Next weekend, March 4th-March 6th, is our annual Fredericksburg trip.  We have 18 people signed up in 11 cars.  If you are planning to join us, Sunday House Inn was only going to reserve rooms until tomorrow, Feb 28th.  (Not sure if any are available in our group).

Documents (Garmin GPX files are available, too):

• General Itinerary
• Day 1 Maps
• Day 2 Maps (We have all 3 twisted sisters on this route this year 🙂 )
• Day 3 Maps

Please let Raymond Mimick (rmimick@iname.com) know if you are coming so we can watch for you.  Also, let him know if you are planning to join us for either or both evenings for dinner.

Register: http://www.dlbracing.com/Clubs/Registera.aspx?LMID=11&EventID=6183

We have complete our First Quarter 2016 newsletter.

Nerces has joined the editing team.  We’d love to get more articles in the newsletter and you can help by sending your articles to Nerces.

Next quarter, we are looking for articles about:

• Insurance information about your cars (suggested talking to a Liberty Mutual insurance guy locally to cover what a CCA member gets differently)
  • Multiple cars, pleasure vehicles, discounts, (non-daily driver)
• Tours:
  • Review of Fredericksburg and 2 1/2-day tours (any one want to write up their perspective of the trip?)
• HPDE – COTA
  • Maybe this is the main feature;
  • Club Racing
  • What is covered in an HPDE event.
  • History of Trifecta
  • Why do this? It’s fun… (do you have a story to tell?  Share it with us)
  • COTA history/why so important?

• Auto Cross
  • What is it, how is it scored, what’s the competition?
  • How is it run
  • The competition: maybe take 3-4 people and follow them through the season
• 100 year BMW anniversary
  • History
  • US history part
  • Any trips you took to a BMW national event – share them.
• 2002 event from: March 19

New: February 20th 1/2 day tour
We’ve added a new tour day (weather permitting) for February 20th.  The tour will start at 1 p.m. at the Home Depot in Ceburne and doing our normal circuitous driving stuff (with a potty break or two thrown in) until 5:00pm when we would arrive at Let’s Eat.  If possible, Marc will try to arrange a parade lap for everyone around MSR in Cresson – we’ll be going right by it.

Let’s Eat has limited seating of 19.  If you are interested in attending the tour (and want to include dinner), please RSVP to Marc Leediker at marc3509@sbcglobal.net by end of business Feb 12, in order to give them an accurate head count.

Update: March 4-6th Fredericksburg
The tour dates changed due to hotel availability but Fredericksburg is ready to go.  We’ll be staying at Sunday House Inn again this year.  Judy has reserved 12 rooms (most are Kings, some are doubles) at 129.95/night.  Please call Judy at 830-997-4484 to reserve your room and tell them that the rooms are reserved under the Lone Star BMW.  She will hold the rooms until February 28th.

When you make your reservations, let Raymond Mimick know (rmimick@iname.com) and if you want to join us for a group dinner for either Friday night and/or Saturday night (last year, the group split up to different destinations).

General Plan (the routes and dining options are still being determined but we’ll keep some of the previous year’s routes):

Day 1 (Fri): We’ll start out in Cleburne and make a quick trip down to Fredericksburg arriving about 3pm.  Pit-stop schedules: Cleburne to Hico, Hico to lunch in Goldthwaite.  Goldthwaite to Llano.  Llano to Fredericksburg.  Hotel Check in, Wine Tasting tour.  Dinner at our favorite German restaurant.

Day 2 (Sat): Start out early (8a): Fast pace drive to Leakey and possibly out to Brackettville.  We’ll return between 2p-3p, depending on the distance.  Saturday night: Dinner at possibly Hilltop Cafe.

Day 3 (Sun): Return trip to DFW through possible Austin, TX stop for lunch; Last year we arrived back at 6 p.m. but if not desired, we’ll skip a trip to The Oasis in Austin.

Dear Autocrossers,
We still have a few spots open to our indoor Go Kart racing and celebration of the 2015 Autocross award winners. Come join us for some laps.

When
Saturday 23rd of January
11:00 am – 1:15 pm

Cost
The cost is $35.
A terrific value with 2-3 races, including lunch.

Registration
http://www.dlbracing.com/Clubs/Registera.aspx?LMID=11&EventID=6127

Where
Pole Position Raceway
10550 John W. Elliott Drive
Frisco, TX 75033

Info
Closed Toe Shoes required.
Helmets are available or bring your own (visor required).

Hope to see you there,
Franco Maras

Lone Star BMWCCA
Autocross Chair

Dear Lone Star Chapter BMWCCA Member,

Come join us for a fun event at Pole Position Raceway with indoor Go Kart racing. The event is open to all members, friends and family.

After the Go Kart experience we will celebrate the 2015 autocross trophy winners with an awards ceremony. Lunch is provided during the event.

Note that the number of drivers is limited, so make sure to sign up early.
When
Saturday 23rd of January
11:00 am – 1:15 pm

Cost
The cost is $35.
A terrific value with 2-3 races, including lunch.

Registration
http://www.dlbracing.com/Clubs/Registera.aspx?LMID=11&EventID=6127

Where
Pole Position Raceway
10550 John W. Elliott Drive
Frisco, TX 75033

Info
Closed Toe Shoes required.
Helmets are available or bring your own (visor required).
Hope to see you there,

Franco Maras

Lone Star BMWCCA
Autocross Chair

This Saturday’s toy run has a few updates

1. New maps (some of the old route was not good for our cars (click the word New Maps to download the newest)).
2. Change of Drop-off location:
   1. Swing through the “Pre-Owned” Department on the East end of Classic BMW to drop off your toys BEFORE coming to the departure parking lot.
   2. Drop off in the main reception area to get the 10% off coupon from Classic
3. Get ready for a great drive and let Marc (marc3509@sbcglobal.net) know if you are coming

15 people have signed up so far.

2015 Finale!

Saturday, November 14th @ Mineral Wells

Come out and enjoy another fine North Texas fall day on Saturday. Study the course map, print it, bring it along and drive smooth.

Direct Registration Link:
http://www.dlbracing.com/Clubs/Registera.aspx?LMID=11&EventID=6090
Online registration is available until 6PM the Friday before the event. Cost is $30.
We will also accept credit card payment on site. The total cost for on site payment is $40.

Tech Inspection:
All participant vehicles must pass Tech Inspection on site.
It begins at 8:00 am and will close at 9:00 am.

Novice Meeting:
You need to attend this meeting if this is your first time out with our club.
Novice meeting starts at 8:30 and is followed by a course walk.

Worker Assignment:
All participants are required to work during runs when they are not driving.
The assignments will be posted on the club van before the meetings.

Mandatory Driver’s Meeting at 9:10 am.

First car planned to start at 9:30 am.
We will have 5 runs in the morning and 5 runs in the afternoon. 10 total runs per driver!

After the morning runs we will take a 45 minute lunch break, during which time we will provide grilled hot dogs (weather permitting).
More Event Details:
http://www.dlbracing.com/Event/6090

Hope to see you there,

Franco Maras

LSC BMWCCA AutoX Chair

Sunday, November 15th: Starting in Kaufman at the CVS (101 W Mulberry St, Kaufman, TX) at 1:30 p.m., we will be leaving out and traveling some East Texas roads down to Palestine and then back toward Athens for dinner at Jalapeno Tree (1112 E Tyler St, Athens, TX 75751 http://jalapenotree.com; 903-677-4056).  Let Brian (bgeorge0049@gmail.com) know if you want to join us on this one.  If you want to join us for dinner, let us know, too.  We’ll reach Athens around 6 p.m.

Update: Saturday, December 5th: Toy run starting from Classic BMW after Cars and Coffee.  Marc Leediker (marc3509@sbcglobal.net) will be leading this tour and please let him know if you can join us.  The idea will be to bring a toy to Classic BMW and then start out on the tour about 9:45 a.m.

Update: Friday, January 1st, 2016 – Hair of the Dog tour like Houston Chapter does every year doing a West of Fort Worth drive.  The Hair of the Dog is a drink concoction to assist a person from a hang-over.  Raymond Mimick (rmimick@iname.com) will be leading this one.  Please let us know if you will join us.

Marc (214-354-9505) and Rhonda Leediker,
the Tourmeisters
marc3509@sbcglobal.net

Raymond Mimick (817-999-0078)

Brian George