My son and I skilled BMW M Observe Day at Sonoma yesterday. We did three years in the past and we had a lot enjoyable that point we determined to do it once more.
As typical, BMW places on a well-run occasion. I do not know how they will take over the entire racetrack for 4 days in a row and placed on this occasion. Simply the price of renting the ability have to be method greater than the income they soak up from us. For me, at $625 of a 1/2 on the monitor and driving so a lot of BMW’s efficiency automobiles is a discount. I could have shredded that a lot in tires alone!
We bought to pull race (they name it 0-60 in efficiency SAVs, together with the ixm60, the brand new XM, the X3 M Competitors, and the X4 M Competitors.
Subsequent it was monitor time in lead-follow format on the Sonoma course that’s used for NASCAR. We bought 8 laps every as a driver, and eight laps extra as a passenger. We used M3 Competitors and M4 Competitors. Excellent automobiles for this occasion.
Lastly, it was autocross time in M2s.
My ideas on the occasion:
Excellent climate.
Nice automobiles to drive.
Prime notch job by BMW drivers and workers.
The M3 Competitions and M4 Competitions felt method higher to me on the monitor than the M5 and M8 Competitions we drove 3 years in the past on on the similar occasion. Whereas the bigger automobiles are superior for certain, these smaller, lighter automobiles felt method higher on the monitor to me. Only a private remark.
The autocross was a blast in M2s. I did rather well and bought among the many finest instances, purchase my son rocked it. He received our group and he received 2nd place time for all of the teams. He bought a free BMW bag, ear plugs, and a hat for his effort! 
Along with the scheduled occasions, they did two further issues they did not do final time that simply made it good. That they had a motorbike racer on a BMW racing bike do a few lap demonstration. It was outstanding what he might do with that bike. Additionally, we bought to do a few scorching laps as passengers with BMW professional drivers driving. Simply after we had been feeling like we had been doing fairly good out on the monitor, these professional drivers confirmed us how it’s actually completed. Unbelievable.
Listed here are some pics from the occasion.
