BMWQ Newsletter July-Sept 2022

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July - September 2022

BMW Club Queensland Newsletter

BMW Club Queensland

July to September 2022

THE BIMMER NEWS July to September 2022 President’s Message T July to September was a busy time of year for our club with a lot of social and motorsport events and great to see a lot of new members joined the club as well.

The first of these events was a Hyper BMW Powersports afternoon skip pan at Mt Cotton. A full field of 14 cars were out to have a great time. The following weekend, we had over 60 members and guests join us for a run from Yatala up to Mt Tamborine to the Bush Turkey Bistro for lunch.

Our major event for the year on Sunday 24th July was the Hyper BMW PowerSports ICC Charity Day Breakfast and Happy Laps followed by the ICC Charity Day Regularity Challenge. 74 members and guests for Happy Laps and 44 cars for the ICC Regularity Challenge. The most important number of the day was $11,000.00 that BMW Club Queensland was able to raise for our two supported charities, Pay A Sack Forward and Emerge Café. Thank you to all the supporters and members for making this a very successful day. There was a little bonus for some of our members on the day, a free tank of fuel thanks to our naming sponsor, Hyper BMW Powersports.

A couple of weeks later, 35 members and guests joined the drive to the Emerge Café in Toowoomba for lunch where we presented their cheque for our donation.

We have now changed the format of our monthly meetings to a less formal style ‘Muster’. It’s just a gathering, a brief chat and normally something to eat & drink.

Thanks to the tireless work by our ICC Coordinator Christine Murphy, on 14th August we were invited to join the Tesla Owners Club Australia for an Economy Run and Lunch. How did that work, well, lots of calculations? It was fun and a great drive. (BTW, thanks again to Hyper BMW Powersports for covering the cost of our fuel)

After the success of our whale watching cruise last year, we booked Captain Kerri & her vessel Eye-Spy for the evening of 3rd September for RiverFire. What a spectacular event.

It was a great cruise, food, drinks and the fireworks and RAAF display were astounding.

We are very pleased to introduce one of our new supporters, Car One Automotive.

They invited us to have our September Muster at their new showrooms at Woolloongabba and a couple of weeks later on Sunday 18th, they were the naming sponsor of our Annual Show of Excellence at Lakeside Park.

September wrapped up with a couple of motorsport events, oner at Morgan Park on 20th September, and a day at Lakeside on 25th September. Again, a good show by some of our female drivers & members.

Thanks girls.

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

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BMWCQ Events Tambourine Moutain Drive & Bush Turkey Bistro Lunch - July 9th After being postponed from earlier in the year due to the wet weather, we finaly were able to hold our social lunch drive to the Bush Turkey Bistro at Mt Tambourine .

Around 30 cars left BP Yatala at 10:00am for a two hour cruise thru the cane fields around Norwell and Jacobs Well, thru Wolfdene and on to our lunch destination the Bush Turkey Bistro at Mt Tambourine. Lunch was excellent with good food and great service. All club members who attended enjoyed a day out in the sunshine with terrific scenery More photos HERE

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BMWCQ Events

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BMWCQ Events

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ICC Motorsport DTC Lakeside - Report by Jane Musgrave

ICC Motorsport Hillclimb Mt Cotton - Report by Daryl Kan

My name is Jane and I have recently joined the BMW Queensland club, what a great decision that was. I attended my first ICC M/Sport DTC Autocross on Saturday 16th July and what an amazing day it was. I drive a 228i convertible and for the very first time in my life got to drive around a track testing my driving skills and speed, what a fantastic experience. I was very nervous to take off on my first lap, heart pounding a hundred miles an hour. After that lap and over the next 3 laps I managed to shave 5 seconds off my time as my confidence increased. I had attended the BMW afternoon at the Mr Cotton Skid Pan two weeks prior and I was grateful for the experience I learnt there and put into action on this track.

The Mount Cotton Hill Climb is located on Gramzow Rd in Mount Cotton is home to the MG Car Club of QLD Inc. It is located less than 40km south of Brisbane CBD with mostly travel on the motorway.

There were 38 competitors on the day, it was a thrill to be one of three females driving on the day. So many beautiful and different cars. I must admit I know zip about cars and learnt a few things about my car that I was not aware of. I just love to get in them and drive as fast as I can (or allowed to).

In the short time I have been a member of this club I attended 3 events and made many new friends with everyone being so welcoming and helpful. I am looking forward to Sunday 24th July to participate in the happy laps prior to the ICC Charity Day Regularity Challenge.

Thanks BMW for changing for life.

This is the 5th event of the Interclub Car Challenge comprised of more than ten different car clubs with members competing on this track that is just short of a kilometre with several off cambers and undulations similar to a rollercoaster ride at a theme park.

The track comprises of two loops both of which at its top end were largely shaded by surrounding trees which proved a little slippery in the early morning from the accumulation of dew. However, by around 11am as the mercury rose and after about four rounds, traction improved and so did the drivers’ timings.

There is a hairpin turn that is supported by containers of nuts (arrester beds) in case of runoffs, together with fast descends and off cambers towards the finish line, this track delivers multiple short bursts of adrenaline.

This event had a variety of vehicle types and classes from open wheelers to race/formula cars to improved/ modified production cars to road registered cars with the fastest time of the day by a 4-litre Gould GR55B driven by Dean Amos at 37.17 secs. BMWCQ had the largest turnout with eleven members competing with a range of BMW ///M cars and Minis. It was a great day with good weather, lots of excitement with our cars and camaraderie with club members and other competitors.

More photos HERE Photos by Steve Bass Photography

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Inter Club Challenge Report ICC – Inter Club Challenge Dominance This year has seen so many of our members participating and enjoying the events in the ICC. With over 10 Clubs participating, the competition offers a varied selection of motorsport and social events which fosters great comradery amongst our fellow Club members. The Clubs that have hosted events in this year’s calendar are Porsche Club, ZCar Club, Holden Sporting Car Club, Lotus Club, MG Car Club, MX5 Club, Tesla, Triumph Sports Owners Association, Qld 86BRZ Car Club and of course BMWCQ. Whether you are a seasoned motorsport participant or it’s your first time, this competition welcomes everyone!

Events our drivers participate in are the Mt Cotton Hillclimb, DTC at Lakeside, Navigation Run, Regularity, Sprints, Motorkhana, Khanacross, Show’n’Shine and the new Economy Run. Whether you participate in one or all events you are earning points individually and if you are in the top 4 for your Club in an event you are earning points towards your Club’s position.

I am really enjoying helping everyone as the ICC Coordinator and am so proud of everyone’s efforts! I would love to see as many of you at the trophy presentation at The Bardon Shed on 10th December 8am -11am to collect your trophy or support your Club and members who will be presented their trophies! To register please follow this link: BMW Club Queensland - ICC Awards Presentation - ZCar Club Q Inc (bmwcq.com.au) The current top 5 Clubs on the Outright Leader Board look like this (NB – BMWCQ is on top in the Road Register Leader Board as well). Well done BMWCQ members!!! Let’s hold this lead until the end.

1st BMWCQ – 91 points 2nd Porsche Club – 87 points 3rd ZCar Club - 82 points 4th Holden Sporting Car Club - 72 points 5th Lotus Club - 55 points The Top 20 drivers out of 148 drivers in the Individual Outright Leader Board are as follows: 1st Ryan Black - PCQ - 228 2nd Ian O’Hara - BMWCQ - 226 3rd Christine Murphy BMWCQ - 222 4th Bill Black PCQ - 216 5th Ken Graham HSCCQ - 206 6th Pauline Graham HSCCQ - 202 7th Dick Reynods LCQ - 192 8th Daryl Kan BMWCQ - 168 9th Phil Hart LCQ / PCQ - 149 10th Robert Mills MX5/BMWCQ - 146 11th Brett Davidson HSCCQ - 120 12th Roman Miller BMWCQ - 119 13th Tim Boydle BMWCQ - 115 14th Anthony Trevor BMWCQ - 109 15th Jordan Kirk BMWCQ - 102 16th Chris Price BMWCQ - 102 17th Daniel Griffiths ZCCQ - 100 18th Noel Caplet HSCCQ - 89 19th Julian Jones BMWCQ - 88 20th Dean Sharry BMWCQ - 88 The Top 20 drivers out of 113 drivers in the Individual Road Registered Leader Board are as follows: 1st Christine Murphy BMWCQ - 256 2nd Ryan Black PCQ - 247 3rd Ian O’Hara BMWCQ - 246 4th Dick Reynolds LCQ - 204 5th Daryl Kan BMWCQ - 180 6th Phil Hart LCQ / PCQ - 165 7th Robert Mills MX5/BMWCQ - 160 8th Brett Davidson HSCCQ - 126 9th Tim Boydle BMWCQ - 125 10th Roman Miller BMWCQ - 125 11th Anthony Trevor BMWCQ - 116 12th Jordan Kirk BMWCQ - 114 13th Chris Price BMWCQ - 111 14th Bill Black PCQ - 109 15th Daniel Griffiths ZCCQ - 109 16th Dean Sharry BMWCQ - 102 17th Julian Jones BMWCQ - 102 18th Pamela Smith BMWCQ - 101 19th Luke Smith Tesla Owners - 96 20th Denis Anikin BMWCQ/HSCCQ - 94

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As you can see BMWCQ members are eating up the competition.

View the full list of points HERE If you would like to participate in the ICC for 2023 or just like to know more information, please do not hesitate to contact me on 0411 467 745 or icc@bmwcq.com.au.

Take care, drive safe and see you track side soon!

Christine Murphy ICC Coordinator

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BMWCQ Events

July to September 2022

BMWCQ Events

Mid Week Emerge Cafe Run - August 10th On Wednesday the 10th of August about 30 BMW Club members gatherd at “Rusty’s” Shell service station for a morning drive thru Esk, Crowns Nest and on to Toowoomba for lunch. Lunch in Toowoomba was at Emerge Cafe allowing us to present our charity day cheque supporting the fantastic training and employment support services for young people being offered. Thanks to everyone who supported our annual fundrasing efforts for Emerge Cafe and Pay a Sack Foward

BMW and Tesla Club Economy Run - August 14th On Sunday the 14th of August the BMW combined with the Tesla Club to conduct an experimental economy run. The day involved filling up ICE cars and fully charging up EV cars then driving thru the Glasshouse Mountains and Buderim and retuning to the same depature point to do a measured top up. Calculations were then perfomed to see which vehicles had the best economy

More photos HERE and video HERE

More photos HERE and video HERE

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Safe Driver Training Day Morgan Park September 20 th On Wednesday September 20th the club held another Safe Drive Training day at Morgan Park Raceway outside Warwick. All who participated enjoyed the day with plenty of track time and guidance from the instructors present.

The SDT events are a a good way to build confidence in your driving ability, learn from pro instructors or use as a stepping stone to other motorsport events. Congratulations to all that attended on the the day for achieving their certificates. Special mention to Rob Mills for winning driver of the day, Autur Krupinski for winning the “Conan the Tyre Destroyer” award and Team MX5 Bill Pooley, Paul Evrat and Gary Warfield for winning the “Look at me” award

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Riverfire Cruise - September 3 rd On Saturday September 3rd almost 100 members of the club enjoyed a fantastic afternoon on the Brisbane River to celebrate Riverfire aboard “Eye-Spy” the Brisbane Whale Watching catamaran. The boat departed at 4pm from the New Farm Park River Hub and traveled upriver under the Story Bridge and anchored in the city reach of the river. Members were then treated to an army aviation display and multiple fly overs by the F/A-18F super hornets. The food and entertainment on the Eye-Spy was first class with buffet meal and a live band keeping us rocking well into the night. Then to finish up the night was the fireworks display which was even more spectacular from our vantage point on the river. Given how popular the event the event was and the comments from those who attended I’m sure this will become a regular yearly event on the club calendar More photos HERE and video HERE

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Hyper BMW PowerSports Happy Laps & Chartity Day - Lakeside Park July 24 th If you didn't manage to attend our Charity Day Breakfast/Happy Laps or Regularity Challenge, you missed a great day. All those that attended either event, said they had a terrific fun time, with most not taking the day too seriously.

With perfect weather, a relief after the weeks rain, and some very interesting and different cars attending, the scene was set for a great day of competition. I won't embarrass some by publishing all the scores.

Congratulations to the All M's Team of Tim Boydle, Greg Wilson, Daryl Kan and Dean Sharry as the winning team with 2075 points closely followed with just 10 points more, the 1er'3 Reborn, and the Bombshell Motorsport Women in 3rd place on 2153 points.

Congratulations to Ben Nicol as the outright winner with just 202 points, followed by Christine Murphy with 265 points and Scott Coleman just 4 points behind on 269.

Congratulations also to the numerous prize winners of the raffle.

A big thank you to all who attended and all the BMWCQ members that helped run the day and make it the magnificent success it was. Make sure you don't miss next years event.

Full results from the day available HERE more photos HERE Denis Weisz BMW Club Qld Motorsport Director.

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Hyper BMW PowerSports Happy Laps & Chartity Day - Lakeside Park July 24 th

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Car One Automotive Show of Excellence - September 18 th One of our most prominent, colorful and popular events of the year is always the Show of Excellence, this year held as a stand alone event. With a few false starts in regard to the events location due to the continuing wet weather the event was finally held at Lakeside Park Raceway. A large turnout of vehicles presented on the day and were organised into their judging classes under a perfect blue sky. The amazing array of vehicles included BMW’s both new and old, Mini’s and a couple of race cars.

Vehicles were then judged in the required categories by the volunteer judges ably led as always Vic Crennan.

The winners on the day will be presented with their awards at our awards presentation lunch to be held on the 27th November at the Broncos Leagues Club. All who attended enjoyed a great day out. Special thanks to all those who helped organise and run the day including volunteer judges, data entry people, score sheet runners and all those who did admin behind the scenes More photos HERE

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Car One Show of Excellence 19 th Cont.

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Motorsport Report Round 5 RX Automotive Sprint Series 2021-22 Round 5 saw us gather at Lakeside, briefly, for the last round of our Sprint Series.

Unfortunately our day was short lived. Grey skies and a shower before getting under way, didn’t bode well for the rest of the day. With light drizzle and a damp track, it was decided to start the day with a session of Happy laps to help dry the track. A great plan, but unfortunately, not discussed with the rain gods, resulting with the rain getting heavier not clearing, as hoped.

On looking at the weather radar, it could be seen, a large storm cell was developing to the north west and heading in our direction. A vote was held, and the near unanimous decision was made to postpone to another, hopefully drier, day.

As luck would have it, with in an hour of the deciding to postpone, the rain stopped, and the sun came out.

In the 14 years I have been in the club, from my recollection, this was the first time we had actually been rained out of an event, once commenced. We have had events postponed beforehand but not during. We gathered again at Lakeside for our dryer, re-do on Friday 14 October. Details of that and all the series winners will be in the next issue.

Denis Weisz BMW Club Qld Motorsport Director.

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Membership Report After a very healthy number of new members for the first half of 2022, the number of new members for the 3rd quarter reduced to normal levels with 31. The number of full members of the club remains healthy at 440 with approximately 160 non voting members.

We plan to launch our new Special Interest Vehicle (SIV) web page early in the new year. This will allow those who own 30 year old + cars to apply for discounted registration and plan and record trips outside the normal restriction of that registration 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

Check out the 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 club merchandise that is now able for purchase. Something for everyone for sure!

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BMW NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Between 30 th September and 16 th October BMW M celebrated 50 years by taking over the BMW Welt Museum for three weeks to showcase it’s cars. Vehicles on dislay included the new M3 touring and the m4 competition. Motorsport highlights included the Le mans 24 hour hybrid v8 and the M4GT3.

Activites included sim racing sessions and driver signings as well as a 36 meter long slide down from the roof of the museum Full article HERE and video HERE

Continuing the 50 year celebration of M here are some videos from around the world. The offical 50 years of M power video from BMW HERE. BMW Canada celebrating the anniversary HERE and from across the ditch the BMW Club New Zealand recent M Car display 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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BMW Nationals Gold Coast March 17 th - 19 th

In March next year BMW Club Gold Coast will host the Nationals assisted by BMW Club Queensland. The Nationals will be based at the Sebel Twin Town Coolangatta and the Mantra Twin Towns Coolangatta from Friday 17 th March to Monday 20 th March. BMW Club Gold Coast will hold the social, drive and show and shine events over the weekend with BMW Club Queensland holding the motorsport events on Friday 17 th at Lakeside and Tuesday 21 st at Morgan Park. The Nationals events are always very popular so please register early to avoid missing out. For social, drive and show and shine events at the 2023 Nationals register HERE for motorsport events register HERE 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