The event was mehh at best. No M4's or M3's. ("they are behind in production"). But we did have one M5 and 3 M6's to drive around a 30 second autocross. We only got to drive the M cars (all autos)around the super tight autocross track with all driver aids on. The cars were sluggish and the tires were not allowed to be properly inflated for HP driving. The cars felt
less than spectacular.
They then let us go out in groups of 3 behind an instructors car, around the road course (6&7 series cars). All cars needed to maintain a 2 car gap between the car in front of them. If the gap was to big or to small the instructor drove slower... One pair in our group was not what they advertised themselves to be so we suffered. We turned laps 7- 15 seconds slower than our 28 yo $500- LEMONS CAR.
We then were allowed to ride along with the proffessionals driving for 2 "hot laps". We drove in $100k 5 and 6 series M cars(500+hp). They did beat the lap times of our $500- (120hp in 1986) car by 1.5 whole seconds! The professional driver worked for the Richard Petty driving experience. He had no idea what the proper line around this road course was. Nice people, but not who should've been hosting this event.
If I am invited next year I would go. But if I had to pay for this "experience" my top $ amount I'd pay is $50-.
Glad I did this, but still disappointed. The cars came off as unresponsive and the experience as a whole was mehh.
Damn shame because this could/should have been so much more.
