Event Announcements

Meet & Eat:  April 29th - 7:00PM - Noodles Express on North Division Street
Come meet us Friday night at the North Division Noodles Express located at 7514 North Division Street.

ASNW Auto Cross Events 3/4:  April 30th/May 1st - 8:30AM - Deer Park Airfield
Second points weekend of the 2011 season.  As always, be sure to PRE-REGISTER and check out the Discussion Thread on our Forums.

EuroMeet 2011:  April 30th/May 1st
Our good friend Jerry has been planning EuroMeet 2011 and nwBMWclub has stepped up to help promote by hosting a website for the event located at EuroMeetNW.com.  For those that do not know, EuroMeet is a Spokane based event that brings all European cars together for a drive around beautiful Lake CDA and a Show and Shine the following day.  It's a great event which usually gets around 80+ Euro cars attending and is a blast to attend.  Visit EuroMeetNW.com for all the event details.

ASNW Work Day:  May 7th - 8:30AM - Deer Park Airfield
Come help ASNW clean up the track, fill holes and cracks and more.  This day is FOR YOU, so if you Auto Cross, please come help make the surface we run on even better.  More information can be found on our Forums.

Meet & Eat:  May 27th - 7:00PM - Location TBD

Auto Cross Events 5/6:  May 28th/29th - 8:30AM - Deer Park Airfield
Pre-Registration is up for this event.

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2011 Racing Results

ASNW Event 1/2 Results
Great weekend of racing and if you missed it, well I feel sorry for you unless you were at the 4 Hours of Pacific Raceways. 

Since I will be doing timing this year, I will have a better idea of how the race weekends went and thus giving more details on the weekend.

In Non-Stock 2 David battled Bryan and Vickie in their CSP Miata's while driving his DSP 328i running on StarSpec Street Tires.  The cry of the weekend was "Run your race tires! as David managed a 3rd place just .2 behind Bryan on Saturday and .4 behind the class winner, Vickie Livengood.  On Sunday he was able to pull out a second place finish beating Bryan and .5 but was down 1.2 seconds to Vickie.  Run your race tires Dave!

A surprising battle in Non-Stock Street Tire left Tom Miller running his DSP 325i just .143 seconds behind the winning time of Rodd Tidd in his Mini Cooper S.  Since I have been racing with ASNW, this is the closest I have ever seen anyone come to beating Rodd.  On Sunday Rodd dominated the class winning by nearly 2.5 seconds.

In Stock Street Tire there was a real battle for the number 1 position all weekend between myself in my 97 M3 and Kevin Riordan running his 99 M3.  Both of our cars are near identical with the same tires, same suspension and same chassis.  There is nothing better then a good old fashioned drivers race and Kevin took the top spot on Saturday winning by .4 seconds while I could not-not hit a cone.  Sunday was just as close but I was able to take the win by .6 seconds on my last run of the day which was just enough to beat Kevin as he too set his fastest time of the day on his last run.

Doug Newell driving his STi finished 3rd both days in Street Touring X/U losing to a very well setup WRX.

March 26th/27th Test'n'Tune Results
The first Auto Cross weekend of the season went off as expected with any ASNW event:  Lots of runs, and done on time.  Hell, even the weather held up on Saturday for the 60+ races who showed.  Thank you to those who came out and made this event happen.  The real fun starts April 9th and 10th with the first points events of the season.  Hope to see you all there!

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Club News

5erWest 2011 - July 23rd, 2011
Jake and Tyler have began planning 5erWest 2011 which is scheduled for July 23rd in Gladstone, Oregon.  Registration is now OPEN!  Please visit the 5erWest Website for full event information and registration.  Also check us out on Facebook.

nwBMWclub Title Sponsor for ASNW 2011
Once again our club has decided to be the Title Sponsor for the 2011 AutoSports Northwest Racing Season.  This is a rather large investment thus we are always looking for donation's to help support our club.  We hate asking for money but if anyone can spare some coin in these difficult financial times we would greatly appreciate it.  Donation's can be sent to nwbmwclub@comcast.net VIA Paypal.  And as always, this money is ALWAYS reinvested back into the club for items like sponsoring events/cars, website hosting fees, decal costs and more.

nwBMWclub hosting an Auto Cross
Details are not finalized but our club will be hosting an Auto Cross at Spokane County Raceway on September 4th, 2011.  We are looking for volunteers to help put on this event.  Please visit this THREAD for more details and volunteering information.

nwBMWclub Montana Run VI Weekend - September 16th-18th
Save the date!  This is our featured drive every year and it only seems to get better and better.  We now have a fantastic route that everyone can enjoy whether you like to putt along and enjoy the scenery or you enjoy some of the best driving roadss in the Northwest.  Be sure to keep an eye out on the Events Section on our Forum for full details.

Advanced Auto Fabrication
If you have been on our forums lately, you will notice that a good number of our members are taking their project cars to Hank at Advanced Auto Fabrication in the Spokane Valley.  If you are planning on building a race car, auto cross car, or just want some advice on building a street tuner car, look no further than Advanced Auto Fabrication located at 11911 E. Empire.

425Motorsports.com
425Motorsports.com has agreed to offer nwBMWclub a club discount of 10%.  They have an amazing website with a huge selection of the latest race gear available.  They also offer free shipping on purchases $100 or more.  Download the Brochure Here or use the code NWBMW when checking out.  Thank you again to 425Motorsports!

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nwBMWclub 2011 Event Schedule
(Last Updated March 30th)

March

* 25th - ICSCC Track Day at Bremerton
* 25th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 26th/27th - ASNW Auto Cross Practice/School - 8AM Deer Park
* 27th - SSSCC Auto Cross Novice School


April

* 2nd/3rd - SSSCC Auto Cross
* 8th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 9th/10th - ASNW Auto Cross - 8AM Deer Park
* 10th - ICSCC 4 Hours of Pacific Raceways
* 30th - ICSCC Race 1 at PIR
* 29th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 30th - ASNW Auto Cross - 8AM Deer Park
* 30th - EuroMeet 2011 - www.euromeetnw.com

May

* 1st - ASNW Auto Cross - 8AM Deer Park
* 1st - ICSCC Race 1 at PIR
* 7th - ASNW Work Day - Deer Park
* 21st/22nd - ICSCC Race 2 at Pacific Raceways
* 21st/22nd - SSSCC Auto Cross
* 27th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 28th/29th - ASNW Auto Cross - 8AM Deer Park
* 28th-30th - ICSCC Race 3 & 4 at ORP

June

* 5th - SSSCC Intermediate Autocross School
* 11th/12th - Helena Divisional
* 11th/12th - ICSCC Race 5 at PIR
* 11th/12th - SSSCC Auto Cross
* 18th/19th - ICSCC Race 6 at Mission
* 17th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 18th/19th - ASNW Auto Cross - 8AM Deer Park

July

* 8th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 9th/10th - ASNW Auto Cross - 8AM Deer Park
* 15th-17th - ICSCC Races 7/8/9 at Spokane County Raceway
* 16th/17th - Packwood Tour
* 23rd - 5erWest 2011 - Gladstone, Oregon (http://www.5erwest.com)
* 30th/31st - SSSCC Auto Cross
* 30th/31st - ICSCC Race 10 at Pacific Raceways

August

* 5th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 6th/7th - ASNW Auto Cross - 8AM Deer Park
* 13/14th - ICSCC Race 11 at PIR
* 21st/22nd - Top Gun in Helena
* 27th/28th - SSSCC Auto Cross

September

* 3rd-5th - ICSCC Races 12/13 at Mission
* 8th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 9th/10th - ASNW Auto Cross - 8AM Deer Park
* 16th - Meet & Eat - Flamin' Joes Spokane Valley - 6PM
* 17th - Montana Run 6 - Official Thread Coming Soon - 10AM
* 18th - Club BBQ/Show - Official Thread Coming Soon - Noon
* 17th/18th - ICSCC Race 14 at ORP
* 17th/18th - SSSCC Auto Cross
* 24th/25th - ICSCC Race 15 at PIR

October

* 2nd - SSSCC Auto Cross
* 7th - Meet & Eat - Time and Location TBD
* 8th/9th - ASNW Octocross Nationals at Spokane County Raceway 8AM
* 15th/16th - ICSCC 8 Hour Enduro Race at PIR
* 16th - SSSCC Auto Cross Pax Challenge

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Final Note

We NEED volunteer's for the work day out at Deer Park Airfield.  If we do not have enough workers, we will not be able to complete what needs to be done so please, please come help.  If you need a ride please e-mail James.