We had been fighting with "old car issues", new build teething problems, multiple tunes, a new fuel system, and weird little failures for several outings in this 1995 BMW M3 for 2025. But on the May4-5, 2025, SCCA National Tour Time Trial at ECR, everything finally fell into place. And the M3 just WORKED!

Amy won the 4 car Max5 class both days (CCW Saturday + CW Sunday) by a healthy margin, but really shined on Sunday running the 2.7 mile course Clockwise. Terry had put in some decent-ish times in Trigger on Saturday but heard a BAD noise on the outlap for the first session Sunday, and parked the Mustang. Amy came in from her first timed session Sunday and handed Terry the M3 with steaming hot tires.... and he took 4 laps in the next session to get "season points" for U1 class. 

This is his best (3rd) lap, and he followed it up within 1 tenth of a second on lap 4. There is a LOT of lateral grip on 315mm A052 street tires and with the Max5 legal aero, and the brakes are pretty underwhelming with RockAuto pads, but it was still fun AF to drive this car in this session. Amy managed to set the official Max5 class record in the car in the very next session, by a whopping 7 seconds over the old record. 

The car has a few more seconds in it with more seat time, some tuning, and fresh tires (these were throw-away tires from Trigger from the 2023 season!) but we will take 2 days without issues and and solid lap times in Project #Hellrotten with a smile. Stay tuned for more events and upgrades in our 30 year old M3!