Video of Victorious 1M at Ultimate Track Car Challenge

MDORPHN · 08-08-2013, 09:04 AM

Video of Robert Grace driving my 1M to victory as both fastest privateer BMW and fastest street car at the Grassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car Challenge at VIR on July 19th.

Neil

fastauto · 08-08-2013, 09:53 AM

great driving Neil!

MDORPHN · 08-08-2013, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by fastauto

great driving Neil!

Wish it was me! It was my buddy Robert Grace.

I'm hoping his skills will rub off on me...

Neil

fastauto · 08-08-2013, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MDORPHN

Wish it was me! It was my buddy Robert Grace.

I'm hoping his skills will rub off on me...

Neil

just reread the post. sorry about that. regardless, he is carving up that track nicely!

Robin_NL · 08-08-2013, 11:58 AM

Nice driving @ the edge. Congrats!

Sorry to ask again but what are your 1M specs?

Cheers
Robin

bdaddylo · 08-08-2013, 12:00 PM

Neil,

What was Robert's impression of your 1M?

Dee Pee · 08-08-2013, 02:02 PM

Wow.
That's some serious driving.

Redadair · 08-08-2013, 04:00 PM

First think I notice is the large amount of gear changing up and down from the car ahead compared to the Torque of the 1M

Dan Parker · 08-08-2013, 04:11 PM

Nice steering correction at south bend. I've seen waaay too many cars go left into that wall before Oak Tree. And damn those tires are close at apex now!

LeifW · 08-08-2013, 08:14 PM

Cool video!

Leif W

1mGator · 08-08-2013, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MDORPHN

Video of Robert Grace driving my 1M to victory as both fastest privateer BMW and fastest street car at the Grassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car Challenge at VIR on July 19th.

Neil

Neil, thanks so much for sharing. We are all proud of you and your team "representing"! Vir is a fun place! Good people great track. Hope you get down for ALMS!

robertm · 08-08-2013, 10:08 PM

Great driving! Car looks nicely sorted out.

TXmtrhed · 08-10-2013, 09:32 PM

Great driving Robert!

Neil, I know you're trying to keep your car a DD but I'm surprised you're not using at least a 4-point with your stock seats. It would provide a little more support but the big plus is you could use a HANS.
Really, really, love everything else you've done to your car.

MDORPHN · 08-11-2013, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by TXmtrhed

Great driving Robert!

Neil, I know you're trying to keep your car a DD but I'm surprised you're not using at least a 4-point with your stock seats. It would provide a little more support but the big plus is you could use a HANS.
Really, really, love everything else you've done to your car.

I'm not real impressed with those Schroth 4-pt stuff (and am unsure whether they yet have a system for the 1 series) anyway. Because there's no substrap, you can't really get the shoulder belts tight without pulling the lower strap higher (where it threatens serious damage in event of an accident).

If I do it, I'll do it right with at least a 1/2 cage and 5-6 pt harnesses with a fixed race shell.

Neil

timbo_3101 · 08-11-2013, 09:32 AM

Thank you for posting this (and other comments re brake vibration). Am certainly grateful to the North American competitors for posting their experiences, so we in Australia have an idea of what is achievable in terms of performance on circuit.

Gives me something to aim for

08-08-2013, 09:04 AM	#1
MDORPHN Colonel 291 Rep 2,898 Posts Drives: AW 1M Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wash, DC iTrader: (0)	Video of Victorious 1M at Ultimate Track Car Challenge Video of Robert Grace driving my 1M to victory as both fastest privateer BMW and fastest street car at the Grassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car Challenge at VIR on July 19th. Neil
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fastauto Captain 26 Rep 672 Posts Drives: AW 1M Coupe Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (0)	great driving Neil!
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Robin_NL S0THPAW 8717 Rep 7,846 Posts Drives: HS M2 Competition Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Netherlands iTrader: (0)	Nice driving @ the edge. Congrats! Sorry to ask again but what are your 1M specs? Cheers Robin
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Dee Pee Captain 176 Rep 795 Posts Drives: '11 AW 1M, ‘24 718 GTS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Portland, OR iTrader: (0)	Wow. That's some serious driving.
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Redadair Major 103 Rep 1,417 Posts Drives: 2011 1M #293 - 88 E30 M3 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murray iTrader: (0)	First think I notice is the large amount of gear changing up and down from the car ahead compared to the Torque of the 1M __________________ 2011 1M, Valencia Orange, All options. August 8th ED (#293 of 739 or 740) 88 E30 M3 100% OEM 73K Miles 02 E39 M5 Le Mans Blue 50K Miles 06 E46 M3 ZCP 58K Miles
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Dan Parker Major 79 Rep 1,421 Posts Drives: 2012 Golf R Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Georgia iTrader: (0)	Nice steering correction at south bend. I've seen waaay too many cars go left into that wall before Oak Tree. And damn those tires are close at apex now! __________________ Dan Parker
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LeifW Captain 47 Rep 691 Posts Drives: 1M AW Join Date: May 2007 Location: CT, USA iTrader: (0)	Cool video! Leif W
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robertm Major 450 Rep 1,358 Posts Drives: 2020 M2 Comp Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: dfw iTrader: (0)	Great driving! Car looks nicely sorted out.
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08-10-2013, 09:32 PM	#13
TXmtrhed First Lieutenant 37 Rep 381 Posts Drives: VO 1M Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Katy, TX iTrader: (0)	Great driving Robert! Neil, I know you're trying to keep your car a DD but I'm surprised you're not using at least a 4-point with your stock seats. It would provide a little more support but the big plus is you could use a HANS. Really, really, love everything else you've done to your car. __________________
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08-11-2013, 09:32 AM	#15
timbo_3101 Lieutenant 18 Rep 442 Posts Drives: Slow Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Melbourne iTrader: (0)	Thank you for posting this (and other comments re brake vibration). Am certainly grateful to the North American competitors for posting their experiences, so we in Australia have an idea of what is achievable in terms of performance on circuit. Gives me something to aim for
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