August 2001

August Rendezvous

On Tuesday August 14th we met in Kernersville. In July we had 5 Alfa Romeos, a Mini with a union Jack on the roof, two Ferraris, a Healey and a BMW M roadster. This month we had two Jaguars, two Healeys, an MGA, a Ferrari, two Alfa Romeos, a corvette, and a Nissan and a Honda track car. Top of the discussion was Dave Ekrote and John Morton’s trip to the Mille Miglia and their extensive photographs. Given they are Jaguar drivers it was no wonder that many of their pictures featured Jaquar D and C types in addition to the heavily Italian slated field. The second hotest topic was the Mid Atlantic Alfa Romeo Fall Driving School.

Jack O’Brien brought some of the trophies for our European Festival at Reynolda October 13th.There are special rates for the Brookstown Inn in Salem under the Alfa Romeo and Ferrari names. Blake Frazier reported on the polo shirts he is having made for the event. David Lefevers is working on the print. The Dash plaques have been ordered and feature the formula one world championship Ferrari. Hendrix Wire Wheel is sponsoring a Bag Piper from 10am to noon which will be followed by Foreign Cars Italia who is sponsoring a Brass Quartet from noon to 3 pm in Reynolda Village and at Reynolda House.

We finished the evening with a few laughs on the recent Cento Quaranta Miglia and the finer points of concealing auromobiles. Rodney bought a Bugeye and is moving from friends house to friends garage hoping it will not meet those watchful eyes of his spouse. Kevin bought an Alfa and tried to hide it behind a quickly erected privacy fence while his wife was out of town. In High School back in 1967 Jerry bought an old TR 250 the same color of the new TR 250 he ordered at the dealership. He kept the old one in his parents drive and the new one at his friend’s across town. One Sunday morning after Jerry returned from his paper route his father commented how he had seen Jerry and his date out on the town and how amazing it was to seen the wax job he managed to put on that old sporty car...

European Car Festival Update

The festival will take place as planned on October 13th. Regsitration begins at 10:00 AM. As always, the proceeds from registartion will be donated to the Reynolda House Children's Art Program.

Hendrix Wire Wheel is sponsoring a Bag Piper from 10 am to noon which will be followed by Flow BMW and Foreign Cars Italia who are each sponsoring Brass Quartets from noon to 3 pm in Reynolda Village and at Reynolda House.

For those of you who will be spending the night there are special rates for the Brookstown Inn in Salem under the Alfa Romeo and Ferrari club names.

VIR September 15th and 16th

In September we will focus our attention on VIR and this annual event. Registered are Kevin Harper in his GTV, Dan and Terri Emmi in their Ferraris, Steve Jones in his Ferrari or Acura, and Jon Saylor and John Hauser in their Healeys. Anyone interested please register now. Jim Clarkson, Blake Frazier, Steve Jones and Kevin harper sang praises on the past MAARC driving schools. Given the price worthiness and the nearby track it will be a great opportunity to sharpen our driving skills. The Alfa Advocate has a registration form or see visity the web site at http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2380 or call Bruce Sharer at 919 -781- 6852 or E mail him at rbsharer@aol.com