On Saturday the 20th of April I took my stock standard Beast to the South African BMW track day at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit. Arriving there I was quite intimidated by the number of tricked out beemers and their seriously competitive-looking owners. All in all there was at least 120 entrants and at least 5 E39 M5's and a whole lotta new M3's.
We were all placed into groups and went out onto the track for 15 minute sessions.
After the first session I was second in group B (2:14:560) and was promptly moved up into group A where there were numerous highly-modified BMW's with turbos, suspension mods, superchargers - you name it.
At the end of the second session I was clocking 2:12's and clearly at the front of the field. All the M3's and other M5's were doing 2:16's to 2:19's and I was well chuffed about how well I was doing.
At the end of the day my stock Beast (seriously not one tweak!) was fastest BMW of the day, beating every M3 by well over 2 seconds a lap and all the other M5's (including a modded Schnitzer M5). I took the trophy and a lotta guys just couldn't believe that the 2-ton sedan had whipped all their modified and lightweight jimmies!
Further proof of what a great car the M5 really is. Outta the box and onto the track, no tweaks and lightning quick.
Respect!mmmmmm
We were all placed into groups and went out onto the track for 15 minute sessions.
After the first session I was second in group B (2:14:560) and was promptly moved up into group A where there were numerous highly-modified BMW's with turbos, suspension mods, superchargers - you name it.
At the end of the second session I was clocking 2:12's and clearly at the front of the field. All the M3's and other M5's were doing 2:16's to 2:19's and I was well chuffed about how well I was doing.
At the end of the day my stock Beast (seriously not one tweak!) was fastest BMW of the day, beating every M3 by well over 2 seconds a lap and all the other M5's (including a modded Schnitzer M5). I took the trophy and a lotta guys just couldn't believe that the 2-ton sedan had whipped all their modified and lightweight jimmies!
Further proof of what a great car the M5 really is. Outta the box and onto the track, no tweaks and lightning quick.
Respect!mmmmmm