Showing posts with label Robin Sparrow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robin Sparrow. Show all posts

Thursday, November 3, 2011

BMW CCA Roundel October 2011 Issue features my BMW Centric One Lap Article

Roundel is the official monthly magazine of the BMW Car Club of America.

The publication goes to every primary member of the BMW CCA.
I'm proud to say that my 2011 One Lap Article appears in the October 2011 issue of Roundel.

In spite of Team DaveM3Fan's misfortune, it makes a pretty funny story.
The considerable effort and achievements of the other V8 M3 teams are profiled in the article.

My article starts on page 60 of the October issue.
Please see below for the "digital edition" pages containing the article.

Special thanks to Steve Rossini and Bill Guy of Highland Design Studio for the excellent photography.
I wish the magazine had given the photos more space.

I sincerely apologize that I was not able to cover every One Lap BMW team in the 2011 event.
All feedback welcome.













Thursday, May 5, 2011

The field carries on...

I'm home crying in my soup, and trying to get back to normal... Editing photos, updating the blog and de-lousing the car. But the field carries on, making more great stories and memories.

Here are some links to that great stuff...

Our friends Robin and Woody were on their way to Daytona after Carolina Motorsports Park and at highway speed, hit an Armadillo on the road near Savanna, Georgia!

Read Robin's great story about overcoming adversity at this link:
Part one: Pesky little creatures...
Tale of triumph: They made it to the second Daytona!

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At Daytona, the (currently leading the overall) winning Nissan GTR went over 181 mph on street tires, then proceeded to travel to Gainesville (home of the NHRA Gator Nationals) and went 10.6 @ 124 MPH.

See the Daytona run here: (Leh makes it look easy!)
181 on Street Tires @ Daytona

Read Leh and Doug's blog here:
TopSpeed GTR is incredible!

The Barber run is streaming LIVE as of 9:52 am Eastern here:
LIVE STREAMING!

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My Pals AC and Eric are doing really well in the Semi-Famous Axis of Oversteer Z3 M Coupe!
At Daytona, they went 158.76 up on the banking... Not bad for a 10 year old car!
Rad their blog here:  We're still alive!

Today at the gorgeous Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, it is apparently 71 and Sunny.
Nevermind that it is on eof the world's finest motorsport facilities.

Yep, I'm quite jealous... As you should be too.