2016 Bimmer Challenge Series

Results and photos from Bimmer Challenge Round 2 at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. We had another great event with attendance and support from Maxxis Tire!

Our next event will be at Buttonwillow on April 10th and signups are filling up fast!

Official Results
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Daniel Katz - B5 - 2nd Place with a 2:10.4 lap time.



Jerry Arias - B5 - 1st Place with a 2:05.3 lap time.




Brian Namniek - B4 - 2nd Place with a 2:08.1 lap time.



Jason Boyce - B4 - 1st Place with a 2:07.8 lap time.




Alex Chang - B3 - 1st Place with a 2:04.6 lap time.




Elie Mansour - B2 - 1st Place with a 2:02.9 lap time.



David Cho - B1 - 3rd Place with a 2:03.8 lap time.



Ed Kim - B1 - 2nd Place with a 2:01.2 lap time.



Joe Yang - B1 - 1st Place with a 2:00.9 lap time.

Pics rock, thanks for sharing. Joe and the Trinity Autosport folks are flying out there!

Despite the early morning rain, our Round 3 event on April 10th at Buttonwillow was a great turnout! Track conditions were cold and damp in the morning sessions then went to dry and muddy in the afternoon as drivers got more brave.

This was a tricky event as most drivers weren't sure whether to bring rain tires or dry tires. Jason Boyce decided to bring his auto E36 M3 in place of his full race E36 M3 with anticipation of a down pour. Unfortunately for him, it didn't rain at all until we all were packed and ready to head home.

Huge thanks to all the drivers that made it out and super big thanks to MMI Vehicle Systems for coming out and bringing prizes and food for the drivers. Very appreciated. Also, a shout out to all the Bimmer Challenge sponsors we have this year:
Eibach
TTFS
Trinity Autosport
Maxxis Tire
Koyo Radiator
Evasive Motorsports
Yokohama Wheel
Project Mu
Project KICS
Performance Eurowerks
MMI Vehicle Systems

Here are the official results with awarded points for Round 3 at Buttonwillow.



And official overall season standings for all drivers that have competed in 2016.



B5 1st Place - Mike Clark. Fastest lap = 2:01.7



B5 2nd Place - Daniel Katz. Fastest lap = 2:08.5



B4 1st Place - Brian Namniek. Fastest lap = 2:05.5



B3 4th Place - Alexander Goodrich. Fastest lap = 2:02.9



B3 2nd Place - Ali Sarabanha. Fastest lap = 1:59.8. Ali recently became a member of the exclusive sub 2 minute club at Buttonwillow. Congrats!



B2 5th Place - Andrea Cairone. Fastest lap = 2:00.7. This was Andrea's first time at Buttonwillow and he's a recent East Coast transplant. We hope to see more of Andrea's sick MCoupe in the future.



B2 4th Place - Phil Kim. Fastest lap = 2:00.6



B2 3rd Place - Vernon Anderson. Fastest lap = 1:58.4. This was our first time seeing Vernon at a BC event and we hope to see more of him in B2.



B2 2nd Place - Tony Jackson. Fastest lap = 1:58.2.



B2 1st Place and Overall Fastest BMW in BC - Elie Mansour. Fastest lap = 1:56.8.

We're winding up for Round 4 at Auto Club Speedway on the 28th. Bimmer Challenge banners just arrived from Maxxis Tire and will be given to anyone that registers for Bimmer Challenge. These are completely optional, of course, but they do look great and guaranteed to drop lap times! :P

We also have prizes from Koyorad Cooling that showed up as well. All registered drivers for Bimmer Challenge will get a free Koyo funnel and all podium finishers of each class will get Koyo tee shirts along with a new trophy design we're working on.

Tony, Elie and myself will be pitted under the Eibach canopies as usual. If you're new to Bimmer Challenge and have questions, come say hi.

Make sure everyone fills out a competition form during registration the morning of the event. Clicking the Bimmer Challenge box online does nothing but give us an idea of who is competing. I keep a copy already filled in on my computer and print it out before each event. See attached for a blank comp form you can save.

Bimmer Challenge Round #9 at Chuckwalla on 11/20. Who's in?

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2nd place in B3 class in round 8 goes to @titomanlio with a time of 1.36.82 in Willow Springs to take the overall points lead in that class.

some of the bimmer challenge participants!

B1 class


B2 class


B3 class


B4 class


B5 class

Round 9 was help in Chuckwalla Valley Raceway.
Thank you everyone who managed to come!!!

Results.

1st place in B1 class and fastest time overall at chuckwalla , @trinityautosport E92 puts down a super fast lap of 1.54.87


@blackflagged lands in 1st place in B2 class at chuckwalla with a time of 1.58.18. Happy to report bumper stayed intact but the gas cap did fly away 😇. by: @caliphotovideo


Newcomer @kevinschwei puts down a lap of 2.01.19 to land in 1st place in B3 class. Thank you Kevin for driving all the way from NorCal to participate in this event , hope to see you at Buttonwillow on the 18th 👍. 📸 by: @caliphotovideo


B3 class 2nd place finish goes to @ariusen26 with a time of 2.03.23


3rd place finisher in the B3 class @titomanlio AKA redpriest runs a lap of 2.07.03 in his E92



1st place finish in B4 class with a time of 2.05.76 goes to @jboyce337 seen here being hounded by @jcdracing 😇


@spaghettiblender finishing 2nd in the B4 class at @chuckwalla with a time of 2.06.30. 📸 by: @caliphotovideo


@acmme___mark413 drives his way to a 3rd place finish in #bimmerchallenge class B4 with a time of 2.09.94.


B5 class top finisher @teameurotechs With a flying lap of 2.05.33


round 9 at #chuckwalla B5 class 2nd place finisher @brown25tony with a best lap of 2.15.71.

next and final bimmer challenge will be on nov 18th at buttonwillow!
Who will be there?

Overall standing

Round 10 is in the books! We all enjoyed a cool, clear day at Streets of Willow. Only two classes were contested. Congrats to our class winners:
B4: Jason Boyce
B5: Mike Clark
The results are updated: http://bit.ly/BC_Standings
The Grand Finale is upon us! Round 11 is next weekend, Sun December 18th at Buttonwillow Raceway. Get signed up now: http://bit.ly/BRP-Dec2016
Joe Yang has B1 buttoned up, but the remaining podium spots are still up for grabs.

Elie Mansour likewise locked up B2. Tony Jackson will take second. Who will take third?

It will come down to the final weekend for B3 with Alexander Goodrich and Alex Chang battling for the top spot. Ali Sarebanha will take 3rd going away.

Jason Boyce will take the title in B4. Brian Namniek has a chance to steal the 2nd spot from current runner up Alex Likhterman Sr.

Finally, in B5 Mike Clark and Daniel Katz will take the two top spots. Third place is still open.
See you at Buttonwillow for the Season Finale!

AriuSen wrote

next and final bimmer challenge will be on nov 18th at buttonwillow!
Who will be there?

are those trophies for overall are the one event? if it's for the one event hope I can take that home since Tony drives a honda for now

And why the hell my car look so stock in b2 vs all these other same cars in b3???

M3 Number 86 wrote

are those trophies for overall are the one event? if it's for the one event hope I can take that home since Tony drives a honda for now

And why the hell my car look so stock in b2 vs all these other same cars in b3???

Because you have a big V8!!!

follow our facebook group page!!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bimmerchallenge/

Any info on Bimmer Challenge for 2017? I think I might give it a go this year.

hi,

M3 noob here. I've been tracking other cars for 10+ years, but never in a M3. thinking about taking out my newly acquired E90 M3 (stock and MT6) to a few Bimmer Challenger in 2017.

question: what wheel (offset) and tire size ? I like cheap wheels. they are a wear item for me. can I go square (for easier tire management) ? TRM wheels ?

plan to keep the car stock other than brake pads and wheels/tires. anything (reliability mod) else I need to watch out for ? I am pretty hard on cars.

thanks.

Bellwilliam wrote

hi,

M3 noob here. I've been tracking other cars for 10+ years, but never in a M3. thinking about taking out my newly acquired E90 M3 (stock and MT6) to a few Bimmer Challenger in 2017.

question: what wheel (offset) and tire size ? I like cheap wheels. they are a wear item for me. can I go square (for easier tire management) ? TRM wheels ?

plan to keep the car stock other than brake pads and wheels/tires. anything (reliability mod) else I need to watch out for ? I am pretty hard on cars.

thanks.

If you don't need to worry about BBK clearance, the Apex ARC 8's in 18x10 et25 are very popular (running 275/35/18 tires). The EC7's are a bit heavier/sturdier and will have better brake clearance so a lot of guys with larger BBK's run those. You can usually pickup a used set around $1k in the classified section or buy new (about $1300).

You'll want camber plates as well so you don't wear out the outside edges of the tires as well.

You probably want to upgrade your brake fluid as well to something less likely to boil (I use Castrol SRF). That on top of your plan for track pads should be fine.

Hope to see you at Chuckwalla in Feb (this will be my first year in Bimmer Challenge as well).

thanks. I thought 18x10 won't fit under a stock E90 M3 ? from Apex's thread, it seems only 255 tires and 18x9 will fit front, bust stock is 265 on 9.5" at rear. kinda confusing.

Bellwilliam wrote

thanks. I thought 18x10 won't fit under a stock E90 M3 ? from Apex's thread, it seems only 255 tires and 18x9 will fit front, bust stock is 265 on 9.5" at rear. kinda confusing.

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpost.php?p=14202114&postcount=11

I run the Maxxis VR-1 in 265/35/18 but it's a wide 265 tire (section width is the same as some other vendors 275). Lots of others run other 275 section tires without issues (NT01, Hankook RS3's, etc.)

Bellwilliam wrote

thanks. I thought 18x10 won't fit under a stock E90 M3 ? from Apex's thread, it seems only 255 tires and 18x9 will fit front, bust stock is 265 on 9.5" at rear. kinda confusing.

I use Apex EC-7 18x10 ET25 - it clears the stock suspension and my 372mm rotors + BBK just fine. I ran 275/35-18 NT01 tires all around with little rub (plastic fender, it survived).

Using 265/35-18 Maxxis RC-1 tires, and as macdude357 the Maxxis brand tires are a little wider than NT01s, and this one is a little smaller than the NT01s.

thanks all !!