ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24Hour Race: May 14-17 2015

In about a week, the legendary 24 Hour Race of Nordschlief will commence! Here is all the news and information I thought would be helpful. But, first order of business, let's list the BMW teams and what they will have locked and ready to fire. At the bottom I will post the entry grid though....

Whew, long list actually!
Walkenhorst Motorsport powered by Dunlop: BMW Z4 GT3
BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert: BMW Z4 GT3
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS: BMW Z4 GT3
TeamCoach-Racing: E92 M3, E82
Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport: E92 335i
MSC-Rhön e.V. i. ADAC 2: M3 GTR
Cusano, Juan Angel: E46 M3
Hofor - Racing 1: M3 GTR, M3 CSL
Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport: M3 GT4
MSC-Rhön e.V. i. ADAC 1: 1M Coupe
Rehs, Patrick: 130i GTR
Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport: Z4 3.0si
Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport: 330i Coupe
Hofor Racing 3: E36 M3
Salerno, Ruben: z4
S: Hipercars GmbH: 330i
Salerno, Alessandro: 325i
Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport: 325i
Ledoux, Bruce: E90 325i
Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport: 325i
Hoffmann, Kornelius: 325i
aesthetic racing GmbH: 325i
Mönch, Michael: 325i
Meurer, Carsten: 325i
Walkenhorst Motorsport powered by Dunlop: M235i Racing
Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport: M235i Racing
Team Scheid-Honert Motorsport: M235i Racing
Ackermann, David: M235i Racing
Bonk Motorsport: M235i Racing
Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport: M235i Racing
Team Mathol Racing e.V: M235i Racing
Kaemena, Martin: M235i Racing
Finck, Fabian: M235i Racing
5 Race-House Motorsport: M235i Racing


BMW Motorsport News


Highlight at the "Hell".
The highlight of the endurance season for the BMW teams is scheduled for this weekend.


May 8 2015

The BMW Sports Trophy teams will be represented by strong drivers at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, which is in its 43rd edition this year. Six BMW Z4 GT3 will line up in the SP9 class and want to be fighting for the top places in the overall standings. Then there are the starters in the BMW M235i Racing Cup class, a BMW M235i Racing entered by BMW Motorsport as a media car and naturally a large number of privateers in their BMW cars.

"We are all really looking forward to the highlight of the endurance season and are convinced that we are in an excellent position with our two teams and our outstanding driver line-up," said BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt. "The two BMW Z4 GT3 entered by the Walkenhorst Motorsport team mean that we have another two irons in the fire. On top of this, in collaboration with Walkenhorst Motorsport, we will once again field a BMW M235i Racing media car. Two renowned motorsport journalists will be given the opportunity to contest the endurance classic alongside Harold Grohs and BMW Motorsport junior Victor Bouveng. I look forward to wishing our GT cars the best in the battle for the top places, following the gripping duels in the BMW M235i Racing, as well as watching the many BMW privateers go on their hunt through the 'Green Hell'."

As a result of the tragic accident at the first VLN race, which cost one spectator their life, for safety reasons there will be speed limits on some of the dangerous sections of track at this year's 24-hour race. Teams and drivers were given enough time to get used to these new conditions during the preparation race.

BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert will line up on the Nordschleife for the fourth time with works support from BMW Motorsport, and will field two BMW Z4 GT3. Car number 19 will be driven by Dirk Werner, Dirk Müller, Alexander Sims and DTM Champion Marco Wittmann. The cockpit of car number 20 will once again be shared by Dominik Baumann, Claudia Hürtgen, Jens Klingmann and BMW DTM driver Martin Tomczyk. The quartet celebrated victory at the six-hour qualifying race in mid April.
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS will also contest the race with works support and a top-class driver line-up. Lucas Luhr, Markus Palttala, BMW DTM driver Maxime Martin and Richard Westbrook will take it in turns at the wheel of the BMW Z4 GT3 with number 25. Car number 26 will be driven by Jörg Müller, Nick Catsburg, Dirk Adorf and BMW DTM driver Augusto Farfus. In addition to these four cars, the Walkenhorst Motorsport team will field two BMW Z4 GT3 in the SP9 class. 

A total of 15 teams have registered for the BMW M235i Racing Cup. A 16th BMW M235i Racing will be fielded by BMW Motorsport in collaboration with Walkenhorst Motorsport. The two motorsport journalists Bernd Ostmann and Christian Gebhardt will share the car with Harald Grohs and BMW Motorsport junior Victor Bouveng.


First Couple pages of the Entry List. If you want the rest let me know:






Oh and by the way there was this from the Quali:

Schubert Motorsport has won the Nürburgring 24h qualifying event. Dominik Baumann, Claudia Hürtgen, Klingmann and DTM driver Martin Tomczyk gave a confident and flawless performance and won – not least thanks to a superior strategy – ahead of the Porsche Cup Manthey Racing and Black Falcon. The Haribo Racing Team – whose Mercedes SLS had been leading until shortly before the end – found themselves ending the race in the pits with a technical defect.