Yahoo Autos The BMW XM Rolled Three Corners Into Its Pikes Peak Record Attempt
Pikes Peak's 101st running was one of its best. With beautiful weather that held from morning 'til dusk, it was record-setting weather where Robin Shute defended his title as King of the Mountain, Gardner Nichols set the production truck record in his Rivian R1T, and Mad Mike put down a new rotary record in his four-rotor twin-turbo Mazda 3. One team did fall short, though, and it was Matt Mullins in the BMW XM Label Red with his eye on the production SUV record.
Mullins was thankfully uninjured, but his BMW XM was less fortunate in its battle against the mountain. BMW had a relatively big factory presence at Pikes Peak this year with two record attempts: the production car record with a BMW M8 Competition driven by Rhys Millen, and the BMW XM driven by Mullins, who is the Chief Driving Instructor a the BMW Performance Driving School. Millen made it to the top with a 10:12.02, technically claiming the production car record on race day instead of the Porsche 911 Turbo S’ record of 9:53.50 which was set on a different day due to weather.
