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"  American Le Mans Series champ heads to DTM series with BMW. BMW works driver and reigning American Le Mans Series GT champion Joey Hand is off to the DTM series with BMW next year. The 32-year-old American has been racing BMW race cars since 2004. &amp;quot;I am really looking forward to my new challenge in the DTM, and thank BMW sincerely for the company&amp;#039;s confidence in me,&amp;quot; said Hand. &amp;quot;I immediately enjoyed the BMW M3 DTM. Its down-force and carbon brakes are extremely impressive.&amp;quot;  Next year marks BMW&amp;#039;s return to the premier German touring car series with its M3-based racecar. BMW debuted a concept version of the M3 DTM car earlier this year, at the company&amp;#039;s headquarters in Munich. BMW has already confirmed 5 of its planned 6 drivers for 2012, including reigning DTM champion Martin Tomczyk.  Related posts:   BMW Tests the All-New M3 DTM Race Cars BMW Motorsport Continue Testing DTM M3 BMW Concept Unveiled: 2012 BMW M3 DTM  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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