Updated August 1, 2007
For Upcoming Events, see Below, and the Serpent's Tongue Newsletter on the menu to the left.
The Delta-Sierra Alfa Romeo Club (DSARC) is a local chapter of the national Alfa Romeo Owner's Club (AROC) serving north central California, including the Bay Area, the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and the central Sierra Nevada.
Headquartered in Sacramento, DSARC holds regular informal meetings, club events and local area tours, and maintains a calendar of the many regional activities where world-class Alfa Romeos are shown, raced and admired. Event calendars are exchanged with the Bay Area's non-affiliated Alfa Romeo Association, and members are welcome at each club's events.
We are fortunate to have two excellent shops in the Sacramento area that can maintain and repair our Alfas. Barber's Shop Automotive, at 18th and L Streets in Downtown has been an institution in the area for many years. Mike Blanchard, the shop manager, has been working on Alfas there for over 8 years and, with his staff, can handle a full range of service tasks. Steve Bonney, our club Tech Advisor and local technical institute automotive instructor, is a former technician and engine builder at Barber's, and hopes to open a new location for his Alfa-centered business, Bonney Sportscars. In the mean time Steve draws on his many years of owning Alfas, his 4 years doing full restorations of British cars, his 4 years at Barber's, and his 2 years of racing vintage Alfas, to give advice and perform some some maintenance and repair services on a limited schedule. Reach Steve Bonney at 916.254.1978. When you need professional help to keep your car running smoothly, take your business their way so we can keep these fine resources available to us.
On the next few pages you will find more information about DSARC's activities, its members and their Alfas. Please come join us for a drive on some of the best Alfa-roads California has to offer, or for some lively car-talk at a local gathering. We'd like to get to know you...and your Alfa!
UPCOMING EVENTS
ROMANS vs. the HUNS
The Huns in the local chapter of the Porsche Club of American have thrown down the gauntlet (driving glove?) to the Romans of the Delta Sierra Alfa Romeo Club to defend the glory of Rome and greater Italia at the XXXth running of the Carrera de Sierra on September 22nd and 23rd .
The Carrera de Sierra can be driven as a time and distance rally or as a tour. It is run as a two-day format through the foothills and Sierras. There is an overnight stop in Truckee on Saturday, with a BBQ finish in Loomis on Sunday afternoon. If you did not make it to the Historic Monte Carlo Rally, Targa Florio or the Mille Miglia this year, then here is your chance to compete locally against those diabolical German tribes and their nasty Black Forest machines.
Registration fee if running in the time and distance rally division is $65/car; if you are running it as a tour, the fee is $40/car. Send your check for the registration fee payable to PCA-SVR to Mr. Rik Larson, 2120 Maddox Court, Carmichael, CA 95608 before August 31st. His telephone number is 916.481.6084 and his email is rik.l@comcast.net. The overnight stop will be at The Inn in Truckee, 11506 Deerfield Drive, Truckee, CA 96161. A block of rooms has been reserved, so call toll free 888.773.6888 and ask for the Porsche Club block rate (Gulp!). Rooms will be available at the special rate until August 31st.
An 8:00 a.m. start opens at Niello Porsche, 4525 Granite Drive, Rocklin, California, with the cars being flagged off at 9:01 a.m. on September 22nd. It is rumored that the ghost of Tazio Nuvolari will be on hand if enough Alfas show up. [In 1936, he walked all over the German Grand Prix cars (Mercedes and the Auto Union designed by Dr. Porsche) at the Circuit of Milan race with his Alfa 12C.]
How to get to the start-
From the western Roman Empire (i.e., from Sacramento and Bay Area): Take I-80 East, exit at Rocklin Road, turn left onto Rocklin Road, then turn tight after a short distance onto Granite Drive. Niello Porsche will be on your right, just follow the oil stains.
From the eastern Roman Empire (i.e., Reno/Lake Tahoe and the eastern provinces): take I-80 West, exit at Rocklin Road, turn right onto Rocklin Road, and then turn right onto Granite Drive. Niello Porsche will on your right, just follow the AAA trucks dropping off the Porsches for warranty repairs.
We need to make a good showing at this event. The Niello dealership group recently obtained the Maserati franchise for the Central Valley and has an option for the Alfa Romeo franchise when Alfa returns. Lets show them that they are still a lot of Alfisti out there so they will get the new Alfa Romeo franchise too!
Forza Italia! Viva Alfa Romeo!
20th Annual All Italian Car
and Motorcycle Show
Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Lincoln Middle School, 1250 Fernside Blvd, Alameda, CA
Please join us with your Italian car or motorcycle in Alameda, CA on Sunday, October 7, 2007. This year marks the 20th consecutive year of this event, the All Italian Car and Motorcycle Show. Well over 100 cars, plus dozens of motorcycles, have been on display the last several years. All proceeds provide the primary sponsorship of the Alameda Special Olympics program. The cars will be exhibited on the green at Lincoln Middle School, 1250 Fernside Blvd between the hours of 10:00am and 3:00pm. Italian food and drink will be available. There is no entry fee for exhibitors.
For additional information contact:
Scott Harding 510-521-1453
Steve Gomes 510-523-2723
Tom Sahines 408-262-6279
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