4 out of 5 Fall-Line BMW Prepped Machines in the Top Five! Fall-Line Motorsports accomplished a very exciting feat not many professional teams have previously achieved. Not only did the three Fall-Line BMWs finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th, another Fall-Line built BMW car finished 5th in the race!
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We are so excited it’s almost that time of the year for the Annual Member’s Meeting. This year the meeting will be on Saturday, March 10th starting at 1:00 pm. As you saw in our December Talk Around the Track we have added quite a few new members to our Club. So in the spirit of welcoming our new members, we invite all to stay afterwards for a complimentary hors d’ oeuvres and cocktail reception where you can meet the new members and also re-acquaint yourself with your friends you may not have seen over the off season. Please RSVP to Terri at Terri.Weber@Autobahncc.com

We would like to invite all Ladies to a complimentary Brunch on Saturday February 18th at 11:00 am to discuss events for the upcoming season. Last year the Ladies had a wonderful time getting together monthly for driving instruction with Tony Kester. This season they would like to continue coming out monthly but also would like to add a few more events. For example Peggy Gerdes would love to schedule some cooking classes. Also, if anyone knows someone that would like to put on a demonstration during the festival weekends, such as flower arrangements, gardening, yoga, pilates, dancing…. Please bring your ideas on Saturday Feb 18th, the more the merrier. Please RSVP to Terri Weber at TerriWeber@Autobahncc.com by Wednesday February 15th.

We are having an event on Saturday February 25th from noon to 4 pm at Northstar Motorsports in Barrington. Autobahn members will receive discounted pricing on most items in the store. Please come on out and feel free to bring some potential members as Northstar will also be inviting customers who are not current Autobahn members in an effort to help us recruit new members. You will be treated to complimentary food and beverage. We hope you can make it. Click Here for Directions.

Continental Motors Group of Naperville, Chicago Indoor Racing and DuPage PADS have teamed up for the 2nd annual 6-hour karting enduro for charity, entitled “Drive for 55 - The Race to End Homelessness in DuPage County”. Our goal is to raise a minimum of $55,000 for DuPage PADS to assist individuals and families who are homeless! The Drive for 55 will be held on Sunday, February 26th from 10am to 4pm at Chicago Indoor Racing in Addison. Eighteen teams will compete in raising money for DuPage PADS before race day, and the official starting grid will be determined by the fundraising success of each team. 

Several Autobahn members are participating in this event including Steve Jenkins, Dave Gronke, Jim Bacus, Peter Jankovskis, Collin O'Brien, Fred Maringer, Fall-Line Motorsports, Mark Boden, Jim Hamman, Tom Herb, Jay Patel, McGrath Auto Group, Shawn Young and Joel Weinberger. If you haven’t done so already, please consider supporting one of the member's teams by donating at this link: https://ww2.dupagepads.org/donationsFundRaising.asp?id=1087 

In addition, there will be an exposition for B-Spec racecars with Mazda, Honda, and others participating and showing their B-Spec cars. Charles Espenlaub is also scheduled to give a race safety seminar. 

There are also a limited number of karts still available for the event if anyone wants to form their own team and help raise funds to help PADS. Please contact Joel Weinberger (jkw@continentalmotors.com) or Shawn Young (laps10inc@gmail.com) for details.

A survey has been sent to all Autobahn  Members who have participated in the wheel to wheel classes of the Autobahn Member Racing Series. If you have received this your participation is appreciated. If you compete, or plan to compete, in the Autobahn Member Racing Series and have not received this survey please send an email to mikegritter@autobahncc.com for the link.

We try our best to include stories about our members achievements in racing at other venues in this weekly newsletter when we are aware of them.  The problem is that we are not always aware of what our members are accomplishing out there.  In an effort to capture all of the stories, we need your help.  If you or other members you know have a story to tell, please feel free to send them into us for inclusion.  You can send them into either Mike Gritter at mikegritter@autobahncc.com or Terri Weber at terriweber@autobahncc.com .  Thank you for helping us out!