At 3 a.m., on lap 360, the No. 100 M6, with Lucas Luhr behind the wheel, suffered a heavy crash in turn one, impacting the front and rear of the car.
Luhr was unhurt, but the damage from the suspected mechanical failure forced the team to retire the car from the race.
“Something failed, but I don’t know what exactly,” Luhr said.
The two new BMW Team RLL M6 GTLM racing cards will start the 54th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona, the opening round of the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, from the third and sixth positions in the GTLM field. This afternoon’s 15-minute qualifying session was held under rainy skies making for the wettest track of the day and very difficult conditions.
This year's Rolex 24 at Daytona television coverage will be split of FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2 for the majority of the race. Streaming on FOX Sports Go will be shown for the entire 24 hours.
BMW Team RLL will debut both of its new BMW M6 GTLM class challengers this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway as the annual Roar Before the Rolex 24 At Daytona three-day test gets underway for competitors in the 2016 IMSA W
Petit Le Mans is always an intense race, and this year was no exception. Although we were fortunate to not see the same flooding as the east coast, the entire race was soaked.
Congratulations to the Rahal Letterman Lanigan 25 car team on their win today at Circuit of the Americas. John and Lucas ran a solid race on an alternate pit strategy that should have given them a shot at the top 3. Unfortunately John suffered a left front puncture with 15 minutes to go.
I drove home from VIR feeling like we had made progress from the last round at Road America, but still had a lot of work to do to catch the Porsches. After an intensely hot race, I was looking forward to getting home, ordering some takeout and watching the F1 and IndyCar races that I had recorded on my DVR.
