BimmerWorld Gears Up for Lime Rock

BimmerWorld Racing No. 84

"As a team, we’ve won at Lime Rock in various series a few times, so I know we're capable there."

After a smaller field at Mosport, this weekend you’ll be on just a 1.5-mile track with 34 other drivers. How much do you think traffic will play into the race outcome?

"I think the biggest factor is staying on the lead lap, and I would expect that to be a minority number. We would have to have a strong gap to pull out a green-flag pit stop, and so many little things can happen. But we have good cars and good drivers across the board, so, barring oddities, we should be ready to compete for the win when the final sprint gets started."

"The Mosport pole was my second of the season and our third for the car. I love that we have pace and promise in the car, but I am hoping Lime Rock is a bit better suited for our gearing so we can convert one of these poles to our first win.”

"I've raced at Lime Rock for going on six years now, and I love the track. It’s where I got my first win in cars in 2010 with the Skip Barber series. Lime Rock is a track that looks easy, with not a lot going on, but each corner is unique. At the uphill you have to trail off the brakes just right and get on the power just right or you’ll end up tagging the wall on the outside or inside of the track. West Bend is one of the corners where if you turn in too early or too late, it costs you. The downhill is a corner that you have to do right for the run down the front straight."

"We just need to stay consistent. The Canadian Tire Motorsport Park race wasn’t the best for us and set us back a bit, but we’ve had a good car at Lime Rock the last few years. The guys have been working hard between races to make some things we learned at Watkins Glen and in Canada better for Lime Rock."

"Lime Rock is like an oval track. Lapped traffic plays a big role whether it is the GS cars coming by us or lapping ST cars that are at the tail of the field. One reason why I like Lime Rock is because it's a very hard place to pass, but every year there's a lot of hard racing and having to manage lapped traffic as well as your own position is part of it."

"Lime Rock is a very cool track. Because the track is so short you would think that it has to be easy, but it isn't. I’ve only been there once. I did the M Track Days experience put together by BMW North America. I was able to drive the new M2 and the current M3 around the track for a few laps. The cars were awesome, but it was clear to me that this track is going to be difficult for passing. I think qualifying well here is going to be very important."

"iRacing is a great resource for learning many of the tracks we race on. IMSA puts together fun, jammed-packed weekends for the spectators by having many different types of cars compete. I love sharing the track with the GTD cars and Prototypes, but it means that we don't get much track time to practice. We need to make every second of practice count, so it is imperative that we know the track very well, even before the transporters roll in. Simulators and onboard video are great, but there is no replacement for real seat time."

"I have only been to Lime Rock Park once before, but we won the race! It would be nice to continue that.”

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