SAMAX switches engines

SAMAX racing has shown up at Homestead-Miami Speedway with BMW power in the No. 2 BMW Riley. Defending GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami winner Team Sigalsport is the only other team to be powered by BMW.

The SAMAX team, which consists of drivers Ryan Dalziel and Henri Zogaib, was clearly excited by the new engine so far. For us it’s really good," Dalziel said. “We were definitely down on power at Daytona, and I think what we have now is very similar to the high-end Fords and Pontiacs that are out there. For us it was a decision we had to make. It was more of a decision on what do we go with, and BMW Dinan seemed to give us the best support."

As a team, the goal is becoming a power in the Rolex Series week in and week out.

“We wanted to be a number one team rather than a five or six, and that was a lot of our thought process," Dalziel continued. “For sure Steve Dinan (of BMW Dinan, who built the team’s engine) is pushing very hard and he’s happy he has a built in program to work with, and a team like SAMAX is exactly where he wants to be."