It's going to be several hours before the sun rises in Vancouver, Canada but I'm already up and am working away on my last few BMW feature stories. The first subject to check out is another bit of Munich based Speedhunting that Dino and I did in Germany last Wednesday. We took our two BMW press cars and drove south from Munich for around 100
I'm obsessed with the Group 5 era of racing, I know... but since we are well into our month of celebrating all things BMW, I thought it would be cool for us to have a quick look at the German DRM series. This championship ran to Group 5 specs from 1977 into the early 1980s and was one of the most popular race series in Germany in its time. The DRM
Before the DTM there was the DRM... Germany's top racing series for GT and Touring cars. In the early 1970s, this was a stomping ground for BMW's famous CSL race cars, and later in the decade, hoards of wide-body E21s dominated the below 2L class. This film showcases the DRM near the height of its popularity in 1976. BTW Check out the factory