Keith's Corner: June 14th |  |
| Monday, 13 June 2011 11:53 |
 The Portland Art Museum has never looked so good. All 16 cars for the Allure of the Automobile have been moved from their transports into the museum, and even the august New York Times took notice.SCM has been very involved with helping the museum meet and exceed its $700,000 fundraising goal, and SCMers have been generous with their support. The exhibit runs through September 11; if you need an excuse to come to Portland, this exhibit should suffice. Stop in to the SCM world headquarters while you are here and pick up your SCM cap; if you make arrangements in advance we'll even loan you a sports car or two from the SCM collection to take a day trip to Mt. Hood and Timberline Lodge. Alex's Most Excellent Summer My 19-year-old daughter has been clamoring for more track time, and her schedule is just falling into place. When she's not working at the SCM office, or tending to our booths at Bloomington Gold and in Monterey, she'll have a chance to exercise some interesting cars, at speed. In June she'll be taking her second course from Pro Drive at Portland International Raceway, a full day of on-track instruction driving the SCM Lotus Elise. It's just been fitted with new Yokohamas, and we expect her grin to be a wide one. Then, in July, the Central California Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America has invited Alex and me to attend their high performance driving school at Buttonwillow Raceway in California. We've heard good things about this event, and invite you to join us there; it's just $499 for two full days of track time (add $48 if you are not a BMW CCA member), surely one of the great track day bargains today. |