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Originally Posted by orangeglim

1. The track experience is different. SC has more elevation change, especially that one section tucked away in the back corner near where they run the motorcycles and such. It's almost complete flat in CA.

The Thermal Club circuit we ran on on the second day was lots of fun, more so than the big section that they run in SC. Pics and info on that when I write up day 2. If I had to chose one, I'd chose CA again.

2. I've only done the M-Club days in SC, which are one day events. These are (supposedly) BMWCCA-specific events so I'm not sure how they compare to the 1-day M-School. I will say, the second day was a blast. I figured if I'm going to spend the money, take time off work, make the trip, I'm damn well going to do as many days as possible. I wasn't disappointed.

3. No M5s in the school at this time. Maybe sometime later this year is what I remember hearing.

4. Nope, best we got to do was ogle the M5 in front of the building. Hot laps were done at the end of the second day in M3s.

5. Just like in SC the M2 is relegated to the smaller autocross section, primarily. I really wish we could have taken them out on the larger faster sections but the M3s and M4s were used for that.

For 2: The 1 Day M School at Thermal is the same as the first day of the 2 Day M School. No special CCA events were added to this school.

At Thermal, the 2nd day is spent almost entirely on the South Palms circuit at the Thermal Club. So that's the key difference between the 1 and 2 day schools. The advanced M is spent almost entirely on the Thermal Club (2 circuits: North and Desert Palms)