January | February 2023 Magazine of the National Capital Chapter BMW Car Club of America Cover: Start of a wet race during the NCC's Fall HPDE and Club Race at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia. Read the article on page 6. Photo by FormerInstants.com. VOLUME 53 | NUMBER 1 President's Message The Steering Column Calendar of Events Coming Events New Members List * A D V E R T I S E R S Allen Automotive BMW of Silver Spring D&V Autobody Fairfax Service Center Hagerty Insurance J&F Motors, Ltd. Liqui Moly London Auto Services, Ltd. Master-Tech 9 C4 26 9 3 26 5 26 26 Matt Curry's Craftsman Auto Care 36 OG Racing Passport BMW Radial Tire Reflections Auto Salon Road Race Technologies Sigy's Service Center Tier Car Care 17 C3 C2 26 36 9 26 32 31 18 10 2 3 4 4 35 6 NCC's Fall HPDE and Club Race: A Wet and Wild West Virginia Weekend BY FRASER DACHILLE AND DENNIS PIPPY 6 8 2022 Karting Season Results BY STEVE TENNEY 10 Passport BMW's Oktoberfest Shines in 2022 BY MIKE BEVELS 14 A " Celebration of M " Weekend BY DOUG VERNER 18 From Z to Shining Z BY MIKE BEVELS AND JACK RAYMOND 23 2023 MINI Cooper Electric: Let's REALLY Motor BY JAMES CHEW 27 2023 BMW i4 Gran Coupe: Fifty Years in The Making BY JAMES CHEW 31 Autocross Season Wrap-Up BY FRASER DACHILLE 32 2023 BMW 118i: Avenging The 118ti BY JAMES CHEWhttps://www.formerinstants.com/