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Volume XLIV No. 8
August 2016
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ON THE COVER:
Make Mine a Pepsi! After a week of weather forecasts that
seemed to offer the promise of a very wet weekend, we were
happily surprised when we awoke on Saturday, June 4th, and
found that it had dawned a bright and sunny day. Certainly, it
was humid too, but this is NC and you simply have to expect
that! We were good to go for our big adventure to New Bern.
This is a somewhat magical place offing a rich history dating
back to Colonial times, through the Revolutionary and Civil
Wars, as a home for pirates, as a capital city … and as a city
that was ravaged by a Great Fire in 1922. No doubt about it, we
needed to hit the road.
Before we did that, however, we needed to fuel up on caffeine and processed sugar. Dan Connor
and our good friends at the Bimmer Performance Center helped out significantly with that, opening the shop and the Box ‘o Joe to us so we could organize ourselves and prep for the trip. Sipping
coffee while checking out the dyno and swapping stories is a great way to start a weekend. Friends
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PAUL HOECKE
Notes from the road
Digging the Numbers:
A Short Course in Race Watching
As you read this, local motorsports aficionados are no doubt heeding Brenda Dunlevy’s call
to register for the corral and hospitality tent at
this month’s IMSA Oak Tree Grand Prix race at
VIR. Hopefully, the event will draw a big crowd of
fans (and you’re one of them), because big pro
races are a car nut’s dream – and events like this
one don’t visit us all that often.
But let me back up a bit. When I say motorsports fans, I may be mixing apples and oranges
(or whatever would make a better, more ‘automotive’ metaphor, except I can’t think of one). Or, to
put it more clearly, I suspect that there are actually two kinds of fans. (I know I’m generalizing,
but bear with me.)
There are those, probably a majority, who will
come mainly for the spectacle. They’re looking to
soak up the sights and sounds of dozens of colorful machines hurtling down the track; the hustle
and bustle in the paddock; the milling crowd of
spectators; and the celebrations, the spraying
of champagne from the podium and all that, at
race’s end. In short, they’re there to enjoy the
show, period.
Some others, however, will be there because
they’re into the nitty-gritty of car racing, pro and
club. They dig the action with an eye on how
different marques – say the BMWs versus the
Porsches – perform. They look for differences in
pitting strategies. They may even know enough
about some of the drivers to critique respective
driving styles. But mainly they are into numbers
– lap times, top speeds, average speeds, and all
those other stats that are grist for the mill in car
racing. And so they’ll come armed with stuff –
timing gear, radios, binoculars, you name it – with
which to gauge the action on the track.
Mind you, I’m not out to judge which group is
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likely to have a better time at the event. I frankly
don’t think it matters which of the two you fall
into; whatever works for you is good. Certainly
neither mindset makes you the ‘better’, more
dedicated fan. But I also feel there’s a lot to be
said for doing both – keeping tabs on some of the
numbers while enjoying the spectacle.
Yeah, I know; you may think I feel this way
about the stats because I write about racing. But
the truth is, I get my jollies both ways. I too dig
the drama, the excitement, the whole subjective
experience, at least as much as the next guy. My
right-hand brain gets as much of a high from the
sight of powerful machines streaking down the
front straight; the thunder of V8s rising above the
racket of six and four-cylinder motors; the reek
of hot brake pads as racers round a corner door
handle to door handle; and all the cheering and
celebrating after the checkered flag has flown.
Yet it’s my left-hand brain (I think I got that
right) which helps make sense of the melee by
keeping track of those above-mentioned numbers.
Knowing (with the help of my old Heuer stopwatch) which racers are turning the fastest lap
times, whose lead is getting longer (or not), and
so forth allows me to enjoy the contest to its fullest – and often tells me what its outcome will be,
well before final results are posted.
Of course, here and there I may be preaching
to the choir. In fact, I know I am where several of
my long-time buddies are concerned. But if you’ve
never tried following a race with one eye on those
numbers, take my advice and do it. I think it will
let you get more out of watching the action because you’ll have a clearer picture of what’s going
on, particularly later in the race. So, to get you
started, here are few tips which I believe will give
you a leg up.
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1) First off, you won’t need all that fancy gear
those serious semi-pro race watchers bring, at
least not at first. It’s good to have a stopwatch,
but your wristwatch will do for now. One other
item you’ll find very helpful is a program of the
event. Buy or borrow one; it will have a map
showing the layout of the track and a list of the
cars, their drivers and the classes they compete
in. (Our local pro team, BimmerWorld, competes
in the Street Tuner, or ST, class, which along with
the more powerful Grand Sport, or GS, cars runs
in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race.
FYI: The CTSCC series is the ‘support’ partner of
the Rolex series, which features Daytona prototypes and only slightly less impressive GT racecars.)
2) Next, find a good vantage point and pretty
much stick to it. This isn’t mandatory, but it is my
educated opinion/advice. (I find strolling from
place to place is fine between races, but doing
it during a race may cause you to lose track of
what’s going on.) At VIR, I prefer the area overlooking Turn 3, aka NASCAR Bend, because it
The Editor’s Desk...
Over the years, I suppose you have gathered
that I love to tinker. Especially with things that
have motors and wheels, but there is a limit. For
example, one category of wrenching that I just
hate is A/C related repairs. I think I would rather
have a root canal than work on A/C systems.
And, as luck would have it (or the lack of luck
more like it) I find two of my rides blowing hot
when they should be blowing cold - in the hottest
month of the year, of course.
A/C work seems like it should be fun and easy
right? - R134a gets compressed, R134a expands,
magically cold air comes out. Nope...
Don’t get me wrong, there are far more complex systems on today’s vehicles, but I just have
this mental block that makes me refuse to pull
out the manifold gauges and get to work.
It amazes me how I can out-right lie to myself,
“its not that hot outside”, “I love riding around
with the windows down”, “no, really I always sweat
like this”.
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allows me to simultaneously observe several key
spots along the track: the pit-out lane, the startfinish line (and tower), Turn 2 (where cars emerge
from Turn 1), as well as Turns 3 through 5, where
racers will often dice for position – and sometimes go off-course in spectacular fashion. It also
gives me a good view of several corner stations,
where the yellow caution flags come out when
something happens along the track.
3) If you’ve registered for the entire weekend,
you’ll probably get to watch both the Rolex and
Continental Tire races. In each case, while waiting for the start of the race, familiarize yourself
with the makeup of the field (i.e. the cars in each
class). Check your program for the makes and
numbers of the race teams you’re interested in.
(Our local pro team, BimmerWorld, races two ST
BMWs, F30 chassis-based turbo 328i’s. Their door
numbers are #84, with team owner James Clay
and co-driver Tyler Cooke at the wheel; and #81
driven by Jerry Kaufman and Kyle Tilley, both of
them newcomers to the team this season.)
4) The race will (usually) start with a pace
lap which will run under a ‘standing’ (not waving)
double yellow flag, meaning all drivers must stick
to the field position in which they qualified earlier. So, unless you already know who qualified
in what position, this is really your only chance to
identify which car/driver is ‘on the pole’ (i.e. qualified first on the starting grid), which one is next,
which position your favorite (assuming you’ve
picked one) is starting in, and so forth. (Trust me;
it’ll be a lot tougher to do this during the race;
any announcements on the PA system are pretty
hard to hear.)
5) The green flag waving from the tower will
cause a furious rush of cars toward Turn 1 as drivers seek to outrun (and out-brake) their rivals so
as to maintain, if not improve, their positions in
the pack. It’s your first opportunity (based on your
observations during the pace lap) to spot any fast
chargers who may, sooner or later, challenge the
frontrunners.
6) By the third or fourth lap, the race will have
settled down to a fairly steady rhythm, with the
fastest cars pulling away from the ‘less-fast’ ones.
As the pack gradually stretches out along the
track, watch for contests that develop here and
there between two class rivals, including any favorites you have your eye on. And timing them is
no big deal. Pick a fixed object as your ‘start-finish’ line (I use one of the fence posts overlooking
NASCAR Bend) and use your watch to see how
long it takes one of the drivers to complete a lap.
Then, on the next lap, do the same for the other
driver. (FYI: At VIR, a really fast lap is typically a
couple of seconds under two minutes.)
7) As the race progresses, expect things to
get pretty muddled. The frontrunners will catch
up and pass the tail end cars, but then may get
tied up in traffic. The bunch you’ve been watching
may get separated; some cars will disappear from
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the pack for a short while as drivers pit for fuel
or repairs; and a spin or off-course excursion will
bring out a waving yellow flag at the nearest corner station, which will temporarily slow the pace.
(A serious incident will result in a full-course caution – a standing double yellow flag at all corners
– lasting one or more laps during which passing
is not permitted.) Revisiting your favorites’ positions and lap times will help you keep track of
how they’re doing in all this clutter. I’m sure you’ll
have the hang of it all by the time the checkered
flag comes out.
So there you have it: a quick course in race
watching. Actually, it didn’t turn out as brief as
the headline indicated, but that’s Murphy’s Law.
And if all of what I regaled you with was familiar
territory, I apologize. (Like I said before, I knew
this would be likely when I wrote this piece.) But
if it gave you a new perspective on how to watch
and enjoy a car race, I’m content.
See ya on race day.
Slalom Run to Stagville …
Country Roads Take Us Back to 1860
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What: A mid-summer cruise to visit Historic Stagville, the representing the remnants of
one of the largest plantations of the pre-Civil War south. Some terrific roads lead us to
a very special historic site that is hiding in plain site just outside of Durham, NC. From
there, we’ll head to a great country kitchen for lunch!
When: Saturday, July 30th at 10am
Where: Starting at the Bimmer Performance Center, 3200 Spottswood St #102, Raleigh,
NC 27615. Come any time after 9am for tire kicking and coffee drinking. Driver /
navigator meeting at 9:50. Who: Rob McIsaac is organizing the event.
Objective: An opportunity to explore one of the great historic sites located right here in
the Triangle. Lunch along the way at Brier Creek.
Duration: Figure 5 hours of driving and sightseeing. If we roll at 10, expect to be done
by between 2 and 3.
Contact Information: For details, connect with Rob McIsaac at
[email protected] or 919-880-8012.
CLUB RACING REPORT
BY PAUL HOECKE
Williams Wins at COTA;
Two Top Tens by BWR at the Glen
Hello, fellow club racing fans!
As the BMW CCA Club Racing (CR) season
rumbles past its midpoint, we are happy to report
that, contrary to some of our earlier prognostications, diehards from our neck of the woods have
kept the Tarheel Chapter banner flying at most
of the ‘eastern’ CR events these past couple of
months. (Eastern usually means any event east of
the Mississippi; but there are exceptions as you’ll
see below.)
Okay, so maybe our guys didn’t exactly show
up in droves in each case, but what matters is
that they showed up. As you know well, showing up is 99 percent of life – including racing and
showing the flag.
First off, back in June, IP racer Krista Williams
took to the track at the COTA club race, as previously reported. Turns out, she gave her class rivals
a good run for the money. She posted a second
and two third-place finishes in the sprint races,
and capped the weekend with a class win in the
enduro, taking the checker 1.5 seconds ahead of
her closest competitor. The long race also saw another local hot shoe, Sri Haputantri, team up with
a non-Tarheel racer to take second place in GTS2.
What’s more, last month turned out to be
even busier for local track warriors, as several
raced in all three of the eastern CR events. First,
Dennis Pippy (IP) and Billy Glavin (M3T) joined
thirty-one other drivers in the annual race at
PIRC. And two weekends later, April Curtis (DM)
was the sole Tarheel representative at the Road
Atlanta club race – even while Todd Newcomer
(DM) and Sean McKay (I-Sport) did their thing at
the Summit Point race. However, all this action
took place after we filed this report, so stay tuned
for the results in next month’s issue.
In contrast, both ‘local’ NASA Regions
seemed to have taken a break these past couple
of months. We would call this merely the calm
before the storm, as both regions were getting
set for a lot of racing action starting this month.
But as a result, the only event we need to tell you
about was the ‘D-Day Dog Fight’ (aka D-Day Dash)
staged by the Mid-Atlantic Region at Summit
Point in June. And that’s only because that was
where local racer Sanjeev Duggal captured two
solo wins in GTS3.
As you read this, club racers are gearing up
for a CR contest at NJMP. As we see it, the odds
are pretty good that our racing crowd will be represented there. And then of course there’s the big
pro event – i.e. the Oak Tree Grand Prix – at VIR
the last weekend this month, which will feature
our local pro team, BimmerWorld Racing (BWR)
competing in the Street Tuner (ST) class of the
Continental Tire Sports Car race. But you probably have already heard everything you want to
know about that by now.
Speaking of BWR, the team did pretty well
in Round 4 of the CTSCC series at Watkins Glen
the July Fourth weekend. Namely, the #84 328i
team of James Clay and Tyler Cooke finished sixth,
while the team’s rookie duo, Jerry Kaufman and
Kyle Tilley in the #81 BMW finished tenth, their
best finish so far this season. But that doesn’t tell
the whole story,
The 36-car field (9 GS, 27 ST cars) ran on a
newly repaved track, which everybody loved; but
the start was anything but clean, as a melee on
the first lap sent many cars to the pits for repairs.
Both starting drivers, Cooke and Kaufman, managed to avoid the mess, and Cooke, despite a
brief tangle with a Porsche, was able to push
ahead so that he was leading the ST contingent
by the time he handed the wheel to Clay. But then
things got tougher, as a caution and the restart
that followed had Clay struggle with what appears
to have been tire trouble.
“When things got bunched back up, we
worked the tires pretty hard to maintain and gain
the positions we had, and it took them too long
to warm back up,” he said later. As a result, he
“couldn’t fend off some of the other guys” during
the final laps. That’s pretty understandable, con-
sidering that four of the five ‘other guys’ ahead of
him at the checker were driving Porsche Caymans.
Still, finishing sixth wasn’t half bad.
Kaufman also kept his nose clean during his
stint and was running sixth in ST when Tilley took
over. Having started with a full fuel load and cold
tires slowed him enough to give up a few spots.
But he hung in there and kept out of trouble, so
that he felt taking the checker in tenth place “was
still a good finish”, even though “it was pretty
clear the Caymans had a performance advantage
at this track.”
Of course, BWR has had three track dates in
quick succession since then: Mosport and Lime
Rock last month, and Round 7 at Road America
starting about the time you read this issue on the
website. But since all those races took place well
after our filing deadline for this report, any word
from us on how Clay and his troops did in those
races will have to wait. That is, unless you’ve already caught these races on the Fox Channel.
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Pete and Sandy brought their pups to make sure
we got a howling good sendoff from Raleigh for
our trip back in time. By the time we had a full
roster tabulated we had 15 cars, 29 people and 2
canines assembled for the big day. After a brief
driver’s meeting, we were off to head Down East.
Our route had us head east toward Wilson on
limited access highways, then grab NC-58 heading
south toward Snow Hill. The roads were beautiful, wide open and freshly paved allowing us to
make good time along the byways of the state.
Small towns came and went, with only a slight delay to allow a construction crew to “do their thing”
slowing the pace. A final high speed blast down
US-70 brought us into the home of Pepsi Cola and
Tryon Palace … downtown New Bern!
A slight detour to accommodate an unexpectedly “closed to through traffic” road had us finally
land at the new Visitors Center adjacent to Tryon
Palace. This is a great venue with a trove of local artifacts and historical stories to check out. It
also has a great parking lot which is an easy walk
from the waterfront. Once we commandeered the
eastern edge of the lot, we did a double-time walk
over to a terrific restaurant sitting at the marina.
Our reservation had grown from 6 … to 20 … to
close to 30 … but the staff at Persimmons handled us with style. Everything was better than everything else, although my personal favorite is the
Crab Roll (think “Lobster Roll”) with sweet potato
fries and a Pepsi. Oh my, that is fine eating.
Now, with energy restored, we were off to
scope out the joint. Some went to Tryon Palace
to explore the government buildings constructed
by one of the last English Governors who was so
“hated” that he was run out of town. His next gig?
Governor of New York. Go figure.
Others went shopping in the galleries and
boutiques that are the mainstay of the downtown
area. Another group went to see the Firehouse
Museum which is, of course, the stuff of dreams
for many of our inner children. No lack of fun and
cool things to see.
The Firehouse Museum has a great collection
of horse drawn pumpers and wagons that date
to the late 19th century. They also have a pair of
“modern” fire engines dating to 1914 and 1927,
respectively. The most endearing mental image
of this tour would have to be four BMW’ers and
the tour guide clambering around under the hood
and dash of the 1927 rig. The main source of
our attention? Why did the engine have 18 (yes,
eighteen) spark plugs? The story we were told
was that it was a V-12 engine, which also seemed
problematic. We correctly confirmed for the staff
that it was, in fact, and Inline-6 engine with dual
ignition systems! Each cylinder had dual plugs
for the points / distributor system … and another
set of plugs for a magneto. With flashlights and
Google searches we solved the mystery of the fire
engine power plant. Our reward? A tour of another building that regular civilians don’t get to see!
It was a great experience and we’re hopeful that
on our next venture they will let us test out the
fire poles. Last one down buys cold beverages.
All too soon it was time to head back to The
Triangle area. A nice ride back up past Kinston
and Goldsboro still failed to find any rain (good
for us!) and we arrived home safe, sound, thirsty
and hungry.
The day ended as it began … with food and
beverages. The pizza and bier never tasted so
good. The only real question on everyone’s mind
was “where to next?”. -Robert McIsaac
The Vintage 2016
2016 marked the 13th annual vintage BMW
gathering at The Vintage.
I moved to Asheville a couple of years ago so
I drug the event along with me. This meant new
host hotels, new venue, and new rally roads. All of
this was a lot of work but it was worth it because
this year was the best yet!
The new venue was Hot Springs Resort and
Spa in Hot Springs, NC. A beautiful level grassy
piece of property surrounded by mountains, and
bordered by the French Broad River. The town
of Hot Springs is very small and the “downtown”
section is only a few blocks long. The roads leading to the new venue were AWESOME! I want to
thank my friend Matt Koppi for suggesting this
venue and roads leading to it.
We had a record 450ish vintage BMWs (and a
couple of motorcycles) on display Saturday. This
was up from last year which was 328. I got really
nervous when online registration kept climbing
and had to cap it at 500, mostly for the reason
that you do not know exactly how many cars, plus
vendors, can fit in a new venue until you actually see them in place. Turns out we can easily fit
a LOT more, but we didn’t know that before the
event.
The Friday activity was a trip down to the
BMW CCA Foundation for an open house, then a
rally back to Asheville. Well, this activity proved
to be popular...actually too popular and we had
to cut it off at 200 people because the Foundation
couldn’t handle any more people without having
to rush people through on the guided tours. But
everything worked out and the volunteers at the
Foundation all did an excellent job!!
For those that missed tickets to the sold out
Foundation open house, I put together an alternate rally route that included a really nice road
that was not included in the Foundation to Asheville route. So those folks got a little extra bonus.
Friday was pretty rainy, but everyone had a great
time.
Alex Powell from BMW of Asheville was nice
enough to lead a drive up the Blue Ridge Parkway
to Mount Mitchell. This gave attendees from far
away a chance to experience this beautiful scenic
highway on a rather nice sunny day.
I want to thank all the volunteers that helped
make this the smoothest run Vintage yet. You are
all very much appreciated, thank you!!! -Scott
Sturdy - festmeister
Western Triangle June Dinner at Bailey’s
Just as I left my home to head for Bailey’s
I saw a large gray cloud in the sky. While there
were plenty of other large cumulus clouds edged
with gray, rain didn’t seem likely and so I wasn’t
concerned. I had no idea what fun lay ahead due
to these clouds.
With just six people, half as many as last
month, you might think the fun was diminished;
not so. As you can see in the Parking lot talk
photo, we soon gathered around my 435i coupe
and Mr. X’s white M4. I use “Mr. X” since we
had some fun at his expense. Remember those
clouds? Well, it began to lightly drizzle… and
as it continued to drizzle, Mr. X got a micro fiber
towel from his car and began wiping off the rain.
As he continues wiping and it keeps drizzling, the
rest of us could not pass on the opportunity to
give Mr. X some good-natured grief. As he put his
towel away, he turned to us and exclaimed, “Hey,
I’m not that anal.” We laughed… and it drizzled
for a few more minutes. Now, if wiping the rain
off your car while it keeps raining isn’t a symbol of
auto-love, I don’t know what is.
Both in the parking lot and restaurant we enjoyed wide-ranging conversations; the fun of the
skid pad at M driving school, travel and airports,
scuba diving and more. Yes, we actually do have
lives beyond our BMWs!
Back outside after dinner, Mr. X (2015 M4),
Harry (2016 M235i), Richard (2015 M3) and Don
(2016 M3) lined-up their cars for a splendid “angels on” photo. Richard’s M3 is the first Silverstone BMW I have seen, and it’s a beautiful color.
Until our next event…. -Jeff Krukin
June 2016 HPDE - VIR North Course
This school attracted a bunch of drivers and
instructors who were looking for another dose
of dry track on June 17-19. They were not disappointed. Temperatures were in the low 80’s, unlike a school several years ago where the high
broke 100 degrees! And, the rain stayed away.
Thanks, everyone, for the highly effective fairweather dance!
We held an Instructor Training School during
this event. A big shout-out to Allen Patterson for
his fantastic ITS organizational skills, and to the
mentors, Phil Antoine, Rich Goodin, Tommy Ivic,
Allen Patterson, Greg Lindsay, and Chip Schenk.
You guys replicated so many different personalities and driving types during the role plays that
you are already lengendary. And, to the ITS graduates, CONGRATULATIONS! Our new instructors
are Pete Canovai, Peter Kamarchik, Craig Harmon,
Randy Reavis, Jim Sullivan, and John Haynesworth. Well done, and welcome aboard.
Carmine Cupani sponsored a social beer
garden gathering Saturday after the track closed.
Many thanks to Carmine – it was a welcome addition following the day’s laps and classes.
As many of you know, VIR is re-paving the
Full Course during late June and much of the
month of July. It will be ready well in time for the
Oak Tree Grand Prix / IMSA Michelin GT Challenge races, August 26-28. Tarheel Chapter will
again participate in the BMW CCA Car Corral.
Response to this event has grown by leaps and
bounds each year, so check the Tarheel website
for more information.
Our next HPDE will be on the VIR Full Course,
September 30 – October 2. This school typically
sells out quickly, so be sure to look at the Tarheel
website for information on when registration will
open. The Bridgestone HPDE Tour will be onsite
at this event, as one of the stops on their 2016
season.
Have a great, safe, high-performance summer! -April Curtis
BMWs, Cows, and Trains!
Well that was the name of the drive organized
for the West and East Triangle Areas on June
25, 2016. For reasons I will get to later, maybe
it should have been called “BMWs, Goats, and
Trains”.
Our drive for this day ran from Cary to Fearrington Village for lunch followed by an afternoon
drive to Bonsal where we took a train ride on the
New Hope Valley Railway.
For the start of the day, 38 of us converged in
the parking lot at the Lucky 32 in Cary. While overcast with a chance of rain, everyone was all smiles
as they admired the group of 15 BMWs, took a
group picture, and got ready for a very “indirect”
fun drive over some great backroads thru the
countryside. Our plan was to drive all together
“parade style” so that no one got lost. Remarkably, the group managed to keep intact despite
our going though a number of intersections as we
traveled across south Cary and Holly Springs to
reach our “country” roads. Credit to Trevor Varney
(my son) in his white X1 with his friend Emily Orton on radio in their role as “sweeper” at the end
of the line. They made sure we pulled over to wait
whenever part of the group got stopped at an intersection. Once south of Hwy 55 in Holly Springs,
things really opened up as we began a spirited
drive over many recently re-paved, twisty turn-y,
traffic free roads that eventually took us past Jordan Lake before heading north again. The roads
were mostly 45 and some 55 mph speed limits
(which we of course didn’t exceed by too much).
After crossing Hwy 64, we then got on the “back
door” route into Fearrington Village. 42 miles in
about an hour. Not bad given all the intersections
at the beginning. And it never rained!
After parking in Fearrington Village, we all
met up for a delicious lunch served in our private
upstairs dining room at the beautiful Granary
Restaurant. For those that have been there,
you know how good the food can be (and if you
haven’t, do make a point to visit soon). Our special menu included Roasted Red Pepper Soup,
Shrimp & Grits, Twice Baked Parmesan & Asiago
Soufflé, and other wonderful offerings. (Special
thanks to Lisa Card who is the GM at the Granary
Restaurant. She and her staff did a great job serving us, and accommodating more folks in our party than we had expected. The Granary Restaurant
has always been very friendly about hosting BMW
CCA events.)
With our short visit to Fearrington Village
over, it was time for us to set out on our afternoon drive. With the clouds from the morning
long gone we now enjoyed clear Carolina blue
skies for the rest of the day. Right on time at
2:10 pm we departed in “parade style” again and
headed south to Pittsboro and its famous City
Hall roundabout. From there it was a short drive
out of town to an another set of fast backroads
thru the countryside down to the historic railroad
town of Goldston. After getting a quick picture of
our “train of BMWs” alongside the railroad tracks
in Goldston, we were off again cutting across the
northern edge of Sanford on fast moving Hwy
421. Once a little east of Sanford, we again got on
to some smooth and fast moving country roads
running roughly parallel to the east of Hwy 1.
(For those interested, our morning and afternoon
drive routes were uploaded to the BMW Ultimate
Drive App which is sponsored by BMW for owners and BMW CCA chapters to find and share fun
drives. Our routes are under Tarheel Chapter “fa-
vorites”. Search the web for more info about the
App which runs on Apple and Android devices.)
Right on schedule after a 52 mile drive, we
arrived at the New Hope Valley Railway in time
for our 4 pm train ride. Waiting for us there were a
few more BMW CCA members who brought their
families and friends to join us on the train ride. It
was very nice that the NHVRy reserved a special
area for us to park all our BMWs together so we
could get a picture in front of some of their rail
equipment (they had even just mowed the grass
for us, too). From the pictures, I counted a total
of 17 BMWs. After getting tickets, our group of
now nearly 50 kids and adults headed to the train
(with many stopping by to take on board beer
or wine which is served during the special “Brew
and Choo” ride days). The NHVRy was also kind
enough to reserve a railroad car for our group
as well. Once the train started moving thru the
countryside, we all enjoyed some good old-fashioned AC with the breeze coming thru our open
windowed passenger car. At the end of the 4 plus
mile line, the train stopped and began the trip
back to our starting point, but this time with their
1941 Baldwin 0-4-0 steam locomotive pulling the
train. For many in our group, the rare pleasure of
listening to a steam engine pull a train was made
only better every time the engineer had to blow
his whistle at grade crossings. Shortly before
5 pm, we were back to where we started. While
many in our group headed home from there, a
number stayed longer to take pictures of the rail
museum’s equipment, enjoy the bands, and perhaps a few more beverages. Again, special thanks
to the NHVRy. They are an all-volunteer, nonprofit railway museum which operates train rides
for the public at various times throughout the
year. They are located less than 30 minutes south
of Raleigh off Hwy 1. For more information, see
http://www.triangletrain.com/
All in all, a wonderful day. But if we ever do it
again, we will need to remember to call it “BMWs,
Goats, and Trains”! --Victor Varney
BMW Corral at VIR!
Michelin GT Challenge IMSA WeatherTech
SportsCar Championship
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What: A late-summer cruise to visit one of the crown jewels of motorsports in the USA, Virginia
International Raceway. The occasion: VIR is hosting the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship, the result of a merger between GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and the
American Le Mans Series. Runs the full weekend of 8/26. See registration site for details.
When: Saturday, August 27th at 8:30am
Where: Starting at the Bimmer Performance Center, 3200 Spottswood St #102, Raleigh, NC 27615.
Come any time after 8am for tire kicking and coffee drinking. Driver / navigator meeting at 8:20.
Who: Rob McIsaac is organizing the event / Pete Osta will be tour-meister.
Objective: An opportunity to explore one of the great race tracks in America and the BMW Corral.
Registration limited and required.
Registration: http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7988177/bmw-car-corral-danville-virginiainternational-raceway#_ga=1.58522986.171869715.1462123333
Duration: Figure 10-12 hours of driving and sightseeing. If we roll at 8:30, expect to be done by
between 8 and 9.
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Fall 2016 M Club Day
Turning Money into Noise @ BMW Performance Center
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What: An early Fall cruise to the BMW Performance Center in Greer, SC.
When: Depart on Friday, October 21st at 2pm. Return on Sunday, October 23rd in the afternoon.
Where: Departure from the Starbucks parking lot at the White Oak Shopping Center in Garner. Feel free to
come any time after 1:30pm. Address for Starbucks is 180 Cabela Drive Garner, NC 27529
Objective: This will be an overnight adventure that will take us to participate in a driving school at the
BMW Performance Center … driving their M-Cars. Registration for the event is open now. Cost per
student is $660 / day.
Objective Alternative: An alternative agenda (site-seeing / shopping) will be arranged for non-driving
spouses. Greenville is a great place to tour!
Dinner: Macaroni Grill, 105 E Beacon Dr, Greenville, SC 29615 (Target 7pm)
Suggested Hotel: Marriott Courtyard (GSP), 115 The Parkway, Greenville, SC, USA 29615 (AAA Rates)
Duration: Figure 4.5 hours of driving each way (each day).
Contact Information: For details, connect with Rob McIsaac at [email protected] or
919-880-8012. Registration is required.
Registration Site is now open at: http://www.nccbmwcca.org/content.php?139-m-club-day.
Bimmers, Beemers and Bacon For August!
Once again, we will be having breakfast at the Farmer’s Market Restaurant in Raleigh on Sunday, August 21st.
What could make for a finer Carolina breakfast than some time with
farm-to-table food ... and another chance to kick tires? Remember that
the gates open at 8am on Sunday mornings ... so don’t get there too early!
Art Class Was Never Like This!
Rolling Sculpture: Art Deco Cars from the 1930s and ’40s
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What: A spectacular tour of the North Carolina Museum of Arts latest effort to highlight
cars (and motorcycles) as art. The vehicles of the 1930’s and 1940’s are remarkable
demonstrations of what is possible. From there, we’ll head to a great lunch!
When: Saturday, November 5th at 10am
Where: Meet at the back parking lot of the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA),
which is located at 2110 BLUE RIDGE ROAD, RALEIGH, NC 27607. Come any time after
9am for tire kicking and story telling. Driver / navigator meeting at 9:50. Who: Rob
McIsaac is organizing the event.
Objective: An opportunity to explore some amazing art, some terrific good and some
great friends!
Duration: Figure 4-5 hours of walking, talking, driving and eating. If we roll (walk!) at 10,
expect to be done by between 2 and 3.
LOCAL SCENE
ASHEVILLE AREA DINNER
Date:
Last Tuesday each month
Time:
6:30 pm
Where:
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Biltmore Park Town Square
26 Schenck Parkway
Asheville,N.C. 28803
(282) 681-2975
All BMW marques are welcome (cars, motorcycles,
Mini, Rolls, etc.).
Contact Chris Joyner at [email protected] for
more information.
CAPE FEAR AREA
Date:
3rd Wednesday each month
Time:
6:30 pm
Where:
The Forest clubhouse at Cape Fear
National golf course, located in the Brunswick
Forest development in Leland, which is just off
Highway 17 south of town.
For dinner information, call Alan Greene at H
(910) 228-5037, C (910) 512-5652 in Leland, email:
[email protected] - Please RSVP by 3rd
Monday for headcount.
CHARLOTTE AREA I DINNER
Date:
3rd Thursday each month
Time:
7 p.m.
Where:
WaldhornRestaurant
12101Lancaster Hwy (Old Hwy 521)
Pineville,NC
(Locatednear Carolina Place Mall)
(704) 540-7047
We’re still hanging out at the Waldhorn Restaurant on the third Thursday of each month. Contact Chris Webber at H:(704) 523-9118 C: 704-9068876 or e-mail at christopher.b.webber@gmail.
com to RSVP. Please join us (great German food
and beer). See you there!
CHARLOTTE AREA II
Date:
4th Thursday each month
Time:
7 p.m.
Where:
Acropolis Cafe
Cornelius
Please email Bob Atkinson for more information
at [email protected] or call (704) 906-4315.
DOWNEAST AREA (Greenville, Wilson Rocky Mt)
No information available at this time.
HURRICANE REGION AREA (New Bern, Jacksonville, Morehead City)
No information available at this time.
NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREA DINNER
Contact Abby Jane Carpenter for more information. [email protected]
ROANOKE AREA
Date:
2nd Tuesday each month
Time:
7:00 p.m.
Where:
Pizza Pasta Pit
1713 Riverview Dr.
Salem, VA 24153
Near corner of Electric Road and Apperson Drive.
Contact JoElla John [email protected] or Scott
Donaldson [email protected] for mor information.
SANDHILLS AREA
Date:
(4th Wednesday each month)
Time:
6:30 p.m.
Where:
Luigi’s Restaurant
(www.luigisnc.com)
528 North McPherson Church Road
Fayetteville, NC 28303
Please come out and join us. Please contact
Thomas Hart for more information at tvth996@
me.com
TRIAD AREA WEST DINNER (Winston-Salem)
Date:
2nd Tuesday each month
Time:
6:00 p.m. Drinks, 7:00 p.m. Dinner
Where:
Cities Grill and Bar – (336)765-9027
2438 S.Stratford Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Please contact Mark Woolley for more information at
[email protected].
TRIAD AREA EAST DINNER (Greensboro)
Date:
Time:
Where:
3rd Wednesday each month
7:00 p.m.
Pie Works
1941 New Garden Rd
Greensboro, NC
(336) 282-9003
TRIANGLE AREA DINNER (RALEIGH)
Date:
3rd Tuesday each month
Time:
6:30 pm
Where:
California Pizza Kitchen
Triangle Town Center
5959 Triangle Town Road, #2121
Raleigh, NC 27616
Main Entrance, by Barnes & Noble
(919) 792-0333
Directions: Triangle Town Center on the north side of
Raleigh, at the intersection of I-540 and US-1
Please contact Robert McIsaac more information at
[email protected]
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TRIANGLE AREA DINNER (CHAPEL HILL)
Date:
1st Wednesday each month
Time:
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Where:
Bailey’s Pub & Grill
1722 N Fordham Blvd
Chapel Hill. NC 27514
Please contact Jeff Krukin for more information at
[email protected]
Tarheel BMW Corral at “Cars N’ Coffee” Charlotte. (Look for Tarheel BMW CCA flag)
Date: First Saturday each month
Time: 8 am – 11:00am
Place: NC Music Factory
For more info, see https://www.facebook.com/CarsAndCoffeeCaryNc
BMW Car Club
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Family Operated
Community Focused
Serving The Triangle For 30 Years
Kenny Hawkins Automotive
605 Germantown Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 851-0242
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Rather special e34 Touring with
many upgrades - S50 (e36 M3
motor), 5-speed conversion, recent kevlar clutch, light-weight
flywheel, Rouge short shifter,
lowered on custom adjustable
coil-over suspension, recent
front bushing (Powerflex)/track
rod/thrust rod replacement and
re-geared limited slip diff - very
capable and reliable car, a real
sleeper. $5,900 OBO. rblood@
yahoo.com
tires, purchased in 2013 for winter
driving. Good tread on tires. Asking $300 OBO.
Contact John or Tracey at 980255-8680 or [email protected].
BMW PARTS FOR SALE:
MISCELLANEOUS:
BMW S62 Engine & Transmission w<30K Engine & Transmission complete with flywheel,
clutch, alternator, power steering
pump, starter, ECU and harness,
EWS, key & pickup antenna.
Stored inside, well cared for,
from 2000 M5. Pristine condition.
Bought for a project that I am not
going to complete. Asking Price
$10,000 plus shipping. [email protected]
Set of 4 Toyo RA-1 tires Light
use by HPDE instructor with 70%
tread left and in excellent condition. Size: 275/35/R18. Price new
was $279.99 per tire for a total of
$1119. Retiring from HPDE and
selling tires at tremendous savings…..$95/tire (66% off original
price) for a total of $380. Contact
Terry Montgomery…. [email protected] or call at 704806-7342
Set of four (4) rims for 2008
BMW X3 with 18” Continental
Preserving the CCA history The
Club Archive is looking for Ok-
Photo by Mike Pugh
END GAME
Eileen and went over to Europe for the Bavarian Tour last month, in celebration of the 50th year of the 02 and
100th year of BMW. 02 Baur is one we borrowed from our friends in Amsterdam to drive in the Alps. -Mike
Pugh
toberfest or Chapter events trophies, shirts, pins, posters, wine
glasses, dash plaques, grill badges, programs, or anything else.
Anything from the club’s past for
the Archive/Museum. Do you have
extra items you would consider
donating? Michael: (864)2500022; [email protected]. (SC)
Tarheel Chapter BMW CCA
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special interest group of BMWCCA dedicated to the enjoyment
of all Z-Series BMW’s. Several
local groups are active in VA and
NC. Find us on Facebook, or at
zscca.org
THE 02 GROUP A special interest
group for 2002 owners in NC. For
more information about the group
and how to join, check out our
website: www.the02group.org
The Z-Series Car Club of
America (ZSCCA) is a national
Joyner’s
EST. 1993
An Independent BMW Specialist
* Early and late model BMW’s
(Call for motorcycle maintenance)
* Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or
BMW Original parts
* Many years of experience exclusively with
BMW repairs, maintenance, and modifications and race prep (Club events)
* Latest Diagnostic Equipment
Chris Joyner, Owner/Technician
76 South Market Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Hours: 9:00 – 6:00 Monday through Friday
Discover Your
Personal Mechanic
Steve Wood
30+ Years of Experience
CERTIFICATION/TRAINING: Degree in
Auto Repair from Forsyth Technical Community College, factory trained in Porsche
and Audi
One Stop Collision Repair Center
Over 50 Years Combined Experience
All Makes & Models Welcome
All Insurance Companies Accepted
Frame Work & PDR Available
SPECIALTY: BMW, Porsche, Audi, VW,
Volvo and Mercedes-Benz
Owner Scott McDuffie – Member Since 1989
3510 E. Wendover Ave, Greensboro, NC 27405
(336) 375-4516
PERSONAL: Married, 3 Children, Grandfather of 4
5316 W. Market Street • Greensboro, NC 27409
www.foraccents.com • [email protected]
T - (336) 294-2137 • F - (336) 852-6795
Cars N’ Coffee, Charlotte
Triangle Drive to New Bern
Roanoke Area Dinner
Triad Area West Dinner
Triangle Area Dinner (Raleigh)
Cape Fear Dinner
Triad Area East Dinner
Charlotte Area I Dinner
Asheville Area Dinner
Sandhills Area Dinner
Charlotte Area II Dinner
Oak Tree Grand Prix VIR
Tarheel & Toe Driver’s School - VIR
September 30 - October 2, 2016
August 18
August 30
August 24
August 25
August 26-28
August 16
August 17
August 9
August 6
AUGUST 2016
CALENDAR
TARHEEL CHAPTER
BMW CCA, Inc.
PO Box 30203
Charlotte, NC 28230

2016 August.indd - Tarheel Chapter

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