06/17/2020
Amazing wheels and cars in the current exhibit: GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop but this one goes back two exhibits to the ICON exhibit with Sam Moultrie’s beautiful 2002.
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Andrea Galehouse, Campaign Coordinator
Bill Wade, National Director / Street Survival
Tim Beechuk, Program Manager / Street Survival
Madelin Miller, Program Manager / Street Survival
NATIONAL BOARD of TRUSTEES
Lance White
President
Bruce Smith
Vice President
John Eveland
Secretary
Louis Goldsman
Treasurer
Scott Blazey
Street Survival Chair
Bruce Hazard
Archive Chair
Scott Hughes
Preservation Chair
Jackie Bechek
Trustee
Peter Gleeson
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Dr. Leo Newland
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Mike Ura
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Erik Wensberg
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The BMW Car Club of America Foundation is the philanthropic expression of the 70,000+ members of the BMW Car Club of America, our corporate sponsors and generous donors. Together, we deliver high level car-control training to thousands of teenage drivers each year, through the Tire Rack Street Survival Program. We also operate the largest BMW Museum & Archive in the Americas, directly next door to the BMW Performance Center in Greer, South Carolina. If you’re a member of the BMW CCA, these programs and their accomplishments belong to you. The BMW Car Club of America Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity organization, and all donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Our Federal ID number is 03-0437428.
Mission: Dedicated to the Promotion of Safety and the Preservation of BMW History
06/14/2020
More than just amazing books! Great items and gifts, too! And now, we’ve assembled a selection of items into bundles and are offering them at attractive sale prices. Whether you’re looking for exhibition books, 2002 apparel, M1 gear or much more, we should have a bundle for you! https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/pages/sales-bundles
(These will make great Father’s Day gifts. If you order by tonight (Sunday, June 14), your domestic shipment should arrive by Father’s Day.)
06/11/2020
166 pages of “oh wow!” The companion book to the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop exhibit is available now and makes a great Father’s Day gift! The books are beautifully designed and photographed, and written by Jackie Jouret , a regular contributor to Roundel, former editor of Bimmer magazine, and a great BMW historian who makes history come alive.
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Special: Through June 15, any exhibition book purchased in addition to the new GENESIS book is 20% off. https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/collections/genesis
06/10/2020
Happy birthday, Lou Ann Shirk! Thank you to you and Lonny for all you do for the Foundation and the BMW CCA, including loaning your beautiful 2800CS for the recent PASSION exhibit!
06/08/2020
With Father’s Day on the horizon (June 20!), grab something different for Dad! Satisfy that car craving with a book from the BMW CCA Foundation Museum! Our exhibition books are beautifully designed and photographed, and written by Jackie Jouret, a regular contributor to Roundel, former editor of Bimmer magazine, and a great BMW historian who makes history come alive. Printed and bound in the U.S., they are great to read and gorgeous to look at, a treasure for Pops—or anyone who loves BMWs and classic cars.
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Special: Any exhibition book purchased in addition to the new GENESIS book is 20% off. Click: https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/collections/genesis
06/03/2020
The cars here look amazing in the outside, but the interior detail is exquisite. The GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop has 24 classic BMW cars and motorcycles in it—all of which can be seen with fantastic accompanying text be the wonderful Jackie Jouret in the book available at https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/collections/genesis
06/01/2020
GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop books have been moving. If you want to find the exhibit book with this beauty in it, check out the PASSION books, too, at https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/collections/genesis
05/31/2020
EMW Parking Only (fear not, this one is inside the exhibit with the others!). Fascinating background about this car and 23 other classic BMW cars and motorcycles in the book — GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by @the.werk.shop. Available at https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/collections/genesis. 👍
05/29/2020
We have “opened” the new exhibit—GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop—via virtual tour and book sale (https://bmwccafoundation.org/genesis-virtual-tour/). BUT...time for a #flashbackfriday look back at our first exhibit, Heroes of Bavaria! Do you have a favorite here?
05/27/2020
How about these wheels?! If you didn’t think you were a motorcycle fan before, you will be after you see the classic BMW bikes in the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop exhibit! Virtual tour is live and the exhibit books are available now! https://bmwccafoundation.org/genesis-virtual-tour/
05/25/2020
Thank you to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. #memorialday @ BMW Car Club of America Foundation
05/22/2020
Guess the horsepower! And say hi to Steve and Mary Walker’s 700 Sport Coupe and check out the video virtual tour and the new GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop book for more about this amazing car. https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/
05/21/2020
It’s Guess the Car day again on #wheelwednesday! But now with the virtual tour live (https://bmwccafoundation.org/genesis-virtual-tour/) you can probably figure it out...right?
05/18/2020
Who likes #estorilblue?!
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Switching it up on #mmonday with a bonus thank you to another sponsor of the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning exhibit — Yokohama Tire — with Yokohama wrapped CCW wheels on Robert Chandler’s S14 2002 from the ICON exhibit from 2018.
05/17/2020
Have you seen it? The virtual tour opening for the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop narrated by Jackie Jouret is live! https://bmwccafoundation.org/genesis-virtual-tour/ Which is your favorite?
05/15/2020
Accompanying the opening of the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by @the.werk.shop, books are now available to order and we’re having a sale on past exhibit books! Buy one book and get 5% off a second book, 10% off if you buy two other books and 15% off if you buy three other books. Visit https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/
05/15/2020
The virtual tour opening for the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop is live! Visit https://bmwccafoundation.org/genesis-virtual-tour/ and enjoy!
05/14/2020
The opening is Friday! The GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop opens Friday, May 15! We’ve had to get a little creative with so many pandemic-related dynamics, so this opening will be virtual—we’ll be posting a virtual tour on our site Friday at 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET. Get ready for a fantastic walk through decades of history and amazing cars and motorcycles!
05/13/2020
What car is in the reflection...and on what car is this wheel? 😏 They’re both at the #bmwccafoundation GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop exhibit! More news soon!
05/12/2020
Must be #twofortuesday with Dirk’s 1937 328 and its little mini me next to it, replete with #cocomatsinside — thank you, CocoMats!
05/10/2020
This one might be pretty easy to identify—plus, it makes any Sunday a #sundayfunday!
05/07/2020
The GENESIS book comes out at the end of next week (as will the opening video!). In the meantime, let’s hear some guesses what we have here—year and model. Don’t be shy; that’s why we call them “guesses.”
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05/04/2020
Each exhibit brings so many “oh wow!” cars...this M1 seemed to do the trick repeatedly in the PASSION exhibit. GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning opens via video May 15 with many “oh wow” cars!
04/30/2020
1972 2002 Baur Cabriolet from the ICON exhibit. Thank you again, Don Bower!
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The new GENESIS exhibit opens via video May 15!
04/28/2020
We got the UPS shipment we have been waiting for today. Most of the GENESIS banners, pylon, and door graphics. Tomorrow is installation day. The exhibit is coming along really well. We can’t wait to show it off to everyone.
Thank you to Erik Wensberg and AMI Graphics for producing this stuff for our Museum!!
04/27/2020
Don’t look past this cool bike (ok, you can, because that other stuff is cool, too!); this 1943 BMW R75 is one of four historic BMW motorcycles in the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning exhibit at the #bmwccafoundation, opening via video May 15.
04/24/2020
Books! While we won’t be able to welcome you into the GENESIS exhibit at the #bmwccafoundation on May 15, we _can_ ship you a copy of the GENESIS book on that date! Order one at https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/collections/genesis/products/genesis-museum-exhibition-book-bmw-from-the-beginning. There is an amazing amount of history and fantastic photography in this book. Hope to see you soon!
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Limited hard copy books also available.
04/23/2020
Thought we’d share some #e36m3 fun for you from the ICON exhibit on #tbt. Wait...E36M3? Yep! Another fun Terry Sayther creation!
04/21/2020
Must be #taillighttuesday here at the #bmwccafoundation! Can you identify this one? (Don’t say “left”...)😁
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04/20/2020
If you’ve been hoping the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning, presented by The Werk Shop would open on May 15, good news! It will...via a video preview on May 15. We hope to open our doors to the public by early summer, or as soon as feasible. More information to follow!
04/17/2020
A little after and before, 503-style, first courtesy of a 503 that will be part of the GENESIS exhibit and then a 503 currently undergoing restoration at The Werk Shop. That should be a fun one to follow along!
04/15/2020
Can you believe these cars were made 15 years apart? 1️⃣ is a 1939 BMW 327/28; 2️⃣ is a 1954 EMW 327/3.
04/12/2020
Happy Easter from the BMW CCA Foundation!
04/10/2020
A #frontendfriday peek back at a great car from the Passion exhibit—Jeff Caplan’s @odometergears amazing #e12 with this not-quite-stock engine and these @therealcocomats inside.
04/09/2020
These items (swipe) and more—on sale through tonight (April 9)! Getting ready for the next exhibit so we’re making room by heavily discounting a lot of your favorite items. Check these out at www.bmwccafoundationstore.com. Shirts as low as $9!
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166 pages of “oh wow!” The companion book to the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop exhibit is available now and makes a great Father’s Day gift! The books are beautifully designed and photographed, and written by Jackie Jouret , a regular contributor to Roundel, former editor of Bimmer magazine, and a great BMW historian who makes history come alive. • Special: Through June 15, any exhibition book purchased in addition to the new GENESIS book is 20% off. https://bmwccafoundationstore.com/collections/genesis
The virtual tour opening for the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning Presented by The Werk Shop is live! Visit https://bmwccafoundation.org/genesis-virtual-tour/ and enjoy!
PASSION Exhibit Closing Tonight
A note from the Curator: Today is the final day of the PASSION Exhibit. We are busy getting ready for the closing event tonight. On behalf of the Foundation, I would like to thank everyone involved with this exhibit, the third major exhibit for our Museum. Thank you to our generous sponsors: TireRack.com, Yokohama Tires, DINAN, Active Autowerke, Odometer Gears, Classic BMW, Coco Mats, Kelly BMW, Otto's BMW, and TC Kline Racing. Thank you to all of our exhibitors who loaned us their car(s) for the past ten months: Mike Self, Lonny & Lou Ann Shirk, Bobby Rahal, Lance White, Kai Xing, Michael Washington, George Whiteley, Dave Farnsworth, Ron Checca, Carey Iida, George Zinycz, BMW Manufacturing/BMW NA, Dwayne Mosley, Karl Hugh, Jeremy Kuhns, Michaela Hart, Mike Ura, Jeff Caplan, Rey Rivera, and Scott Blazey. Thank you to so many people for contributing artwork, memorabilia, and pictures to display in this exhibit. Thank you to our Foundation Board, staff, volunteers, and our selection committee. You have put in tireless amount of hours dedicated to assemble and create this exhibit. Thank you to our book staff - Jackie Jouret, Bryan Martin, and Zach Suggs. You have created another wonderful book for our exhibits. Thank you to all our visitors for traveling from 48 US states and 26 countries around the world. We appreciate everyone involved who helped make this another wonderful exhibit for our Museum. We hope everyone enjoyed visiting. We are looking forward to our next exhibit - GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning, opening on Friday, May 15, 2020.
This book—and our other exhibit books and all our merchandise!—on sale! Yep, we’re doing this SALE thing, too! From 11/27/19 through 12/2/19, the BMW CCA Foundation is excited to offer 10% off our full selection of gifts, books, and apparel—including our exhibit books! www.bmwccafoundationstore.com .
Pretty sure you’ll want the sound on for this one. BMW CCA member Mike Burroughs navigating Rusty Slammington around its new home with member Rey Rivera before it made its way east to the Passion exhibit here at the BMW CCA Foundation. . Tickets for the Passion Grand Opening May 17 available now at https://passion-opening-day.eventbrite.com
Ever seen The Hack Mechanic in action? Here is with “Louie” in the back of the Foundation fixing a stuck clutch...and Louie is all better and back on display for one more night at the Icon exhibit! Thanks, Rob!
Yesterday was...quite fun. BMW CCA Foundation Icon Closing Celebration guests were treated to a great demo of four 2002 racecars at the BMW Performance Center. Here are two of them. (Sam Moultrie’s Schnitzer 02 and Scott Hughes back in the saddle of the no. 64 car!)
Want to see more? THE ICON: 50 Years of the 2002 opens on May 18. Special perks on opening day...tickets here: https://the-icon.eventbrite.com
Chapter Challenge > Only Three Days Left! Your chapter has only three days left to go for the win! Design your brick and make your mark at the Foundation's growing Museum & Archive...and do it before midnight on December 31 to count toward the 2016 Chapter Challenge. Your tax-deductible brick purchase helps the Foundation deliver the Street Survival program to thousands of teens every year, and also helps to grow the extensive Archive and Museum program for you, your CCA friends and generations of enthusiasts. Chapters with the highest participation will be awarded lasting recognition at the BMW CCA Foundation. Design yours today! http://www.fundraisingbrick.com/bmwccafoundation
Great example of a very original M1 today. The BMWCCA Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of history. Thank you Peter Gleeson for keeping this car so perfect.
Winners have been drawn! We didn't sell enough tickets to give away the full car, but the lucky winner will still receive a $7500 cash prize! Thank you to everyone who helped to make this raffle a success for Street Survival!
....and that's just amazing! Stay tuned for our announcement on Monday on how you can be part of this exciting adventure to have an incredible experience while supporting the Foundation.
Stay tuned for how you can participate in this exciting adventure. Till then - here's another teaser!
Lance White in the 328 roadster. It sounds great.
OK, so it wasn't all work today!
Scott Hughes taping TRSS segment to air at 4pm today on Fox News 21
Our own Scott Hughes talking about Street Survival and EuroFest - with some sound effects! #themorningnews
Just watching s show on Velocity Channel and saw this commercial about our M5 that sold at Barrett Jackson earlier this year
Brian Redman in the 3.0CSL.
Another happy customer going out for a ride
Mike Renner and Dwayne Mosley in the E92 M3 for the charity rides.
Scott Hughes crossing the podium at Mile Miglia. Way to Scott!
Interview with Mike Renner after his morning runs at One Lap
Mike Renner through the Rattlesnake - One Lap of America.
Sept., 2012 3:08pm
Here is a look back at the Oktoberfest 2012 charity rides with Joey Hand and BMW NA's fleet of historic race cars. Each year charity rides are held at Oktoberfest to benefit the BMW CCA Foundation and their principal activity—the Tire Rack Street Survival Program.
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