend for BMW at Watkins Glen on June 4-5. Pruett and Rojas recovering from a disasterous outing the previous Monday at Lime Rock Park, firmly put the Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Telemex BMW Riley on the Sahlen’s Six Hours pole with a new qualifying record of 1:40.562 The duo then went on to win the event over Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor in the Sun Trust Ford Dallara. Other BMW runners in the Rolex Daytona Prototype division were Dalziel and Forest in the first of the Starworks Motorsports BMW Rileys who finished seventh and Anderson/ Lester/Phillippe who placed twelveth. Fall-Line Motorsports Espenlaub and Putnam headed up a BMW M3 1-2-3 in the Continental Tire 150. The Turner Motorsport duo of Joey Hand and Michael Marsal continued their good run of finishes with second place while another Fall-Line Motorsports M3, that of Terry Borcheller and Andrew Hendricks placed third.

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TURNER M3

Bill Auberlen shares this M3 with Toronto’s

Paul Dalla Lana

RUM BUM

Driven by Matt Plumb and Gian Luis Bacardi,

who is the grandson of the Bacardi founder.

CRUISE AMERICA MINI

The BMW MINI races in the Continental Tire

Street Tuner class.

SCOTT PRUETT

Broke the record for wins and is now the only four

time Six Hours winner at Watkins Glen.

BIMMERWORLD

The new Gearwrench/Bimmerworld BMW E90s were on a high coming into Watkins Glen after winning at Lime Rock but had to deal with bad calls from the officials during the race. The #81 of Heumann and Thomas finished sixth in the Street Tuner class.

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RRT RACING

RRT uses an E90 328i to challenge for

Continental Tire ST class honors.

LAURA OLSEN

Laura enjoys the Fan Walk in pit lane with a young fan!

INSIDE A DAYTONA PROTOTYPE

Getting ready to pull up to the pit lane for the final

practise before the Sahlen’s Six Hours

GUARDIAN ANGEL MOTORSPORTS

The Maynard/Sheehan E46 uses the power of motorsports to raise money for childrens charities.

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Photography at The Glen

Watkins Glen is a very challenging track for drivers but it also challenges photographers. Put in a bit of effort with lots of walking and the results can be spectacular. I have been lucky enough to have shot on both sides of the fences at The Glen and even though there is plenty of catch fencing all around the track there are still places to get that trademark Glen shot, even from the spectator areas. All the shots in this photo pictorial were shot spectator side. The biggest lens I used was a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L with a EF 1.4x II Extender added for some shots. Yes, you will get the guardrail in the shots because you still can’t get close enough, but that blue guardrail screams Watkins Glen, there is no other place in the world like it! Don’t forget to wander around the paddock and get candid shots. There is always something going on, capture the moment, it is the preperation in the pits that allows the teams to win on the track. Record that moment for posterity! As for favorite spots to shoot. I just love coming back out of the boot onto the NASCAR circuit. You can get the inside front wheel up in the air, cars in the background out of focus due to proper use of depth of field. Shots here scream action! Getting to the inside of the toe of the boot entails a hike but shooting down onto the racecars offers a perspective you don’t get anywhere else. So, grab your camera bag and head out to the Glen and have fun!

TURNER MOTORSPORT

Last minute preparations on the Hand/

Marsal M3. They must have worked!

FALL-LINE M3

The Borcheller/Hendricks M3 rounded out a BMW 1-2-3.

NEXT GENERATION 330i

The Kennedy/London 330i was the top finishing Next Generation Motorsports car.

MONTICELLO MOTOR CLUB

Life is easier for Redman/Schultz/ Straus having their own private test track!

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Scotsman Ryan Dalziel drove the lead BMW Riley (above) for Starworks Motorsport. The sister car (shown below) was rebuilt overnight after a brush with the wall during qualifying.

Performance Directory

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