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TARHEEL CHAPTER BMW CCAPO BOX 30203 CHARLOTTE, NC 28230 • http://tarheelbmwcca.org

TARHEEL BMW CCA CHAPTER OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Paul Dunlevy6424 Littlewood Drive, Kernersville, NC 27284(336) 996-3149 [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT April Curtis1200 Mt Vernon Church Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614(919) 847-7542 [email protected]

SECRETARYKaren Seymour-Blood(704) [email protected]

TREASURERAndy Barbee(704) [email protected]

EDITORBob Blood(704) [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMANJonathan Strine(919) 670-1280 [email protected]

ACTIVITIES CHAIRMANBrenda Dunlevy6424 Littlewood Road, Kernersville, NC 27284(336) 996-3149 [email protected]

CUSTODIANDanny Staley596 Rest home road, Wilkesboro, NC 28697(336) 973-3404 [email protected]

HPDE CHAIRMAN Tom Tice3711 Crosstimbers Dr. Greensboro, NC 27410(336) 207-4127 [email protected]

MEMBER-AT-LARGE Bud BorenP. O. Box 39403, Greensboro, NC 27438(336) 691-1699, (336) 691-1698 Fax

BOARD EX-OFFICIO MEMBER &ADVERTISING COORDINATORPaul Hoecke, Sr.1513 Arboretum Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514(919) 967-2069 [email protected]

CHANGE OF ADDRESS?Roundel, BMW CCA, Inc. 640 South Main Street, Suite 210Greenville, SC 29601

AREA COORDINATORSASHEVILLE AREA Christopher Joyner Arden, NCC: (828) [email protected]

CAPE FEAR AREA Alan Greene (910)228-5037 H (910)512-5652 M (no text) [email protected]

Matt Sarkela [email protected]

CHARLOTTE QUEEN CITY AREAS Chris Webber (Area I)C: (704) [email protected] Barbee (Area II)[email protected](704) 701-2294

DOWNEAST/I-95 AREA Alex KordisGreenville, NC(757) [email protected]

HURRICANE REGIONPosition Open

NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREA John CochranePO Box 741Valle Crucis, NC 28691(865) [email protected]

ROANOKE AREA Scott DonaldsonBlacksburg, [email protected]

SANDHILLS AREA Danny MillerFayetteville, NC(301) [email protected]

TRIAD AREASWinston-Salem - Marc SchatellWinston-Salem, NC [email protected]

Greensboro - Position Open

TRIANGLE AREA Robert McIsaacClayton, NC(919) [email protected]

FINE PRINT

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ON THE COVER:

This month, we’d like to give a warm Tarheel wel-come to 41 new and returning members and as-sociate members. This brings our total chapter membership to 2871! Our membership is the life-blood of the Club. Without your participation, there would be no Club. We offer a wide variety of activi-

ties, and welcome the opportunity to get to know you better at some of these events. We encourage you to contact your Area Coordinator to fi nd out about local dinner meetings and other ways to get involved in YOUR club. Come join us, you’ll have a great time!

A Day Beating the Odds: As the days approached for an excursion to Little Washington to tour the Estuarium and cruise a portion of the Tar-Pamlico River which fl ows into the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary, the second largest estuary in the lower 48 states, a close watch of the weather became a daily if not hourly vigil. Communications via email, text and phone were transmitted to members to reach a decision to go for it or call it off due to the project-ed weather of rain and wind. The consensus, Go For it.

Arriving at the destination were a sharp black E84 homeported in Beaufort, an outstanding mineral silver me-

tallic E63 from Jacksonville, and to top off the list, a carbon black E46 M3 that’s garaged in nearby Chocowinity. Seven enthusiast plus a visiting couple from Maryland made up

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PAUL HOECKE Notes from the roadLive and Learn

You may be familiar with RockAuto, a sup-plier of relatively inexpensive (not to say cheap) car parts. For do-it-yourself BMW owners, they are truly no more than a backstop. Their products are rarely if ever OEM; usually made in China (with all the good and bad this implies) and may not always fi t exactly as they should.

However, this outfi t does, occasionally, have parts in stock that otherwise are either NLA or harder to fi nd (at a less than usurious price) than a snowball in hell. Such as rebuilt brake calipers for ‘classic’ (i.e., ancient, forty-year-old) Bimmers. Which is why I have bought parts from them, here and there, whenever I found myself espe-cially hard up for parts that absolutely had to be replaced, like Right Now. (Oh, and did I mention that they are cheap?) In short, they are a resource in a pinch. But this column isn’t about parts.

More to my point today, one other redeem-ing quality of this supplier is their monthly on-line newsletter. As one might expect, it is heavily skewed toward product tips for and stories about Detroit Iron, mostly the older kind. It all still can be pretty entertaining reading for anyone like me, who used to dabble in Fords, Ramblers and such, way back when, before becoming a BMW addict. But there’s one section I always read fi rst. It’s titled ‘Repair Mistakes and Blunders, and it’s my favorite because it reminds me, for lots of rea-sons, of the time when I was still learning to work on BMWs.

You see, these pieces are always contributed by readers who describe a misstep or goof while performing a service or repair on their cars. Which is why they resonate with me; they sound all too familiar. So, allow me to relate just one recent ex-

ample. To give you foretaste if you will.The tale comes from a guy who, as a 13-year-

old in the 1970s, decided to change the oil of his dad’s 1966, 289 cid V-8, Mustang. All went well until it came to putting in the fresh oil: The guy could not fi gure out where to add the oil! Unwill-ing to check with Dad or the local service station because he was too embarrassed, he used com-mon sense (he says). He rigged up a funnel and a plastic aquarium air hose to (and I quote) “slowly, and I do mean very, very slowly” add the fresh oil through the dipstick hole!

Apparently, this Rube Goldberg arrange-ment worked. But our young genius still wasn’t spared from being embarrassed. Because only a short time later, he found out that the proper way to add fresh oil was to remove the valve cover breather cap and pour the oil into that hole. (Duh!) He claims that he still laughs about the way he ‘solved’ his problem.

True, this story and others I’ve read may differ in a lot of substantive detail from my early chal-lenges and misadventures with BMWs. But experi-entially, they are the same.

To be sure, I wasn’t all that new to BMWs when I bought my fi rst one. I had, for years, admired them from afar. I had even been lucky enough to drive a couple that belonged to friends. But this one, a brand-new 1972 Bavaria, was actu-ally mine! All Mine! Naturally, I was delighted, patting myself on the back for having heeded my coworker Alan’s advice. Though a Porsche nut and a card-carrying member of the PCA, he had as-sured me that BMWs were “fi ne cars, with about 80 percent of the longevity of a Mercedes but a signifi cantly lower price than comparable Daimler

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products.” Right On, Brother! Then it hit me: I would need to learn how to

work on the beast. Holy Zündfolge! To begin with, I was absolutely awestruck

by this precision-built machine. Aside from its innards being absolute terra incognita, poking around in there felt almost like sacrilege. That is, until a club buddy – Dennis Cloud, who worked for Miller & Norburn, the local BMW Mecca among independents at the time – clued me in. He said: “They’re just cars, like all the others; just better built.” It was a huge relief to hear this from an authoritative source. But it didn’t let me off the hook. Working on the car – heck, even driving it – entailed negotiating a learning curve which felt about as steep Mount Everest, as I found out soon enough.

First off, the fuel fi ller inlet was not where I was used to fi nding it, like above the left or right-side rear wheel arch. Reading the owner’s manual revealed that it was tucked away behind the rear license tag holder! Which you were sup-posed to swing down, like a trap door. (Say what?) Although, once the surprise wore off, I quickly came to like this feature. What with the OPEC oil embargo, gas was often a hard-to-fi nd commodity in the early ‘70s, and one of its unwelcome side effects was thieves siphoning gas from cars they didn’t own. Luckily, the fi ller’s unusual location would protect me from that, I thought. (Besides, it was hilarious to watch gas station attendants puzzle over where that dang fuel intake was.)

But then there were the controls! The Bavaria had all these stalks clustered around the steering wheel. Compared to what I was used to, some of them, like the directional signal stalk, were on the ‘wrong’ side. And the high beam switch was not a button on the fl oor but a stalk on the left side of the steering column. (My buddy Phil Williamson could tell you some of the jokes about this fea-ture that did the rounds back then. But I’ll reserve them for another time.) Worse yet, this stalk stuck out just enough for me to snag it while getting into the car. So, naturally, it didn’t take me long to actually break it off! Sheesh!

The need to fi x this boo-boo (not to mention

other unfamiliar components) forced me to invest in a set of ‘Reparaturanleitungen’ – gen-u-wine BMW shop manuals for the Bavaria and related models. They were supposedly the property of Hoffman, the original, pre-BMW N.A. importer, and authorized BMW dealers, hence VERBO-TEN - NOT AVAILABLE to mere mortals. But our chapter must have pulled some strings, because I managed to lay my hands on a set anyway. They came in big, blue 4-ring binders and were full of detailed instructions accompanied by photos. Goody! But using them proved to be a challenge, at fi rst.

The photos were nice, but some of the in-structions were in a strange patois, apparently a result of German having been translated into Eng-lish by someone with a dictionary, and a British one to boot. The photos were helpful in replacing that broken stalk. But when it came to stuff like disc brakes, the instructions were confusing, and I was a bloody novice. The pads were the easy part. Almost too easy. Because I came THIS close to blowing two pistons out of a front caliper when I either misread or overlooked part of the instruc-

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tions. On top of which I messed up bleeding the brakes. And that wasn’t the half of it.

I also encountered problems the instructions did not cover. Like water pumps that kept fail-ing – until I discovered that this was caused by my overtightening the v-belt which also ran the power steering pump. But perhaps my greatest fear was fi netuning the Bavaria’s twin Zenith-Stromberg carburetors. To say I didn’t relish this procedure would be a gross understatement, be-cause I knew the term ‘carburetor’ was Italian for ‘Do Not Touch’. And this car had TWO of them! Luckily, the club came to my rescue.

By then, we were doing tech sessions run by knowledgeable club members who worked for in-dependent shops like Miller & Norburn, or dealer-ships like Leith which happened to be enthusias-tic club supporters. The sessions got me over my mental blocks about many procedures, including carburetors. In time, I even felt confi dent enough to spring for twin Weber carbs when the Zeniths proved too temperamental. And when vapor lock

during hot weather made the Webers run out of go juice, I felt expert enough to cure the problem by replacing the mechanical fuel pump with an electrical one. In short, I was learning!

Today, half a century after the Bavaria, I’m no longer in such awe over working on BMWs. Having cut my teeth delving into the innards of succes-sors to the Bavaria – mostly E12s, E23s, E30s and E36s – I love them and respect them. Yet I’m still learning. It is, after all, a never-ending process.

Funny thing, though. While I’m comfortable working on most features commonly found in cars nowadays – you know, ABS, electronic fuel injec-tion and the like – as well as ancient stuff like carburetors, I draw the line at ADAS nanny gizmos and infotainment systems, touch screens and all that. Not that I couldn’t master them, probably, but they don’t appeal to me as someone who likes to actually DRIVE. Which is why my BMW stable will most likely never include anything later than E36s.

Besides, they go well with my gray hair.


Fellow Tarheel BMW CCA members:I want to bring you up to date on the status of

our chapter and the results of our recent election.Regrettably due to the continuing risks as-

sociated with COVID, we cannot hold our annual meeting again this year.

We did hold our election for Board of Direc-tors members and the following members were re-elected for new two year terms:

Brenda Dunlevy for Activities DirectorJonathan Strine for Membership ChairKaren Seymour-Blood for SecretaryPaul Dunlevy for President

We were able to conduct three High Perfor-mance Driving Events at VIR this past year. Oper-ating under guidelines published by the National Board of BMW CCA to insure the safety of all participants, substantial modifi cations were made to our operating procedures. Thanks to our great team that puts these events on, we were able to host a signifi cant number of participants this past year.

Our Street Survival Program was completely scrubbed for the year per BMW CCA’s directives.

Tarheel’s Club Racing program has been able to operate throughout this crisis and also con-duct some schools to provide new racing blood into the program to both grow and sustain it. In early April this year our Club Racing School at VIR had 28 students and the following Club Race had 80 racers. This was a fantastic turnout for both events.

Thanks to our outstanding Area Coordinators, we were able to have some local events operating in compliance with our state mandated guide-lines. We took some drives, met for meals, did some tours and still stayed safe while enjoying our BMWs and our friends.

As you have been reading in our Footnotes, our membership has been staying fairly constant with only minimal losses throughout the pan-demic.

Our FOOTNOTES newsletter has been pub-lished every month and has provided us a great history of all of the activities of our members throughout the year.

Thanks to the great team of volunteers who work to keep our Chapter the great organization that serves a large and varied membership and interests, we are fi nancially strong. These re-sources allow us to engage in many activities all around the Chapter. The calendar of events, even as we are constrained by the COVID restrictions, still show a lot of things to do. Check your FOOT-NOTES for details.

The Tarheel Chapter is well respected throughout the country not only for what we do but also how we do it.

As always, we are looking for your thoughts, ideas and willingness to volunteer to help make our organization better for all of the membership. Please feel free to reach out to your local Area Co-ordinators or any of the board members.

Paul Dunlevy,President, Tarheel Chapter BMW CCA

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hey, fellow club racing fans! It goes almost without saying that the annual

club race at VIR hosted by our chapter in April has always been a major highlight of the Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing (CR) schedule, locally as well as nationally. But this year’s event topped the charts, in terms of both participation and intense competition.

At least, that’s how we see it, and who wants to argue otherwise?

For one thing, the paddock was packed with cars and trailers at least as much as it had ever been. The BMW entry roster alone was huge, com-prising almost ninety BMW drivers in ten classes. (Not to mention all the vintage racers, including a half dozen BMW pilots, which event co-host VDCA brought to the track.) But then, this was to be ex-pected. What with last year’s cancellation of this event caused by the onslaught of COVID, there must have been considerable pent-up demand for track time on our home circuit. Which is why returning to it this month felt a lot like, you know, the fl ood that comes after a dam gives way.

What’s more, the race – designated a North American Challenge event – brought many of last year’s most successful racers to the track, includ-ing just about every 2020 National class champi-on – among them three of Tarheel Chapter’s four trophy winners: Charles Harding (CM), Sri Hapu-tantri (DM) and Bert Howerton (Spec E36) – as well as a host of their closest class rivals. The lo-cal contingent accounted for at least one third of the entire fi eld and included not only an almost all-Tarheel Spec E36 class but also about one third of the largest class, Spec E46. And though not every local racer chose to run in every race, this virtually guaranteed that competition on the

3.27-mile course would be hot and heavy. Even the absence of spectators – due to

COVID-related safety restrictions which prevented large gatherings such as the traditional Tarheel Chapter Club Race Outing from taking place – did not visibly make the track area seem any less crowded than in previous years. In fact, crews, racers’ family members, offi cials, photographers and other workers alone made up quite a crowd. Add to that the VDCA drivers and crews and the two dozen-plus students in BimmerWorld’s racing school held prior to the race, and it’s easy to see why the paddock and adjacent areas were about as busy as they’ve been in normal times.

The event format – three sprints good for 150 points each and a 60-minute endurance race worth 100 points – was familiar, for the most part. The one new wrinkle (dictated by the large num-ber of BMW entries) entailed splitting the fi eld for the sprint races into two run groups, one consist-ing of only the Spec E36 and E46 entries, the oth-er comprising everyone else on the roster. Only the 60-minute enduro combined all classes, sub-ject to an eighty-car limit. As it turned out, this format worked well; aside from the usual spinouts and DNFs, the racing was clean all weekend long.

Harding set the tone for the event in the 9-lap sprint race Friday afternoon. Starting on the pole, he roared away from a pack of twenty-six other racers representing all non-Spec classes, leading fl ag to fl ag to win the race more than 26 seconds ahead of his perennial C-Mod rival, Virginian Todd Brown! Haputantri trailed Brown by some 40 sec-onds to a third overall fi nish and a convincing win in D-Mod.

The Spec group’s 6-lap sprint later that same afternoon got off to a slow start due to a full-

BY PAUL HOECKECLUB RACING REPORT


Huge Field, Ten Wins by LocalRacers Mark Return to VIR

TARHEEL CHAPTER 2020

* Not a Tarheel BMW CCA sponsored event

Please check with event organizers as to the status of events.

May 8 Averasboro Battlefi eld & Museum, Dunn NC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected] 20-23 Amelia Concours d’Elegance, Amelia Island FL Alex Kordis 757-818-0888 [email protected] 21 *BMW CCA Museum Reopening, Greer SC https://bmwccafoundation.org/visit-the-museum/ May 22 *Europaisch - A BMW Show, Cary NC Danny Sanchez www.europaischcarshow.com Jun 5 Bimmers Tossing Clay, Seagrove NC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected] 25-27 Tarheel Summer HPDS VIR, Alton VA Phil Antoine Details and Registration on MotorsportReg Jul 10 Sliding to Saxapahaw, Saxapahaw NC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected] 14 Hundred Dollar Hamburger, Carthage NC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected] 11 “Flying” to Louisburg, Louisburg NC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected] 16-18 *At the Vintage, Hot Springs NC Scott Sturdy http://www.atthevintage.comOct 7-10 Beach Bimmers 2021, Atlantic Beach NC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected] 22-24 Tarheel Fall HPDS VIR, Alton VA Phil Antoine Details and Registration on MotorsportReg Oct 30-31 ///M Day at Performance Center, Greer SC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected] 6 Bimmers Puttering to Pinehurst, Pinehurst NC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected] 4 Danville Tank Museum, Danville NC Robert McIsaac 919-880-8021 [email protected]

course caution early in the race. But once things got going, the thirty-fi ve Spec E46 drivers went to work. A real dogfi ght ensued up front, where two of our guys, Evan Levine and James Clay (taking a break from pro racing), tried to reel in the leader. They missed by a hair, Levine fi nishing 0.135 sec-onds behind the winner and Clay trailing him by 0.37 for second and third place overall! Mean-while, though, back in the pack, Jeff Breiner was able to stay well ahead of a bunch of fellow Spec E36 drivers – local hot shoes Howerton, Tom Tice, Jack Wilkins and John Alemanni, in that order – to win that class.

On Saturday, the second pair of sprints was something of a replay of the previous day. The Spec group ran fi rst, in the morning, with Levine and Clay chasing but never catching the eventual Spec E46 winner during the 7-lap race. The only difference was that this time around, Clay fi n-ished second overall and Levine third. The results for the Spec E36 crowd were similar, except that it was Wilkins who won, beating Breiner to the checker by a mere fraction of a second, with Tice

and Howerton not far behind.The ‘Non-Spec’ group took their turn in an

8-lap race early that afternoon. It ran clean, with just one DNF and no long cautions. It also re-sulted in another speed fest, with Harding leading the 34-car fi eld fl ag to fl ag to win again, in CM and overall. But this time, Brown was in closer pursuit, crossing the fi nish just a tad over four seconds behind Harding. Haputantri scored his second DM win, three spots behind Brown.

However, the all-class long race a couple of hours later was a very different story. The fi eld was well below the 80-car maximum, and Harding was fast, but even fi fty-nine cars on the track made for heavy traffi c, so starting several spots behind Brown didn’t help. But it was a DNF, two laps after his pitstop halfway through the race, that put the kibosh on his run. The only local class winners were April Curtis (with Mike Hinkley as codriver) and Breiner, his second Spec E36 win of the weekend. In fact, this race was kind of a Turtle vs. Hare affair, with twelve drivers (half of them lo-cal including Harding and Levine) ending up DNF,


and Haputantri, typically the fastest D-Mod driver, choosing to sit it out!

On the other hand, the two feature sprints on Sunday felt like déjà vu all over again. The Spec group made their 7-lap run in the morning, with the E46 racers leading as usual. Once again, Clay and Levine ran in hot pursuit of the eventual win-ner but didn’t catch him. They fi nished second and third overall, respectively. (Local Spec E46 pilot Al Pereida deserves special mention here for earning the ‘hard charger’ award by reeling in six spots during the race.) The only local winner in the race was Breiner; he led Howerton and Tice to the checker for a threepeat victory in the Spec E36 group.

The weekend’s last race, a fast 8-lap affair by the non-Spec group right after lunch, was some-thing of an anticlimax for the local racing crowd. The only Tarheel winner was Haputantri, who fi nished fi fth overall in a shrunken 29-car fi eld to post his third D-Mod victory in a row. However, Harding was unable to repeat his earlier success-

es. He ran well for fi ve laps until he was forced to quit by an apparent mechanical problem. (We should also note that KP pilot Chris Lindner put on perhaps the most consistent show throughout the weekend, fi nishing second in class in this race and the three that preceded it.)

All things considered, this was a terrifi c week-end for our homegrown racing crowd, despite a few disappointments. Ten victories, including two overall, ain’t shabby given the scale of the event. And Mother Nature was at her best, with chilly mornings followed by balmy afternoons. It made VIR shine.

The upcoming CR schedule shows no eastern races this month. But it lists two events in June, at NJMP’s Thunderbolt circuit and Roebling Road, and two in July, the G. Atkinson Memorial at Sum-mit Point and the PVGP race at Pittsburgh’s track. Both months offer local racers a choice – the June events are only days apart, while the July races are on the same weekend. So, stay tuned.

ON THE COVER:the German vehicles’ entourage. Varying from the group, our Jeep Wrangler made the trip since the E89 could not accommodate four. (Ah, a good reason to add another Bimmer to the fl eet!). Nev-ertheless, we were thankful the predicted precipi-tation abated long enough for all to enjoy.

Once gath-ered at the museum we were greeted by docents and then our boat captain, Russ. At the dock we boarded the River Rover, a pontoon vessel, received safety instruction and were shortly un-derway. We fi rst motored down the Pamlico River learning about the oldest swing railroad bridge in

North Carolina, shipping industry and factories on the shore and the island known as The Castle. The story of young men boating to the island late at night for unknown reasons raised curiosity among us. Captain Russ did a turnabout to head up the Tar River past Washington to reach Bear

Creek. Along the way we saw an osprey in a nest and a bald eagle. No otters were out and about frolicking but a snake was sighted, most likely a water

moccasin since its head was not above the wa-ter. On the way back to the Estuarium we viewed multiple turtles lounging on logs, a deer along

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The Museums of Fuquay-VarinaIf you were going the envision a perfect day

for a Bimmer Adventure, it would be hard to imagine anything better than what transpired in Central North Carolina on March 13. The weather cooperated as if part of a well-orchestrated plan, with temps closing in on 70, but low humidity and high clouds keeping it just about perfect for both driving and walking. Good thing, since we had plenty of both on tap for the day.

Chef Patrick at the Farmhouse Cafe rolled out the culinary red carpet for us, with a wide array of great food on tap. Plenty of coffee to wash it down as well. With the weather and pandemic news both trending in the right direction, cabin fever seemed to consume the Bimmer Faithful, with a grand total of 18 cars and 37 people making it to the starting line drivers meeting. Thirty-seven! That is no typo, brother.

It was great to have so many new people join-ing the group as well. A father / son team in an E92 M3. A couple up from SC in a stunning Z3. A team from the X Chapter. Lots of friends, new and

old, to share some socially distanced fun with. A wide array of cars graced the Farmhouse

Cafe parking lot. By far the most common ride was a Z3, with fi ve of the iconic drop tops on hand, with three of them coming in the M fl avor. Yum, yum.

We also had a pair of M2s, an M240 a 2-series Grand Coupe and an assortment of X-ers. Some-thing for everyone, with the Elder Bimmers being represented by an E36 M3.

We rolled out in a loose formation, headed toward downtown Wendell. Somehow, we man-aged to keep the group together, creating a sort of rolling Cars and Coffee through the old down-town. Once free of small-town NC, we hit the country byways, giving us a chance to dip into the power band a bit. The M2 we had at the head of the pack responded enthusiastically to the chance to clear her throat periodically, punctuated by some proper heel ‘n toe action while diving down into the well-manicured twisties that are a part of the roads in these parts.

the shoreline and the bald eagle, spotted earlier, perched in a tree. We learned about Cypress trees in that the tallest ones were not the oldest. As the tree grows over the years, the top portion breaks off. Some of the trees viewed from the boat were hundreds of years old. By the way, did you know the word Estuarium was coined right here in Little Washington?

Back on shore we sauntered to the Estu-arium to learn more about the estuary, where fresh water from rivers meets salt water from the ocean, As Captain Russ put it, an estuary is “The Mother of the Ocean” because that is where most creatures populating the ocean begin. A docent interpreted and demonstrated the Kinetic Water Cycle Sculpture which involved the three regions of North Carolina. As we wandered through this delightful educational center we gained insight about the importance of an estuary, the plant and animal life, and the need to protect it. We fi nal-

ized our time at the Estuarium by watching a fi lm and visiting the gift shop.

With increasing chance of rain, but still holding, we motored to Backwater Jacks where we were welcomed by Laura who escorted us to awaiting tables. Conversations on multiple top-ics began, including some Bavarian auto talk, and food and beverage orders accomplished with the aid of Cindy, our server. Merriment continued as we consumed the recommended crab dip, bever-ages and an assortment of great tasting food. We barely noticed the light rain that arrived. By the time we fi lled our tanks and need for socializa-tion, the rain turned to a fi ne mist just in time to capture a picture, say farewell until the next adventure, and retrieve our vehicles for the ride home. All in all, it was another great time for club members. Appreciate all who attended in spite of the forecast. ~Alex Kordis

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Eventually we hooked up with NC-39 and banked off to the south. One of the features of this road is a surprisingly large roundabout (traf-fi c circle) in the middle of nowhere. We thought briefl y about running a couple of laps around the circle, but with 18 cars all in a row, the idea was nixed as being impractical. On the other hand, since we had the right-of-way in the circle, one can only imagine the civilian reaction as the Bim-mers blipped and burbled their way around. Good times.

Rolling the throttle on out of the circle had us quickly catch up to ... farm equipment. Fortu-nately, our route allowed us to bank hard away from the John Deere crowd, enjoying a fl ash down roads too insignifi cant to be granted a number by the DOT. Funny, if not entertaining, was the rolling carpet store we encountered at one point. A seriously over-loaded Ford Super Duty was lumbering down the road with rolls of carpet-ing wedged so tightly in the bed that it looked like a grove of palm trees that had somehow lost their way. At 50mph, they were swaying in the breeze pretty hard, so best to stay back and avoid an unexpected Magic Carpet ride.

Once free of the wayward Ford, we could kick it down a gear and enjoy the soundtrack from the Big Six as it ebbed and fl owed in perfect harmony with the countryside. Lots of ups and downs to complement the hard banking associated with the roads in farm country. No such thing as a ruler or sextant used to create these experiences, which is great. As a bonus, after what has been a hard win-ter on the roads, most surfaces were in surpris-ingly good shape.

Much, much too soon, other than for those needing a pitstop who could barely wait for a break in the action, we rolled into our target venue for the day. Parking everywhere we could,

a surprisingly important challenge in a town like Fuquay-Varina, we began our next quest. What to do about lunch?

Well, it turns out that F-V is something of a cultural mecca for foodies, with a surprisingly large number of microbreweries for an indigenous population of such modest proportions. With Bimmers properly scattered across town, we be-gan the quest for sustenance. Some wound up in the bucolic Mason Jar Tavern, a place that spe-cializes in Southern Cuisine. Indoor and outdoor options as well as take-away were solutions avail-able to the lucky squadron that landed there. For others, a trip to the aptly named Vicious Fishes Microbrewery provided a great way to get a take

out lunch and a taste of the hops. It was all brilliant.

After a delightful picnic lunch, it was time to burn off some calories by doing the urban walk-about. Hu-morously, it looked like gangs of middle aged Bimmer buddies roam-ing the downtown are,

exploring the bakery, the antique shop and other fun small shops that are clearly enjoying the chance to serve a buying public that is starting to emerge from the COVID-19 hibernation.

By mid-afternoon, it was time to contem-plate the journey home. Having enjoyed a terrifi c breakfast and lunch together, it was once again clear that this could be mistaken for a dining club with a driving problem! And by “problem”, we really mean passion. The M2 sprang to life at the prospect of more apex carving, a task we set about is short order on the blast home. Wan-dering on country roads, we made it home with plenty of time to accomplish the last task of the day … a spa day event. As always, if you take care of your Bimmer, your Bimmer will take care of you. Now we can contemplate our next BMW adventure. -Robert McIsaac


Bimmer “Dinner” A Winner For MarchIt was the proverbial dark and stormy night

in The Triangle area on March 16th. Literally and fi guratively. It was cool, raining hard, a generally miserable time to be out and about in a Bimmer or anything else. In other words, it was the per-fect evening to not have to drive anywhere which

played directly into our plans for a virtual event. With the pandemic continuing to rage, an abun-dance of caution was clearly at the top of our list of things to be mindful of, although the very en-couraging news about vaccine rollouts … coupled with the arrival of spring … meant that we hope this will be the last virtual event for a while. We look to be “all systems go” for a real event at the Farmhouse Café on Tuesday, April 20th. Chef Patrick will, no doubt, roll out a red carpet for us again.

That said, one of the silver linings in the virtual events is that we can have folks join us from all over the state. So, our hearty group of 13 included a population that spanned from Wilm-ington in the east to Greensboro in the west. As a special treat, Allan Patterson from Korman Auto-works joined us to share stories of race cars, auto restorations, taking care of the vintage Bimmers and humorous anecdotes about chasing down parts that may appear to be made of unobtaini-um. No lack of fun stories to hear, even as folks start to prepare … hopefully … for returns to ven-

ues like VIR and The Vintage. Many dates remain tentative, of course, but the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel appears to be both real and ap-proaching reasonably quickly.

We also had a chance to talk about upcom-ing adventure driving events. For the spring and summer months, we still plan to act as if the pandemic is a real and ongoing threat. With cau-tious optimism, however, we are now planning for a weekend getaway at Atlantic Beach / Emerald Isle for early October. If you’re interested, getting a hotel reservation sooner rather than later would be an appropriate course of action. We are ap-parently not the only ones to have this idea, so rooms are being scarpered up surprisingly quickly. All too soon, it was time for our evening to end, quietly. No matter; hopefully next month we’ll be able to punctate the evening with the sound of happy Bimmers set out to play on country roads! -Robert McIsaac


Bimmers Soaring With EaglesCape Fear Raptor Center, German Café and More!

• What: A great drive, a visit to an impressive raptor center, a tour of the German Café in Wilmington! All of this and a chance to kick tires with friends too. Bimmers and Raptors, soaring again.

• When: Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 10am. Coffee and tire kicking at 9am.• Where: Departure from the Starbucks parking lot at the White Oak Shopping Center in

Garner. Feel free to come any time after 9 for tire kickin', story tellin' and coffee. Address for Starbucks is 180 Cabela Drive Garner, NC 27529

• Who: Rob McIsaac and Pete Osta are organizing the event from The Triangle. • Objective: A great lunch at the German Cafe in the old Cotton Exchange on the

Wilmington waterfront.. • Duration: Figure 2.5 hours of driving each way. If we roll at 10, expect to be home

between 6 and 7pm. • Contact Information: For details, connect with Rob McIsaac at

[email protected] or 919-880-8012.

May 23, 2021 Spring Drive to Tour Devil’s Backbone Brewery

•When: Sunday, May 23rd, 2021. The start time is 7:30 AM. •Where: Driving tour from the Boutetourt County Courthouse (1 W Main St, Fincastle, VA) to Devil's Backbone Brew Pub (200 Mosbys Run, Roseland, VA).

•Details: Leave at 7:30 AM, arriving at Devil's Backbone Brew Pub for brunch by 11:30PM. The restaurant has covered outdoor seating and the appropriate COVID-19 protocols. The drive is 108 miles of mostly curvy, well-paved, scenic roads, including 60 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway across Apple Orchard Mountain, the highest spot on the parkway in Virginia at 3950 ft. Four challenging approaches to the parkway include Rt 43 from Buchanan, Rt 60 from Buena Vista, Rt. 501 above the James River, and Beech Grove Rd. to the brewery. Coffee breaks / rest stops are planned at Peaks of Otter Lodge and Buena Vista. The drive home is not part of the organized tour. •Contact Information: To sign up or for more details, contact Scott Donaldson at [email protected] or 540.953.2566.

Averasboro Battlefield and Museum Charming Country Roads, Sweeping Apexes and a SpringPicnic Adventure South of The Triangle

• What: Plenty of great country roads beckon as we sweep through Spring. The AverasboroBattlefield dates to the final days of the American Civil War. Today it is a bucolic place for memories, memorials and countryside reflection. Plenty of room for a nice walk-about and picnic.

• When: Depart on Saturday, May 8th, 2021 at 10:00am. Come early for breakfast and/or coffee at 9:00am!

• Where: Departure from Farmhouse Café, 320 Vintage Point Ln, Wendell, NC 27591. Driver’s Meeting will be at 9:45 at 919-588-2096

• Objective: Great roads, terrific sites and a fantastic location for a start to a mid-Spring picnic.

• Duration: Figure 6-8 hours including driving. • Contact Information: For details, connect with Rob McIsaac at


Spring 2021 M Club Day Big Fun @ BMW Performance Center!What and Where:• Each year, the Tarheel and National Capital BMWCCA Chapters sponsor major events at the BMW Performance

Center in Greer, South Carolina. These events give us access to the facilities and the instructors at a remarkable location … at a deeply discounted price. This school is a special program designed by the Performance Center staff specifically for our chapter members.

• The price ($750 / person) covers the training sessions … and the use of current model ///M Cars for the event. M2’s, M3’s, M4’s and M5’s were the highlight of the adventure in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. We expect more of the same for the coming year. Best of all perhaps, is the opportunity to have a great learning and driving experience while using someone else’s Gas, Tires and Oil!

• Remember the old adage that “no car is faster than a rental!”.When:• The spring event(s) are April 24th and 25th, 2021 (two separate events)Next Steps• Registration now open: msreg.com/Spring2021MClubDay

Contact Information: For details, connect with Rob McIsaac at [email protected]. Or check out the National Capital Chapter website: https://www.nccbmwcca.org/driving-events/m-club-day/

Wonderful Wilmington - 2022New Years Celebration at the Carolina Coast • What: An adventure filled ride to a crown jewel on the North Carolina coast, the Port City of

Wilmington. This is a family friendly event that the inner child in all of us can enjoy!!! We’ll do this to start the New Year. Also a chance to see the USS North Carolina, a surviving memorial to all the sacrifices made in World War II.

• When: Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10am. Coffee and tire kicking at 9am.• Where: Departure from the Starbucks parking lot at the White Oak Shopping Center in Garner. Feel

free to come any time after 9 for tire kickin', story tellin' and coffee. Address for Starbucks is 180 Cabela Drive Garner, NC 27529

• Who: Rob McIsaac is organizing the event from The Triangle. • Objective: A great lunch at the German Cafe in the old Cotton Exchange on the Wilmington

waterfront. From there, many attractions await including the USS North Carolina, the Seaboard Railroad Museum and a water taxi tour of the area.

• Duration: Figure 2 hours of driving each way. If we roll at 10, expect to be home between 6 and 7pm.

• Contact Information: For details, connect with Rob McIsaac at [email protected] or 919-880-8012.

Bimmers Puttering To Pinehurst Scrambling Through The Sandhills in Fall

• What: A chance to get out and stretch the BMWs legs on an adventure to the bucolic town of Pinehurst. Famous for shopping, golfing and great walk-abouts, it also home to some fine dining and cool microbreweries. Saddling up the Bimmers is a great way to roll toward winter.

• When: Depart on Saturday, November 6th, 2021 at 10:00am. Come early for coffee and breakfast.

• Where: Departure from the Starbucks at 180 Cabela Drive, Garner, NC 27529.• Objective: Terrific downtown tour of the iconic golf resort and cute town central to the

Sandhills Region. Terrific opportunity to grab some grub and a cold ‘n frost one at the Pinehurst Brewing Company … https://www.pinehurstbrewing.com/kitchen-1

• Duration: Figure 6+ hours including driving. • Contact Information: For details, connect with Rob McIsaac at


Bimmers Setting Sail Southport, Here We Come!

• What: A post-pandemic weekend adventure away down at the epic, historic, town of Southport. A relaxed getaway, with a chance to cruise the downtown explore the ferry to Bald Head Island, walk the waterfront and / or stretch your feet on sandy beaches. So much to do, so little time!

• When: Depart on Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10:00am. Come early for coffee and breakfast with Chef Patrick.

• Where: Departure from Farmhouse Café, 320 Vintage Point Ln, Wendell, NC 27591.• Objective: Terrific tour “down the shore”, with some fine food and great sighseeing.

Many hotels and B&B options including The Robert Ruark Inn (https://robertruarkinn.com/) and a Hampton Inn..

• Duration: A long weekend, leaving on Friday morning … home on Sunday afternoon. • Contact Information: For details, connect with Rob McIsaac at


ASHEVILLE AREA DINNERDate: Last Tuesday each monthTime: 6:30 pm

Where: Different Location Each Month

All BMW marques are welcome (cars, motorcycles, Mini, Rolls, etc.).

Contact Chris Joyner at [email protected] for more information.

CAPE FEAR AREADate: 3rd Wednesday each monthTime: 6:30 pm

Where: The Joyce in Brunswick Forest 1174 Turlington Ave #101 Leland

Email Matt Sarkela for information at [email protected] or Alan Greene at [email protected]

CHARLOTTE AREA I DINNERDate: 3rd Thursday each monthTime: 7 p.m.Where: WaldhornRestaurant 12101Lancaster Hwy (Old Hwy 521) Pineville,NC (Locatednear Carolina Place Mall) (704) 540-7047

We’re still hanging out at the Waldhorn Restau-rant on the third Thursday of each month. Con-tact Chris Webber at (704) 906-8876 or e-mail at [email protected] to RSVP. Please join us (great German food and beer). See you there!

CHARLOTTE AREA IIDate: 1st Thursday each monthTime: 6:30 p.m.Where: The Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway 5555 Parkway S., 6th Fl, Concord NCPlease email Andy Barbee for more information at [email protected] or (704) 701-2294

DOWNEAST AREA BREAKFAST (Greenville, Wilson Rocky Mt) Date: Time: Where:

Email Alex Kordis for information at [email protected]

HURRICANE REGION AREA (New Bern, Jackson-ville, Morehead City)

Email Alex Kordis for information at [email protected]

NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREA DINNERDate: 2nd Wednesday each monthTime: 6:30 p.m.Where: Booneshine Brewery 465 Industrial Park Drive Boone, NC 28607 828-278-8006

Cost: Only what you eat and drink.Contacts: John Cochrane ([email protected]) or Mike Langley ([email protected])

A fun gathering of BMW friends for a discussion of all things car related.

ROANOKE AREA Date: 2nd Tuesday each monthTime: 6:00 p.m.Where:

To be announcd each month by email.

Contact Scott Donaldson at [email protected] for more information.

SANDHILLS AREADate: 4th Wednesday each monthTime: 7:p.m.Where: ScrubOaks 5780 Ramsey St #108 Fayetteville, NC 28311

ScrubOaks is a contemporary american restaurant that also offers a great sports bar setting. Many reg-

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Contact Danny Miller for more information [email protected]

TRIAD AREA WEST DINNER (Winston-Salem)Date: 2nd Tuesday each monthTime: 6:00 p.m. Drinks, 7:00 p.m. DinnerWhere: Sixty Six Grill and Taphouse 3440 Frontis Street Winston-Salem 27103

Please contact Marc Schatell for more information at [email protected]

TRIAD AREA EAST DINNER (Greensboro)

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TRIANGLE AREA DINNER (RALEIGH)Date: 3rd Tuesday each monthTime: 6:00 p.m. Tire Kickin’, 7:00 p.m. DinnerWhere: Farmhouse Cafe 320 Vintage Point Lane Wendell, NC 27591

Please contact Robert McIsaac for more information at [email protected]

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Bimmers Rolling to Danville Tank Museum! Tankers Racing Toward Winter in South Side Virginia …

• What: While winter’s “blast” may be on our mind in early December, we can still make it to Danville to visit the iconic Tank Museum just North of the Border. Tanks, Bimmers and great dining make a great combo for our final driving adventure of 2020.

• When: Depart on Saturday, December 4th, 2021 at 10:00am. Come early for coffee at 9:00am!

• Where: Departure from Leith BMW, 5603 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC• Objective: A fun and enjoyable family outing that promises nice roads, a tour of

fascinating American military hardware and terrific food. Danville has a great downtown to wander about, historic sites … and lunch at the Golden Leaf Bistro (215 Craghead St, Danville, VA).



Bimmers “Flying” To LouisburgA Jetport, a Picnic, and a Botanical Garden!

• What: The Triangle North Executive Jetport is a gem of a place east of Raleigh that includes airplanes, a skydiving school, wide-open spaces for a picnic, and is a few gear shift changes away a loverly botanical garden at Louisburg College. A great day for friends, adventure and thoughtful reflection.

• When: Depart on Saturday, September 11th, 2021 at 10:00am. Come early for breakfast and/or coffee at 9:00am!

• Where: Departure from Farmhouse Café, 320 Vintage Point Ln, Wendell, NC 27591. Driver’s Meeting will be at 9:45.

• Objective: A wandering tour of beautiful countryside as late summer works her way through North Carolina. Lunch as a picnic at the airport … bring your own for this one, orpick something up in town.



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Bimmers Tossing Clay!!! Country Roads, Take Me Home to Seagrove

• What: A delightful cruise to The Pottery Capital of Central NC, Seagrove. This will be a chance to visit the artisans, shop for amazing art, have a great lunch … and explore more of NC’s byways. And yes, there could be fruitcake at Southern Supreme in Bear Creek.

• When: Depart on Saturday, June 5th, 2021 at 10:00am. Come early for coffee at 9:00am! • Where: Departure from Leith BMW, 5603 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27616• Objective: A fun and enjoyable family outing the promises terrific roads and food … and

a starting tour at the NC Pottery Center, 233 East Avenue, Seagrove, NC. Lunch as a picnic at the visitor’s center or at the Seagrove Family Restaurant, 8702 Old US Hwy 220, Seagrove, NC, depending on the pandemic.



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