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2010 BMW Drivers Cup - This year's Championship Wrap-up
Congratulations to Matt Martin for taking home tyhe covetyed BMW Drivers Cup perpetual trophy after finishing top of the point score in the 2010 BMW Drivers Cup Championship for E30 Racing Cars. Matt drove exceptionally well all season, and this win is the culmination of 5 years of hard work. Matt originally sytarted with a 323i, with the smaller, less powerful 2.3 litre engine. Spending his time developing driving skills and chassis tweaks, rather than horespower, meant that Matt was well positioned when he finally installed the full-cream 2.5 litre engine under the bonnet.. More to come... |
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My second year racing, now in a near stock production 323i, tuned, and with Good Suspension !! Winton Raceway was the venue for the final round of the year. 12 cars took to the grid, including the return of 2006 Champion, Nathan Geier, who's been racing on and off in the MINI Chjallenge for the last couple of years. |
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Winton Motor Raceway was the venue for the final round of the BMW Drivers Cup for 2010.
12 cars took to the grid, including the return of 2006 champion Nathan Geier who has been racing on and off in the Mini Challenge for the last couple of years.
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Time apart makes the heart grow fonder - A prodigal son returns to the BMW Drivers Cup
I didn’t know what to expect. That was the way I approached Round 6 of the BMW Drivers Cup at Phillip Island this year. I hadn’t raced with these guys since 2007. I hadn’t raced at Phillip Island since 2006. I hadn’t raced anything since MINI Challenge in December 2009. And I was jumping into a car I’d never driven before.
And you know what? None of that mattered once we hit the track. And this weekend at the Island was quite possibly the most fun I’ve ever had in a race car. It ticked all the boxes – enjoyable racing, competitive camaraderie and outright speed. How had I survived for 3 years away from this?
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Sandown - Round 4 - 2010 BMW Drivers Cup
Round 4 at Sandown gave Robert Braune an opportunity to show us all what he can do, with four straight wins, holding Matt to four second places. However, Matt still managed to lower the lap record to 1:28.0389, holding out Robert at 1:28.4899 and Oliver at 1:28.8646. Bowlesy showed his skill by scoring a sold third overall (three 4th paces and a 3rd) holding out Oliver who managed a 7th, 4th and two 3rd placings.
Matt’s still the man… |
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Sandown- Round 3 - 2010 BMW Drivers Cup
Another perfect weekend saw 15 e30s enter for the the first dedicated e30 race in years, with four guest drivers (David Coull, Rob Braune, Joe Ardi and Stan Karatzis) joining the regulars. The timetable was also great - Qualifying at 10:10am on Saturday, two races on Saturday afternoon and two on Sunday afternoon. Race 4 was unfortunately cancelled after an incident on turn 11 on lap one - luckily with little damage to the car, and no damage to the driver |
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A beautiful sunny Saturday again saw a total of 14 e30s front up for the combined Improved Production / e30racing qualifying session at 11:15am. The field included Stan Karatzis in his non-regulation car (not eligible for championship points) plus Neil Anderson in his 2.9litre car (racing only in Improved Production). – read on…. |
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A field of 13 e30racers took to the track Saturday on a beautiful sunny day in contrast to Melbourne’s day of torrential downpours and flooding, with the wild weather not reaching Winton til the early evening.
Sunday was a different story – read on…. |
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That's all, Folks! Craig Wins the 2009 Championship for a hat-trick!
Anton finished the season in second place, with Reuben in third
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Season 2008 opened with a great day/night meeting at Calder Raceway on Saturday 2nd February 2008. Highlights came from the great performance by Stephen Ford, with two second places and a third, fastest race time of the day and an overall win for the meeting. David Levy returning from a 12-month absence wins race 3. |
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Matt Martin ended Craig Munro’s domination of the 2007 BMW Driver’s Cup with a brilliant round win at Winton on the weekend of November 10th and 11th, with a second place followed by four consecutive wins. |
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E30racing had its "debut" race meeting at Mallala Motor Sport Park (about 60km north of Adelaide) on the weekend of 19th-20th May 2007, when an intrepid band of racers travelled across for their annual "away" race meeting. |
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A handful of e30 racers turned up for the Improved Production non-championship round at Sandown on the weekend of 12th – 13th May. Phil Showers also brought his 3-litre M3-engined e30 rocketship along to try to sort out a few niggling problems that will no doubt help him to destroy the Improved Production Class later in the year. |
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Round 6 of the BMW Driver’s Cup was held at Calder Park on the weekend of Sep 16/17th. There were 14 BMW E30 racers participating at some point through the weekend, with over 80 cars in 5 categories competing in the VMRC. There were two newcomers for 2006 – Will Gordon having a fling in the avus blue car once owned and raced by his late uncle Andrew, and Dan Coleiro finally back in action with his “new” 325i engine. |
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The first round was run at Calder Park Raceway over the weekend of the 19th and 20th February, and saw the emergence in Neil Anderson of the driver/car combination that was to dominate the year and which eventuated in an almost perfect score and the Series Championship win. The year saw the expansion of the E30 Race Series, which commenced in 2001 with a small band of enthusiastic amateurs from the BMW Car Club
Victoria
, to regular grids of up to sixteen cars. One thing is for sure; with improved drivers and cars, and the injection of fresh new talent, the competition will be tougher than ever in 2006. |
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Most people accept that living in Victoria in the month of August means you get heaped on by rain and snow, and that generally miserable weather is the norm; day in, day out. Not so for the 5 th round of the BMW Driver’s Cup being held at Winton Raceway in Central Victoria, where driver’s and spectators alike were treated to clear blue skies and a warm weekend of excellent close racing. |
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What a great weekend’s racing, and what a successful round of the BMW Drivers Cup. The Hero of the Meet? Neil Anderson, with a scintillating performance from both driver and car. Everybody wanted to look under Ando’s hood to see what kind of jet engine he had in there, he so comprehensively blitzed the field. A great drive and a great performance, Neil. |
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And there we were. The First Race of the season. The First Race of the E30 Drivers Cup. History in the making. Tell me, dear reader, why it is that, after sitting there for several minutes on the track, focussed on the coming race, concentrating on the starter, the 30 second sign, the five second indication, it’s always such a surprise when that red light goes out. |
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What a change in weather since the last round held here in May. It was cool and cloudy, but the sun shone at times on the Friday Practice day. And then the sun shone for the rest of the weekend despite overnight rain on Friday and Saturday nights. |
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Calder Park in winter conjures up images of black skies, driving rain and arctic temperatures. What a pleasant surprise it was then to be greeted by clement weather for E30 Racing's Round 3 in May. |
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Despite atrocious weather conditions, a great time was had by all. The E30 competitors and their cars arrived and left in one piece, whilst friendships and sporting rivalries were made. |
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This three day tarmac rally is based in Burnie and covers many of the great roads around the northwest of Tasmania. M any of the cars entered including us use this rally as a shakedown for the big race Targa Tasmania. |
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Andrew and I enjoyed Rally Tasmania 2003 even more than 2002.Over the 3 days we would travel a total distance of 730km including 157km of closed sections broken up into 16 stages. |
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What a weekend it was, full of joys, dramas and disappointments. Leaving everyone very much looking forward to the next round at Sandown on 5/6 of April. |
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The first round of the 2003 season saw some serious day/night action on the short track at Calder. |
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December saw the highlight of the 2002 Improved Production season, the HQ 4-Hour Enduro meeting at Winton.
And what a highlight it was! |
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E30 racing was established in 2000 to promote the BMW brand in motor sport and give enthusiasts an opportunity to move into competitive motor sport. |
