E46 M3 GTR Comprehensive Thread

[Estoril]

Hi there, I am trying to find out how many GTRs ran in the ALMS?. PTG, BMW works and Schitzer all had teams I think. is there a register somewhere. Not finding one.

PTG had ~8-10 when I visited. Some were in BMW factory livery. Others were in private team livery. Turner ran a pair, so they probably had 3...maybe four.

Keep in mind that PTG was shipped stripped gray chassis which were then further stripped for weight and built up from scratch. Suspensions and brake systems varied among them.

This doesn't count those raced in Europe.

[Estoril]

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[STAATS]

For anyone who hasn't seen yet, BMW M division actually applied the NFS: Most Wanted livery to a real GTR for the NFS 30th Anniversary:

30 Years Of NFS: The Most Wanted M3 GTR Is Now A Real-Life BMW Race Car - Speedhunters
The BMW M3 GTR from Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Take that in all of those of you who have dreamed of doing a replica or for all those out there that have tried (successfully or not)

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PTG had ~8-10 when I visited. Some were in BMW factory livery. Others were in private team livery. Turner ran a pair, so they probably had 3...maybe four.

Keep in mind that PTG was shipped stripped gray chassis which were then further stripped for weight and built up from scratch. Suspensions and brake systems varied among them.

This doesn't count those raced in Europe.

Are you able to visit PTG? Or do you have to know someone?

[Estoril]

I visited PTG three times in 3-4 years, arranged by BMWCCA. They campaigned the E46 M3 for BMWNA until the end of its time in ALMS. They also hosted the BMWNA historic race car collection. All of that was transitioned to Rahal IIRC in ~2007. The PTG shifted to a Panoz focus. I'm not sure what they are doing these days. IIRC there was a name change (?).








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[Stilt]

Collection of images (not mine) from one of the CCA chapter's visits to PTG:
Sites:

http://www.kwyjibo.com/ispeed/

http://www.kwyjibo.com/ispeed/ptg2k/index.html

http://www.kwyjibo.com/ispeed/ptg98/thumbs.htm

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Site:

http://www.negative-camber.org/jam149/events/ptg2002.html

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The following site has many images of "BMW Motorsport E46 roll cage":

https://e30sport.net/tech_articles/cage_symposium/e46-1/index.htm

[bimmerfan08]

For all the NFS Most Wanted GTR fans...

The BMW M3 GTR from Need for Speed™: Most Wanted is now a reality. EA Games is celebrating 30 years of Need for Speed™. To mark the anniversary of the genre classic, BMW M is presenting a one hundred percent real version of what might be the most famous racing car in the world. The BMW M3 GTR built by BMW M Motorsport and featuring the livery from the game will soon be on display at BMW Welt München.

https://www.bmw-m.com/en/topics/magazine-article-pool/bmw-m3-gtr-need-for-speed-most-wanted.html