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St. Louis Audi Club Newsletter
August

Presidential Notes:

As we head into the heat of a St. Louis summer, club activities have slowed, but not stopped.

Coming up next week, we'll get together at the Civil Life Brewing Company (in their Beer Garden, weather permitting) in South St. Louis city for our bimonthly social night. I really enjoy the atmosphere, beer, food and staff at Civil Life and hope you will enjoy it, too

St. Louis Metro Cars & Coffee will take place this month on Saturday, August 17th at Starbucks in Rock Hill. This event is growing every month, and with 156 cars in July, C&C now outpaces many local car shows in quantity and quality. According to M L Hillard, president of the St. Louis BMW club and prime motivator behind C&C, "From older MG's getting ready for restoration, sitting next to a Ferrari, with everything else in between---everyone just mingled and most stayed on way past 10:15. Add to that 4 Tesla's out for the day, and a large crowd --whole Saturday morning was great". If you haven't made it out yet, be sure to come by this month.

Several club members have been participating in the SCCA's PDX program this summer and have good things to say about the generous track time and reasonable cost. If you need a quick track fix, the SCCA's Wednesday afternoon PDX may be for you.

We all know how important it is to properly train young drivers to survive today's driving envrionment. Tire Rack's Street Survival Program is the preeminent program attempting to do just this. We, as auto enthusiasts, can make a difference, or maybe even save a teen's life, by participating in this program. Although our chapter is too small to put on our own teen clinic, you can help the local SCCA and BMW Clubs in this important program by volunteering as instructors or helpers.

The SCCA will run two clinics in August and September. If you can volunteer, contact Carla Russo at grail_girl@yahoo.com or (314) 616-6313.

The St. Louis BMWCCA will also host a school in early September. To volunteer, contact Brian Schlueter at brian.d.schlueter@gmail.com or (314) 808-2932.

Registration for students for all three schools is open now at streetsurvival.org/school-schedule-registration/.

Looking ahead, registration is open for the ACNA's Frank Beddor Nationals in Nashville the first week of October and for the Autos on Valhalla car show on October 6th. Information about both can be found below.

Don't forget - Audi Club is giving a 2014 S4 away this year. To buy raffle tickets, contact any board member or Download the Raffle Form.

Although we don't have many activities scheduled for the month of August, the months following will be busy. I look forward to seeing you at club events soon.

Steve Warren
President
St. Louis Audi Club

Social Night
Tuesday August 13th
7pm

The Civil Life Brewing Company
3714 Holt Ave. St. Louis

For our August social night, we return to one of our favorite St. Louis brewpubs.

The Civil Life serves it's own signature brews in addition to a limited selection of wines and other drinks. Great German-style deli specialities are also available to satisify your hunger. Prices are quite reasonable but they accept cash only (ATM is available)

If the weather cooperates, we will be seated outdoors in the beer garden.

The Civile Life is near the intersection of Chippewa and Gravois in the Tower Grove South neighborhood of south St. Louis.

St. Louis SCCA
Performance Driving Experience (PDX)
Wednesday August 21st
3:00pm

Gateway Motorsports Park 700 Raceway Blvd, Madison, IL

A performance driving experience is an opportunity to work with an instructor and get practice in car handling and precision driving in your own car. This is a non-competitive, un-timed event.

Drivers will be grouped by prior experience. For safety, drivers are required to wear a helmet, long sleeve shirt and long pants.

and remember............
Smiles are REQUIRED!

More information

St. Louis BMW Club
Street Survival Teen Driving School
Saturday Sept. 7th

Family Arena 2002 Arena Pkwy St Charles, MO

Brian Schlueter, St. Louis BMW club's Street Survival Coordinator, has issued another call for instructors and volunteers for the BMW Club's teen driving school.

If you can help out, contact Brian at brian.d.schlueter@gmail.com or at (314) 808-2932

The need for instructors is critical. Please help out our fellow German car enthusiasts.

Registration for students for all Street Survival schools is open now at streetsurvival.org/school-schedule-registration/.

Audi Club's Annual Raffle is Now Open

For only a $25 entry fee, you could win a 2014 Audi S5 S Tronic

Audi Club NA is raffling a handsomely sculpted 2014 Audi S5. From every angle the body of the S5 stands apart with its wide stance and muscular lines. The cabin of the S5 is a showcase for blending technology and graceful design.

But the magic is under the hood with a supercharged 3.0-liter TFSI V6 that channels 333 hp through a performance-oriented quattro all-wheel drive system. The 3.0T is an absolutely addictive engine, making it one of the best sports sedans in the world.
Sporty, yet stylish, who says you can’t have it all?

Estoril Blue Crystal
3.0 liter TFSI direct-injection V6 engine with 333hp
quattro all-wheel drive system
Front and rear ventilated disk brakes
Audi xenon plus headlights
Power-adjustable, auto-dimming, heated side mirrors with memory
Quad exhaust pipes

Only $25 to purchase your ticket to ride! Ticket purchase deadline December 12, 2013. The more tickets you buy, the more chances to win! Maximum tickets to be sold - 5000.

See any St. Louis Audi Club Board Member or Download the Raffle Form to enter

Cars & Coffee
Saturday August 17th
8:15am

Starbucks, 9616 Manchester Rock Hill, MO

Be sure to come on out to the St. Louis Metro Cars and Coffee. This event is open to all makes and models of sporting cars.

Cars & Coffee is a bunch of auto enthusiasts gathering early Saturdays, rain or shine, at a central location to just enjoy cars and conversation. Low key and a lot of fun.

For more information and to receive reminders, "like" the St. Louis Metro Cars & Coffee group on Facebook

St. Louis SCCA
Street Survival Teen Driving School
August 24th

Family Arena 2002 Arena Pkwy St Charles, MO

Tire Rack Street Survival goes beyond antiquated high-school driver education programs, which put more focus on classroom theory and parallel parking rather than controlling a two-ton vehicle at speed.

The primary emphasis of the Tire Rack Street Survival program is a “hands-on” driving experience in real-world situations! We use your own car to teach you about its handling limits and how you can control them.

The students will become more observant of the traffic situation they find themselves in. They will learn to look far enough ahead to anticipate unwise actions of other drivers. As the students master the application of physics to drive their cars, they will make fewer unwise driving actions themselves. They will understand why they should always wear their own seatbelts, and why they should insist that their passengers wear seatbelts, too.

It’s about more than driving – it’s about living!

The Tire Rack Street Survival school is a safe teen program designed to go beyond today’s required driver’s education and give teens across the U.S. the driving tools and hands-on experience to become safer, smarter drivers. Trained and qualified in-car driving instructors as well as classroom experience for each student.

If you can volunteer, contact Carla Russo at grail_girl@yahoo.com or (314) 616-6313.

Registration for students for all Street Survival schools is open now at streetsurvival.org/school-schedule-registration/.

Autos on Valhalla Car Show
Sunday October 6th
11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Valhalla Cemetery, 7600 St. Charles Rock Rd. St. Louis

Bring the family and join area car buffs for a fun gathering of classic and contemporary automobiles at a beautiful venue.
This event will be held rain or shine in the beautiful surroundings at Valhalla Cemetery. Like the country’s most prestigious car shows, Pebble Beach and Amelia Island, the cars will be displayed on grass - the only show in the St. Louis area to do so - arrayed on rolling hills surrounding a beautiful lake. Our judges will present Unique Awards for categories unlike those of any other auto show you have attended. Food, drinks, music and the company of your fellow automobile enthusiast’s will round out the day’s activities. Autos on Valhalla is open to classic and contemporary American, Asian and European Autos.

Tours of Valhalla Cemetery’s magnificent and historic mausoleum, constructed from marble and granite from St. Louis’ 1904 World’s Fair, will be available all day.

Equine Assisted Therapy demonstrations will be provided by Ride On St. Louis staff.

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Upcoming Events:
August

13th - 7:00pm - Audi Club Social - Civil Life Brewing Company - St. Louis
17th - 8:15am - St. Louis Metro Cars & Coffee - Rock Hill
21st - 3:00pm - St. Louis SCCA PDX - Madison, IL
24th - SCCA Street Survival Teen Driving School - St. Charles

September

7th - BMW Street Survival Teen Driving School - St. Charles
10th - 6:30pm - Audi Club General Membership Meeting - Parktown Audi
21st - 8:15am - St. Louis Metro Cars & Coffee - Rock Hill
21st & 22nd - ChumpCar Endurance Race - Madison, IL
25th - 3:00pm - St. Louis SCCA PDX - Madison, IL
28th - 11:00am - Tour to Chandler Hill Vineyards - Defiance, MO
24th - SCCA Street Survival Teen Driving School - St. Charles

October

1st - 6th - Frank Beddor Nationals - Nashville, TN
6th - Autos on Valhalla Car Show - St. Louis
And More...

Since we last spoke....

The pace of club activities eased during the month of July. Still the few events we hosted were a lot of fun.

Early in the month, our General Membership Meeting was held at Pole Position Raceway. After a short business meeting, those in attendance adjourned to Pole Position's go-kart track for a pair of races. The format of these races were quite different than their normal open races.

The first was a qualifying race to set our starting positions for the second race. For the second race, we were gridded on the track Formula 1-style with the race beginnng from a standing start. I had a great time and do plan to visit Pole Position again soon. I'll bet I'll see more than a few of you there, too.

Later, twelve club members and friends and family visited Top Gun Shooting Sports for an evening of target practice. After having a great time and expending quite a few rounds of ammo from weapons of all kinds, we moved on to a local ice cream stand to enjoy some tasty treats on a warm July evening.

July's Car's & Coffee was another great success even with an early rain in the area. 156 cars, and their drivers, showed up for this growing get-together. I heard several first-time participants comment on the variety and quality of the cars in Starbuck's parking lot.

Cars on display included Audis, Porsches, Ferraris, a bevy of British sports cars, BMWs. Nissans, Mustangs, Teslas, several microcars and an old firetruck..... If you haven't taken the time to visit Cars & Coffee, you've got to add it to your list of things to do on Saturday morning.

I'm looking forward to a very busy season this fall, but this has also been a great Audi Club summer.

2013 Frank Beddor National
October 2-6

Destination NASHVILLE: Back Roads to Backstage

The stage is set, and the curtain is rising on Nashville, a city with a song in its heart, as the premier venue for the 2013 29th Audi Club North America Frank Beddor National.
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More Upcoming Events. We hope to have a full calendar of events this year but we will need your help to make that happen. All our social events and meetings are open to everyone, member or not. However, you will have to be a member to participate in drives or track events.

Membership has its rewards. ACNA offers many additional benefits, including $500 Member Loyalty Bonus, Brooks Brothers Corporate Membership Card, Office Supply Savings at Office DepoAdditionally, some local dealers offer discounts on parts and service to members. Become a member today.

Upcoming Events:
September