Event Announcements
ASNW Auto Cross Event
Novice School/Test'n'Tune: May 1st/2nd
AutoSports Northwest is hosting a Novice
School for beginners and veterans alike.
Unfortunately the school filled up so
quickly I was unable to get this news letter
out in time. However, they are
offering a Waiting List in which you may be
able to still get in. So get on that
list and it may open up.
The following day there will
be another Test'n'Tune which, again, is
perfect for first timers. I will be
there along with many other club members who
would be more than willing to ride along and
give you any help needed. Like any
other event, Pre-Registering makes life much
easier for you and the people who run these
events.
Click Here for all of the information on how
to Pre-Register.
Meet & Eat: May
21st, 2010 - Dairy Queen on Trent and
Argonne (Albertsons Parking Lot)
We will all be gathering again at the
Dairy Queen on Trent and Argonne to scarf down some
delicious food and chat all things cars and
racing. See everyone there!
ASNW Auto Cross Event 3 &
4: May 22nd/23rd
Join in on the excitement for Events 3 &
4 this weekend. Pre-Register and be
onsite by 8AM. Any question, just ask
James or join the
forums.
Click Here for all of the information on how
to Pre-Register.
5erWest: June 5th,
10AM - Gladstone, Oregon
What are you doing on June 5th?
nwBMWclub is proud to announce our FIRST
ANNUAL 5erWest event being held in
Gladstone, Oregon. 5erWest is an event
celebrating the early lineage of the BMW 5
Series (think E30 Picnic but for the 5
Series). All BMW models are welcome
and we encourage everyone who can attend to
do so but the focus of the show will be on
the early 5 Series: e34, e28, e12,
etc. For full details and registration
please head over to our newly created site:
www.5erwest.com.
Update: We're
happy to announce that 70 cars have already
registered! We have also made a flyer
for this event. Please feel free to
print it out and post it at relevant places.
We are currently working on adding a couple
more sponsors. If you or know of
anyone who is interested in sponsoring,
please contact the event coordinator at
5erwest@nwbmwclub.com.
5erWest Event Flyer
5erWest Hotel
Accommodations (Thank you Tyler for all your
work!)
Best
Western Rivershore in Oregon City
1900 Clackamette Dr
Oregon City, OR 97045-1052
503-655-7141
Starting tomorrow (March 16th):To reserve
your room, call the number above, and simply
state that you are picking up one of the
'5erWest BMW' rooms.
Rooms must be reserved by May
5th. If you don't make the May
5th deadline, the rate will be the same, but
you will be subject to availability.
There is a block of 16 rooms available. 12
double queen rooms for 2 adults...and 4
single queen rooms for 1 adult. The rooms
are $85.99 per night PLUS lodging tax. Split
between two, it ends up being pretty cheap
for a very nice stay.
With the rooms, you get $4 towards breakfast
in the attached restaurant. (Very good food
by the way. Good steak and AWESOME
fish.) We are currently working on other
discounts and help from food vendors in the
area.
The hotel is about 1 mile from the event.
There are auto parts shops nearby (hope no
one needs them) as well as food and coffee.
We are also currently looking for a place
everyone can get to that can be used to
clean up and detail the beauties. I will
update when more info is found.
For anyone not wanting to spend that much,
there is also an Econo-Lodge right up the
street. The nightly rate there is $55
or so. It's about 2 miles from the event.
Evolution School
Registration: June 5th
For those of you not attending 5erWest I
highly recommend signing up for the
Evolution Driving School. The cost is
$225 (cheapest you will ever see for this
type of school) and will have the option of
Phase 2 (if you have taken Phase 1) or Phase
1 if you have never done any of their
schools. I cannot stress enough how
important this school was for me personally
last year. My driving improved so much
that I was knocking SECONDS off of my runs.
This school is suitable for complete
novice's and hardened season veterans.
As a side note, those of you
attending this event will also receive the
next race day (Sunday the 6th) completely
free.
Phase 1 Registration
Phase 2 Registration
Club News
ASNW Auto Cross Event 1/2
Results
The first Auto Cross points events have
come and gone and what a weekend for
nwBMWclub as a whole. 7 Trophy
finishes on Saturday including four 1st
places, two 2nd places and one 3rd place
finish. Sunday ended with 8 club
members receiving trophy's including four
1st places, two 2nd places and two 3rd place
finishes. I am very excited to see our
club members doing so well. Everyone
has improved so much in just a short
12-month span and this season looks to be a
very promising one for nwBMWclub. In
total we had 14 members racing on Saturday
and 16 members racing on Sunday.
Event 1 and 2 Picture Gallery
Saturday Results:
James Haile - 1st - Stock 2 - C-Stock M3
(16th overall raw and 10th overall pax)
Saleem Barakat - 2nd - Stock 2 - C-Stock M3
Adam Harding - 3rd - Non-Stock 1 - BSP M3
(5th over raw and 4th overall pax
Michon Dini - 4th - Non-Stock 1 - BSP M3
(10th overall raw and 9th overall pax)
Doug Newell - 5th - Non-Stock 1 - STU STi
(15th overall raw and 11th overall pax)
Kevin Johnston - 6th - Non-Stock 1 - STU STi
Aaron Breeden - 7th - Non-Stock 1 - ESP M5
David McClelland - 1st - Non-Stock 2 - DSP
328i (8th overall raw and 5th overall pax)
Chris Morine - 1st - Non-Stock 3 - FP M3
(9th overall raw and 13th overall pax)
Preston Bringhurst - 2nd - Non-Stock Street
Tire - SM 330is (19th overall raw)
Mark Becker - 6th - Non-Stock Street Tire -
SM 325i
Rodd Tidd - 1st - Vintage - Nissan Z (6th
overall raw and 8th overall pax)
Sunday Results:
James Haile - 1st - Stock 2 - C-Stock M3
(11th overall raw and 9th overall pax)
Mike Stevens - 2nd - Stock 2 - C-Stock MR2
(12th overall raw and 15th overall pax)
Sandy Rich - 3rd - Stock 2 - C-Stock MR2
(18th overall raw
Saleem Barakat - 4th - Stock 2 - C-Stock M3
(18th overall pax)
Doug Newell - 3rd - Non-Stock 1 - STU STi
(8th overall raw and 5th overall pax)
Michon Dini - 4th - Non-Stock 1 - BSP M3
(7th overall raw and 7th overall pax)
Kevin Johnston - 6th - Non-Stock 1 - STU STi
Nic Borden - 8th - Non-Stock 1 - STU SRT-4
David McClelland - 2nd - Non-Stock 2 - DSP
328i
Chris Morine - 1st - Non-Stock 3 - FP M3
(4th overall raw and 12th overall pax)
Josh Hudson - 1st - Street Tire - C-Stock M3
(16th overall raw and 14th overall pax)
Adam Harding - 1st - Non-Stock Street Tire -
Porsche 996 911 Turbo (10th overall raw and
16th overall pax)
Robbie Pfitzer - 3rd - Non-Stock Street Tire
- BSP STi
Preston Bringhurst - 4th - Non-Stock Street
Tire - SM 330is (19th overall raw)
Rodd Tidd - 2nd - Vintage - Nissan Z (17th
overall raw)
Brecus Motorsport:
www.brecus.com
Aaron (Imola Red M5) has started an
online performance parts store and nwBMWclub
is happy to support him and his business..
Aaron is not only dedicated to serving local
club members with the best prices possible,
but he will BEAT anyone's price for club
members. He currently has a Group Buy
price of 15% off Brembo Big Brake Kits which
is an incredible savings ($400-$800/kit).
So if you're shopping for Brembo, AA, UUC,
SuperSprint, etc., please give Aaron a
chance to win your business.
Scott Norton & Team
Completed the 6 Hours of Pacific Raceways
It was an incredible weekend for Scott
Norton and his team of racers finishing 2nd
in class and 7th overall at the 6 Hours of
Pacific Raceways Endurance Race. The day
started off ugly with rain and wind but
quickly dried and warmed up by the start of
the race. Eric started the race and by the
time Steve, and Mike had finished their
stints, they were in 2nd place in their
class.
The weather was quickly
getting ugly and Scott (the unlucky one) was
going to finish off the race. James Temple
the Crew Chief decided it was time to bring
in Mike and do a full pit stop with rain
tires, fuel and a driver change. The team
came together and did their jobs and got
Scott in the car and on his way at an
unbelievable pace.
The monsoon weather-like
condition's worsened and Scott had a braking
problem going into turn 3 which caused him
to go up the embankment. Luck was on his
side and he was able to get moving
immediately and only lost his lip spoiler at
this point. 2 laps later, he was black
flagged and forced to pit to check out the
damage to his bumper. The team quickly
ripped the bumper off and attached pieces
and sent him on his way - bumper-less.
Shortly after, the race was called due to
standing water and Scott came in to the pits
to a standing ovation from the crew
members. The 325is had completed 5 hours
and 40 minutes of abuse.
Congratulation to Scott and
everyone who contributed to a podium
finish! It was a weekend I won't soon
forget!
2010 Schedule
April
- April 16th-18th: ///MFest IV - Las Vegas
Click For Information
- April 24th-25th: SSSCC Auto Cross - Tri
Cities
- April 30th: Meet & Eat - Location TBD
May
- May 1st-2nd: ASNW
Novice School/Test'n'Tune - Deer Park 8AM
- May 1st-2nd: Euro Meet 2010 - Spokane, Wa
Click For Information
- May 15th: Cruisin' the Falls Car Show -
Click For Information
- May 21st: Meet & Eat - Location TBD
- May 22nd-23rd:
ASNW Auto Cross Deer Park 8AM
- May 22nd: Bimmerfest 2010 - Rose Bowl in
Pasadena, Ca
- May 30th-31st: SSSCC Auto Cross - Tri
Cities
June
- June 4th: Meet & Eat - Location TBD
- June 5th: ASNW
Evolution School - Deer Park 8AM
- June 5th: 1st Annual 5erWest Meet -
Portland, OR -
Click For Information
- June 6th: ASNW
Auto Cross - Deer Park 8AM
- June 19th-20th: SSSCC Auto Cross - Tri
Cities
- June 19th: Leavenworth Drive 2010 -
Click For Information
- 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
Congratulation to Scott Norton and Team
for finishing 2nd in class and 7th overall
at the 6 Hours of Pacific Raceways!
