SEBRING, Florida (March 18, 2025) – Paul Miller Racing secured a double dose of success in just the team’s second race with an expanded two-car program with second and third-place finishes in the GTD Pro class with the team’s twin BMW M4 GT3 EVOs in Saturday’s 73rd running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
The No. 1 BMW M4 GT3 of team drivers Madison Snow, Neil Verhagen, and Connor De Phillippi finished third in GTD Pro and scored the most points in the Sebring IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup round after previously securing the Rolex 24 IMEC honor in January. The No. 1 team and drivers are now first in the IMEC GTD Pro championship with 27 points.
In addition, the No. 1 team and drivers have moved to third in the season-long IMSA WeatherTech Championship GTD Pro class.
They are just eight points behind the third-place team and drivers and only 25 points out of the lead.
The No. 48 with team drivers Dan Harper, Max Hesse, and Jesse Krohn finished second in GTD Pro at Sebring and tied with their No. 1 teammates in garnering the most IMEC points in the race.
Combined, the No. 48’s and No. 1’s total 129 laps led at Sebring was better than any other two-car GTD Pro team in the 12 Hours of Sebring.
They are now a close second to their teammates in the overall IMEC points race with 23 points.
Verhagen first moved to the front in the race’s second hour while the No. 48 team and drivers stepped up to lead for the first time a few hours later.
For the remainder of the race, both PMR BMWs never strayed from the lead battle, and frequently swapped the class lead among themselves.
Fighting for the GTD Pro victory to the finish, the No. 48 crossed the finish line just 4.371 seconds behind the class winner, while the No. 1 was right on their teammate’s bumper to take third, 5.027 seconds out of the lead.
Next up for Paul Miller Racing on the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech calendar is Round 3 of the GTD Pro season at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, May 9 – 11.
Madison Snow
“It’s really good for the team to show that we’ve won a double podium. I think some two-car teams can go a long time if they can ever do it at all to do what we have accomplished here today.
“It wasn’t a 1-2 finish because that Porsche was very, very strong the whole race, but we still got a double podium for the team. It’s a good sight looking forward for the rest of the year.”
Neil Verhagen
“I think it’s an amazing hats-off to Paul Miller racing today. It’s a great bounce back and a bit of redemption after Daytona, feeling like we should have been on the podium with both cars.
“To put both cars on the podium today is what feels like a win. We fell a little bit short today, but that gives us all the more motivation to keep working hard and pushing more and go get that first one of the season.
“We’re here to win a championship, so we’re just trying to do the best we can every single weekend. To start looking so deep into the championship now on round two is probably pretty early, but it’s still nice to have it.
“That’s how you set the foundation to at least have a chance at the end of the year.”
Connor De Phillippi
“A double podium for the team is fantastic. The No. 48 getting P2 and us in third is a great result for the team. We would have loved to obviously have one of us win the race, but unfortunately, at the end, we just didn’t quite have enough.
“We can still be very happy. We’ve had two great results this year at Daytona and now Sebring. I’m really proud of the team. This has been an expanded effort for them, which is not always easy to do and to now have both cars competitive and being on the podium is a huge achievement.
“A big thank you to the team, BMW, and my teammates for a phenomenal performance, and best of luck for the rest of the season.”
Dan Harper
“I’m really happy. Of course, we needed a strong result on the No. 48 after Daytona, and we managed to do that, so it’s great to have both cars in the podium.
“I think we both scored the same amount of first-place points in the endurance cup.
“A great weekend, but unfortunately, the Porsche just had a little bit too much speed for us right at the end to fight for the victory, but we can be super happy with the P2 and P3s.”
Max Hesse
”It’s bittersweet because when you come here you always want to win. We came in second and we were quite close, but in the end we didn’t have enough.
“I have to say that the team did a perfect 12 hours and a perfect weekend. We were always up there at the four-hour, eight-hour and at the end of the race with both of our cars.
“To get a double podium is really, really great. I’m really happy for us and for BMW, for our cars and for a nice comeback from Daytona as well. Unfortunately, we were one step short.”
Jesse Krohn
“First of all I must give all the credit to the team. They gave us a package that we were able to fight for the win with.
“We came a little bit short but we can still be super happy with a double podium. We were leading the eight-hour mark and the four-hour mark with the sister car so it’s fantastic results.
“In the end we just didn’t have the ultimate pace but still just very happy with how everything went.”
