Pics from Road Atlanta BMW DE - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

tripleD · 18th October 2005, 17:02

There apparently was a photographer taking pictures of our most recent DE last weekend. Here is the link.
There were 3 cars that hit a wall. An E28 M3 was in group 1. Also, a new GT3 also hit a wall when he overacclerated in turn 3. Lastly, a new 350Z hit in turn 12.
FYI, I'm car A12 in group 1. I hope you enjoy.
http://www.silvereightstudio.com/BMW_CCA/index.htm

TripleD

CSBM5 · 18th October 2005, 19:31

It's really sad that Road Atlanta has added all those walls -- guess it was to meet FIA standards on crowd protection or some such. It's amazing to see a concrete wall between the track and a (former) tire wall! RA used to be reasonably forgiving except turn 12, but now they have all this concrete everywhere.

Sorry to hear about three people "walling-it" at the DE.

This you?

tripleD · 19th October 2005, 03:36

Yep, that's me-in the passenger seat. Driving is MariettaM5, a fellow board member and **** good driver. He was my instructor for the weekend. I'm in group A and have an A12 on the front windshield.

RA is great but looking forward to getting back to Barber!
TripleD

CSBM5 · 19th October 2005, 03:52

Come on up for an event at VIR. I promise you that you will LOVE it!

Chuck

Richard in NC · 19th October 2005, 04:36

Walls scare me, especially in my own M5. I am registered for VIR with http://www.carolinas-pca.com/ in December and looking forward to it.

I found a pic. What wheels are those?

CSBM5 · 19th October 2005, 04:44

The bra looks like a good investment for track duty too...link?

Also, Richard, are you a PCA member?

Richard in NC · 19th October 2005, 05:02

Nope, not a PCA member but their events seem to be easier to get into than BMW CCA events. Their status list shows quite a variety of cars.

tripleD · 27th October 2005, 04:21

Those are SSR GT2 wheels dedicated for track use. I'm still running the Dunlop Super Sport R compound via Tirerack. At $120/tire, hard to complain.
Don't have a link for the bra as I purchased it over 2 years ago and only use if for the track.
I do want to get to VIR, but will probably wait until I have a dedicated track car. I cringe at the thought of putting this into a wall.
TripleD

CSBM5 · 27th October 2005, 04:30

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Originally Posted by tripleD

I do want to get to VIR, but will probably wait until I have a dedicated track car. I cringe at the thought of putting this into a wall.
TripleD

That's why you need to come to VIR! Road Atlanta has been turned into wall city while VIR has massive amounts of run-off room by comparison.