 The events below are the ones we know about that are of interest to New England Alfisti, listed in chronological order. To submit new events, or changes to listed events, please contact the Webmaster. Look forward to lots more fun stuff happening as the new AONE management team gets rolling! And don’t forget - you don’t have to be a Director to pitch in - give one of them a call and offer to lend a hand! Mark your calendars with the events that interest you - we’ll see you there!!! |
Vintage Festival at Lime Rock Park
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
After the success of last year’s outing (despite a rather drizzly day), AONE will
again be staking claim to an Alfa-only section on the lawn at the seventh annual Castle
Hill Concours d’Elegance in Ipswich, MA on Sunday, September 23. 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. (Last year, our caravan
leader set an up-tempo pace, where conditions allowed, so we had a little extra fun.)
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. 
Initiated in 1999, the Italian Car Cruise (ICC) is structured
as a low-key event affording Italian car owners an opportunity to gather for some
camaraderie and an enjoyable cruise though the picturesque Central New York countryside.
This is NOT a concours event—this is a driver’s event.
This is just a "heads-up", since the
dates and details are sketchy, but here’s the scoop: This is the annual(?) Kevin
Murphy fall tour, and will start off in Massachusetts near the intersection of Route 2 and
I-495, in the parking lot of a large hotel and conference center (details to follow). Show
up for registration ($5 per car) at 10AM. The first car out is at 11AM, but we may just
leave in tour formation instead, so don’t be later than 10:45! We will cruise over
back roads to the Yankee Candle Car Museum and Candle Factory in South Deerfield, MA
where, after viewing the terrific automotive exhibits, we will cross the street to check
out the candle factory (quite a take, if you haven’t done it before) and for lunch at
the restaurant (just order from the menu). Afterward, we’ll do some more fall
touring, and seek out the lost Berkshire Brewery for a sampling of its well-respected
Steel Rail Pale Ale. There will be more miles of smiles on this tour and great New England
fall colors, so top up the petrol and join us . This is a rain-or-shine event (total
monsoons excluded), so check this web site for any last-minute updates.