Category: Driving Events

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

The journey with the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter Cardinal Point Drive West to Bibo, New Mexico on March 9, 2024, started from the parking lot of Los Lunas Walmart. Joined by numerous cars from the Albuquerque BMW Zs ZSCCA Area Group, we enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect. Our caravan embarked on an exhilarating Read More

By Rob Anthony This year’s BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour kicked off on lucky Friday the 13th of October, 2023. We opted for something new in joining forces with the BMW CCA Roadrunner Chapter from Phoenix for their bi-annual run of Devil’s Highway on the Arizona-New Mexico Border.  The weekend began with a Read More

By Curtis Holloway   For the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter Cardinal Point Drive West this summer, the chapter headed to Grants and nearby attractions on July 15, 2023.  We met at the Maverik on the West side of Albuquerque and as we gathered around waiting for our departure time, some of us Read More

By Donnette and Scott Wagner   The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter June 2023 Cardinal Point Drive North started early Saturday morning, June 10, 2023 at historic Bode’s General Store in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Bode’s roots go back to the original Grants Mercantile in 1890, as a general store, post office, stagecoach stop and jail when Abiquiu Read More