Nice. Was this a mixed class group? Did you lap the same M5?
No, this was all "Group 'C'", which, for the BMWCCA means you've got at least one track weekend at said track under your belt. And while I can't remember if I got the M5 twice (they all start to look alike) I do know I would lap 3-4 cars each session: In particular the CooperS, 335i and random others.
The thing about Barber is that it is VERY technical, and requires a good line (and laaate braking). Some call it "the great equalizer". But our car is a different beast. It rotates with the best cars out there, and yet has the *punch* to pull on most cars.
I'm still trying to dig up some pictures of the pass on the GT-R (I did it twice that weekend). Story goes like this: I rolled out just in front of the GT-R, and on the first trip down the front stretch, my instructor suggested I let him by (his words were "he's got gobs of HP so let him by"), so I did. I proceed to stay right on him all the way around the track, and as my brakes (dba4000 and Carbotechs) and tires (Kunho XS 225's) came up to temperature, I was being held up by him.
Then, out of 14 and 15, I had such a run that he *had* to point me by.
And I never saw him again.
It is my opinion is that this car's strength is not in a 40-100 pull on the interstate, or a 1/4 mile drag race, but a full-out-balls-to-the-wall track session, where the braking, handling, and power come together to create high-speed driving perfection.
Hope you enjoyed the video - more soon from VIR...
UPDATE: Today at 10:31 AM. Found a couple of pics "after" the pass
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