Stock BMW M5 annihilates the world’s longest drift record in South Carolina – hitting an eight hour sideways drift

What happens when you mix a BMW M5, a South Carolina performance center, and a crazy idea to drift for eight hours straight?

You get a Guinness World Record and a whole lot of burned rubber.

Johan Schwartz was the man behind the wheel who didn’t just break the record – he annihilated it with a massive 232.5-mile drift.

And yes, this was all done in a stock BMW M5.

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Looking back to the time when a stock BMW M5 drifted on South Carolina racetrack

Well, this is nothing new for Johan Schwartz.

In 2013, he set the record with a 51.3-mile slide in a rear-wheel-drive M5.

But when others came along and beat his record, he knew he had to come back bigger and better.

Then came December 2017, and with a completely stock BMW M5, he hit the track and smashed the previous 89.6-mile record.

The car’s xDrive system, played a key role in this jaw-dropping feat as they could disengage the front axle entirely.

The entire event was proof of BMW’s top-notch engineering.

Previously, a Guinness World Record was set when 179 supercars gathered at an ancient historical monument.

Along the same lines, a Formula E driver set the Guinness World Record for the fastest speed indoors.

The longest drift Guinness World Record won’t be broken anytime soon

Back to the BMW M5 and the wildest part of the event – the car had to be refueled mid-drift.

A second M5, acting as a tanker, drove alongside Schwartz while Matt Butts from Detroit Speed leaned out with a gas pump to refuel the car – all without stopping the drift.

If that doesn’t sound insane enough, this stunt accidentally set another record for the longest twin-vehicle drift at 49.3 miles.

One thing is certain – this record won’t be toppled anytime soon.