Late-breaking news from Cal Crouch:

Appealing to the greed in you guys, this weekend I got Brad Penn to contribute a case of their 20/50 motor oil for the post-race prize drawing. This is 100% Penn grade oil. It is also the old Kendall GT1 green oil - the good stuff before the name was purchased by Valvoline and then others. So another reason to get in the registration.

I have ordered T shirts, 18 L and 18 XL. Half of each are already pre-sold, so act accordingly!

For you hesitant fence-sitters out there, I just received contributions from Meguiars - they have been VERY generous to the PFR this year. Sports Car Market donated two gift subscriptions to SCM. I also have many T-shirts donated by Classic Motorsports. Vicks and Color Plus donations are on their way too. So it will be profitable to be at the post-rally prize drawing!

NOW FOR THE REMINDER! Any registration postmarked after Sept 15 has to pay $35! NO EXCEPTIONS! So save yourself the extra $10 and get out your registration! I have received registrations for almost 20 cars so far - quite a few of the regulars look like they just want to pay me extra money. In short, get out your registration and bring along some new guys to run the route. The GRAND FAZOOM awaits you.

I am also thinking of doing a PFR retrospective during Sat night dinner. Hope you can keep your food down with my dribble.

So get your car tip-top and get here!

First run in 1999, Pasta Fazoom  is a low-key road event providing Italian car owners with an opportunity to gather for some camaraderie and an enjoyable cruise though the picturesque Central New York countryside. This is not a concours event—it is a drivers’ outing. All Italian cars are invited regardless of condition—faded paint, dents, and rust are embraced.

This year is the tenth and final running! And Italian Car Consortium (ICC) founder and AONE member Cal Crouch has quite a weekend planned for us! On Saturday afternoon, if there’s enough interest, there’ll be a trip to the Norwich Car Museum. Then we’ll gather for a group drive to dinner Saturday night. And then, of course, is the Sunday Pasta Fazoom Rally. There are three different driving style flights: Turismo Veloce (Con Brio)—a very spirited driving group—you won’t notice the scenery; Gran Turismo—the pace combines spirit and scenery enjoyment; and Turismo—a nice, moderate pace so the scenery is enjoyed. There is also a self-pacing alternative, if you can read and follow rally directions. The rally departs at 9:45 am and waits for no one! There’ll be a lunch stop at the Boathouse Restaurant on DeRuyter Lake and the rally ends at around 3:30pm at the Jamesville County Beach Park for pot luck snacks and cider, the Founder’s Choice Award, and prize drawings. For this, the final year, there will also be commemorative Pasta Fazoom cloisonné pins and embroidered shirts available.

So why not plan to make an entire weekend of it? It’s your last chance! The Cruise ends early enough on Sunday for everyone to get home for a good night’s sleep before Monday rolls around. Previous years’ participants report having a lot of fun—it’s a great chance to tear up some terrific empty roads with other Italian car aficionados! There’s more information on the weekend and on overnight accommodations, plus an online registration form, at www.apollo19.com/pfr/, or you can reach Cal at 315-691-9718 or calvincrouch@hotmail.com.

So head out west, where the roads are twisty and empty, and enjoy some Pasta Fazoom!