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BMW Enters 2013 M5 F10 in 2012 One Lap of America Competition
BIMMERPOST NEWS BMW Enters 2013 M5 F10 in 2012 One Lap of America Competition BMW Announces Participation in the 2012 One Lap Of America. 23.03.2012 Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 23, 2012… BMW of North America today announced that the all-new 560 horsepower 2013 M5 Sedan will participate in the grueling One Lap of America event starting May 4, 2012. Instructors from the BMW Performance Center, located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, will drive the 3,300 mile tour that originates in South Bend, Indiana and incorporates highway, skid pad, drag strip, and closed course racing during the eight day event. “The fifth generation M5 will compete for the new ‘Showroom Stock’ recognition within the Luxury Sedan class at One Lap of America, which serves as the perfect opportunity to demonstrate its performance capabilities as well as those of the BMW Performance Center instructors,” said Dan Gubitosa, BMW Performance Center Manager. The new BMW M5 will arrive in authorized US BMW Centers in August of 2012. In addition, the BMW Performance Center will be providing the One Lap of America staff with official vehicles for 2012. The BMW Performance Center is the home to BMW’s Performance Driving School, the BMW Performance Center Delivery Program, the Zentrum museum featuring 95 years of BMW history and the Spartanburg production plant which produces the X3, X5, and X6 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Performance Driving School offers a variety of driving classes that highlight the performance, responsiveness, and safety features in each BMW product. Driving schools are offered in 1 and 2 day formats. They include a Teen Driving School, Car Control School, M School, and Advanced M School. Exclusive corporate driving events are also offered in many variants ranging from half day programs to 3 day events with on track driving and offsite tours and excursions. MORE DETAILS (courtesy of Steve Maguire, one of the M5 race drivers): Quote:
Here is a video of this M5 getting its first hotlap runs on the BMW Performance Center track. |
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03-23-2012, 12:01 PM | #2 |
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i wish i was doing that.
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Awesome news! We won't be running the One Lap this year. Good luck Mike Renner & BMW performance driving center team!
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respect to BMW for entering (not that the M5 can't dominate... but either way)
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03-25-2012, 02:51 PM | #18 |
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Which other cars participating?
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Does someone have hi-res pics of this?
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One lap, quick.
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