Paul Miller Racing revealed their 2025 full-time driver lineups Tuesday morning (Jan. 14). The team previously announced their intention to expand to two BMW M4 GT3s in the GTD Pro class and will do that with a suite of BMW M factory drivers.
“We’re really excited to have such a successful lineup of BMW factory guys in our cars this year,” stated team owner Paul Miller. “Of course, working with Madison since 2016 and adding Neil to the team last year is a known quantity that we know can succeed. And adding Dan [Harper] and Max [Hesse] to the team is a really exciting prospect to have for our program. The competition is always tough in IMSA, but I know with these drivers we have a great chance of fighting at the front.”
Car No. 1 is the existing team. Madison Snow will be back in the car full-time. This year, he will have Neil Verhagen as his regular teammate. Verhagen, who served as the team’s third driver last year, will replace Bryan Sellers, who has stepped into a management role at DXDT Racing.
On the endurance side, Snow and Verhagen will be joined by Connor de Phillippi and Kelvin van der Linde in Daytona. De Phillippi will be in the car for multiple races, while van der Linde will make his BMW debut in Daytona.
Sharing the No. 1 full-time with Sellers last season, Snow claimed an overall victory in the GT-only race at VIR (pictured above) along with two additional podiums en route to a third-place finish in GTD Pro points. Verhagen drove in all five Michelin Endurance Cup races in the car. While they didn’t win any of them, consistent running earned the team the Michelin Endurance Cup for the GTD Pro class.
De Phillippi comes to the team after spending the past two years running the No. 25 full-time in the GTP class for BMW M Team RLL. Last year, de Phillippi finished eighth in GTP points with teammate Nick Yelloly with a best finish of second at Indianapolis.
Van der Linde is new to the BMW fold for 2025, joining his younger brother Sheldon. He had spent the past few years as an Audi factory driver, but was let go at the end of last year when Audi released everyone in order to focus on their upcoming entry into Formula 1.
Most recently, van der Linde raced full-time in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) for the factory-backed Abt Sportline team last year. He won three races and finished on the podium six times on his way to finishing second in points.
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