Summer 2012 - the Peachtree Chapter of the BMW CCA

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Peachtree Pit
Summer 2012, Issue 2
July 2012
Inside this issue:
Peachtree Chapter 2012 Concours by Gary Beck
Peachtree Chapter
2012 Concours
1
President’s Message
2
Peachtree Chapter
2012 Concours
3
Calendar of Events
4
If you missed it we finally
had a judged Concours for
the chapter April 22 after 4
years.
Seems like something always got in the way like
Ofest twice.
What looked like a dismal
turnout two days before
actually turned into a good
show with 34 entries and
many, many more visitors.
Thanks to The Forum and
Atlanta Bread for the facility and food for our Concours.
We need to do this more
often.
They did come out of the
woodwork and from some
distance.
Mike Gray brought the 1984 E28 Alpina B9 up from
Perry GA and George Whitley came down from
the mountains in his 95 850CSI.
Clinton Cato came over from Athens and cleaned
up with 35 points for the Most Ugly trophy for his
89 325i.
The Ugly Trophy is a perpetual so come win it next
time.
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BMW CCA Peachtree Chapter Officers
President
Jason Courant
jcourant@peachtreebmwcca.org
Vice President Anna-Katherine Johnston
akjohnston@peachtreebmwcca.org
Secretary
Shawn Doughtie
scrappycow@mindspring.com
Treasurer
Mark McHorney
mmchorney@yahoo.com
Member at Large Emily Douglas
edouglas8@gatech.edu
Peachtree Pit Staff
Editor
Tracey Bigelow
tracey@peachtreebmwcca.org
Photography
Contributors
Shawn Doughtie
Tracey Bigelow
Jason Courant
Tracey Bigelow
Gary Beck
President’s Message by Jason Courant
Greetings Peachtree Chapter Members,
Ahhhh…summer time in Atlanta! It’s HOT!!!! 2012 has been great year so far. The Peachtree
Chapter Concourse was a huge success. Thanks to all of our sponsors and supporters for
making it such a great event. And thanks to Gary Beck for organizing it all.
After some site challenges, the 2012 Autocross season has recovered and is well underway.
We are holding this season down at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The venue is amazing. Thanks
to Bruce Herstowski and crew for putting together an awesome series! We are finalizing dates
for the 2nd half of the season as we speak. Stay tuned for updates.
In May we also hosted an open house at Motion Control Suspension, in Alpharetta. It was a
great opportunity to see all the development work and testing that go into building top-notch
suspension components. We are looking to hold more open houses in the coming months at
some of our other local vendors.
Our next Driving School will be in September up at Road Atlanta, look out for an email blast
about the school in a few months.
Finally, we will be hosting a Car Corral again at the Petit LeMans on Saturday, October 20 th.
Be on the look out for more details as we get closer to that event. This is a fantastic time to
hang out with your fellow club members while watching world class endurance racing.
2012 continues to be a great year with the Peachtree Chapter. Please stay tuned to the Chapter Website for upcoming events. If you have anything you would like to do as a club, I encourage you to email me so we can explore setting up those events.
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Club Information
Web Site: peachtreebmwcca.org
Peachtree Chapter BMW CCA
10800 Alpharetta Highway
Suite 208-548
Roswell, GA 30076
Thanks and Happy Motoring!
Jason Courant
President, Peachtree Chapter
jcourant@peachtreebmwcca.org
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Peachtree Chapter 2012 Concours by Gary Beck
The winners are:
Vintage-
1.Russ Gerzon
2.David Harrison
3. Jonathan Poole
4th Generation
1973 2002 Tii
1980 528i
1969 2002
nd
2 Generation
1. Mike Gray
2. Tony Morales
3. David Frankel
3rd Generation
1. George Whitley
2. Andy Donnan
3. Chris Grande
1984 E28 Alpina B9
1988 E30 M3
1988 E28 M5
1994 850 CSI
1999 M Coupe
1996 M3
1. Anthony Neu
2. Brian Hampton
3. Al Floer
5th Generation
1. John McClure
2. David Harrison
3. Lee Hicks
2001 M Coupe
2002 M5
2000 M Roadster
2008 M3
2008 328it
2008 128i
Thanks to all the volunteer judges for helping out and Tracey
Bigelow for the scoring.
We’ll try to do this again next year.
Gary Beck
Calendar of Events
July 28 - Autocross - Atlanta Motor
Speedway
Hampton, GA
Sep 7-9 - Peachtree Chapter 2012
Driving School Series
Road Atlanta
Brasleton, GA
Sep 16 - Autocross - Atlanta Motor
Speedway
Hampton, GA
Sep 30 - Autocross - Atlanta Motor
Speedway
Hampton, GA
Visit peachtreebmwcca.org for more
information
10800 Alpharetta Highway
Suite 208-548
Roswell, GA 30076