EVENT: 5erWest 2011 -July 23rd- Gladstone, OR

[Jake D]

5erWest 2011 - July 22-23rd - Gladstone, Oregon

Northwest BMW Club invites you to attend 5erWest along the Willamette River in Gladstone, Oregon just south of downtown Portland. 5erWest is a celebration of the fine lineage of the BMW 5 series with a spotlight on the e12, e28, e34 and e39 chassis.

Although this is a 5-series focused event, it is also a gathering of ALL BMW enthusiasts. We welcome other BMW makes to attend and would like to give special encouragement to owners of other vintage “roundels” to show up in force! Special parking may be arranged if possible. It is not our intent to exclude any BMW enthusiast from attending 5erWest.

Registration and attendance for this event is completely FREE!! We just couldn't bring ourselves to charge enthusiasts for, what I feel, is really YOUR event!!

We'll kick off the weekend on July 22nd with a casual Friday night "Meet-N-Eat" to be hosted by the Portland area nwBMWclub members. The time/location will be determined at a later date and will be announced on our 5erWest website and our official 5erWest Newsletter.

The main event will kick off at 10am with lunch being served around noon. After lunch, we'll start drawing winners for our sponsor donated prize raffle. Last year, we gave away some fantastic prizes valued over $2000. Tickets can be purchased for $1 each at the event. This is how we will cover the costs for hosting this event, so be sure to show your support and buy lots of tickets!!

Following the raffle, the "Best of Chassis" and awards will be presented. Winners will be selected by votes submitted from all of our registered attendees. (5erWest 2010 "Best of Chassis" winners will not be eligible for this award)
Immediately after the awards are presented (1pm-ish) we will depart on the 5erDrive to be hosted by the Portland Chapter BMWACA. The route has not yet been determined. Last year, we drove up the Columbia River for lunch at the Full Sail breweries in Hood River.

This event was so successful last year with just over 100 cars, we have decided to try and make it an annual event for the West Coast BMW Community.

To learn more or register, visit our official 5erWest site. www.5erWest.com

We are also on Facebook!

If you have questions or would be interested in becoming a 5erWest sponsor, send email to 5erwest@nwbmwclub.com .

To wet your appetite, here are a few photos from 5erWest 2010 courtesy of Kyle Funsten:









We hope to see you in Gladstone!!!

[e30austin]

Hopefully one (or both) of my cars will look decent enough before July! Haha.

[Jake D]

Hey, it's not a beauty contest! Just come to have fun.

[MacBudd541]

I had great time last year. Lots of cool cars there. I will be there this year too!

[daniel]

can't wait. i had a blast taking rolling shots of the cars during the drive.

[AbeSonic]

Of course Mickey Finn would be the first person to comment on this thread. lol
I will be attending the event. :)

[e30austin]

Hey, it's not a beauty contest! Just come to have fun.

Oh, I know that. I just want my cars to look better than they do now. Haha.

[e30austin]

Of course Mickey Finn would be the first person to comment on this thread. lol
I will be attending the event. :)

With your E28? Oh wait...

[Jand3rson]

Will definitely try to make this! Just cross-posted it to my local Euro forum, too.

[bmwm42]

my e39 would be happy to attend

[ejnight]

I just ordered a few things from the mother land for the touring. Hope they make it.

[CorvallisBMW]

This event was a lot of fun last year, I will make sure to attend this time around too!

[StereoInstaller1]

Oh yeah, I haz E34, now I can do this event too!

Can I bring a couple of sub boxes to sell? Darins car has the final prototype, the thing sounds great!

[CorvallisBMW]

Does that mean I have to bring my e34 instead of the e30? :(

[Jake D]

Will definitely try to make this! Just cross-posted it to my local Euro forum, too.

Very cool. Thanks!

Oh yeah, I haz E34, now I can do this event too!

Can I bring a couple of sub boxes to sell? Darins car has the final prototype, the thing sounds great!

Sure!

Does that mean I have to bring my e34 instead of the e30? :(

Bring both. DUHH!;)