Buffalo Grove, IL, (May 1, 2012)—- Fall-Line Motorsports worked very hard all winter and since the first race of the season to prepare their BMW M3s and lead the way of the BMW top teams. Fall-Line came to Homestead with the desire to do well and achieve another strong performance in a Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race with their three BMW M3s. The result is that neither one of the three cars entered by Fall-Line was able to keep up with the leading cars in the race nor finish in the top five in Southern Florida. The competition seems to now have a serious advantage over the BMW GS cars which have been running with added weight since Daytona. The field does not look too even any longer and it is tough to compete with the leading Porsches, Subaru, Aston Martins and Ford Mustangs.

Despite this disadvantage the Fall-Line drivers did their job and drove hard to score the best result they could. The 45 B+ Foundation – Jetset Magazine Fall-Line BMW co-driven by Al Carter finished 8th. The 46 BCKSTGR Fall-Line BMW co-driven by Mark Boden and Bryan Sellers, 24th due to several incidents and the 48 OMP Fall-Line BMW co-driven by Charles Putman and Charles Espenlaub, 6th.

After three races, the Fall-Line Motorsports 45 and 48 BMWs were able to stay in the top three in the championship. The 48 OMP Fall-Line BMW of Putman and Espenlaub is now ranked 2nd in points with 83 points after Homestead and the 45 of Carter and Plumb is 3rd. with 81 points.

Everything started well on Friday with the 45 B+ Foundation BMW of Carter and Plumb. Carter qualified 5th fastest and was able to drive a perfect stint handing the car to Hugh Plumb in 6th place. During the pit stop the door latch of the 45 car broke and this caused a nightmare to the drivers all day They lost 14 spots in the first pit stop to fix the door and 10 spots again in the second pit stop due to additional repairs needed to fix the door. Despite that unfortunate incident, Hugh Plumb was able each time to return to the top ten and was able to salvage an 8th place overall.

The 46 BCKSTGR BMW of team principle Mark Boden and Bryan Sellers was looking for redemption after the unfortunate accident at Barber. Boden qualified 11th on Friday afternoon. In the race Boden had a rough time and was hit during his stint and handed the car to Sellers during a well executed pit stop by the Fall-Line crew. During his stint Bryan Sellers started to show some great potential before he too got hit three times by different cars and ultimately the damage inflicted by the 52 car resulted in the retirement of the 46 BCKSTGR M3 that finished 24th in class.

Charles Putman qualified the 48 OMP Fall-Line BMW in 10th place on Friday. After a competitive stint Putman handed the car to Espenlaub. The 48 was running great on Saturday. At some point in the race Espenlaub was fighting for the top spot but with the parity level in the series right now Espenlaub and Putman had to settle with 6th overall.

Once again the Fall-Line Motorsports team has been one of the most serious, successful BMW contenders in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and is now looking forward to the next race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in two weeks, The B+ Heroes 200 presented by BCKSTGR.

The next race on May 12 is co-sponsored by two of the Fall-Line Motorsports sponsors, The B+ Foundation and BCKSTGR. The B+ Heroes 200 presented by BCKSTGR race is scheduled for Saturday, May 12. The B+ Foundation and BCKSTGR will use this race to promote the fight against childhood cancer and will host the Heroes at the track.

The Kia 200 at Homestead Miami Speedway race will be televised on SPEED TV Saturday, May 12 at noon ET.

Follow the race live @FallLineMotor and on Facebook.com/falllinemotorsports

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