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Our Member Spotlight for March is Danny Smith.

Posted by Nick Katona on Mar 15, 2019 in Members Spotlight, News | 0 comments

Danny will be celebrating his 40^th birthday at the end of this month. He likes to enjoy his time with his girlfriend Dee Le. Danny was born in Kissimmee, FL and he is a Self-Employed General Contractor and he is the owner of Distinctive Builders of Florida, LLC

Danny is enjoying his first and current BMW which is a beautiful 2018 Mineral Gray BMW M2 which has been very tastefully modified.

He likes to enjoy his M2 at Autocross events with Martin Sports Car Club and he has also participated in the BMW M track days hosted at Homestead.

He has been a Sunshine Bimmers Member since February 2018. In addition to enjoying the BMW, some of Danny’s other hobbies are traveling and visiting unique restaurants.

His personal motto is “Stay humble, keep an open mind, and continuously learn.”

Tue05

Member Spotlight for February is Jayson S. Hobbs

Posted by Nick Katona on Feb 5, 2019 in Members Spotlight, News | 0 comments

Jayson is 33 years old and was born in West Plains Missouri. He is a Performance Specialist and Lead Technician at Auto Tuning House. He has been a Sunshine Bimmers member since April 2018.

His first BMW ever was a 2013 Jet Black 128i, he has had a total of 3 BMWs (in addition to his first and last he also owned a Space Gray 135i). He currently drives a beautiful and very loud 2008 Black E90 M3, the last of the Naturally Aspirated V8.

He is an avid track enthusiast and he has raced in local tracks like PBIR for Track Nights, Florida International Rally and Motorsports Park (A Lot), Sebring and also Roebling Road.

Jayson served our country very proudly in the Army for over 6 years and while in Germany he was able to race his 128i and 135i at the Hockenheimring and Nurburgring, something many enthusiasts only dream about.

Other than BMW’s he enjoys Long Range Shooting, Gun Smithing, Photography, Track Day driving and Instructing, Reading

Jayson’s motto is “On the path to success, embrace failure. You don’t learn from getting it right every time. Don’t fear failure.”

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