About this event
Important Update, Please Read
Registration for this date has been transferred over to the BMW Performance Center, and that insures the M School will proceed on this date even if maximum school capacity is not reached. Please call the BMW Performance Center at 1-888-345-4269, reference the "Club M Day at Thermal" for a rate of $750 for the 1 Day M School, and most importantly, have fun!
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The North Star Chapter is excited to offer our members the first opportunity of 2017 to spend a warm winter day at the BMW Performance Center in Thermal, CA. This is your opportunity to get away from the cold Minnesota winters and spend a day driving the BMW Performance Center’s superb range of M cars, which includes the M2, M3, M4 and M5. And, yes, you can drive them fast! Please note that this is not a BMW CCA event and the BMW Performance Center staff continually makes changes to this program, so session content and cars available may vary from one school to the next.
There will be classroom instruction followed by various in-car activities with the Center’s exceptional instructors. In-car activities include skid pad, driving dynamics on special handling courses and timed competition events. No helmets or previous driving school experience is required. The program runs from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and includes instruction in current model M cars, lunch and gift bags.
The North Star Chapter has secured Saturday, February 25th, 2017 at a heavily discounted rate of $800 per person for this opportunity.
This event pricing is based on 32 participants. This represents an exceptional discount for a Performance Center event and to qualify, the Chapter needs 32 participants registered by January 14th, 2017. You may join the wait list after this date. To ensure commitment, the Chapter requires that the event fee of $800 be paid in full at the time of registration. Each North Star member is permitted to bring a non-member guest whose fees would be paid by the member through the standard registration process. If the Chapter fails to secure 32 registered participants by January 14th, the event will be canceled and all fees will be refunded in full.
The BMW Performance Center West recommends the following hotels, though there are many to choose from in Palm Springs and surrounding areas.
- Embassy Suites by Hilton La Quinta Hotel & Spa, La Quinta, CA
- JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, CA
- Miramonte Indian Wells Resort & Spa, Indian Wells, CA
Event requirements
Please read the following very carefully:
- Each North Star BMW CCA member can bring one non-member under their membership/registration/payment.
- All drivers must be at least 18 years old and have a valid driver's license.
- The cost of the event is $800.00 per driver.
- The event cost includes driving Performance Center cars, tires, gas, instructors and lunch on Saturday at the Performance Center.
- Travel expenses, meals and lodging costs are the responsibility of the attendees and not included in the event registration fee.
- Completely enclosed shoes are required for driving and for the factory tour.
- Registrations will be accepted on first come, first serve basis. Applications will be considered complete upon receipt of both the registration and full payment by credit card. Your payment reserves your spot.
- Each driver must pay the $800.00 fee to participate.
- NOTE: We need 32 participants to make this event happen. Do not make final, non-refundable travel arrangements until you have received email confirmation from an event coordinator that we have 32 participants and the event is confirmed. Neither the North Star Chapter nor the BMW CCA will reimburse or be responsible for any travel-related expenses incurred by event participants.
- If the Chapter fails to secure 32 registered participants by January 14th, 2016 the event will be canceled and all fees paid will be refunded in full.
- You may check your registration / wait list status in your MotorsportReg.com account.