June 1999 BIMMER

Behind The Wheel: A Fond Farewell... Hello LaLa land!
by Mike Webb
After years of family debates and false starts, we have made the decision and will be moving into our new home by mid June.

Under The Hood: Mom Picks Out A Car
by Greg Scott
See that DIP sign up there? I'm gonna take that dip at 60, and I'm not gonna hold on to the wheel!

Crushing the Cones: Well Beyond All Expectations
by Fred Beck, Justin Hughes, and John Mansfield
Under the new system, when someone hits a cone or goes off course, we can tell them upon finishing exactly which cone they hit or where they went off course.

Your Car: James Stevenson
James has been a track instructor for the PCA for the past 11 years.

New Members: June
by Barry Tarr
Welcome to 64 new members!

Keys In Hand: Driving Season is Here
by Fred Beck
Don't miss our upcoming Autocross, Summerfest Fun Rally, Driving School, and Cow Tipping events.

BIMMER Features

Ron's Autocross 1 Photo Gallery
by Ron Sisco
You can see a lot just sitting on the ground in the parking lot!

Dan's Autocross 1 Photo Gallery
by Dan Mull
Between sessions, there is time for you and your car to relax.

Alex's Autocross 1 Photo Gallery
by Alex Shchipkov
The view from flag station 6 allows you to see most of the course.

Microbrewery Tour at Boston Beer Works
by Fred Beck
The temperature profile of a beer over time shows both what stage of fermentation it is in, as well as the type of beer that it is (ale or lager).

Microbrewery Tour Photo Gallery
by Ron Sisco
Don't miss the inside of a fermenting kettle with bubbling foam of high Kraeusen on top.

Women Only Tech Session
by Ann Marie Weber
Eighteen women, our largest turnout ever, gathered at Foreign Motors West to explore the inner workings of our favorite Bimmers.

Women Only Tech Session Photo Gallery
by Ron Sisco
Everyone learned something during the day.

Spring Wine Tasting
by Bob Wareham
It was clear at the outset that the wines represented an extraordinary value as all but one retail for under $10.

Spring Wine Tasting Photo Gallery
by Dan Mull
A great turnout of 35 members attended the third annual spring wine tasting.

The Charlie Kutasz Fund: Charitable Contributions
by John Sullivan
Over $10,000 has been raised to date.

Special Online Features

Second Quarter 1999 Boston Chapter Board Meeting Minutes
by Will Farnsworth
See what the Boston Chapter board has been up to.

Pipeline: June 1999
by Mark Luckman
Check out those membership statistics!

Driving the Internet Highway: June 1999
by Michel Potheau
Help some kids, new 2002 sites, E46 photos, BMW The Ultimate Power.

Second Quarter 1999 BMW CCA Membership Statistics
by Greg Scott
The Boston Chapter remains the fourth largest chapter, but only 36 members behind Los Angeles.

Event Results

Autocross 1 Results: April 18, 1999
by Fred Beck and Greg Scott
BMW fastest time of the day was 74.707 by Luka Serdar in class F (89 M3).

Autocross Season Standings
by Fred Beck and Greg Scott
Season standings for the 1999 Autocross Series.

Event Calendar

For the latest information about upcoming events please see The Ultimate Calendar. For a complete listing of all events please see the 1999 event listing.

June 1999

• Sunday, June 13: Boston Chapter Autocross Series
• Saturday, June 19: Summerfest '99
• Monday, June 21: Boston Chapter Board Meeting
• Wednesday, June 23 through Thursday, July 8: The Ultimate Drive
• Saturday, June 26 through Sunday, June 27: Rich & Doug's Cow Tipping Seminar
• Saturday, June 26: The Laudon 8 Hour Endurance Challenge
• Sunday, June 27: German Car Day

July 1999

• Saturday, July 10 through Sunday, July 18: The Ultimate Driving Experience
• Sunday, July 11: Boston Chapter Autocross Series
• Saturday, July 17: Chassis Dynomometer Tech Session
• Sunday, July 18 through Friday, July 23: Oktoberfest 99
• Saturday, July 24: Performance Tech Session
• Friday, July 30 through Sunday, August 1: Bimmers Across The Border III

Classified Ads

Be sure to check out the current Boston Chapter classified ads.