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Turner Sets Pilot, VP Challenge BMW Entries; Six Cars at Daytona

Turner Motorsport to field six BMWs at Daytona International Speedway this month…

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Turner Motorsport will field a total of six BMW entries at Daytona International Speedway this month, with the Will Turner-led squad firming up plans for IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge and VP SportsCar Challenge.

Francis Selldorff and Dillon Machavern will team up for the first time in the No. 95 BMW M4 GT4 for Pilot Challenge action, with Matt Dalton and Patrick Gallagher set to split the season with Vin Barletta and Robby Foley in the sister GS class entry.

Barletta will join Dalton and Gallagher for the four-hour BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona.

The team, meanwhile, will field three entries in the expanded VP Challenge series, with Jake Walker piloting a BMW M4 GT3 in the new-for-2025 GTDX class.

Barletta will drive another BMW M4 GT3 in the class, with Dalton at the wheel of a GT4-spec BMW in the GSX category.

They join the previously announced BMW M4 GT3 EVO entry that will compete in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the full-time pairing of Foley and Gallagher, with Walker and Jens Klingman completing the lineup for the Rolex 24.

“It’s great having Jake and Francis continue to move up in their racing careers with Turner Motorsport,” said team owner Will Turner.

“We’ve almost created a driver development program with the way our drivers have shuffled around and moved up.

“It started with Robby learning under Bill [Auberlen] and now Robby is mentoring the next wave of talent.

“Patrick is coaching Matt as well, and as a team owner, you couldn’t ask for a better group of drivers all working to improve themselves but also as a team.

“As usual, it’s been a crazy off-season to get this fleet of BMWs set for 2025.

“It’ll be a busy two weeks in Daytona, but I can’t wait to get to the track with the BMW M4 EVOs.

“It’ll take a lot of tacos to power my crew across six BMWs but we’re up for the challenge.”

John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for FOXSports.com and SPEED Channel and has contributed to numerous other motorsports publications worldwide. Contact John

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