Dear Members,

May has been a quieter month with only 4 events, but all of these had fantastic attendance.

We had a brilliant turn out at Sandown for the third Round of the Traction Tyres/Yokohama Drivers Championship, with a lot of team bonding and laughter with all who attended.  I really love the way all our members and their families all just tuck in and help each other with set up of cars, to making bacon and eggs for breakfast, we have a great BMWDCM family unit happening.

Our May meeting was a general meeting, held at Shannons.  It was great to meet some newer members and hear what they are interested in and also chat about all things BMW.

On 11 May we held a Pre-Mother’s Day drive. It looked like it was going to be a little wet, but by the time we got to our starting point, the sun was out and stayed out for the rest of the drive.  As usual, fantastic driving instructions by our Drive Co-ordinator, Peter Williams, and delicious lunch at Toolangi Pub. It was great to be met there by some of the members who could not make the full drive but came and joined us for lunch anyway.  It was also lovely to have a few family groups attend, some of the kids had fun on the radios calling directions and observing the wonderful Autumn countryside.  Well done Elsie Taylor, your radio skills are brilliant.  It's great to see whole families coming to our events.  As, with all of our events, kids and partners are more than welcome, as are friends and non-members.

On 26 May we had a fun crew join us for Go Karting at Auskarts in Port Melbourne. There was a lot of very competitive racing and the margins from first to last were very close.  Well done to the winners and look out for our outdoor karting day later this year.

June is going to be a busy month, we have the June Members Meeting at South Yarra BMW on Tuesday, then the long weekend away touring the countryside taking in the Murray Valley, Silo Art Trail and returning through the Grampians.  I can’t wait to see what Peter has mapped out for us!

We then have Broadford for Round 4 of the 2019 Traction Tyres/Yokohama Driver’s Championship. If you want to get out on the track, make sure you register and come along and have some fun, along with the sprint groups there will be a driver training group, so you can have an instructor in the car with you if you want to.  We will need officials and helpers as well, so even if you don’t want to drive, you can come and help out. Give us a call if you want to know more.

Membership is now at 392. I can’t believe how quickly our club has grown.  I'm still very humbled as are all the members on our committee. Thank you for joining us and I look forward to seeing you all at an event soon.

Graeme Bell | President
BMW Drivers Club Melbourne Inc.

P.O. Box 81, TYABB, VICTORIA. 3913
Incorporated in Victoria #A0102695G
BMW Drivers Club Melbourne Inc is a member of:BMW Clubs Australia and the BMW Clubs International Council
CAMS Affiliated Motorsport Club