Quarter 4, 2019 Bimmers at Palisade • End-of-the-Year Lunch at Triple X • Flying Cars Banquet Quarter 4, 2019 Volume 49 No. 4 Club Website www.bmwpugetsound.com Zündfolge Staff KALENDER Editor-in-Chief David Lightfoot September 25, Wednesday November 26, Tuesday Associate Editor Steve Libby Board Meeting. All members welcome. Deadline for the Q1 2020 Zundfolge. RSVP to [email protected]. Staff Photographer December 18, Wednesday Christian Bouchez October 13, Sunday Board Meeting. All members welcome. [email protected] Bimmers at Palisade. Our last car show This will be a virtual meeting via Zoom. [email protected] for the year, located at Palisade Restaurant RSVP to [email protected]. Display Advertising on Elliott Bay in Magnolia. David Lightfoot December XX 206-660-6190 October 15-19, Tuesday-Saturday End-of-Year-Lunch at the Triple X [email protected] 50th Oktoberfest in Spartanburg. in Issaquah. Watch for an Around the Sound National Office email blast for the date. 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Then have all read this before: we need more Dana Lantz will take over the reins. member participation on the board and Most of you know that I have served help coordinating events. We all want two, two-year terms with a one-year events to attend, tours to drive, and interlude between them. Unlike the collections to view but it takes dedicated song, I will still very much be around in volunteers to make it happen. I will not the Club serving as the Driving Events lecture anymore in this column, but you Coordinator, Past President, and being all get the message. present at most, if not all, events. I will We will continue to use ATS (Around also be the liaison for the Club and the Sound) email blasts and Facebook to dealership relations. Some events I may get current, relevant information about direct, like Bimmers at Palisade. Club events. Also, the future of informa- The Puget Sound Chapter is in great tion about Club activities will focus on shape. We’ll be entering 2020 as the 50th the website, so keep checking it. Anniversary of the formation of this I would like to thank you all for your Club. That is quite an accomplishment support of the Club, your participation and many of the original members are in Club events, and to all of the gearheads 2020 President Dana Lantz. Quarter 4, 2019 Outgoing President Steve Libby with a trusting Taylor Stepien. Coming Events WE’VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMING EVENTS during the fourth quarter that you Bimmers at Palisade • End-of-the-Year Lunch at Triple X • Flying Cars Banquet don’t want to miss. But you’ll have to watch the Around the Sound emails or check the website for the details. ON THE COVER Bimmers at Palisade End-of-the-Year Lunch On October 13, Sunday morning, Annually, between Christmas and It has been 40 years since Andy we’ll be back at Palisade Restaurant New Year’s Day, we visit the Triple X Warhol painted at M1 with a brush. on the waterfront in Magnolia. This in Issaquah for an end-of-the-year- It still looks amazing. is one of our newer car shows but has lunch-and-dietary-blowout-before- Photo by BMW Press proven popular with members and better-habits-in-the-new-year. The Palisade management. Put this on date hasn’t been set so watch the ATS your calendar and plan to attend. for details as we get deep into fall. www.bmwpugetsound.com Quarter 4, 2019 ZÜNDFOLGE 3 MOTOR SPORTS BY THE TIME YOU ALL ARE READING of the reins of TRAKCAR to the new The 2020 Track Dates THIS, we will have had our last HPDE at owner, Dana Lantz. Dana will assume April 10, Saturday The Ridge and sadly end the 2019 track the role of President of the Club for May 8, Friday season. Time to clean off the brake dust 2020. Her E30 is having some issues and June 12, Friday from the wheels and start thinking next she has always loved TRAKCAR. Just July 16, Thursday season. For those who came out and so you all know, if you decide to become August 21, Friday completed the Car Control Clinic, you president, you do not get an E30 318is. September 11, Friday are ready to jump on the big track. Driv- What will I drive, a 2005 silver 330i ZHP ing at Pacific Raceways is simply the best “ZEEHP” that will remain relatively I would like you all to consider our way to spend a sunny day in the Puget street-friendly but maybe Santa will driving program and think of it as four Sound area. We all live in this informa- bring some track rubber. separate levels of driving: tion overloaded, email-text-Twitter- We have firmed up our 2020 track • One: The tour program caters to those Instagram-Facebook world and can use days. We will hold six events at Pacific who would like to more leisurely a break. Just the simple pleasure of driv- Raceways and will drop The Ridge from drive as a group to a destination or ing your Ultimate Driving Machine and the schedule. With the number of mem- view the scenery along the way. listening to the engine and your instruc- bers and drivers in the Puget Sound • Two: For those participating in the Car tor is a greatly needed distraction from region, it makes sense that everyone has Control Clinic who want to explore all that is happening in the world today. an accessible track opportunity. Also, we the limits of their cars on a closed Make some plans for next year. got feedback that you all wanted more course and hone driving skills. Those of you who were there on days at Pacific Raceways. Ask and you • Three: The third group includes August 23 witnessed the handing over shall receive. those who want to strap themselves in the car and drive on the racetrack, pushing themselves and the car. • Four: This group inclues those who want to take it to the next level and go competitive racing in a series like PRO3. Our Puget Sound Chapter is in the unique position to offer all four levels of driver engagement, from touring to full-bore racing. I would challenge anyone to name another club that has the ability to offer this kind of opportunity.