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April 2011

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Tech Talk Bill RogeRs Roge Thanks to Louie Shefchik for allowing the PNWR to visit J&L Fabricating on Feb 26th. Over 80 club members braved the cold and icy roads and were treated to a great tour of some historical race cars led by Dan Wright. Dan, one of the original employees of J&L, knew the history of and some great anecdotes on each car. This shop does some truly great work. Like Louie told me ���it isn���t hard to come to work when you have all of these great race cars to work on.��� Look for the J&L trucks at the Pacific North West Historic Races at Pacific Raceways this July to see what treasures they unload. Our next event will be April 23rd at Bradley���s Detail in Bellevue. Bradley has returned to managing the business and I can promise you a much more informative and lively tech session than before. Look elsewhere in Spiel and food pavilion, featuring local Sonoma and on the web page for directions and times. wineries and restaurants! Now I have several favorite things to do at the race track. I am still working on the May 21st event There is also a race car show and shine on and it looks like our October and November dates are filled. Stay tuned for more informa- the square in downtown Sonoma over the weekend. We have been looking for interesttion as we get closer to the event. ing roads to drive to and from the event and Now with spring here, I hope, it is time have California Highway 1 on the agenda as to get out and enjoy our cars. Get that road well as California Highway 96, also known as trip planned and head on down the highway. the Bigfoot Scenic Byway. It runs from Arcata I have one planned for late May early June to I-5 and looks to be a nice twisty fun driveto Sonoma to attend the Sonoma Historic -just made for a Porsche but will probably be Races at Infineon Raceway. These races are full of motor homes and campers holding us promoted by Steve Earle who promoted up. I���ll update you later on this trip. the Monterey event for many years. This Keep blinkin���! year McLaren is the featured car and I look forward to seeing some of the Can-Am cars that dominated that series for so many years. Also featured is an infield wine tasting THE REDMOND EUROPEAN ADVANTAGE 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE ��� Free Estimates ��� Free Rental Car* ��� Free 27-Point Vehicle Inspection ��� Performance ��� Wheel Upgrades & Tire Service ��� Normal Maintenance & Repair ��� Shuttle Service Available ��� Track Club Event Inspections ��� Pre-purchase ��� Engine (425) 376-2655 18080 NE 68th St, Bldg E Redmond, WA 98052 ��� APR Inspections Rebuilds Tuning ��� BMW Performance Software www.redmondeuropean.com *Major Service. (Microsoft, Boeing, & Nintendo Discounts) 12 April 2011

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