Cars forming up on Red Star Raceway grid for parade
The BMW Car Club of Gauteng hosted yet another successful track day at the popular Red Star Raceway in Delmas on Saturday 20 August 2016. The event was held in conjunction with the brand’s 100th birthday Centenary celebrations. Bridgestone SA were also there with their pink squad to promote the Pink Valve Caps Project – Breast Cancer Initiative.
The day kicked off with the usual Bridgestone BMW Track School and Hot Lap sessions for those passengers who were brave enough to be taken around the track in the various cars from BMW Driving Experience which is the BMW Advanced Driving School.
The Bridgestone Track Challenge also brought with it plenty of fast cars with some impressive times being recorded as the competitors made their way around the tight and technical Red Star Raceway.
In celebration of BMW’s 100th birthday the BMW Car Club of Gauteng will be hosting a track day and Centenary Parade at the popular Red Star Raceway in Delmas on Saturday 20 August 2016. This event is proudly supported by Zambesi Auto BMW.
The day will kick off at 08:00 with the usual Bridgestone BMW Track School and will continue until 11:00. The ever popular Hot Lap sessions for those passengers brave enough to be taken around this tight and technical race circuit by a professional driver in BMW’s latest M3 monster will take place during this time as well. The cost is R100 per passenger.
The Bridgestone Track Challenge will have the next round of their Championship too with plenty of fast cars and drivers expected to put in some impressive times around the challenging Red Star Raceway circuit. The time trials are open to all makes of vehicles, as long as you are a holder of an MSA licence, have a track-worthy vehicle and a helmet. The entry fee is R950. Full details of the event can be found on the club website and MSA licences for the day can be arranged ahead of the event. The track sessions will then close from 11:00 to 13:00 in order to set up and carry out a slow speed parade around the circuit with as many BMW vehicles as possible.
While the intention of the parade is not to go for an official Guinness World Record, the rules will be followed so that the footage of the parade could be submitted at a later stage if the club thought that it was viable to do so. The rules for the parade will therefore require that every participant must stay in formation with no less than a cars length in front of the next vehicle – hence the requirement of a slow speed parade around the circuit. In 2013, four hundred and forty six BMW’s circulated the old Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit. The organisers of this year’s Centenary Celebration event are hoping to better this number with more than 500 vehicles on track.
