Event Announcements
Meet & Eat: June
25th 7PM Taste of India (3110 North
Division)
A big thank you to Victor Singh and his
family for agreeing to host us again this
year! Don't be afraid to come
out and try some excellent Indian food. I
for one am the pickiest eater out there and
I love Taste of India!
Discussion Thread
Auto Cross Events 6/7:
June 26th/27th 8AM
Points events 6/7 this weekend and
nwBMWclub is looking to carry momentum into
the summer. Come on out and be a part
of the fun.
Registration & Event Information
July 9th-11th: Motorsports
Northwest Needs Volunteers for Spokane Grand
Prix
Hi everyone,
The Northwest Motorsports ICSCC sports car
races will be held on July 9-11, 2010 at
Spokane Country Raceway Park. I want to
thank everyone who volunteered last year for
making those races so successful. We
received many comments regarding the quality
and energy that you provided last year. We
will need as many volunteers as possible
each day this year. There is a "historics"
race happening on the same weekend in the
Portland area, so many of the Portland
volunteers will not be here this year.
Please let me know if you will be able to
volunteer for one, two, or all three days.
We will need at least 30+ volunteers this
year. Those with race experience will be
especially needed. New volunteers are always
welcome too! Remember, each volunteer gets
lunch each day and dinner provided on Friday
and Saturday nights. For those coming from
out of town, arrangements can be made to
help with the motel expense (if needed) and
gas expense. If you have any questions,
please contact myself or the race chairman,
Doug Smith, at
skypilot66@comcast.com. This is going to
be another exciting three days of racing.
Come out and join us!!
Ken Groves
elandken@gmail.com
PS: Any days a person volunteers at the
races also counts as one credit towards the
6 credits needed to take an Inland Empire
BMW CCA high performance driving school
5erWest 2010 Event Wrap-up
Based on turnout and
your feedback, it’s official…5erWest 2010
was a massive success!
I would
like to thank everybody who registered and
was able to come out to make 5erWest one of
the best BMW shows that I’ve ever attended.
I was just blown away by all those beautiful
cars. I was unable to really get an accurate
count. I figure it was somewhere between
80-90. Here is as close as I can get to a
“rough” breakdown.
E12s - 2
E28s - 40
E34s - 20
E39s - 10
E24s - 5
We also
had e3, e9, 2002, e21, e30, e36 and e46s.
OH… and I can’t forget to mention the clean
1983 Audi quattro turbo coupe!
nwBMWclub Event Picture Gallery
I did not
vote for the “Best of Chassis” awards, but
just by looking at all the cars and from
counting the ballots, it was pretty close.
Award/Photo plaques from nwBMWclub were
presented to the owners who’s cars received
the most votes from 5erWest attendees.
Frank
Haas, of White Salmon, Washington took the
e12 prize for his amazing and rare authentic
1981 Alpina B7.
Portland
native, Simon (aka Dinan e28) was rightly
awarded for his minty clean e28.
John “SCB”
Farnsworth made the trip from Long Beach,
California to collect his prize for his
stunning black e34 Alpina 535i. He even let
me take his photo!
Although
we did not have a plaque for this years e39
category, Brecus Motorsport presented a
special award to Jamie Bopp for his gorgeous
2003 540 M-Sport.
5erWest
had several fantastic sponsors who
generously donated items to help support
this years event. I had known early that I
don’t like the idea of paying to register
for car shows. Instead, I decided to raffle
off our sponsors donations to help nwBMWclub
cover the costs of hosting this event. So,
Thank you 5erWest sponsors and thanks to
everybody who purchased our raffle tickets.
You helped support this fantastic event
while some of you went home with some
amazing prizes!
Creative
Options donated 6 sets of shifter/e-brake
boots.
Brecus
Motorsport donated a UUC Short Shift Kit,
special pricing for the e39 winner and
several 25% off coupons, and some cool UUC
hats.
Miller
Performance gave away 2 complete Miller MAF
conversion kits which included their WAR
chip.
BK Customs
donated 5 custom front and rear strut tower
bars.
Portland
BMW ACA donated a full day at their High
Performance Drivers’ schools.
Fiorano
Ristorante stepped up at the last minute to
provide the catered lunch. Not only did they
bring us some great grub, but they showed up
in a couple more e28s for our show. I loved
it!
If you
enjoyed 5erWest, PLEASE drop an email to our
sponsors and let them know that you
appreciate what they did to help make this
event possible.
We sold
out of our official 5erWest 2010 shirts
pretty quickly, but if you would like to
purchase one, we will put up some info on
how to do that. If you can’t wait to get
your order/payment in. Please paypal $25 (to
cover shipping) to
nwbmwclub@comcast.net. Be sure to
include your size request and shipping info.
It will take a couple weeks to get all the
orders together, so shirts will ship out
near the end of June.
I would
like to take a second to give special
recognition to NwBMWclub member and good
friend, Tyler and his wife Kirsten for all
their help making 5erWest happen. I couldn’t
have done it without you guys! Turner, your
bed was nice and cozy.
Oh… and
the weather gods were pleased!
See you all in 2011!
Club News
ASNW Auto Cross Event 5
Results
Rain, rain, and more rain. Nothing
much else I can say about Sunday the 6th.
Other than me (James) taking home a FTD Mug
for PAX, it was a pretty miserable day of
racing because of the wet.
Sunday Results:
- 3 First Place
Finishes (Rodd NST, James S2, David NS2)
- 1 Second Place Finish (Adam NS1)
- 2 Third Place Finishes (Saleem S2, Michon
NS1)
Norton Racing Team:
www.nortonracingteam.net
I have been working on a website
dedicated to our friend Scott Norton and his
racing dreams. Check it out support Scott!
Lots of good information available if you
plan on getting into the Sports Car Racing
world.
2010 Schedule
June
- June 25th: Meet & Eat - Location TBD
- June 26th/27th:
ASNW Auto Cross - Deer Park 8AM
- June 26th-27th: E30 Picnic -
Click For Information
- June 27th: SSSCC Auto Cross - Tri Cities
(Promo Race Event)
July
- July 9th-11th: In & Out Rally -
Click For Information
- July 24th-25th: Chump Car Race - nwBMWclub
is putting together a team
- July 24th-25th: SSSCC Auto Cross - Tri
Cities
- July 30th: Meet & Eat - Location TBD
- July 31st: ASNW
Auto Cross - Deer Park 8AM
- July 31st: Excelerator Car Show -
Silverwood Theme Park
August
- August 1st: ASNW
Auto Cross - Deer Park 8AM
- August 7: Packwood National Tour - More
Details to Come
- August 13th: Meet & Eat - Location TBD
- August 14-15th:
ASNW Auto Cross - Deer Park 8AM
- August 28th-29th: SSSCC Auto Cross - Tri
Cities
September
- September 3rd: Meet & Eat - Location TBD
- September
4th-5th: ASNW Auto Cross - Deer Park 8AM
- September 17th: Meet & Eat - Flamin' Joes
in the Valley 7PM
- September
18th: Montana Run 5 - More Details to Come
- September
19th: Club BBQ - More Details to Come
- September 18th-19th: SSSCC Auto Cross -
Tri Cities
October
- October 8th: Meet & Eat - Location TBD
- October
9th-10th: ASNW Auto Cross (Both days count
towards one event for points) - Deer Park
8AM
- October 16th-17th: SSSCC Auto Cross - Tri
Cities (Non-Points)
November
- November 13th: SSSCC Auto Cross Banquet -
Tri Cities
Final Note
Thank you to our sponsors and everyone
involved with the organization of 5erWest
2010!
