ALMS TESTING // RAHAL-LETTERMAN M3

Back in April we received a press release hinting that BMW may return to the American Le Mans series for the 2009 season. A few leaked images later, and we were convinced. Then a dry spell. No news, no testing videos, no specs, nothing. Until today (well Friday to be exact, but we were stuck in Vegas without Internet). According to our most recent press release, Team Rahal Letterman has been testing at Road Atlanta (seen above) and have announced that Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand will be the first two drivers for their pair of GT2 class M3’s. With BMW retuning to ALMS, the GT2 class, once dominated by Chevrolet's Corvette (now in GT1), should see some exciting races this coming season.

Here is what Bobby Rahal had to say about it: “With all due respect to our prototype friends, GT2 will truly be one for the ages. We are part of BMW returning, you have Corvette moving from GT1 and GT2 plus Panoz, Porsche and Ferrari. It will be extremely tough, competitive racing.” Fore more info, click here // 11.23.2008