4 out of 5 Fall-Line BMW Prepped Machines in the Top Five!

Buffalo Grove, IL, (January 31, 2012)—- Fall-Line Motorsports accomplished a very exciting feat not many professional teams have previously achieved. Not only did the three Fall-Line BMWs finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th, another Fall-Line built BMW car finished 5th in the race!

Fall-Line Motorsports won two of the three podium positions last Friday in the BMW Performance 200! Charles Putman and Charles Espenlaub finished second while team owner Mark Boden and Bryan Sellers finished third. Fall-Line also took the fourth place with the 45 B+ Foundation BMW of Al Carter and Hugh Plumb. This exceptional result proved that the team’s hard work within the last season and in the last twelve months has already started to pay big dividends. The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge is the most competitive series in North America and the Fall-Line organization that has a strong association with the BMW brand and racing image was able to make a bold statement during the BMW Performance 200 at Daytona.

With its three cars taking three of the top four positions, Fall-Line Motorsports scored maximum points toward the manufacturer championship that they have high aspirations to win for BMW. They also beat all the other BMW teams which include some of the most professional and past champion teams in the entire Grand-Am paddock.

We had a preview for what was coming during the Daytona test days earlier this month where the team performed at its peak. The Fall-Line Motorsports team came to race at Daytona International Speedway last Thursday with high expectations. The BMW Performance 200 at Daytona was the first of ten rounds of the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.

The event started with practice on Thursday morning and the three Fall-Line Motorsports BMWs found speed immediately and topped the first three positions of the timing and scoring chart in the second of three practice sessions, an outstanding result. This sent a very powerful signal to the industry of domination for the Fall-Line BMW built car and a validation for the hard work deployed by team owner Mark Boden and team manager Michael Harvey as well as the dedicated, professional Fall-Line team to get to that point.

In qualifying, everyone was looking for a great result from the Fall-Line Motorsports team, but the 15 minute session was interrupted twice because of on-track accidents and the three Fall-Line drivers, Carter (45 car), Boden (46) and Putman (48) never had a chance to find a clear lap to show their muscles. Carter qualified 9th, Putman 11th and Boden 12th.

Fall-Line Motorsports had never won the Daytona Continental Tire Challenge season opener before and with the fast laps run in practice, the chances of achieving this ultimate goal were very high. The race began on a wet surface, which dried as proceedings progressed. The three Fall-Line starting drivers Al Carter, Mark Boden and Charles Putman took a great start and had a problem free stint.

The pit stops started after only 30 minutes into the race and, thanks to Al Carter who was able to hand the car to Hugh Plumb in the top five, Plumb was able to remain in the top five. A few laps after their driver change, Plumb, driving the No. 45 B+ Foundation – Jetset Magazine BMW, charged to the front and took command of the race on lap 23 and maintained the lead for 10 laps until the second pit stop for tires and fuel.

Bryan Sellers driving the No. 46 BCKSTGR BMW and Charles Espenlaub driving the No. 48 OMP - Safecraft Safety Systems BMW that bear new major sponsors for the season, followed a great racing strategy by the Fall-Line engineers that allowed them both to reach the top five quickly. The last 9 laps of the race saw the three Fall-Line Motorsports BMWs running in the top four! In the final lap Charles Espenlaub who was running third behind Bryan Sellers was able to make his move exiting NASCAR turn 4 and beat Sellers in the last feet before the line for second. Hugh Plumb crossed the line in fourth. Charles Espenlaub scored the fastest race lap in the BMW Performance 200.

This result could not be more exciting and provided Fall-Line’s new corporate sponsors BCKSTGR, OMP, Safecraft Safety systems and Jetset Magazine with optimal return on investment for their first race together.

The Fall-Line team is already back in Buffalo Grove to prepare for the next test in Alabama where the Fall-Line organization will follow a very strict test program to make sure when the next round of the Continental Tire Challenge comes, their teams continue their Daytona on-track domination.

The BMW Performance 200 will be televised on SPEED TV Saturday, February 4 at 12:00 PM ET. The next race is scheduled for March 30-31 at Barber Motorsports in Alabama.

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