AONE
Gathering
at the
New Hampshire Vintage Celebration
Saturday, August 5th
Hello, sports fans - it’s
time to take in a little vintage racing! August 2-6 are the dates for this year’s
10th Annual New Hampshire Vintage Celebration, a weekend of Vintage Sports Car Racing at
New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon. Friday through Sunday, vintage racing
sports cars and motorcycles take to the 1.6 mile road circuit.
Be sure to join your fellow AONE Alfisti to watch the
races, admire the cars, and generally frolic and cavort on Saturday, the 5th! Club
member Paul Glynn will be there racing his Giulietta, and we must cheer him on! Paul will
be based around Kevin Fitzgerald’s enclosed race car trailer (with a canopy and a
"viewing stand" on the roof), which will serve as the focal point of our club
gathering.
So get an early start Saturday, drive up to Louden,
buy your infield tickets ($20), and look for the Glynn Motorsports setup and our Alfa
banners in the pit/infield area! From there, you can roam around among the beautiful
vintage racers and try out lots of different vantage points to watch the racing action.
AONE will be providing some refreshments and there is a restaurant at the track. For more
info, check out the NHIS web site, or contact Tom Lesko via email or at
781-749-9132. And check back to these pages for late-breaking news!
Directions: NHIS is located in Loudon, NH on Rt.106,
approximately 10 miles north of Concord, NH. From the south, take I-93 to exit 15E
(I-393). Take Exit #3. Turn onto Rt. 106 North. NHIS will be 10 miles north on the right.
From the North, take I-93 to the Tilton Exit #20 to Rt. 140 through Belmont to Rt. 106
South. Follow Rt. 106 South to the Speedway which is approximately 8 miles.
Not convinced? Click here to check out the
report and photos from last year's gathering! Last year, around 15 AONE members showed up for this event and had a
great time! They’ll all be back, and why don’t you join us? Don’t miss out
- this is fun stuff!
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AONE Caravan to the
Castle Hill Concours d’Elegance
Sunday, September 24
OK, here’s the scoop! AONE
will be commandeering an Alfa-only section of the lawn at the sixth annual Castle Hill
Concours d’Elegance in Ipswich, MA on Sunday, September 24. We’re going to get
as many pre-1973 (their rules) Alfas as we can muster to form a parade from Glynn
Motorsports (only a few miles away). If we all drive in together, we all get to park
together, and this area will become our club’s gathering point for the event.
We’re going to group up between 8:00 and 8:15 AM in the Glynn Motorsports parking
lot. From there, we’ll form a caravan for the trip up to Castle Hill to get there
right around when the grounds open so that we can get our spot.
Directions to Glynn Motorsports: From I-95
take Route 133 East toward Rowley, straight through a traffic light crossing Route 1, 1-2
miles and turn right at the sign for Glynn Motorsports. Proceed warily as you get close,
since it’s easy to miss. The address is 120 Rear Haverhill Street, Rowley, MA 01909.
For those of you with 1973 and later Alfas, simply proceed directly
to Castle Hill any time you’d like (earlier is better, as this is a popular event),
park, take the shuttle bus to the grounds, and meet up with the vintage Alfa types.
Directions to Castle Hill: Route I-95/Route
128 North to Exit 20A (Route 1A North). Follow 1A for 8 miles to Ipswich. Right on Route
133 East, 1.5 miles to Northgate Road. Left on Northgate, .5 miles to Argilla Road. Right
on Argilla, 2.3 miles to gate and parking.
Snacks and refreshments will be supplied by the club, and we can
gather ‘round, compare notes, talk Alfas, and recover from the overdose of automotive
splendor to which we’ll be subjected. Just look for the big AONE banner and come join
the fun!
The Vintage Sports Car Club of America is putting on this,
the Sixth Annual Castle Hill Concours d’Elegance, from 9AM to 3PM. The event is
cosponsored by Classic Automobile Register magazine and is a fund raiser for The Trustees
of Reservations, a Massachusetts member-supported nonprofit conservation organization
which owns and cares for Castle Hill. There’s more info on the Castle
Hill web site.
The Castle Hill Concours is an elegant event in an elegant setting
that attracts lots of elegant cars. It’ll be fun to attend along with all of your
elegant Alfa buddies! See you there!
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The Great Wachusett Hillclimb and Brewery Tour
Saturday, October 14
Mark your
calendars for this Fall’s AONE tour to Wachusett Mountain and the
nearby Wachusett Brewery in Westminster, Massachusetts. Fall colors will be sure to add
the perfect background for this breathtaking ride to the top of the mountain, where the
fresh air will provoke the appetite and warm the spirit.
As with last year’s winery tour, we will invite along the folks
from New England Triumphs to add an interesting accent to the event (just don’t let
‘em pass you!) and we will have plenty of photo opportunities.
We will start the day off by meeting at the bottom of the Wachusett
Mountain ("Mountain Road") at 10:30AM and then caravan to the top to take in the
breathtaking views. Afterward, we will descend the mountain (check those brake pads now)
for a short drive over to the Old Mill Restaurant, where we have our own dining room for
lunch (moderately priced). If you have never been to this restaurant before, you have a
real treat in store, and the grounds are also a feast for the eyes.
Finally, we will leave the Old Mill and drive a very short distance
to the home of the
Wachusett Brewery, where we will receive a tour of the brewing facilities,
sample a draft (I’ll take the Oktoberfest, please) and even be able to purchase the
company’s products (they have T-shirts!) before leaving.
On the way back, we may have something of interest for
those of you who like mazes. More details, and detailed directions to the mountain, will
appear in next month’s issue of Velocissima.
It isn’t too early to let me know if you are coming with us, so email me (Kevin Murphy) or call me at
508-820-7759 (days) or 508-879-1881(evenings). See you October 14! (By the way, this is not
Columbus Day weekend!)
—Kevin and Diane Murphy
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Other
Dates of Interest
July 4 - SCCA-MoHud Regionals, Lime Rock Park
July 14-15 - SCCA-NER Regionals, Lime Rock Park
July 15-16 - VSCCA Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
July 19 - NESCC Autocross, Orange, MA;
theboard@nescc.org
July 22-23 - SCCA-NER Regionals, NHIS
July 30 - NESCC Autocross, Orange, MA;
theboard@nescc.org
August 11-12 - SCCA-NNJR Regionals, Lime Rock
Park
August 22 - Lime Rock Tuning & Test Day
August 26-27 - SCCA-NER Nationals, NHIS
August 27 - NESCC Autocross, Orange, MA;
theboard@nescc.org
August 29 - Lime Rock Tuning & Test Day,
Vintage only
September 1-4 - VSCCA/HSR Vintage
Festival at Lime Rock Park. Racing on Fri, Sat, Mon; Concours on Sun; swap meet
continuously. This event is a classic, with lots of AONE members participating. www.limerockpark.com.
Check it out this year!
September 6-10 - SVRA Vintage
Grand Prix at Watkins Glen
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