The weather threatened all day long but, fortunately for Italian car lovers, threaten was all it did. Everything stayed dry as Italian Car Day at the Museum of Transportation on May 21 was another resounding success.
This year, AONE made its presence felt with a distinctive 10’x20’ canopy (thanks, Tom Lesko!), replete with our colorful banners, that served as a hospitality and gathering area. It was manned (most of the time) by some of our members, and we sold several of our collectible coffee mugs and umbrellas. We were prepared to sell lots of our umbrellas, should we have been lucky enough to have it start raining hard. (If you missed out, click here to go to The Club Store.) Most importantly, around 30 AROC membership application forms flew out the "door" to help swell our already growing ranks.
There was a terrific turnout of Alfas, as we Alfisti proved once again that we’re not afraid of a little meteorological adversity, which can’t be said for some of the other marques, whose numbers were thinned in comparison with some previous fair-weather years. (Can you say "garage queen"?) Drive ’em, guys and gals, drive ’em!
But Italian Car Day is, after all, a concours, and it’s the day above all others that we make our cars shine and glisten. This year, Alfas were judged in five classes, and the results are shown below. Special thanks to all of the judges, who cheerfuly work so hard. Without them this event would not take place. The judges were: Tom Lesko, Andy Kress, Jonathan Kirshtein, Frank Maldari, Myron Barnett, and Steve Silverstein. Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to you all for displaying your marvelous automobiles!
Italian Car Day Awards - Alfa Romeos
Class A: Vintage/Special Interest
1st place - George Fogg, TZ-1
2nd place - John Darack, Giulietta Spider
Class B: Early Closed
1st place - Jeff Harmon, ‘67 GTV
2nd place - none - not enough entrants
Class D: Late Closed
1st place - Michael Manuele, GTV-6
2nd place - Ed Urquiola, GTV-6
Class E: Late Closed Modern
1st place - Steve Silverstein, Milano
2nd place - John Oberto, 164L
Class F: Late Spiders
1st place: Howard Wagner, Spider Veloce
2nd place: Robert and Janet Egizi, ‘91 Spider Veloce
Oh, yeah, and some guy named Pratt somehow
got the "Judges Choice" award for his ‘72 Montreal.
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A panoramic shot of the Alfa field - use your scroll bar if necessary |
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Another panoramic shot, this one of the central field |
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The glorious TZ-1s of Keith Goring (L) and George Fogg were stunning to see side-by-side |
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Two lawn chairs juxtaposed on a sea of red |
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The appropriate method for operating a Countach in reverse is demonstrated |