The Alfa Romeo Owners Club - Connecticut chapter
is again sponsoring two days of driver’s school, open practice and timed laps at
Lime Rock Park. The traditional format of two track days will be continued.
Friday’s focus will be classroom and track instruction for the less-experienced
drivers and practice sessions on the track for the more-experienced veterans.
Registrations will be limited to 75 drivers.
On Saturday, to maximize track time, the limit will again be 75 drivers. All
cars must come to the track pre-tech inspected. The first group will be on the
track at 9:00 sharp, the earliest that local ordinances allow. ARO-CT has the
reputation of running the smoothest and safest track event around, and this year
will be no different. There will be paid corner workers to reduce down time
between run groups.
A change for this year is the requirement for a Snell-95 or newer helmet;
also, safety equipment (seat belts, roll-bar coverage) must be identical for
driver and front passenger. Those of you with open cars will need to have an
SCCA-legal roll bar that extends two inches above both driver’s and passenger’s
helmets—insurance rules no longer allow cars with street roll bars onto the
track.
Cost is $310 for both days if you sign up before March 31, or $375
thereafter. Contact ARO-CT’s Mario Romagnoli for more information on this
wonderful event (or if you’d like to volunteer to help). He can be reached at
(914) 693-7426 evenings, email at MFRMD@aol.com,
or fax anytime at (914) 693-1636. Detailed information and the application form
can be downloaded as an Acrobat PDF file by clicking
right here.
So bring your car and run, or just show up to watch—it’s great fun. There’s a
concession stand on the grounds, you can park right in the paddocks, and there
are plenty of uncrowded, pastoral locations from which to watch the action. This
is a private event, so bring your AROC membership card or you may not get in,
even just to spectate!
A few of the AONE comrades on the track at
last year's ARO-CT Lime Rock event
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AONE Tech Session/Swap
Meet
at Glynn Motorsports
Saturday, May 10
The institution returns! The folks at Glynn Motorsports
will again be the hosts for AONE’s Spring Tech Session and Swap Meet to be held
on May 10th beginning at 10AM.
Bring your Alfa and whatever parts or Alfabilia you might
have lying around—we’ll be having a swap meet in the parking lot. The topic for
the Tech Session still hasn’t been determined at this point, but you can be sure
it’ll be of interest.
This is always a terrific gathering, and you don’t have to
be a gearhead to enjoy it! There are lots of various Alfas to admire in the
parking lot, plenty of interesting cars in Paul’s shop, and lots of fellow Alfa
enthusiasts to shoot the breeze with.
Glynn Motorsports
is located at 120 Rear Haverhill Street, Rowley, MA 01909. Directions: 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, although we’ll try to have our
Alfa banners out front. There is a large lot to park, show your parts, and
display your car.
The festivities begin at 10AM and AONE will be supplying
light food and drink! See you there!
Sunday, June 1 is the date this year for Italian Car Day
at the Museum of Transportation at Lars Anderson Park in Brookline, MA. That’s
the weekend after Memorial Day, so mark your calendars and don’t forget! There
was a terrific showing of over 50 Alfas last year, so don’t miss it! We’ll be
publishing more details and the entry form in the next issue of Velocissima.
As most of you know, AONE Director Jim Miga has been
actively involved in the planning and running of Italian Car Day at the Museum
of Transportation for many years now, especially the Alfa Romeo end of things.
Due to professional responsibilities, Jim will not be able to be involved this
year. Therefore, the Museum is looking for someone to take his place as the head
Alfa Judge. The responsibilities include: locating eight judges (including two
backup judges), attending event meetings (one or two at most), working with the
judges during the show to keep things moving, tallying final scores, announcing
winners, and presenting trophies.
Jim would like to express his gratitude to Tom Lesko,
Myron Barnett, Steve Silverstein, Jonathan Kirshtein, Bill Anderson, Andy Kress,
and others for all of their help in previous years — you know who you are!
We hope that you can help out this year and into the
future. If this is something that interests you, we urge you to step up to the
plate! The Museum will need help in other areas as well, such as trophy
design/production, T-shirts, Fiat & Lancia judges, and parking help. If you are
interested, you may contact Ellen Hagney (Museum of Transportation) at
617-522-6547 ext. *814 or Jim Miga at 781-729-7567 or jmiga@gis.net. It’s a
terrific opportunity to really get involved in the Italian car community!
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Other Dates of Interest
May 11—Hunnewell Hillclimb
May 30,31—VSCCA, Lime Rock
June 14-15—Mt. Equinox Hillclimb
June 27-28—SCDA, Lime Rock
June 28,29—VSCCA Summer Tour, Vermont
August 1-3—NHIS Vintage Celebration
August 29-September 1—Lime Rock Vintage Festival
October 18-19—VSCCA Fall Finale, Lime Rock
November 7—SCDA, Lime Rock
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