January | February 2021 Magazine of the National Capital Chapter BMW Car Club of America Cover: The October HPDE at Summit Point Raceway included lead-follow instruction as well as NCC's very first Time Trials event. See page 14. Photo by FormerInstants.com. 5 NCC Volunteer Spotlight: Doug Verner VOLUME 51 | NUMBER 1 BY JACK RAYMOND PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 2 THE STEERING COLUMN 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 4 COMING EVENTS 4 NEW MEMBERS LIST 8 The Fall Foliage Tour BY AVERY BEVELS 5 10 NCC Sponsor Spotlight: Carriage House Automotive BY JACK RAYMOND 33 * 13 NCC Member Spotlight: Graham Bouton BY MIKE BEVELS 8 14 NCC's October HPDE and Time Trials ADVERTISERS BY JACK RAYMOND Bimmer Werks 33 BMW of Silver Spring C4 18 Traditions BY MIKE BEVELS BMW of Towson/Bel Air/Rockville C3 Carriage House Automotive 22 An NCC and Hagerty Virtual Event: 3 14 State of the BMW Collector Car Market D&V Autobody 28 Fairfax Service Center 36 GeorgeCo Motorsports 28 J&F Motors, Ltd. 28 25 The Many Cars of NCC London Auto Services, Ltd. 28 BY OUR MEMBERS MasterTech BY MIKE BEVELS 3 Matt Curry's Craftsman Auto Care 32 OG Racing 12 Radial Tire C2 Reflections Auto Salon 33 Road Race Technologies 28 Sigy's Service Center 36 Tier Car Care 36 29 2020 BMW 228 Gran Coupe - 18 The Pullyu-Pushmi: We Go Bi-Coastal to Evaluate BMW's Latest Gran Coupe BY JAMES CHEW 34 The 2020 BMW Ultimate Driving Experience: The Cure for the Car Enthusiast's Cabin Fever 29 BY JAMES CHEW