Marty spent many years of racing MotorX and Thundercat Boats before deciding to try his hand at racing cars. He joined the BMW Race Driver Series and in nine years had 8 season podiums, 5 Championship wins and 3 Champion of Champion titles. Seeking more challenge he moved onto something a little more powerful and proceeded to build NZ’s first BMW M2 circuit car. It is proving to be a whole pile of fun as well as a competitive machine in a number of classes.

Marty Irvine - 2017 BMW M2

Marty spent many years of racing MotorX and Thundercat Boats before deciding to try his hand at racing cars. He joined the BMW Race Driver Series and in nine years had 8 season podiums, 5 Championship wins and 3 Champion of Champion titles. Seeking more challenge he moved onto something a little more powerful and proceeded to build NZ’s first BMW M2 circuit car. It is proving to be a whole pile of fun as well as a competitive machine in a number of classes.

2017 BMW M2:

This BMW has a 3 litre turbo, N55 engine, 450 HP, 750nm/torque, 7 speed twin clutch. It is the first M2 circuit car in NZ. A lot of components have been custom-built including molly-cage, aero, Koni hand-built shocks, inter-cooler, ducting, exhaust, wheels and even wheel studs. Marty’s family is involved in racing and they’ve been nicknamed “Team Minion” due to their obsession of anything minion on their cars – so it was only apt to nickname the M2, “Gru the M2” (the human father of the minions).