July | August 2021 Magazine of the National Capital Chapter BMW Car Club of America Cover: Douglas Lerners' 1989 325i on the Dashing Through the Mountains Tour. It is one of the tours in the " A Tale of Two Tours " article on page 16. Photo by Mike Bevels. VOLUME 51 | NUMBER 4 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE THE STEERING COLUMN CALENDAR OF EVENTS COMING EVENTS NEW MEMBERS LIST * 13 A D V E R T I S E R S Allen Automotive BMW of Silver Spring 26 C4 BMW of Towson/Bel Air/Rockville C3 Carriage House Automotive D&V Autobody Fairfax Service Center GeorgeCo Motorsports J&F Motors, Ltd. London Auto Services, Ltd. Master-Tech 35 2 3 35 35 33 35 Matt Curry's Craftsman Auto Care 36 OG Racing Radial Tire Reflections Auto Salon Road Race Technologies Sigy's Service Center Tier Car Care 26 C2 33 36 35 26 18 18 The Many Cars of Lothar Schuettler: a.k.a Jack & Mike's Excellent Adventure BY MIKE BEVELS AND JACK RAYMOND 16 22 Preparing for Your Advanced Group Track Day: What You Need to Know (or perhaps just be reminded of) BY JUAN RAMONE 27 The Many Cars of NCC BY OUR MEMBERS 29 A Chat with Summit Point Raceway's Director of Motorsports: Edwin Pardue BY JACK RAYMOND 30 Is Long-Term BMW Vehicle Ownership A Thing of The Past? BY JAMES CHEW 30 2 3 4 5 33 8 10 NCC Sponsor Spotlight: D&V Autobody Masters BY MIKE BEVELS 13 NCC Volunteer Spotlight: Robert Hopkins BY JACK RAYMOND 16 A Tale of Two Tours BY AVERY BEVELS AND MIKE BEVELS 8 X Marks the Spot BY ASPEN BELVIN