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Originally Posted by tallshortguy
With BMW's long history in GT racing and continued success it makes no sense for them to pull out.
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They already pulled out of ALMS once. When their E46 M3 GT no longer met homologation rules.
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Originally Posted by tallshortguy
Besides, the reason they pulled out of 24hr le man is different than the reason you're suggesting that they would pull out of IMSA for, which is what we're discussing. They've been very successful with the Z4 despite it's lack of top end speed.
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As far as the 24hr Le Mans goes, ever since ACO made BMW change their suspension from what that had been running on the E92 in ALMS. They took their ball a went home. The Z4 GTLM has not been all that successful in the last two seasons. Corvette has won back to back championships and the Z4 has slowly been moving back in the field. There are a couple tighter tracks that favor their chassis.
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Originally Posted by tallshortguy
If anything, it will push them to go to a successor M4 car.
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We will see. But as it stands now the IMSA rules book does not favor forced induction engines. I think BMW knows they would have a hard time competing against the big normally aspirated V8's in the GTLM class. Hence there is no info on an upcoming M4 racing program.