UPDATE!!!!
Discounted tickets are available for $12 for the 4:00PM showing.
Come join the Lone Star Chapter for the RUSH Movie Event in Wylie, TX at the B&B Wylie 12 Theater on Sunday, September 29th. Tickets only $14.00; Click https://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.advert/uidEvent/A122C1FC-B0A8-4CF7-D602CF68F412D847 to reserve.
The school will be held on October 13 2013 at LaGrave Field in Ft. Worth, TX. Info/registration is at www.streetsurvival.org.
Tire Rack Street Survival goes beyond antiquated high-school driver education programs, which put more focus on classroom theory and parallel parking rather than controlling a two-ton vehicle at speed.
The primary emphasis of the Tire Rack Street Survival program is a “hands-on” driving experience in real-world situations! We use your own car to teach you about its handling limits and how you can control them.
The students will become more observant of the traffic situation they find themselves in. They will learn to look far enough ahead to anticipate unwise actions of other drivers. As the students master the application of physics to drive their cars, they will make fewer unwise driving actions themselves. They will understand why they should always wear their own seatbelts, and why they should insist that their passengers wear seatbelts, too.
To all:
We have been having some interesting weekend scheduling challenges but we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!! Would everyone check their calendars for two upcoming tours?
Saturday, Oct 5th – We’d like to gather in Cleburne at our favorite Home Depot parking lot on hwy 67 at 1:45 pm for a short drivers’ meeting and a 2pm departure.
Our destination will be a 5:30 pm dinner reservation on the west side of DFW. More details on that in the next couple of days when we work out the reservation details.
Saturday, Nov 16th – We’d like to gather in Crandall at the Cotton Gin Restaurant on hwy 175 at 1:45pm for a drivers’ meeting with a 2 pm departure.
Our destination will be back to my home town of Mineola for Saturday night dinner at Kitchen’s Hardware Store! We’ll see if we can line up the tables in the Hardware Store again for that extra bit of ambiance that Kitchen’s is so well known for!
At both dinners, we’ll be discussing potential destinations for a bigger Spring Tour.
And, as always, if you can rsvp to us with a headcount in your party, it helps us accommodate everyone with the dinner reservations!
Marc and Rhonda Leediker
marc3509@sbcglobal.net
the Tourmeisters
Lone Star Chapter BMW Autocross #7 – Sunday, September 15th, 2013 Mineral Wells Airpark
Registration is now open for the 2013 LSC BMWCCA Autocross #7
Sunday, September 15th, 2013
Even if you’ve never autocrossed before, come on out at give it a try. Instructors are provided for novices, and people wanting to try the sport.
More information can be found on the LSC BMWCCA website http://www.lscbmwcca.org/autocross-schedule.html, and if you want to drive in the event you must register. Cost is $30 for BMWCCA members.
**** Register Online at dlbracing.com ****
Registration for 2013 events will be 100% online. We will not accept payment on site! Online registration is available until 9PM the Friday before each event.
Tech Inspection:
All participant vehicles must pass Tech Inspection on site.
Tech Inspection begins at 8am and will close at 9am.
Mandatory Driver’s meeting at 9am. If you don’t attend this meeting, you will not drive in the event.
First car will start around 9:30am.
We will have 5 runs in the morning heat, and 5 runs in the afternoon heat. 10 total runs per driver!
Rides in instructor vehicles are free. A helmet must be worn. There are a limited number of loaner helmets available for those that do not own their own helmet. (Helmets must be rated M-2005 or SA-2005 or newer)
http://www.dlbracing.com/Clubs/Registera.aspx?LMID=11&EventID=5424
Lone Star Chapter BMWCCA Night AutoX!
Saturday, September 14th, 2013
Limited to the first 35 cars registered!
Our intent is to have drivers do at least 5 runs in the daylight session so that they can familiarize themselves with the course… With 15-20 drivers and a course time of about 50-60 seconds. Ideally, drivers should also be able to get at least 4-5 runs at night.
3:00 Course Setup
3:30 Tech Inspection Opens
4:30 Driver’s Meeting
5:00 First Car Off – Group 1 – 55 mins
6:00 First Car Off – Group 2 – 55 mins
6:55 DINNER BREAK
The dinner break is a chance to enjoy the Texas summer sunset, grill, cook out, and socialize in a way that we just don’t normally do at most autocross events since everyone will be taking a break at the same time! Food can be cooked on site, or brought back from any of the restaurants in town.
8:05 PM first car off – group 1 -55 mins
9:05 PM first car off -group 2 -55 mins
10:00PM Finish
Most drivers have the best results by driving with headlights OFF and parking lights and foglights ON… E36s and E46s do this well..
Keep in mind that the NIGHT autocross is on Saturday. The regular points paying event is on SUNDAY. Normal times apply for the Sunday event. The price for each event is $30.00
Direct Registration Link:
http://www.dlbracing.com/Clubs/Registera.aspx?LIMD=11&EventID=5423
Registration is now open for the Lone Star Chapter BMWCCA Driver Education weekend at Motorsport Ranch in Cresson. We’re running the 1.7 mile configuration in the CW direction, and the weather is usually perfect for October events.
Registration and more details can be found at http://msreg.us/LSCFall13DE. We’re offering Early Bird pricing until September 23rd, after which the price of registration will increase by $30 for the weekend. Registration is only being offered for the 2-day weekend – no single day options this time.
NOTE: If you want to attend a future BMWCCA DE at Circuit of the Americas, and want to be eligible to register in the first tier of invitees, you must have attended a Texas Region BMWCCA event in the 18 months prior to registration opening for a COTA event. Registering for and attending this event will ensure you are on the list of those eligible for a Tier One invitation.
Questions regarding the event should be sent to:
We hope you can join us!
Let’s support the Tejas chapter and join our fellow BMW enthusiast at the ALMS event.
During the ALMS event at Circuit of the Americas on September 20-22, Tejas Chapter will be hosting an official BMW Car Corral on behalf of BMW CCA, sponsored by BMW NA.
We will have a 30′ x 30′ white tent, approximately 20 chairs and 4 tables, and a video setup that will display the same programming as the Jumbo-Tron near the main entrance.
COTA is also offering a reduced-price ticket and parking package for those 3 days for $139 per person that will include:
We will have club information on hand, including flyers on the club itself and membership benefits, the BMW CCA Foundation, and their Street Survival Course.
Volunteers are needed from those who purchase the Corral ticket package to staff the tent and greet visitors, which will include representatives from BMW CCA National and BMW of North America, along with numerous club members from across the country. This is our chapter’s opportunity to put a face on the BMW CCA and Tejas Chapter for this event, and everyone’s help will be most appreciated. We anticipate that with enough volunteers across the 3 days, it won’t involve more than a few hours’ time working in the tent, but all volunteers must be event ticketholders.
Lone Star Chapter member Miles Jaroska has won the trip for two to Oktoberfest 2013 In Munich, Germany in the drawing held today at the National Office (watch the video below)! Members who joined* BMW CCA or extended** their existing membership between July 1 and July 31, 2013 were entered into the drawing for a chance to win an all expense paid trip for two to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.
We’d like to thank Spaten, the official social partner of the BMW Car Club of America, for this wonderful opportunity. We’d also like to thank BMW M because this trip includes an exclusive tour of BMW M and the BMW Individual studio in Garching.
– See more at: http://www.bmwcca.org/node/6358#sthash.FI3aY44B.dpuf
Lone Star Chapter BMW Autocross #6 – Saturday, August 10th, 2013 TMS Bus Lot
Registration is now open for the 2013 LSC BMWCCA AX #6 Saturday, August 10th, 2013. Registration is capped at 65!!!
Even if you’ve never autocrossed before, come on out at give it a try. Instructors are provided for novices, and people wanting to try the sport.
More information can be found on the LSC BMWCCA website http://www.lscbmwcca.org/autocross-schedule.html, and if you want to drive in the event you must register.
Cost is $45.00 for BMWCCA members.
IMPORTANT: There are no free events given at TMS for new BMW Members.
**** Register Online at dlbracing.com ****
Direct Registration Link:
http://www.dlbracing.com/Clubs/Registera.aspx?LMID=11&EventID=5399
Registration for 2013 events will be 100% online. We will not accept payment on site! Online registration is available until 9PM the Friday before each event.
Tech Inspection:
All participant vehicles must pass Tech Inspection on site.
Tech Inspection begins at 7:30am and will close at 8:30am.
Mandatory Driver’s meeting at 8:30am.
First car will start around 9:00am.
We will have 5 runs in the morning heat, and 5 runs in the afternoon heat. 10 total runs per driver!
Rides in instructor vehicles are free. A helmet must be worn. There are a limited number of loaner helmets available for those that do not own their own helmet. (Helmets must be rated M-2005 or SA-2005 or newer)
Location: Texas Motor Speedway Bus Lot
Lone Star BMW CCA 