January 17, 2010 Ice Driving Recap

It was a great day for our first ice event of the year. About 30 drivers came out for some time on the ice.

Sam Stone earns bragging rights for fastest time on non-studded tires and Ryan Heidcamp was the fastest on studded tires.

Thanks to everyone who participated or volunteered! Weather permitting, we have three more ice events to look forward to this season.

Here are the timing results:

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BIR DE Lapping Weekend – July 30-August 1, 2010

Glacier Lakes Quattro Club Advanced level drivers, Intermediate Solo drivers and Instructors are invited to attend a DE lapping weekend at BIR, along with Nord Stern PCA for the “Loonacy Club Race” – Drivers Education event held Friday, July 30 through Sunday, August 1. 

Registration fees:
- $295 First Driver
- $265 Second Driver (same car)

A total of three run groups will be formed so this is a great opportunity to get a lot of track time!  

Registration is open on Clubregistration.net.  Search under “PCA”/ “Nord Stern Region PCA” / “Drivers Ed”.  If you are unsure if you qualify to participate as a driver, please email events@glacierlakesqclub.org.

Not eligible or interested to attend as a driver?  Plenty of other activities are planned, including:

• Tour de Loonacy; a Friday evening bike race around the track 
• “Digital Track Walks” with former Porsche factory and current ALMS driver, David Murry 
• Live and silent auctions featuring some really great items.  Proceeds benefit the Courage Center

 More details on the activities can be found on the Nord Stern PCA website.    

Board of Directors Election and Annual Meeting – Dec. 3

On December 3rd, 2009 our open annual meeting was held at Carousel Audi, where we conducted a yearly review and took nominations for three seats opening up on the Board of Directors. Four nominations were given to the Nominating Committee for consideration. We thank the members who attended or called in to the meeting. Meeting Minutes are available to ACNA members only. If you would like to see the minutes, please contact any one of the board members.

Board of Directors and Election Update

In December we held our annual meeting to update the membership on our current status and to accept nominations for the Board of Directors, of which three seats were open. We received four nominations with only three of them accepting the nomination. Since there were three seats to fill and only three candidates, we felt it unnecessary to hold an election, and thus the three candidates were appointed to the standard three-year terms on the Board of Directors.

We are happy to announce your new Glacier Lakes Chapter Board Members are:
Sig Finks, Mark Pladson, and Ron Woods.

These three people bring a wealth of experience, knowledge, and enthusiasm to the Board and we are very confident in their leadership ability to move this chapter forward. Please join us in congratulating Sig, Mark, and Ron on their positions.

At the same time, we also thank Bill Caeser, Mark Gottwalt, and Louis Zachary for all they’ve done in the past three years while serving on the Glacier Lakes Chapter Board. Bill held our finances together well. Mark supported administrative, registration, and correspondence activities. Louis’ overall leadership was second to none. Thanks again, guys!!

Keith Anderson, Kent Anderson, Peter Puffer, and Barb Weernink continue serving as Board members.
We look forward to a successful 2010 year as we continue to implement ideas to expand the club and serve you.

The Executive Committee appointments are as follows:
President – Peter Puffer
Vice President – Ron Woods
Treasurer – Mark Pladson
Secretary – Barb Weernink

August 21, 2010 Teen Driving Clinic

Registration is open for the Teen Driving Clinic on Saturday, August 21, held at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, MN.     

Driver Registration Helper Registration

The Teen Driving Clinic, presented by the Glacier Lakes Quattro Club, is the perfect place for the teen driver to have fun and improve your driving skills at the same time.  The driving clinics, held at Dakota County Technical College, are designed to help you improve your ability to control a vehicle in both normal and emergency situations.

The all-day school is a combination of classroom and driving exercises. You have a personal driving instructor who will coach you throughout the day as you participate in exercises to practice techniques including safe braking, accident avoidance, driving on slippery roads and reacting to over or under-steering a vehicle. Each student driver has an instructor in the car at all times to advise, praise and coach.

The cost per student is $149.  Our wonderful local sponsors, Carousel and Maplewood Audi, are once again offering a $50 rebate (one rebate per student/per year) with proof of program completion.  This brings the final cost down to only $99.    

Registration is available HERE.  You will be taken to Motorsport Reg.com (MSR) and may need to create an account if you don’t already have one. We have a partnership with MSR for event registration.  Feel confident that your information is secure.  A parent or guardian must accompany teens under the age of 18.  Parents, please be sure to register as a helper (no charge) to be included in the headcount for food and beverage. 

You do NOT need to own an Audi or be a member of the Audi Club of North America to participate.

For more information, go to the Teen Driving Clinics information page.