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On the second Tuesday we met in Kernersville for our monthly rendezvous. In the carpark were variety of cars, including a Rootes-supercharged Nissan 300ZX, a Mercedes 230 SLK, an MGA, another MGA, an Audi A6, 87 Ferrari 328GTS, 82 Alfa Romeo GTV6, 95 Alfa Romeo164 LS, an Alfa Romeo 164 Q, a Jeep, a Ferrari 348ts, a Golf TDI, an Alfa Romeo 164, a 1969 MG Midget, a Porsche 911 SC Cabriolet, and an Acura Integra. Twenty five enthusiasts showed that evening including Kevin Harper, Jeffrey, April and Alexis Berg, Jason Fedler, Blake Frazier, David and Catherine Lefevers who drove in from Newton, John Harrill, John Hauser, Thor, Victor and Patrick Mircahandani, Vic and Amy Beaver, Steven Jones, Justin Dickinson from Charlottesville Virginia, Jim Clarkson, Jack O’Brien, Dan and Teri Emmi, Bill Dymond, Dave Hidalgo, Gary Winslow, Bob Snow who drove in from Graham and Don Ferree.
Dave Hidalgo brought a video he made of a Cobra and told us about his video production company Windsong. Bill Dymond spoke about his ongoing restoration of his 1964 Maserati 3500 Vignale. Jim Clarkson filled us in on his and Piers Clarkson, Steve Jones, Blake Frazier and Adam Berusch’s upcoming trip to Montreal and the Canadian Gran Prix. This has become an annual affair. Each year these guys head up for qualifying and then the race. Jim was at Monaco two weeks ago and shared his experiences and pictures from the gran prix.
Justin Dickinson who we first met at the Virginia Wine tour at International Auto Parts with Jennifer Johnson will be student teaching in the Greensboro area. Justin has an Alfa Romeo Spyder and a GTV6. Congratulations go out to John
Harrill who finished his journey back to school and now has an exciting new job with the start up (up start?) company Invoice Link. David and Catherine LeFevers shared their thoughts on the print they are creating for Corsa Rossa’s European Festival in October.
Ciao, John Hauser
Every month CorsaRossa receives dozens of emails from people who have questions about their Italian cars. The questions are things like parts inquiries, questions about local mechanics, directions to events, and even tips on hot roads and spirited driving in the area. Thor Mirchandani and John Hauser usually end up passing the questions to somebody knowledgable in any given field, but in order to serve Italian car enthusiasts better, we now have a contact list by marque, so a bewildered sports car enthusiast can direct a question straight to the person who has the answer. Check it out and keep those questions coming!
The Mid Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club arranged a Wine Tasting and Tour at West Bend Winery Sunday June 11th. The MAARC people from the Triangle arrived around 1:30 PM, having enjoyed a brunch at Ron and Terrie Weddle's place in Durham. At the winery they were greeted by droves of Corsa Rossa folks, including Adam Berusch in a twin-turbo modified Ferrari 512 BBLM, Steve Karapetian and Thor Mirchandani in a Ferrari 308GT4, Jim Clarkson in a Ferrari Testarossa, and Steve Jones in a Ferrari 328, Kevin Harper and his wife in an Alfa Romeo GTV6, Ann and Kim Peoples in a Mercedes 280 SL, Piers Clarkson in a Porsche 928 Bob King in a Porsche and Jeff and April Berg in a Lexus. The wine was great and the afternoon quite relaxing.
After the wine tasting the group headed over to Tanglewood for the tail end of British Car Days south where they were eagerly greeted by Jack O’Brien and John Hauser who had been busy working on their sun strokes amid the MGs and Jaguars.
The Corsa Rossa boys reported in from Montreal. Evidently their support made all the difference with a One/Two Ferrari finish and an Italian one the podium in third. Forza Italiano!
Michael Schumacher finished 1st followed by Rubens Barrichello in 2nd and Giancarlo Fisichella in third 3rd. The fastest McLaren was Mikka Hakkinen in 4th, whereas pole-sitter David Coulthard finished 7th having incurred a 10 second stop-and-go penalty for a safety violation on the starting grid.
The season drivers’ points are:
Our festival consists of cars from all over Europe including Ferraris, Maseratis and Lancias from Italy to BMW, Porsche and Mercedes of Germany, to Aston Martin, MG and Lotus from Britain to Saab and Volvo from Sweeden as well as many other marques. There will be both competition and road cars on display. Registration will begin at 10am and end at 12 noon.
All European cars are invited to participate and will be parked according to their country of manufacture. There are twenty manufacturer classes and those cars not fitting into one of these twenty classes will be placed in the special interest or competition classes. Additional classes may be added prior to the show depending on preregistration.
Click here to print out a registration form!
Registration is $10 per car. A dash plaque will be given to each registered car. Awards will be presented to a car in each marque. Admission to Reynolda House will be free to registrants and children under 12 . Admission will be half price to all thers.
This is a unique setting for the festival in that it offers beautiful and historic Reynolda House, the Art Museum, Reynolda Gardens and Reynolda Village. Live music will be performed in Reynolda Village. The Village is the former support buildings and Dairy for the Reynolds Estate. It is set up in the traditional layout of an English country village. The village offers restaurants such as the Blackhorse Cafe, Reynolda Village Soda Shop, the Village Tavern and the Vineyards, all with outdoor seating. The shops contain everything from clothes, sportswear, antiques, books, music, toys, gourmet cookware and fine foods to jewelry and much more. The village has something for everyone.
Ciao! John Hauser