The M6 Breaks at Pueblo

[Gt]

http://forums.srtnationals.org/showpost.php?p=1109&postcount=1

Video in the link

For those that can't watch the video, it broke the driver side rear a-arm. They are going to try to get a replacement in before the end of the day and run it again.

[Turbonium]

I've seen this happen on a few BMW's. Tire just collapses into the wheel well looks freaky.

[DustnF]

Sourcing the part and having it sent via Leer Jet....Nice.

[Gt]

Course Pueblo happened on Tuesday, and they are already running Hallett. So it looks like they got the a-arm in and fixed.

[Injected1]

of course the Noble is running at hallet also...anyone know anything?

[Gt]

of course the Noble is running at hallet also...anyone know anything?

I think they just haven't changed the info from the noble to the SUV. I highly doubt they changed engines in the Noble. But you never know with Derek!



Found this on a blog of the SRT-4 in 5th place currently.



While we waited for the patch to cure we took a few moments to walk around the paddock and talk with other competitors who suffered setbacks as well. There was a gentleman with a fairly new and beautiful sounding M6 that had broken an upper control arm in the morning session, patched it with some heim joints and threaded rod scavenged from a local hardware store, and then had the hub carrier fail somehow due to the makeshift repair during the second session.. He was waiting on the required parts to be brought in from the closest BMW dealer. Of course the dealer didn’t have the part in stock, and was less than receptive to disassembling a car to give him the parts, so he bought the car outright and told them to take the parts off, put on new ones when they arrived and he would fly in later to take the car home. Yes, he bought an entire spare M6 just for the parts he needed to finish.


The competitors parked next to us in an E46 M3 were suffering from a blown power steering hose and was waiting on someone to bring it to them from that same closest BMW dealer. Their parts arrived in an Escalade that is competing in the SUV class that made the run to that dealer and back to bring parts back from that guy’s brand new M6 that now sits somewhere in Colorado missing most of its left rear suspension and the power steering hose they had on the shelf for the E46 M3.

[Gt]

What happens when your M6 breaks a rear tie rod? You make a new one out of threaded rod and heim joints.

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediaobjects/disp/7/7_day60050.jpg
What happens when that new tie rod bends your spindle somehow? You buy a brand new M6 for the spindle because the local dealer won’t sell you the spindle off the car in their showroom and parts from ze Germans take too long to get to America. I couldn’t make this up if I tried.

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediaobjects/disp/e/e_day60069.jpg

Found the picture @ http://www.trackpedia.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23887#post23887 along with the above blog entrys.

[Patrick]

Fwbdb!

[v8minus2]

matching m6 for the wife?

[DustnF]

Kinson, sounds like Derek has an extra...DO IT

[sstony]

OH NOEz!



Fwbdb!

You ain't lyining:bowdown:

[slmdLS1]

wow.

[4348rd]

matching m6 for the wife?

just missing a couple parts

[redmach1]

awesome

[Turbonium]

Holy shit, Derek is the man.

[SATAN]

I know Courtney doesn't really like the M6, so I'll take the extra one!

[BreBar21]

I know Courtney doesn't really like the M6, so I'll take the extra one!

It's only fair.

[TurboStutr]

never ceasing to amaze...keep it rolling Derek!

[Rotorocious]

The m6 is rolling. Seems to be doing great now. Just got in to Indiana. Little to no sleep FTL

[Gt]

More from http://www.trackpedia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2473&page=8


One Lap is competition, but part of what makes One Lap fun are all the stories you hear along the way. We had met this guy at the start of the event that somehow ended up competing in a new Shelby GT-H edition Mustang. When asked if it was an actual rental or a look alike we were asked which version of the story we wanted. At any rate, he didn’t make it to Hallet or Indy, and I heard today from some people that knew him that Hertz somehow saw on “GPS tracking” that the car “was doing things it was not designed to do”. The last I heard, he was trying to make arrangements to find a substitute vehicle to finish the event with. I have to give the guy props for trying.


We also heard through the grapevine that the guy with the M6 didn’t end up having to buy the car after all to get the suspension parts he needed. Some of the dealership middle management had prepared the paperwork for him to buy the car but some dealership higher-ups overruled their decision and let him buy the parts instead. I’ll see if I can find out what dealer it was so you can buy your next BMW from them but as far as I know it was a dealership not too terribly far from Pueblo Motorsports Park, most likely near or in Denver. And on a side note, that car is by far the best sounding car out there. Hopefully the melodious tone of the exhaust translates to video well so you all can enjoy it as much as I have. That high revving V10 combined with whatever aftermarket exhaust and the rapid-fire shifting SMG transmission is absolutely incredible.

[SingleSlammerEX]

baller..

[tomwid]

OMG I need a spare M6... oh wait, I need a primary one first! LOL



baller..

[Gt]

http://www.trackpedia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2473&page=8


The slogan on the side of the M6 for the drag strip should have been, “Throttle modulation? We don’t need no stinkn’ throttle modulation.” I’d hate to have been that camera.

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediaobjects/disp/5/5_day80052.jpg

[Rotorocious]

hah. The camera was fine. Came out to be a pretty cool shot. For those wondering what I'm doing all the time, I set up all those sticky pods and in car bullet cameras.
I don't know if it was the worn street tires and or track prep but no one seemed to hook up well. The white viper was really badass, crappy launch but reeled the other guy in really quick

[Gt]

yeah, I looked at the ETs on the one lap site. The 1 Lap drivers can sure turn, but they can't ET for shit lol.


O'Reilly Raceway Park #3 - Drag Race - Results sorted by position Page 1
Pos Car # Vehicle Class Time Points

1 1 Porsche 996 TT SSGT1 BB 0:11.859 435
Mark DaVia, Drew Wikstrom
2 2 Dodge Viper SSGT1 BB 0:11.864 430
Ronald Adee, Rick Schopp
3 8 Cheverolet Corvette SSGT1 BB 0:12.247 425
Steve Stubbs, Aaron Pfadt
4 3 Dodge Hennessey Viper SSGT1 BB 0:12.398 420
Brian Smith, Nick Arevalo
5 19 Ford GT SSGT1 BB 0:12.434 415
Ernest Eadeh, John Fuchs

6 15 Porsche 930 Vint For 0:12.443 410
David Goodman, Neil Speyer
7 43 Subaru STI MidPri Sed 0:12.516 405
Matthew Ball, Scott Siegel, Kenneth Martiatu
8 53 Audi S4 Luxury Sed 0:12.556 400
Jeremy Herzberg, Eric Hulshart, Neil Deye
9 25 Chevrolet Z06 Corvette SSGT1 BB 0:12.616 395
Dan Corcoran, Kyle Corcoran
10 9 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 SSGT1 BB 0:12.634 390
Patrick Gramm, Steve Hardy

11 71 Datsun 280Z Vint For 0:12.661 385
Bob Murray, Matt Hubbard
12 12 MTM-Hoppen Audi S4 Quattro Luxury Sed 0:12.958 380
Mike Babcock, Norman Babcock
13 21 BMW M5 Luxury Sed 0:12.994 375
Jonathan Czarny, Jonathan Miller
14 24 Dodge Viper SRT/10 SSGT1 BB 0:13.010 370
George Batejan, Steve Smotrich
15 26 Ultima GTR SSGT1 BB 0:13.029 365
Carl Warren, Sam Kimberley-Bryant

16 31 Mercedes-Benz CLK500 SSGT1 BB 0:13.055 360
Bill Mains, Tom Veselich
17 54 Audi S4 Avant Luxury Sed 0:13.099 355
Josh Wyte, Kasim Esmail, Ed Casey
18 45 Subaru Impreza STi MidPri Sed 0:13.112 350
Steven Rankins, Dale Teague, Jon Krolewicz
19 52 Ford Mustang Cobra SSGT2 BB 0:13.200 345
Jay Baranzano, Janet Baranzano
20 59 Lotus EX165 SSGT2 SB 0:13.213 340
George DeGrood, III, Michael DeGrood

21 16 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 SSGT1 BB 0:13.241 335
Mark Aaron Murnahan, Angel Morales
22 17 BMW M6 SSGT1 BB 0:13.367 330
Troy Fralick, Tom Long
23 44 Subaru WRX-STI MidPri Sed 0:13.400 325
Dan Schaut, Ben Schaut, Nicholas Schaut
24 36 Ford Mustang GTS SSGT2 BB 0:13.439 320
Mark Blaha, David Rothert
25 66 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Vint Amer 0:13.471 315
MICHAEL HICKMAN, Damon Josz

[pat94cobra]

thats baller on the highest level yo.

[Rotorocious]

I think derek had one of the few times I was impressed with.
He ran a 15.3 with the escalade with a .044 rt

[Supradedupra]

awesome

[slowLX]

hah. The camera was fine. Came out to be a pretty cool shot.So where's the video of that?