A few weeks back I took the M5 out for a trip for the first time in a few years and while in Atlanta ran an autocross with the Peachtree chapter of the BMW CCA -- a great bunch of fanatics for sure. My daughter was going to co-drive the M5 with me but opted to drive a 996 instead (and came really close to my best time
oohhh: ). Anyway, this end-of-the-season video was shot by an incredible videographer.
There is a slow-motion segment of me in the M5 matched up with a super setup M-coupe on race tires (I was on street tires for this event) around the 1:34 mark. This slalom had a very fast downhill entry, and if you watch the video, I carried a tad bit too much entry speed, so by the 3rd cone I was a bit too hot, ran wide and you can see a nice smooth dose of S62 torque gets me "just enough" rotation to get back into shape before the 4th cone.
I've never seen HD slow-motion video of the M5 on an autox course that is this good before, so I thought others might enjoy it.
Also, around the 0:15 mark the M5 shows up with my wife putting on numbers and then a brief view of it at 0:23 in the grid.
Here's the link. If you full-screen it on a nice big monitor, it is really some nice video.
Happy holidays,
Chuck
There is a slow-motion segment of me in the M5 matched up with a super setup M-coupe on race tires (I was on street tires for this event) around the 1:34 mark. This slalom had a very fast downhill entry, and if you watch the video, I carried a tad bit too much entry speed, so by the 3rd cone I was a bit too hot, ran wide and you can see a nice smooth dose of S62 torque gets me "just enough" rotation to get back into shape before the 4th cone.
Also, around the 0:15 mark the M5 shows up with my wife putting on numbers and then a brief view of it at 0:23 in the grid.
Here's the link. If you full-screen it on a nice big monitor, it is really some nice video.
Happy holidays,
Chuck