View Single Post
      03-22-2011, 09:27 PM   #51
OC ///M
Dr. Octagon
OC ///M's Avatar
United_States
260
Rep
1,919
Posts

Drives: Moonstone e92 M3
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: South County

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Trim M-Sport View Post
I believe the reason for the number changes is because BMW Motorsport is running in the ILMC(International Le Mans Cup) in 2011. RLL will run for BMW in the North American races (Sebring and Road Atlanta) and Team Schnitzer will run in Europe. So for BMW to be able to do this they need to have the same car numbers and team name. Hope that helps!
Trim M:
Thanks for the explanation. I didn't think to correlate the numbers with the move by BMW M to participate in the ILMC. It makes sense, but begs the question: Why couldn't Team Schnitzer use the numbers 90 and 92? Already taken in the EU?
__________________
OC ///M

2013 E92 M3 Individual
Sold: 2011 E92 M3 SSII | Sold: 2008 E92 M3 SSII | Into a Wall: 2008 E92 M3 SSII | Sold: 2007 E92 335i JB
Appreciate 0