[rich8566]

Hot off the press from the Genesee Valley Chapter BMW CCA:

Earlier this week, we inadvertently distributed a statement to participants of our HPDE events regarding the acceptance of BMW?s and vehicles of other manufacturers equipped with certain safety features. Unfortunately, this premature statement was made public before our discussions and research had been concluded.

While advancements in safety features are certainly issues to consider as HPDE schools continue to evolve with technological advancements, we?d like to emphasize that our post was in no way meant to reflect BMW CCA?s position or policy at a national or chapter level.

The BMW Car Club of America and the Genesee Valley Chapter have no HPDE event vehicle ban for BMW's equipped with the drivers aids in question. BMW CCA continues to work with BMW NA to educate and develop a nationwide procedure for including BMWs with drivers aids in HPDE schools.

We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

Genesee Valley Chapter
BMW CCA

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[DF]

Confused old men making confusing policy. Dolts

[Maynard]

Interesting coincidence, found an old article that is indicating that this is not at all a new issue, but perhaps just now getting much press?

I just was reading an old GRM from 2005 that had an article in it if you recall the series of 'Driving Diary' - notes from a team running a GT3 Porsche (W. Nonamaker?). They are troubleshooting and discussing a brake failure -uneven wear, outside pad wears out 2x as fast, for one driver only, with a high speed shunt into a wall. He writes s/t to the effect that 'we turn the PSM off, but it is always a little on, and I do something differently with my driving that makes it want to apply the outside brake'. They are noticeably coy about saying what the difference was, but note that part of the fix is driving differently.

So some historical evidence that inadvertent/unavoidable stability control activation is not new, and it does cause on-track accidents. I had always assumed that full-time race cars were using special off-road-only software that coded this stuff out, but apparently not.