They don't make them like they used to.

[Hal Copple]

at the HSR event at VIR this past spring, chris and hopped into our SPF, paid our $35 to the guy at the gate, and were about to go out for a lunchtime spin on the whole course, when an M5 blasted by, the course by now pretty clear of most other cars, and the gate guy said "go get'em, let me hear that thing", and waved us out to persue the M5. By then the M5 was pretty far ahead, but Chris got hard into the thottle, and by the time we were both on the South Course, he had run right up the M5's bumper.

Now, even though the M5 was really hauling, using the correct line, and obviously hard on the gas, Chris has over 500 laps on that South Course, so it is like his home course. As soon as we both went around the Oak Tree to begin the long straight, and the BMW lunged ahead, Chris just put the Holley Secondaries fully open, and in fourth gear, we easily overhauled the big Bimmer, pulled up even and i waved over at the driver, then to avoid being yanked off the course, we dropped back, and let him run ahead, but again, on the back of the South Course, Chris did it all over again.

So, what did that prove? That that day, those drivers, the M5 was no match for our SPF on a race course.

They are entirely different automobiles, but if you stick to performance, i can tell you it was no contest on a race track.

All the performance M cars are formidible, but in the essense of performance, no match for our car.