Turner Motorsport
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Turner Motorsport is one of the largest BMW
performance tuning facilities in North America. Turner Motorsport also runs a production car racing team located in Amesbury, Massachusetts
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TMS racing exclusively races BMW 325i, 330i and BMW M3
coupes in the Grand-Am GS and Street Tuner (ST) classes and in the Speed World Challenge
touring car series. In addition to BMW parts and accessories sales Turner Motorsport is active in American Grand-Am Racing. They compete in the Continental Tire Challenge and the Rolex Series with 4 BMW M3s. 5 Time Champions in World Challenge and Grand Am racing series.
Turner Motorsport won the 2003 and 2004 Speed World Challenge Touring Car Championships, breaking an eight year Honda / Acura domination of the series. After winning the championship the second consecutive time, Turner Motorsport left World Challenge to race in the 2005 Grand-Am Cup season. In their first full year in the series, Turner finished second in class in both the Street Tuner (ST) and Grand Sport (GS) classes. Turner Motorsport won both the 2006 Grand Am Cup GS and ST Driver and Team Championships and the 2007 Grand Am Cup ST Championship. Turner Motorsport was the first team to win dual GS and ST driver and team championships in the same season.
Turner Motorsport also raced an E46 BMW M3
in the SCCA Club Racing T2 Class, Will Turner finished 3rd in the 2006 SCCA Runoffs at Heartland Park Topeka
in Topeka, Kansas
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BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
performance tuning facilities in North America. Turner Motorsport also runs a production car racing team located in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Amesbury, Massachusetts
Amesbury is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Though it officially became a city in 1996, its formal name remains "The Town of Amesbury." In 1890, 9798 people lived in Amesbury; in 1900, 9473; in 1910, 9894; in 1920, 10,036; and in 1940, 10,862. The population was 16,283 at...
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TMS racing exclusively races BMW 325i, 330i and BMW M3
BMW M3
The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupé, sedan and convertible body styles...
coupes in the Grand-Am GS and Street Tuner (ST) classes and in the Speed World Challenge
SPEED World Challenge
The Pirelli World Challenge is a North American auto racing series that is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America . Founded in 1985, it consists of four classes: grand touring, touring car, a "GTS" class since 2010, and a "touring car B-spec" since 2012...
touring car series. In addition to BMW parts and accessories sales Turner Motorsport is active in American Grand-Am Racing. They compete in the Continental Tire Challenge and the Rolex Series with 4 BMW M3s. 5 Time Champions in World Challenge and Grand Am racing series.
Turner Motorsport won the 2003 and 2004 Speed World Challenge Touring Car Championships, breaking an eight year Honda / Acura domination of the series. After winning the championship the second consecutive time, Turner Motorsport left World Challenge to race in the 2005 Grand-Am Cup season. In their first full year in the series, Turner finished second in class in both the Street Tuner (ST) and Grand Sport (GS) classes. Turner Motorsport won both the 2006 Grand Am Cup GS and ST Driver and Team Championships and the 2007 Grand Am Cup ST Championship. Turner Motorsport was the first team to win dual GS and ST driver and team championships in the same season.
Turner Motorsport also raced an E46 BMW M3
BMW M3
The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupé, sedan and convertible body styles...
in the SCCA Club Racing T2 Class, Will Turner finished 3rd in the 2006 SCCA Runoffs at Heartland Park Topeka
Heartland Park Topeka
Heartland Park Topeka is a multi-purpose motorsports facility located south of Topeka, Kansas.When it opened in 1989, it was the first brand-new auto racing facility to be built in the United States for 20 years. Its facilities include a road-race course with 4 possible configurations , a ⅜ mile...
in Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
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2011 Season drivers
- Bill AuberlenBill AuberlenBill Auberlen is a race car driver born in Redondo Beach, California, USA on 12 October 1968.Bill joined BMW Team PTG in 1996 after a very successful privateer effort. In 1997, Bill won the IMSA GT3 championship, driving a BMW M3...
- Joey HandJoey HandJoey Hand is an American professional race car driver. A former champion of the Star Mazda Series, Hand is best known as a sports car driver, and is co-winner of the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona driving for Chip Ganassi Racing.-Personal life:...
- Don Salama
- Mike Marsal
- Paul Dalla Lana
Past drivers
- Chris Gleason
- Adam Burrows
- Trevor Hopwood
- Will Turner