11 hours and 56 minutes and then this....

It's not like it hasn't happened before at the 12 Hour of Sebring but once again GT's were bump and grinding on the last laps.

UPDATE: It was not Beretta who hit Hand but Bruni, as our readers quickly clarified (thanks!). This puts Hand in totally different light. Bruni too, I mean what the hell was he doing dive-bombing the race leader while many laps down?

This clip has slightly better video quality than some that have been online and you can see a bit more. I'm not sure why Joey Hand was leaving the door open so much since he was defending with worn tires. He did it twice, when he was passed the first time by Beretta and again when he got hit by him a lap later.

On Beretta's side I don't understand why with what looked like a faster car he chose that spot to make his dodgy second move. Even more puzzling is why he was so slow on the final turn the lap prior, did the Krohn Ferrari ahead stop at the apex (or one of the 24 apexes in that turn...)?

Hand's red mist powered comeback was pretty cool, looks like he has his DTM mindset all figured out. He might have saved himself the "I was ready to put him in the tires" comment afterwards though.

Sunday Drive

Joey Hand chasing Bill Auberlen during practice at Homestead, Florida. The two BMW works drivers are testing the Turner Motorsport M3 entered in the Continental Tire Storts Car Challenge.


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Hey Joey.......SLAP!

This made us laugh. No mere love tap either, our man Styles on the scene says you could clearly hear it over screaming race cars!
(nice one VelozMedia!)
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The Sweet Sounds of the Flat Plane

Flat plane crankshafts just have that something extra....Joey Hand testing in the BMW RLR GT at Road Atlanta.



"Joey Hand - normally found in the No. 90 M3 GT - tests the No. 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team M3 GT at Road Atlanta in preparation for Petit Le Mans 2010. Testing allows the team to try quite a few things to find every possible tenth. Here Joey was able to drive both M3s back-to-back to test two different spring set-ups. September 25, 2010"
(BMWNA Motorsport).

Hard Fighting at the Glen.

A great in car video from Joey Hand's Turner Motorsport BMW M3 from the June 7 2009 Grand-Am Koni Challenge race at Watkins Glen.

As the video starts, there is a restart after a yellow flag, it's mayhem! If there was ever a better illustration that there is no such thing as a "racing line", this is it. Don't miss what happens between Bill Auberlen and Andy Lally in turn 7 (the Toe).

As a bonus, after the jump, you can see the race side by side from Auberlen's and Hand's cars.

That was supposed to be a Left Turn!

On board with Joey Hand in the Turner Motorsport BMW M3 Koni Challenge car at New Jersey Motorsport Park's Thunderbolt course.

"Round #3 Race of the KONI Challenge at New Jersey Motorsports Park. In car with Joey Hand in the #97 Turner Motorsport BMW E46 M3, running nose-to-tail with Bill Auberlen in the #96 Turner Motorsport BMW E46 M3, fighting it out with each other and the Porsche for Position in the front of the pack.

The incident occurring at 1:50 forced Auberlen to pit out with a flat tire, removing him from podium contention (his co-driver Matt Bell led the race from the poll for 28 laps). Joey Hand continued on for a strong finish -- be sure to watch this race on SPEED saturday May 9th at 12:00pm ET. Be sure to set your DVR!"





And here is the rest of it.

Check your hood pins!

Joey Hand, Turner Motorsport BMW e46 M3. Grand Am Koni Challenge Homestead Miami March 14 2009






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