12-22-2007, 04:51 AM
Todd, they check every car at the entrance, except Breidscheid which you need a pass for (cuts out alot of the track also). Sabine is a local celebrity and drives for BMW in the M5 taxi. She is there alot when not attending to her bistro. My paperwork was checked last time extensively while in staging (euro delivery of a 330i), there are "ringers" out on the course checking traffic. I was pulled over on one lap after returning as they confused me with another Bimmer that did not "give way" to a superbike with a pro driving. They seem to have changed the rules on the "red tags", but I will look into this further. Euro delivery of a 1 series would be perfect and save $$$ on the car. Includes 14 days of insurance from BMW. The rules a very loose. If a you graded DE's at a level 5 with contact racing at a 10, the public track days are more like a 7-8. Accidents are common and fatalities do happen almost monthly. I severe accident closes the track for an investigation by the police/ambulance etc, then the track re-opens business as usual. The three day course includes over 20 hours of track time, which translates into 15 DE track days. The guys that rented 911's last year would hit 175mph no problem on the open laps. I think our 330i was limited to 145.