BMW Team RLL to Race with Numbers 25 and 100 in 2016.

First Official Test at Daytona International Speedway this Weekend.
Woodcliff Lake, N.J., – January 7, 2016… 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 under way for competitors in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
This year is a historic one for The Ultimate Driving Machine^® as Bavarian Motor Works celebrates its 100th anniversary, and to mark the occasion one of the M6 machines will race with the number 100. The second M6 will continue to race the number 25 in honor of 3.0 CSL from BMW Motorsport’s first season racing in the U.S. in 1975. 2016 also marks the 40th anniversary of BMW’s first overall win at the 24 Hours of Daytona with a 3.0 CSL driven by Brian Redman and Peter Gregg.
The two M6 machines will run in bare carbon fiber for the Roar this weekend. BMW will debut the 2016 commemorative liveries during the week leading up to the Rolex 24.
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