Turner finalizes 2026 IMSA roster

BMW M Motorsport’s longest-serving privateer team, Turner Motorsport, has announced its drivers for the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

The duo of Patrick Gallagher and BMW factory driver Robby Foley will be back to run the full season in the No. 96 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, while fellow BMW works driver Jens Klingmann will be back with the team for the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January. Foley and Gallagher finished fifth in the GTD standings last year with top-10 finishes in every race, despite never reaching the podium.

New to Turner’s IMSA WeatherTech program this year is Francis Selldorff, the 24-year-old whose father Frank was a teammate of team founder Will Turner in the Speed(vision) World Challenge Touring Car series. The younger Selldorff won the 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge GSX (GT4) title for Turner and has spent the last two seasons in Michelin Pilot Challenge’s GS class. Most recently, Selldorff won the upstart Apex One Endurance series’ inaugural 10-hour race at Sebring in a Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3.

“I’m very excited and honored to be back with Turner Motorsport full-time in GTD,” said Foley, who is also coming off back to back GT World Challenge America Pro-Am Championships with Turner Motorsport.

“We had an up-and-down season last year (in IMSA) but built some great momentum towards the end, which I think will bode well to start our 2026 campaign off strong. The team has really become like a family to me and I’m excited to get going with Patrick, Francis and Jens at Daytona.”

“Stepping into the GTD endurance role is a massive dream come true for me,” said Selldorff. “This is a full circle moment for me, having watched Turner Motorsport compete since I was a little kid. Having known the team for a few years now in GS and VP, I’m so excited to be a part of the great program in GTD. I also can’t express how excited I am to drive with Robby and Patrick. They have both helped me so much with my racing development and have been extraordinary mentors and friends to me. I can’t wait to support them and try to help get the whole Turner team the results they deserve.”

Recently, Turner Motorsport was honored at the BMW M Night of Trophies at Munich, as SRO America driver Justin Rothberg won the BMW M Sports Trophy as the marque’s top private driver, while Turner itself finished as BMW’s third-best private team in 2026, on the strength of its combined IMSA and SRO America efforts.

“It was a great season for Turner Motorsport and it’s always an honor to take home a BMW M Sports Trophy at the end of the year,” said Will Turner. “I am so proud of my team, my drivers, and thankful for BMW Motorsport for making this all possible. I’m not sure we can top starting 83 races this year, but that’s what I said last year, so I’m excited to see what we can do in 2026.”

“And another season begins. I’m really excited for this one bringing back Patrick and Robby for their fourth season together. We’re also promoting Francis into the endurance seat after he showed us he has what it takes. We’re bolstering that with Jens at Daytona, and I think together the four of them will make a great team to fight for that elusive watch at the end of January.”