Kudos to BMW, the BMW Performance Driving School and the all-new BMW M5!
The legendary BMW M5 Sedan shattered the Guinness World Record for longest sustained drift at the BMW Performance Center near Greenville, South Carolina with BMW Performance Center Instructor Johan Schwartz behind the wheel.
The record-breaking attempt generated over $20,000 in charitable donations benefiting The BMW Charity Pro-Am. The M5 exceeded the previous record set in February in Abu Dhabi by 47.71 miles.
A total of 322.5 laps were completed around the 841-foot (circumference) Performance Center skid pad, providing a total distance-traveled of 51.278 miles. The M-DCT transmission-equipped 2013 BMW M5 Sedan was an unmodified car from the BMW Performance Center school fleet which began the record attempt with a fresh set of Continental ContiSport ultra-high performance tires (sizes 255/30/20 front, 295/30/20 rear).
