We had some good, clean fun this last Saturday, June 2nd at BMW of Milwaukee North. In typical Milwaukee fashion, we all awoke that day to grey skies and temps in the 50’s, but that didn’t stop some great folks and some neat cars from joining the festivities.
We had 32 cars registered and a few more that didn’t make the sign up sheet. It was a pretty darn good spread of some beautiful vintage cars that seemed to quietly find their places among the ranks, and some gorgeous newer cars that thundered their way into the parking lot. Side note – It seems that a prerequisite to owning a newer ///M car is to make the exhaust on it sound like it’s some kind of an underfed, angry, carnivorous animal trying to find its way out of the trunk of the car and consume anyone in the neighboring vicinity…. but maybe I’m just jealous….
When the dust settled and my wife Lisa and Darcy finished tallying up all the ballots, we handed out six trophies. Best of the 70’s went to Anton and Martha Steigerwald with their beautiful 1971 2002 that they bought brand new! Well done! Best of the 80’s went to our very own Darcy Yench with her rather cold blooded 1988 325is. Neat car Darcy! Best of the 90’s went to Jim Radke with his excellent 1998 Z3. Congrats Jim! Best of the 2000’s went to Dave Sterns with his exceptionally cool 535 wagon. Nice job Dave! Best track car went to Dan Hannula with his jaw dropping 2016 M4 GTS…. the want factor is extremely high with this one…. And last but not least, the People’s Choice award went to Jeffery Brown with his most excellent 2010 535xi! A cool car indeed!
Thanks to BMW of Milwaukee North for their hospitality and refreshments. Thanks to all that showed up with their excellent rolling pieces of German engineering. And special thanks also to Jeff, Darcy, Alan, and Lisa for their help! I truly enjoyed hanging and chatting cars with all of you, and hope to see you again next year. Happy motoring!
