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April - June 2022

BMW Club Queensland Newsletter

BMW Club Queensland

April to June 2022

THE BIMMER NEWS April to June 2022 President’s Message Wet, covid, wet, covid, wet…. That’s sums up the last three months!

Unfortunately, we have had to cancel or postpone so many events, it’s been a nightmare.

Anyway, the events we have been able to run have been a great success and we have had many members, including a lot of new members join us for those.

There are a lot of reports about these events on the following pages and a big thank you to all of you who have contributed to this issue. In fact, Darren Foster, our editor has struggled to fit them all in, as you will see. This is a good problem to have.

We kicked off on 3rd April with a run to Queen Mary Falls where we had a picnic and wander down to the waterfalls. Needless to say, there was plenty of water!

There were over 60 people on that run. Very successful, bright sunny day and fabulous roads.

To keep in touch with as many country members as we can, we have a regular Zoom meeting where we reach out all over the state (and northern NSW) to those members to keep them up to date with our activities and get feedback from remote areas.

Our Annual General Meeting was held on 22nd April at Brisbane BMW where an election was held. The club is in a very health condition as far as finances and membership is concerned and I’m please to report that the committee will basically remained the same for the next 12 months.

78 people joined us at the German Club on Sunday 24th April for the ‘$20 Pork Knuckle Sunday’. One word….Yum! Sunday 30th April and the rain came down on our ‘Planes, Train, & Automobiles’ Display. Yes, I did take ‘The Princess’ out of the garage and it did get wet and dirty. I’m ashamed to say it stayed that way for at least three weeks as I fell over the following day with covid and was horizontal for some time.

The rains continued and we lost the MacLean’s Bridge and David Hacks Display days in May. Motorsport was very active through this period with two rounds of the RX Automotive Sprint Series in April & June, the Qld Race Chix Race School & Dinner at Norwell Motorplex and a Safe Driver Training Track Day @ Morgan Park in May. This year, the Kingston Park Go-Kart challenge was dry! Halleluiah! Very competitive and great fun. Make sure you check out the video in that article.

I’d like to thank all those members who have been supporting the various Cars & Coffee events during this period, especially Andrew Hall and Scott Robinson. They promote the events and are always up bright and early with other members to show off their BMW’s 19th June and it was time again for the annual RACQ Motorfest. We were back the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, but in a much better location. We were limited to 30 cars, but had a wide variety of models, but we did focus on the ///M Cars to help celebrate 50 Years of BMW M. A great outcome was that we signed up a number of new members on the day, directly as a result of our display.

Another great sight was the left-hand drive M8 from the BMW Group + QUT Design Academy there on display as part of RACQ Future Zone Display. Thanks Rafael and Mike!

I’d like to take a moment to welcome all the new members so far this year. It has been overwhelming to see just how many people have joined us and how enthusiastic they have been.. Keep it up and I hope to see you on the road soon.

Please check out all of our event videos on YouTube HERE and our BMWCQ Meetings HERE. Gary Schweikert #1522 President BMWCQ

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BMWCQ Events Queen Mary Falls Social Drive Sunday April 3rd After being postponed from earlier in the year due to the wet weather, we finaly were able to hold our social drive to Queen Mary Falls. The first stage of the drive took as from Puma Citiswich to Lake Moogerah for morning tea and a comfort stop. Then it was on to Queen Mary Falls via the scenic and winding roads stopping off at Carr’s lookout to take in the amazing views. The drive finished with lunch at the falls picnic area. All that attended had a great day out.

More photos HERE and video HERE

BMWCQ Events Race Chix Networking Dinner - April 30th Rachelle Stirling from Race Chix was up from NSW to host a training day at Norwell Motorplex. Our member, Pam Smith attended the training day and thoroughly enjoyed herself. That night Greg Ross joined Pam at the networking dinner which I attended as well. We made some great connections and heard some inspiring stories of how these women came to motorsport and how they are making their mark on and off the track. Join the Race Chix Community on Facebook to share and follow along Race Chix Community | Facebook Christine Murphy

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BMWCQ Events

BMWCQ Events

ICC Round 1 Motorkhana May 8th

Safe Driver Training Day Morgan Park May 24th

Ian O’Hara and I attended our first Motokhana as part of the Inter-Club Challenge (ICC). I think this was the event that put “Challenge” into the ICC! We were given eight different “Test” to run through twice.

The goal is to remember the Test configuration, not bump any markers, stop within the “Garage” markers and do it as quick as you can.

By popular demand the club held another SDT day at Morgan Park on the 24th May. The event was well supported and enjoyed by all who attended with plenty of track time and excellent instructors

As you can see I ended having to create my own Test holder as I needed all the help I could get. We gave it our best shot but no competition for the experienced drivers who danced their vehicles around the track with speed and precision.

Here is what Pam Smith had to say about the day Never to old to start.

I have discovered a passion for cars & car racing, one that I always knew was inside, having wanted to race cars from as early as I remember.

Joining the BMW Club Qld is the best thing I have done, the very friendly club members have given me continued encouragement & support and have organised many events.

We enjoyed watching the father daughter teams as well, with some of the young ladies being in their early teens and driving! Well worth a try and Holden Sporting Car Club are the ones to get in touch with if One of my favourite events I have attended is organised you’d like to. https://hsccq.com/events-page/

by Safe Driver Training.

Chris�ne Murphy

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Joel & his friendly team from SDT provide track events that are always well organised, safe & fun. I love my new found hobby that I share with my experienced coach race driver & partner Greg and I can't wait to put on my helmet, warm the engine & get out on track.I think you would call it the magnet of car racing.

Pam Smith

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Safe Driver Training Day Morgan Park May 24 th Report by Jeanette Handley Phil and I travelled up to Warwick for the BMWCQ Safe Drive Training day at Morgan Park on the 24th of May. We were very keen to go to this day as we had not been to Morgan Park before and thought that we would have a fun and informative day with the club members and the people from SDT. We had previously attended one of their days at the Mt Cotton skid pan which was a lot of fun.

The weather in Warwick was cold but it was not as bad as we thought it might be. We stayed at the Coachmans with most of the other club members and had a very pleasant dinner at the local Chinese restaurant where we met the entire group as well as Nick from SDT. The day began with a chill but soon warmed up enough to have some fun. A nice trick I learned from Pam Smith was when she produced an electric kettle to make hot tea and coffee in the pits. I did not realise that the bit bays had power outlets. Great idea on a cold day!

There was quite a variety of cars from our club as well as the others that were sharing the track. The numbers were still small giving plenty of space and time to learn the track and work on timing and technique. Joel and Nick and the entire SDT team were very helpful with their advice on the day as were the other members who were all willing to pass on their knowledge. The track is quite a challenge, trying to memorise all of its tight corners and bumps. I managed to keep all four wheels on the black parts and started to get into a nice rhythm as the day wore on.

It was great to see three ladies driving from our club as well as one other female driver. The most I have seen at a track day so far!

After an amazing day of driving we all had dinner at the Coachmans that evening with great conversation (mostly about cars and driving) and great food. What more could you want.

I will definitely be back as I really enjoyed learning the interesting track and the camaraderie of the club members. Thanks again to Christine and to Joel and SDT for putting on the day and hope to be able to do it again soon.

Jeanette Handley

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MOTORSPORT Round 3 RX Automotive Sprint Series QR April 22 nd The 22nd April 2022 saw BMWCQ return to Queensland Raceway for another round of the Club Sprint Series.

There’s plenty of redevelopment work going on at QR, especially in pit lane with new garages and an elevated viewing platform going in among the existing carports.

BMWCQ member Greg Wilson who owns an immaculate Long Beach Blue M2 is a regular at these events but mostly prefers to drive his Renault Sport Clio RS200. Greg says “the M2 is an absolute weapon at the track and capable of far better performance than I can get out of it. But there’s also great satisfaction driving a less powerful car closer to a limit I can handle, especially a pocket rocket like this little Clio. It’s great that BMWCQ welcomes all makes and models to club events and I always enjoy myself no matter what I’m driving on the day”.

Lunchtime brings the opportunity for passenger laps and Greg’s wife Nadia was able to join in the fun. Seen here in the driver’s seat going nowhere in pit lane Greg Shepherd’s quote: “I enjoyed the time and company of many friendly like minded souls. The track and facilities have improved immensely and the whole event was very well run.

MOTORSPORT Round 4 RX Automotive Sprint Series Morgan Park April 22 nd Darren Newell says "The BMW/Porsche Club Sprint day at Morgan Park was another great event & one that I really look forward to every year. Morgan Park raceway is such an enjoyable circuit to drive with a great mix of corners & subtle elevation change and the crisp winter weather making it that little bit better!" Darren drives a BMW E46 M3.

A report on the day by Dee Powel The day finally arrived - I will be driving at Morgan Park Raceway, a track I have wanted to drive for quite a while.

It had been a year since I was on any track, I felt excited and nervous all at the same time. Kevin Vedelago from Porsche Club Queensland, was kind enough to sit with me for a practice run around the track. As an ICC team member attending the event, I was very well taken care of - from the borrowing of the necessary triangles to attaching & detaching the timer, to the explanation of the different coloured flags.

I had a great day, I particularly enjoyed the full circuit. The other drivers on the track were courteous and patient with me, gave me the opportunity to re-gain my confidence driving on a track.

The other BMW members who were also there on the day were fantastic with their advice & conversation. Thank you to Brendan Cooke for the sponsoring of the fuel, it was a very pleasant surprise.A big thank you to my room buddy - Christine Murphy for all your advice & support. All in all I had a great weekend away Dee Powel

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German Club Lunch April 24 th On Sunday 24th of April the Club held a social lunch at the Brisbane German Club. Approximately 90 people enjoyed an afternoon of great food, drink company with great hospitality shown by the German Club as usual.

Standout of the day had to be the $20 pork knuckles served with fried potatoes, sauerkraut and smoked beer gravy. Most people who had them struggled to finish and ended up taking some pork home. Thanks to the German Club for their hospitality and for offering us the pork knuckle special. All who attended had a fantastic time. We will be back next year for sure

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Go Kart Morning & Breakfast - Kigston Park June 5 th On Sunday the 5th of June the club held its yearly Go kart challenge and breakfast at the Kingston Park Raceway. Thankfully the day was fine and dry, not like last year when everyone was soaked when racing on the track. First order of the day was of course a hot breakfast of bacon, eggs and hash browns accompanied with the usual coffee, tea and juice. Thanks to the skilled BBQ chefs, Vic Crennan and Brian Palmer on an excellent job preparing the food as well as Kerri Thomas and Marian Tait for purchasing all the supplies. This year we were not able to run our two happy laps around the race track like last year due to the wet and boggy state of the entrance to the track so it was straight into driving Drivers used the Le Mans Track onboard the new Sodi SR5 karts recently purchased from France. After a short drivers briefing 23 drivers hit the track for a few laps to familiarise themselves with the track layout and the kart.

Then it was on for young and old as each driver channeled their inner racer in a bid to get to the front over four 10 lap events. The racing on the day resulted in many battles thought-out the field with everyone driving to the best of their abilities and with only a few minor on track incidents.

So, after four hard fought races the top 3 drivers were decided. In third place was David Shoesmith with 160 points who was chased hard by Craig Kelp in 4th only two points behind at the end of racing. In second place after some excellent driving was Roman Miller on 164 Points. In first with 176 points was Rod Campbell standing on top of the podium again. All placegetters were presented with a trophy at the conclusion of racing as well as the safe driving award for the day A special thanks must go to Peter Chapman the Events Manager for Kingston Park for organising another exceptionally well run event. Thanks also to Russell Thomas for putting together another fantastic event, to John Tait for his raffle ticket selling skills and to Gary and Sue Schweikert for shooting and producing a brilliant video of the day Overall, it was another amazing club event with great participation and support from all club members involved with everyone enjoying the day. We will be back next year to do it all again, don’t miss it.

More photos HERE and video HERE

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Go Kart Morning & Breakfast - Kigston Park June 5 th Cont.

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RACQ Motorfest June 19 th One of our major events of the year is always RACQ Motorfest which was held on Sunday 19th of June at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds. As per previous years the event proved very popular with members with the club filling it’s quota of cars several weeks before the event was to be held.

On the day we gathered at Windsor before travelling to the Exhibition grounds in convoy and parking in our allotted display area which this year was undercover. Motorfest 2022 as usual had something for everyone with a huge variety of cars and bikes on display. Special congratulations must be extended to Mark Carter who took out the “Best European Vehicle” award at the event. Mark’s E30 M3 is immaculate and a credit to him, There was a large amount of interest shown in the club from the general public with club members kept busy all day fielding questions, selling merchandise and raffle tickets. Quite a few people also signed up to join the club which was a bonus for the day. An excellent job was done by all members of the committee to ensure that the day went off without any issues. Looking forward to Motorfest 2023.

More photos HERE

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RACQ Motorfest June 19 th Cont.

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Noosa Hillclimb and DTC Sprints by Ian O’Hara My first foray into motorsport was in 2009 where I entered the Mt Cotton Hillclimb series as a novice and won the road registered 1601-2000cc class in my 1975 Lancia beta coupe with a best time of 49.2 secs. I wasn’t always the fastest but with only 150BHP in a 40 year old car I did pretty well!

Fast forward to 2020 and after Covid hit I traded my Audi S4 against a brand new BMW M340i X drive, and as a new member to the BMWCQ, I thought I would give the new AWD sedan a go around the trusty Mt Cotton Hillclimb as the sole BMW entrant in the ICC. The new car went very well indeed and knocked another second off my old PB! It was enough to beat a Subaru WRX and give me my first class win in the new car!

The M340I didn’t last long as the motorsport bug bit hard and Brisbane BMW came up with an offer on a new Long Beach Blue M2 competition which I couldn’t go past. Suddenly I now had my first proper BMW M car!

What a weapon it was and I soon learnt to be respectful of the loud pedal in first and second gears if I was to get any life out of those poor rear tyres! My first track day at Lakeside confirmed that the M2C is indeed a very capable track car.

2021 rolled around and I though it was time to try out the M2 at a few ICC events, such as the Lotus club DTC and again the Mt Cotton Hillclimb, this time supported by some new Motorsport fanatics in their BMW Minis, Christine Murphy and Daryl Khan. By now the M2 had some Nankang AR-1 semi slicks to help put some of that M power to the ground and once again I managed to win my class with a new PB of 47.13 secs, which was only 0.4 secs off the class record held by another well known BMW driver Paul Buccini in his mighty 135i race car.

2021 I also decided to enter the Noosa winter Hillclimb as I saw there were some big name V8 supercar drivers taking part, Brock Feney & Fabian Coulthard. 888 team boss Roland Dane was also there pedalling a very nice Subaru. Saturday was raining but Sunday it cleared and despite only having the standard Michelin Pilot Super sports on the car I managed a class win again! It was a BMW podium clean sweep in that class with my M2 Comp in first, Alex Haigh in his M2 CS 2nd and a nice E36 M3 race car from Melbourne in 3rd. Wow I was liking these hillclimbs!!

In 2022 I decided to take part in all the ICC events and tried Motorkhana, which was a complete disaster! A DCT gearbox and a handbrake that barely does its job as a parking brake meant the mighty M2 was no good at this discipline, where handbrake turns and clutch dumping to hang the tail out are compulsory in a RWD car!! (well that’s my excuse anyway!!) I managed 20 something place and went home with my tail between my legs..

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Noosa Hillclimb and DTC Sprints by Ian O’Hara Cont.

Next up was the Noosa winter hillclimb again, this time with some company from the BMW Mini crew, Sadrick, Daryl and Christine, whom I nicknamed the “Italian Job”. Darren Newell also entered in his Toyota GR Yaris, deciding to save his rapid E46 M3 for the race track. This time I had some fierce competition in the form a very fast Mustang race car, we were trading 1st and 2nd all day, but I managed to pull one out of the hat and beat him to first place making it the 2nd year in a row I won the over 5000cc street class! Sadrick Lim’s had a great weekend and finished in 3rd place in the 2001-3000cc class in his blue Mini Cooper S. The same team are heading there again in October for the Summer hillclimb, it’s a great fun weekend with plenty of time to socialise and look at the diverse array of cars on show. Roland Dane turned up again , this time in a very nice Audi S1 group B rally car replica. That took the prize for being the loudest and also most dramatic off the line smoking all 4 tyres!

I have also done 2 DTC events this year and accrued another win at the SCMSC DTC sprints in June, taking first place there on the tight Lakeside short track, and in July I took part in the Lotus Club ICC DTC Khanacross event where even the mighty M2 was defeated by a very fast Lotus Elise and Ken Grahams rapid 2.4 litre Datsun 1600. It was a great event and there were no less than 10 BMW members competing in the ICC team!

So in summary I have won first in class in 4 hillclimbs in 2 years in 2 different cars! Will I win the Noosa Summer Hillclimb and Mt Cotton ICC Hillclimb this year? Stay tuned to find out….

Ian O’Hara More photos HERE and some in-car videos HERE and HERE

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Targa Tasmania Tour by Phil Pout We arrived at Port Melbourne as the sun set ready to board the Spirit of Tasmania for our journey across the Bass Strait. As anyone who has travelled to Tasmania this way would understand the lengthy process of queuing up at the dock and crawling along the loading ramps and on to the boat. The process can take well over an hour while they load all of the cars and trucks. I think the capacity is around 500 vehicles, however when queued up it feels like 5000! We grabbed a quick snack at the port while we waited our turn to queue. If you have done this before there is a trick in getting into the right position in the queue for the fastest loading, but I don’t know it yet.

After a reasonably comfortable ride across the Strait (comfortable = not being thrown out of your bunk by the sea) we arrived in Devonport around dawn and commenced the search for something to eat at that time of day.

We had booked the transit a couple of weeks early so that we could look around Tasmania and visit family before the Targa commenced.

Then on to Launceston for the start of the Targa. We were all housed in the Hotel Grand Chancellor for the first four nights of the Tour which was comfortable and sociable as a lot of the other teams were housed there.

Day 1 The first day was all about getting through the administration part of the Targa. That included providing all of the paperwork required, getting numbers allocated to your car and placing the stickers on the car, having the car scrutineered, fitting the Rallysafe electronic equipment (which monitors your every move), collecting the Targa official course notes and doing all of the other vehicle and equipment checks to ensure that everything is in place. We then had a comprehensive briefing from the organisers and our Tour leader.

Day 2 - 130 kms total, 8.5 kms staged The start of the Targa was to be a relatively short day including a touring stage from Launceston to George Town and a couple of competitive stages including one through the main streets where an expectant crowd was on hand to cheer all of the competitors through. Jeanette let it rip through the town stage and scared the living daylights out of the navigator (me). At this point the navigator was starting to wonder how he got talked into this. Interestingly, the local council thought it would be a good idea to resurface most of the streets with loose stones before the Targa so that all of the cars would get a good stone blasted paint job on the first day.

After a quick lunch we stayed on to watch the top seeds howl through the main streets, including a slight delay while a Lotus decided to rearrange the street lighting systems (i.e. plough straight into a streetlight pole).

Otherwise, we had a good warm up for what was to be ahead and got back to the hotel early for dinner and preparation for an early start the following morning.

Day 3 - 320 kms total, 72 kms staged Early start, not quite ice on the windows but not far off. Coffee hot, hands and brain cold. Today was a series of short stages around the back roads to the mural capital of Sheffield. We shared driving duties today so I had a chance to get some back on Jeanette. However, she takes a lot more to scare her than I do so I tried to keep it straight and sensible. By now we are starting to realise why driving enthusiasts keep coming back to the Targa year after year.

To read the entire article on Phil and Jeanette’s adventures on the Targa Tasmania Tour please download the PDF HERE

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Motorsport Report The second quarter of the year continued to have good attendance at all Motorsport events.

Our first event was round 3 of our RX Automotive Sprint Series in late April at Qld Raceway. A total of 49 people attended of which 33 were club members. Unfortunately I was not one, being diagnosed with Covid the afternoon before. I must give a big thank you to Christine Murphy, John Tait and Simon Harrex who stepped in literally the last minute to take over running the day and from what I heard did a fantastic job.

Also a big thank you to Simon Harrex for his continual support and willingness to impart some of his vast knowledge on how to approach driving our tracks with his morning track walks. What ever level of driver you are, you should aim to attend these on a regular basis, you will gain some great insight, even if its just to brush up on your skills. Of course, if you are a novice, you must attend them.

I was told all attending had a great day and were very impressed with all the upgrades that have been taking place at QR this year.

Honours for the day went to non-BMW’s with Adam Krauel in his beautiful McLaren followed by Alex Haig in his new GT4 Porsche.

We also had a visit from the guys from QUT Motorsport who brought their electric car out for display and a chat to all who stopped by to look. Hopefully we will see more of them at future events.

Our next planned event was meant to be a Regularity afternoon session at Lakeside on Saturday 14 May, however unfortunately, due to the heavy rain event we were experiencing at the time, the event had to be cancelled. There is another one planned for Sunday 2 October, keep an eye out for notices closer to the event.

24th May saw some of our members head to Morgan Park at Warwick, to attend another of the Safe Drive Training days. These are a great alternative to our sprint days with instructors on hand to give in-car training, if desired, to enhance your driving skills. These are non-competitive events, so no timing recorded on the days, you can use your own app style timing programs if you wish. Being a private hire, there are no special licenses required.

On Sat 11 June we returned to Morgan Park for Rnd 4 of our RX Automotive Sprint Series, hosted by the Porsche Club. We had an excellent attendance with 17 club members attending. Being also a sprint round of the InterClub Challenge, there were several attending from other clubs. The best of the club members on the day was Ben Malpass in his E36 M3 race car followed by Roman Miller in his very quick M2 Competition.

Unfortunately the Morgan Park hoodo that struck my car last year, resulting in a replaced engine, struck again.

This time, with the spark plug chambers full of water, after all the heavy rain resulting in an engine miss fire, and dropping a cylinder. Resulting in only a few laps for the day. Hint, if you have a bonnet with air slots at the back, don’t leave the car in rain, parked pointing up hill.

If you are new to the club or just haven’t experienced one of our track days as yet, I would strongly suggest coming out to our next track day at Lakeside on Friday 9 September. Even if you don’t enter come out and share some of the comradery with your fellow club members, not to mention the sight and sound of some very nice and varied machinery. You are welcome to have a passenger ride at lunch time, to get a better appreciation of the track. We conduct these with competent club members at no charge.

Denis Weisz BMWCQ Motorsport Director

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Membership Report Hi Everyone, New membership for the BMW Club Qld for the first 6 months of 2022 has been very healthy with 77 new members and the total membership at the end of June was approximately 440. In addition, there are circa 140 family members actively participating in club activities. In the post pandemic era, there has been significant investment in second hand cars which is possibly contributing to the increase in membership as quality older BMW's are acquired. There have been a lot of members seeking the supporting letter from the club for SIVS registration of their 30+yo vehicle.

John Payne BMWCQ Membership Officer

CHECK OUT THE NEW AND EXCITING MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE ON THE CLUB WEBSITE LOTS OF GREAT SYTLES TO SUIT EVERYONE. Click HERE to go to the store

Metal Grill Badge WITH MOUNT

Metal Grill Badge NO MOUNT

Window S�cker (Inside or Outside)

Check out the new range of BMW Club badges, stickers, caps and bucket hats now available in our online store on the website. These can be ordered along with the other great range of clue merchandise that is now able to be selected. Something for everyone for sure!

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In Memoriam

It was very sad to receive the news of the passing of club member, Mike Vigor. Mark was a wonderfull guy who enjoyed his car, the club and it’s members. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Our condolences go out to his wife Kim, family and friends.

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BMW NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

This year the Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrated 50 years of the BMW M division. There was a large variety of BMW road and race cars representing all era’s of the BMW M division. Central to the celebration was the giant BMW sculpture directly infont of Goodwood House. BMW also to the oprtunity to launch the new M3 touring during the weekend celebrations Full article HERE and video HERE

The BMW CCA Foundation presented the “Power of M” display celebrating the 50th anniversary of BMW Motorsport. The exhibit features 50 cars from thoughout BMW Motorsport history Article HERE video HERE

BMW held an M Fan Day on the 25 th & 26 th of June at the Zolder Racetrack in Belgium to celebrate 50 years of M. Part of the rare collection of BMW art cars was displayed in glass boxes.

Video HERE Support our club sponsors Please support those businesses that support our club. They are still working but like many businesses they are feeling the pinch so please don’t forget to contact them..

Give them a call and support our supporters.

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CARS FOR SALE After 15 years of ownership its time to move my beloved M'Coupe on.

It is an Australian delivered and complianced car, I'm sure I don't need to go thru just how rare this car is.

When purchased it had around 55,000km's on the clock that is now just under 94,500km's.

It has had the Vanos issue known for these motors sorted by Dr Vanos and the seat slide buttress has also been attended to.

For a car of its age it is in excellent condition, there are a few minor exteriors marks, the interior is all but faultless.

As can be seen its (in my opinion) the best of the colour combinations, silver exterior with black and blue interior.

The car is totally original and never been used as a track car while I've owned it.

I'm looking to sell at or around $148,000, no gst to be applied.

I live in Newcastle and my email is bernardcorbett4@gmail.com.

If there is anyone interested in the car they can initially email me and I will get in touch with them.

I'd love the vehicle to go to a home that will appreciate it for what it is so therefore have contacted you before its goes onto Carsales

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BMWCQ Show of Excellence 2022 - 18th September Shine up your BMW and come and join us for the 2022 BMWCQ Car One Automotive Show of Excellence which this year will be held as a stand alone event at the Eatons Hill Hotel. Click HERE for the details.

Drive to the Yandina Ginger Factory - October 8th Join us on the 8th of October for a scenic drive thru the Glasshouse Mountains and the lower Sunshine Coast hinterland areas to the Yandina Ginger Factory. There will be a 2 course lunch plus a tour of the factory for the low price of $25 each for members. Click HERE for the details.

A Big thank you to all of the committee and the club members who get together to arrange all the great events that we, as members get to enjoy. It has been said “The Cars are what bring us all together but it is the Members who make it such a great Club!!!

As usual, we are always on the look out for any contributions, stories or suggestions from you, so if you have anything please send it through to editor@bmwcq.com.au Daren Foster- Editor eNewsletter