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<blockquote data-quote="okow" data-source="post: 342616" data-attributes="member: 14"><p>Dear Members, </p><p></p><p>At the beginning of this year, the committee met and decided on a list of events to be planned and held for 2009. To add excitement and variety, we collectively decided in organising BMW Club Malaysia's Innuagural Gymkhana instead of The Grand TT aka Bimmerfest for 2009. This will be held sometime in July and initial framework of the event and preparations have already started. To add more colour to our events, we also decided to alternate these 2 events, hence Bimmerfest will be held biennial.</p><p></p><p>As the success for any event of such a magnitute scale is very dependent on excellent planning and execution, we are also in the hope that members like you all come forward (as you did so proudly during last year's Bimmerfest) to lend a hand. We will be making announcements on further details later on.</p><p></p><p>For those who dont know what Gymkhana is, here's Wikipedia:</p><p></p><p><strong>Gymkhana</strong> is a type of motorsport practiced in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japan</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>,the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a> . Similar to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocross" target="_blank">autocross</a>, Gymkhana courses are often very complex and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory" target="_blank">memorizing</a> the course is a significant part of achieving a fast time. The governing body of Gymkhana in Japan is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan_Auto_Federation&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Japan Auto Federation</a>, a Japanese division of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIA" target="_blank">FIA</a>.</p><p> Gymkhana events are <strong>time/speed</strong> events events (four our purposes here,) in an automobile. There can be obstacles such as cones, tires, and barrels. The driver is expected to maeuver through the predetermined "track" performing many different driving techniques. <strong>What separates gymkhana from your traditional autocross event is that in gymkhana drivers are required to perform reversals, 180 degree spins, 360 degree spins, parking boxes, figure 8s and other advanced skills</strong>. Also drifting is encouraged where helpful/necessary. Really though, you can consider any event a Gymkhana which has a starting point, a finish line and some sort of "obstacle" to get through, around, or by, and is timed!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I hope this explains and clears the air about the reason for not having a Bimmerfest this year.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Okow</p><p>Committee Member</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="okow, post: 342616, member: 14"] Dear Members, At the beginning of this year, the committee met and decided on a list of events to be planned and held for 2009. To add excitement and variety, we collectively decided in organising BMW Club Malaysia's Innuagural Gymkhana instead of The Grand TT aka Bimmerfest for 2009. This will be held sometime in July and initial framework of the event and preparations have already started. To add more colour to our events, we also decided to alternate these 2 events, hence Bimmerfest will be held biennial. As the success for any event of such a magnitute scale is very dependent on excellent planning and execution, we are also in the hope that members like you all come forward (as you did so proudly during last year's Bimmerfest) to lend a hand. We will be making announcements on further details later on. For those who dont know what Gymkhana is, here's Wikipedia: [B]Gymkhana[/B] is a type of motorsport practiced in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"]Japan[/URL], the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/URL],the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom"]United Kingdom[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa"]South Africa[/URL] . Similar to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocross"]autocross[/URL], Gymkhana courses are often very complex and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory"]memorizing[/URL] the course is a significant part of achieving a fast time. The governing body of Gymkhana in Japan is the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan_Auto_Federation&action=edit&redlink=1"]Japan Auto Federation[/URL], a Japanese division of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIA"]FIA[/URL]. Gymkhana events are [B]time/speed[/B] events events (four our purposes here,) in an automobile. There can be obstacles such as cones, tires, and barrels. The driver is expected to maeuver through the predetermined "track" performing many different driving techniques. [B]What separates gymkhana from your traditional autocross event is that in gymkhana drivers are required to perform reversals, 180 degree spins, 360 degree spins, parking boxes, figure 8s and other advanced skills[/B]. Also drifting is encouraged where helpful/necessary. Really though, you can consider any event a Gymkhana which has a starting point, a finish line and some sort of "obstacle" to get through, around, or by, and is timed! I hope this explains and clears the air about the reason for not having a Bimmerfest this year. Okow Committee Member [/QUOTE]
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