1st Time At Roebling Road Raceway

The M2s were out in full force this weekend at Roebling Road Raceway for the Peachtree Chapter of the BMW CCA driving school. We had several M2s, a M2 Comp and a M2 CS hit the track to drive the cars the way the were built to be driven. As a novice, I was put in the C group and assigned Frank Sommers as my instructor for the weekend. The first session out is all about learning the track.

One of my goals for the weekend was to learn how to steer the car with the throttle. In the 2nd session we started working on using the throttle mid turn to help rotate the car and build speed coming out of the turn.

The 3rd session started with a little rain which makes you a bit more cautious. The track had pretty good grip in most places but I had to adjust my line to avoid the puddles or slick patches on the track in a few sections.

The last session of the day produced my fastest lap of the weekend at 1:28 flat and just after I crossed the start finish line I “ran out” of gas. Not really, just not enough in the tank for any more hard driving, but plenty for a cool down lap and a trip to the gas station.

It was a great first day at Roebling Road Raceway and Frank had me really pushing the car and my skills to the limits!