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BMW Team PTG Looks for Luck in Las Vegas

28 October 1999

          LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Oct. 28, 1999) -- BMW Team PTG hopes
to end the 1999 race season with a strong showing in the
American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Las Vegas (Nev.) on Nov.
7.  The two-hour 45-minute race will run on the 2.25-mile Las
Vegas Motor Speedway road course.  It is the final of eight races
in the 1999 series, sanctioned by Professional Sports Car Racing.

          Although the introduction of a new-generation car gave
Porsche enough points to clinch the GT-class manufacturer
championship, BMW Team PTG still leads the GT team standings
by eight points over Alex Job Racing.  And BMW M3 drivers
Johannes van Overbeek of Danville, Calif., and Brian Cunningham
of Danville, Ky., are second and third, respectively, in GT driver
points behind  Porsche driver Cort Wagner.  He leads van
Overbeek by 16 points and Cuningham by 18 points, with a
potential 26 points available in the final race.

          "We had good success last year at Las Vegas, but things are
a little different this year.  We have a brand-new car from our major
competitor that is optimized to next year's rules, while our BMW
M3s are built to current standards," said Scott Doniger,
motorsport manager for BMW of North America, Inc.  "But our
drivers are experienced on the track and we know they'll give it
their best shot."

          Last year at Las Vegas, BMW Team PTG won the GT2 (now
GTS) class and scored a one-two finish in GT3 (now GT) en route
to a third-consecutive GT3 manufacturer title for BMW.  Boris Said
of Carlsbad, Calif., co-drove the winning GT2 BMW M3.  1998
GT3 driver champion Mark Simo of Carlsbad shared driving
honors in the winning GT3 M3.  Peter Cunningham of West Bend,
Wis., drove the second-place GT3 car.

          This year, Said and Simo will be paired in the No. 10 BMW
M3.  Peter Cunningham will co-drive the No. 7 M3 with Brian
Cunningham.

          "For an infield road circuit, Las Vegas is one of the best.  I
like it because you can pass and there are some decent high-
speed turns, where most infield circuits are usually boring," Said
explained.  "Mark's one of my best friends in the whole world, so I
think we'll have a good time and hopefully we can beat all the
other heroes."

          Said's usual co-driver, Hans Stuck of Austria, will drive the
No. 6 M3 with van Overbeek.  Stuck, 48, has won numerous
championships in his 30-year career.  Van Overbeek, 26, is
chasing the GT driver championship in his rookie season.

          "Having the opportunity to drive with one of the sports-car
legends is a tremendous honor, one I thank both Hans and Tom
[team owner Milner] for.  I'm approaching this as a learning
experience, with great respect.  I'll have my eyes and ears open to
learn all I can from someone who's been racing since before I was
born," van Overbeek said.

          "I anxiously await the end of this roller-coaster of a year.  The
championship won't be decided until, hopefully, the very last lap
on Sunday.  I'm prepared and the team is prepared to give a 100-
percent effort for Hans and I to finish as high as possible."

          All three BMW Team PTG M3s will carry the colors of team
sponsors Yokohama, Level One and Flextronics International