Additionally, mullins has been a stunt driver in commercials and movies with the most recent being the will ferrell nascar feature with the working title high. Matt butts of detroit speed the company that developed jet refuelling for the m5 was in place in the rear of the support vehicle, ready. Interview with bmws matt mullins about breaking the bmw m5 drift. We wrote these bmw x1 commercials to hit a sportsheavy media buy. You may remember him as the refueling drift driver in bmws recent 232.
Hes an accomplished stunt driver, instructor, and a guiness world record holder. This week, we meet the chief instructor of the bmw performance driving schools, matt mullins. Joey hand shows you how to drive around laguna seca with pov camera. Bmw racing driver johan schwartz took to the wheel of the new m5 to complete the marathon stunt, with matt mullins, another professional bmw precision driver, taking control of the refuel car. Matt mullins chief driving instructor of bmw performance driving school in north america 2015 bmw m3 m dct m carbon. Allnew bmw m5 takes two guinness world records its time to take the guinness world records title for the longest vehicle drift in 8 hours. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Bmw even arranged for us to talk to matt mullins, owens stunt driver and the chief driving instructor at bmws performance driving school.
Matt has decades of experience in all facets of driving. Drive interviews matt mullins, clive owens stunt driver. The 2018 consumer electronics show ces is a place for companies showing off their latest technologies and even concept tech for the future. Matt mullins senior account manager visiontech led.
Taking on blind corners, s curves, and some seriously technical sections, bmw s chief driving instructor matt mullins and the firstever bmw 435i dominate the track. Watched by an excited audience of his friends, family, bmw employees and, of course, an official adjudicator, johan started the engine and eight hours later smashed the record with an incredible new distance of 374. Incredible rollsroyce cars taken to the extreme you wont believe the. To help with that, matt mullins, chief instructor at bmws performance driving school, was on hand. Bmws stand is currently sitting outside ces and bmws own driver matt mullins is ready to drift you around in the brandnew f90 bmw m5.
Bmw m5 breaks world record for the longest drift autocar. In them, we see matt mullins bmws top stunt driver drive out of a parking lot, a driveway, and down a street. According to matt mullins, our chief driving instructor, its the mastery of advanced, onroad maneuvers such as the jturn. Matt mullins has decades of experience as a driver, starting his professional career at the age of 23. Schwartz, matt mullins bmw driver and instructor and fueler, matt butts teamed up for a tandem refueling operation using a second bmw m5 much like how fighter jets refuel. In this new video from cnets roadshow, we see host emme hall take a spin as a passenger in the new bmw m5, while mullins spins it around. Bmw instructor johan schwartz completed a sustained drift of 374. Bmw factory delivery at the spartanburg performance center.
Video matt mullins drifting the f90 bmw m5 at ces bmw. Bmws stand is currently sitting outside ces and bmws own driver matt mullins is ready to drift you around in the. Matt mullins chief driving instructor bmw performance. Schwartz and bmw performance center chief driving instructor matt mullins, who drove the second m5, are demonstrating their drifting prowess in the 2018 bmw m5 at ces this week. Thermal club south palm circuit thermal, ca october 30, 2015 driver. Schwartz then collaborated with bmw performance centre chief driving instructor matt mullins to perform a twin vehicle drift over a distance of 79. He has raced professionally in the nascar camping world truck series, continental tire challenge sports car series, formula cars, karts and more. Bmw usa its time to take the guinness world records title for the longest vehicle drift in 8 hours. It was bmw test driver matt mullins who had the idea of bringing in a previousgen m5 to conduct the refueling mission. Matt mullins, the chief driving instructor at the bmw performance center, addressed the students with the days layout, reiterating what many felt. Luckily for me, my instructor was matt mullins, head of the instructor program at bmw and stunt driver for the most recent bmw film, the escape. In addition to the instructing, matt is also a world record holder.
The ballad of ricky bobby 2006 and the escape 2016. Matt has been with the bmw performance center almost since the beginning. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Our track outing began with hot laps around the performance centers bespoke racetrack led by company hot shoe and chief instructor matt mullins. Bmw pefromance driving school allows car enthusiasts. Matt mullins, bmw performance center chief driving instructor, was to sit behind the wheel for this daring docking manoeuvre.
How bmw pulled off its recordbeating 8hour drift without. Also commonly known as a rockford or a reverse turn, it should not. Matt mullins is the chief instructor for the bmw performance driving schools and is a great guy. Please join bmw in commending world record driver johan schwartz, refuel driver matt mullins, and refueler matt butts, for a triumphant performance. Inside the making of the escape, the new bmw film starring clive owen we talk to matt mullins, owens stunt driver, about filming the next evolution in an iconic series.
The chief driving instructor for the bmw performance driving school since 2001, mullins knew from the. Bmw sets two world records on continentals extremecontact. A special dinner menu is available for bmw customers again, compliments of bmw and, in the morning of the delivery, breakfast was served at the hotel as well. Schwartz together with fellow bmw driving instructor matt mullins also claimed the record for the longest twin vehicle continuous drift, in this case 49. Matt mullins has never met a car or a track that he didnt like. Bmw sets two new records with help from amazing middrift.
He is the lead instructor for bmw and a working stunt driver. Matt mullins chief driving instructor matt has been with the bmw performance driving school since 2001, and has been racing and instructing for over 20 years. Bmw fitted the car with a custom dry break fuel system that allowed butts to suspend himself out of the rear passenger window of the second m5 to connect the fuel line. Schwartz together with fellow bmw driving instructor matt mullins also claimed the record for the longest twin vehicle continuous drift, in this. Matt mullins is a full time driving instructor at the bmw performance driving school in spartanburg, sc. Matt mullins is known for his work on ford v ferrari 2019, underworld. Matt mullins takes a couple vehicles out on the track at the bmw performance driving school. Bmw proudly participates with a showcase that stood outside the ces venue with bmws own driver matt mullins ready. On may 11, 20, schwartz broke the record for the furthest distance drifted after sliding a bmw m5 for 51. For this, both schwartz and bmw performance center chief driving instructor matt mullins drifted new m5s around the skid pad together. Bmws johan schwartz completed a sustained drift of 232. Please join bmw in commending world record driver johan schwartz, refuel driver matt mullins.
After schwartzs solo drift, schwartz and mullins drifted side by side for 49. Schwartz and bmw performance center chief driving instructor matt mullins executed a twin vehicle drift over the course of 1 hour, 49. Taking on blind corners, s curves, and some seriously technical sections, bmws chief driving instructor matt mullins and the firstever bmw. Watch the allnew bmw m5 with m xdrive refuel middrift to take two guinness world record titles for the longest vehicle drift in 8 hours. The real prize was just being there, and each competitor had already won. American precision driver matt mullins was also on the watercovered skid pad, hoping to secure a second record for the bmw m5. To help with that, matt mullins, chief instructor at bmw s performance driving school, was on hand.
Matt mullins chief driving instructor at bmw performance driving school, professional driver for commercials and film industry. Bmw performance center offers sensation for car, high. Bmw driving instructor johan schwartz completed a sustained drift of 232. Head instructor matt mullins gives us a few tips on how to become a better drive. He was the refueling car the f10 m5 for johan schwartz in the f90 m5 for. Matt mullins chief driving instructor bmw performance driving. Bmw m5 sets two drifting guinness world records roadshow.
Bmw goes to to performance center in spartanburg to shoot a series of instructional videos aboard the new f10 m5. Chief driving instructor at bmw performance driving school, professional driver for commercials and film industry. Matt has competed in six major racing series, taught at racedriving schools, and tutored the rich, the famous and even nascar drivers. The drive recently caught up with mullins to talk about being a stunt driver for owen. He was a driving instructor at a highperformance driving. Matt mullins racing career profile driver database. Bmw performance center offers sensation for car, highspeed. Bmw m performance parts track test bmw m performance. What you didnt hear about bmws insane 8hour drift record. Schwartz hopped back into his m5 and was joined by bmw performance driving center chief instructor matt mullins in another m5, and they executed a one.
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