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Return to Road racing: Involvement in endurance racing with BMW Sports Boxer in 2007.
Racing and racing success have been inseparably linked to BMW motorcycles for the last 84 tears. They
have been the vital part of the brand from the very first day, bringing it world fame and making a crucial contribution to the outstanding reputation of the BMW series production motorcycles.
Three years after the end of the Boxercup, a BMW Motorrad factory team returns to solo racing on April 21st, 2007 with sports flat-twin "boxer" machine. At the lengendary 24-hour Race of Le Mans, a specially prepared sport boxer will carry forward the brands racing tradition. The aim of this involement is not only to satisfy the enthusiasm of racing fans, but also to demonstrate the sporting quality of the brand and of the BMW boxer.
In the 2007 season, the Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport will enter a total of four European 24-hour races. Three of these races - those held in Le Mans, Oschersleben and Magny Cours - form part of the "QMMF Endurance World Championship 2007". Here, the sports boxer on the technical basis of the BMW R 1200 S will participate in the "Open Class" due to the currently valid FIM regulations.
April 21st/22nd, Le Mans Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France

The opening race of the QMMF Endurance World Championship 2007 will be held at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit in the south of Le Mans, France. The track is one of the most famous in the world do to the legendary 24-hour races which are held there.

In 2007, the "24 heures moto" celebrates its 30th anniversary, so large numbers of spectators are expected to come to the 4.3 kilometer race track. With a capacity of 100,000, the spectator facilities guarantee an excellent view of the race. This traditional event has nuch of the character of a popular festival and will feature a range of live concerts. The starting shot will be sounded at 3 pm for the "Le Mans start" which takes its name from this track.
July 7th/8th, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
"24 hores frigo del motociclismo 2007" - this is the official title of the 24-hour race held at the Circuit de Catalunya, opened in 1991. The circuit is located in Montelo, to the north of Barcelona and is 4.6 kilometers inlength.

BMW is proud to present the most powerful production Boxer the world has ever seen - a machine standing out clearly from all other models in the range.
The R 1200 S has the athletic looks, from the front fairing with the "kidney" grille so typical of BMW and the asymmetric dual headlights all the way to the unmistakable silencer at the rear and LED tail lights.

A 2006 production model BMW K 1200 S has set a world
land speed record in the 1000 - 1350 cc stock, partially
streamlined, naturally aspirated motorcycle class at Utah's
famed Bonneville Salt Flats. The motorcycle piloted by
56-year-old Andy Sills, of San Francisco, CA., reached an
average speed of 173.57 mph and top speed of 176.789 mph
after two runs on the vast, white plains, where hundreds of
land speed records have been set and broken since the early
1900's in a variety of automobile and motorcycle classes.
"It was a rare opportunity for me and BMW," commented
Sills, an avid BMW enthusiast, who, collectively, has
amassed more than 300,000 miles on four BMW motorcycles
within the last seven years. Sills went on to say, "The best
part is that our record on the stock BMW K 1200 S matched
to the mile, the historic last record run of 173.68 mph by Ernst
Henne on a specially equipped streamlined BMW ! He must
have watching over us. "