BMW started this year's GRAND-AM season with the BMW Performance 200 race at Daytona International Speedway, in Florida.  BMW entered sixteen BMW models into the event and walked away with three podium finishes in two categories: 2^nd and 3^rd place in the Grand Sport class and 3^rd place in the Street Tuner class. Not a bad way to start off a new track year, if you ask us.

How did BMW Performance 200 go for the sponsor? Very well.

Driving the winning BMW models were Charles Putman and Charles Espenlaub (M3, 2^nd in Grand Sport), Bryan Sellers and Mark Boden (M3, 3^rd in Grand Sport) and Gregory Lifeooghe and David A. Levine (328i, 3^rd in Grand Sport).

BMW was not only  honored but extremely excited to sponsor the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge's green-flag event. Craig Westbrook, VP Aftersales, BMW of North America comments, "as leaders in the performance parts and accessories market, there is no better place to showcase our passion than on the racetrack," ¹.

Interested in learning more about BMW's performance in the 2012 GRAND-AM season? Stay tuned as our BMW dealership in Bentonville, keeps you informed. And remember if you're interested in learning more about any of the competing BMW models, you can always contact us here... To get a better feel for BMW's racing legacy, come down for a test drive.

Source: ¹http://www.bmwusa.com/standard/content/experience/newsfeed/post/2012/01/20/2012-GRAND-AM-Season-Takes-Green-Flag-at-BMW-Performance-200.aspx