Category: Driving Events

By Curtis Holloway   The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Scenic Drive on Saturday, October 18, 2025 was a wonderful day filled with stunning scenery, good company, and vibrant autumn colors. Eighteen people in ten cars joined us for the drive, which began at the Nambé Travel Center at 9 a.m. From there, we headed west Read More

By Christina Anthony   Gorgeous weather, with the leaves beginning their transition to fall, set the stage for the 2025 BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour to Mora and Las Vegas, New Mexico on September 20-21, 2025. Seventeen people in nine BMWs kicked off the weekend with breakfast at the historic Rancho de Read More

By Scott Wagner The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter gathered at the Nambe Falls Travel Center on US 84 near Pojoaque, NM on July 12, 2025 for the Cardinal Point Drive to Los Alamos. With 16 club members in 11 cars, the drive headed out of town to Los Alamos. Crossing the Rio Grande at Read More

By Phil Undercuffler How do you describe Tinkertown? How do you explain the amazing chaos and creativity and blessed idiosyncrasy of Ross Ward’s life and work to someone who’s never witnessed it? Well, on June 7, 2025, the BMW Car Club of America’s New Mexico Chapter took a beautiful drive down the Turquoise Trail to Read More

By Rob Anthony On Sunday, March 9, 2025, despite some unforeseen last-minute schedule changes, eight BMWs gathered in Los Lunas for the the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter Cardinal Points West Drive to Acoma Pueblo. Richard Massey, driving his beautifully modified F31 wagon, earned the “Iron Butt” award for the event after making the Read More

By Rob Anthony   The 2024 BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Karl Fox Memorial Tour on October 12th and 13th returned to our traditional format of iconic destinations, local restaurants, and stunning scenery, paired with thrilling roads in the southwest. 9 BMWs and 14 participants met up at the Apache Nugget Travel Center just north Read More

While you might know it from the 1997 movie Contact featuring Jodie Foster, BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter members learned the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) outside of Socorro is much more than just a neat movie backdrop during our September drive. On September 22, 2024, 12 New Mexico BMWs met in Socorro for the westward drive Read More

By Scott Wagner, Photo by Donnette Wagner The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter July 2024 Cardinal Point Drive North gathered at the Nambe Falls Travel Center on US 84 near Pojoaque, NM at 9:30 am, July 13, 2024. With 16 club members in 9 BMWs, the drive headed north on US 84, before turning left onto Read More

By Curtis Holloway The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter April 7, 2024 driving adventure started in Socorro where we met our northern contingent on a brisk Saturday morning. At 8:45 am we headed off down I-25 towards US Highway 380. We had a fun spirited drive on the 85 miles east heading Read More