Updated May 15, 2008
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!
EMAIL NEWSLETTER
We need your email address to send you the DSARC Newsletter! We only get $5/year from the national Alfa Romeo Owners Club to support the local Delta Sierra Chapter. That is not enough money to copy and mail everyone a Newsletter on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. If you have an email address, please send it to us so we can email you the Newsletter, as well as email you speed-shift notices of all those special DSARC Club Events that take place between the Newsletters. Have not heard of them? Well, we dont have your email address to let you know when we plan something on the spur of the moment. Send your email address to: alfasgofast2@sbcglobal.net
UPCOMING EVENTS
WINE COUNTRY CLASSIC RACES
MAY 31 JUNE 1, 2008
INFINEON RACEWAY, SEARS POINT
Infineon Raceway at Sears Point has invited us to have a car corral at the Wine Country Classic races for vintage cars on May 31st and June 1st. They have offered us a discount price on tickets of only $35 for either Saturday or Sunday, or a combined ticket for both days of only $50. That is a savings of $5/day for an individual days ticket and a savings of $10 on the entire weekend ticket price.
In order to take advantage of this offer, we need you to send a check made payable to DSARC, P.O. Box 161587, Sacramento, CA 95816-1587 before May 19, 2008. You must also send us a stamped, self addressed envelope for the return of your tickets. Its very simple: No stamped return envelope, no tickets! Please tell us for which day you want a ticket; or if you want a ticket for both Saturday or Sunday.
If the Alfa Club members dont buy a least 20 tickets in advance, then there will not be any Alfa Romeo Car Corral according to Marc Holmes, the auto club account executive at Infineon Raceway. NO LATE TICKET ORDERS. If you dont get us your check in our hands by May 19th, then you will have to pay full price at the track to get in.
HILLSBOROUGH CONCOURS WINNER!
Palo Alto next June 22
Long time DSARC member John Cecil reports that his very nice red1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider won 2nd in class at the prestigious Hillsborough Concours dElegance on Sunday, May 4. John reports that it was a very nice event with lots of Alfas and pre-Fiat Lancias. (John is also a tifosi of Lancias!) There was a terrific 1947 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 cabriolet, two Alfa Junior Zagatos, and an Alfa SZ. The most spectacular Alfa at the show was a 1930 6C-1750 GS Zagato Spider owned by the McClenahan family. The Palo Alto Concours dElegance, coming on June 22, will feature Alfa Romeo - don't miss it. John has entered his Spider in that event as well. Lets all turn out and cheer him on!
MONTEREY HISTORIC CAR RACES
August 15th August 17th, 2008
Laguna Seca Raceway
The Monterey Historic Automobile Races will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year by celebrating highlights from the events illustrious past. The event will take place on August 15-17 at Mazda Raceway-Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, and will salute the Alfa Romeo, which was the first marque to be featured at the Historics in 1975.
To commemorate the event, a variety of featured marques from the past 34 Monterey Historic races will be recognized during the weekend of exciting and highly competitive races. Legendary Alfa Romeo racing driver Mario Andretti will be the official guest of honor for the event.
We are extremely pleased to have Mario Andretti join us at the Rolex Monterey Historic this year. He is a living legend for all of us, and well join together to celebrate the anniversary of his winning the World Championship in 1978, said Steve Earle, the President of General Racing Ltd., the event founder and organizer.
Mr. Earle explained that with great cars like the Alfa Romeo 8C-2900B Mille Miglia returning, which was the star of our second event back in 1975, as well as with the 1908 Grand Prix Mercedes racing car which is celebrating 100th year, and with the historic Trans-Am cars, there will be racing as close as ever. We will have the noteworthy past Monterey Cup winners and the ever popular Toyota Race of Legends at lunchtime, together with the Ferrari Historic Challenge, autograph sessions, and an enhanced Consumer Expo shopping experience where taxpayers can invest their economic stimulus checks and tax refunds, fans should find this an event they will long remember.
Mario Andretti, who is widely considered the most accomplished Alfa Romeo racing driver in motorsports history, will participate in a variety of events throughout the weekend, including driving a few demonstration laps in his Formula One Championship winning Lotus 79. You will also have the opportunity to get Mr. Andrettis autograph on the Owners Handbook of your Alfetta GTV Mario Andretti Signature Edition at autograph sessions both Friday and Saturday. If you do not have an Alfetta, you can always have him autograph your official DSARC t-shirt or on a bottle of wine from the Andretti Vineyards. Mario Andretti remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), the Daytona 500 (1967), and the Formula One World Championship (1978).
The Rolex Monterey Historic is the premier historic auto racing event in the country, said Mr. Andretti. I am pleased to be a part of these festivities and look forward to spending time with fans and enthusiasts from across the country who travel to Monterey for this wonderful event. Laguna Seca has always been one of my favorite tracks. For a driver, its a truly technical and challenging course that provides immense satisfaction. For a spectator, its phenomenal because of the many vantage points to watch the action.
As is the custom, Rolex will present their award-winning Motor Sports History Display Moments in Time honoring the singular achievement of a car and driver in racing history. Highlighting the display this year will be the 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C-2900B Mille Miglia Spyder that Phil Hill drove to first place in the Del Monte Trophy Race in 1951 at Pebble Beach. Mr. Hill and the Mille Miglia Spyder have a long history, as he drove the Spyder again during the Monterey Historic Automobile Races in 1975 where he took the checkered flag. Phil Hill sold the car in 1951 and over half a century later, the car is now fully restored back to its original 1938 specifications and race trim and is part of fashion designer Ralph Laurens collection. The car is one of four made and came second in the Mille Miglia in 1938. Hill is well-known internationally for becoming the first American to win the Formula One World Drivers Championship in 1961, the ultimate competition in all of motorsports. For 17 years he stood alone with that title and today shares the title of World Champion with only one other American, Mario Andretti.
Phil Hill has a particularly close relationship with the Monterey Historic, having been raised in California, and raced in the early 1950s through the nearby forest at Pebble Beach. Establishing his credentials as a champion driver and a consummate car enthusiast, he raced and showed his cars with equal passion. Coming out of retirement to drive his old Alfa Romeo 8C-2900 for then owner Brooks Stevens in 1975, Hill thrilled the fans and won the hearts of all of the participants. He was elevated from hero to a real car guy and has attended numerous events since that time. In 1984, the name of the events major award, The Pebble Beach Cup , was changed to The Monterey Cup - The Phil Hill Trophy.
WITH ALFA ROMEO THE FEATURED MARQUE THIS YEAR, YOU DONT WANT TO MISS THE EVENT. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED ORDER BLANK FOR MAKING YOUR MOTEL RESERVATION WITH THE ALFA ROMEO CLUB AND FOR THE ALFA CLUB DINNER ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
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Ticket and Lodging Order Form (Read carefully - separate addresses)
AUGUST 15-17, 2008: HISTORIC RACE WEEKEND AT LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY
Please enter Concorso Italiano vehicles directly at www.concorso.com or call 425-742-0632
The TOP HALF of this page for ADVANCE RACE & CORRAL TICKETS only. Your order must be received NO LATER THAN SATURDAY JUNE 21ST in order to meet the track's deadline for advanced purchases.
Race and Alfa Corral Ticket Prices Aug. 15-17
3 Days: Fri Sun, $125 per person: No. _______ Amount (US $) ____________
2 Days: Sat & Sun, $95 per person: No. _______ Amount (US $) ____________
Saturday 8/16 only, $65 per person: No. _______ Amount (US $) ____________
Sunday 8/17 only, $45 per person: No. _______ Amount (US $) ____________
Friday 8/15 only, $45 per person: No. _______ Amount (US $) ____________
Alfa Corral Pass (Sat and Sun only), $1.00 per car per day. No. Sat: ___ No. Sun:___Amount (US $) ____________
HANDLING FEE PER ORDER (REQUIRED): ___$5.00__
Total ARA Amount (including handling fee please) $___________
NAME & ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________________________
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EMAIL ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBER: __________________________________________________________
Send the top part of this form with check made out to ARA by SATURDAY JUNE 21st to John Maclay, 426 Blackstone Court, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-3717. YOU MUST INCLUDE a Business sized (4"x9", #10) stamped Self-Addressed Envelope for return of tickets. Do NOT send small envelopes. No check or no envelope, no tickets!
Any questions, e-mail is preferred at johnmaclay@aol.com or fax at 925-934-4762.If in dire need, call John Maclay at 925-937-2399, cell 925-997-3637.
Wine Tasting at West and Maggie Clark's, Saturday Aug 16, Saturday, August 16, 3:00 to 6:00 PM. Complimentary. RSVPs are essentially unnecessary but you may call 831-422-6728 before 8:00 PM or 831-757-2644 during work hours, or e-mail wmclark@aol.com for directions. West will be at Concorso on Friday and will bring maps to the Laurel Inn.
HOTEL ROOM AT LAUREL INN, SALINAS AND COMBINED ALFA CLUB DINNER AT GINO'S SAT 8/16/08
Delta Sierra has reserved 40 rooms at the Laurel Inn at 801 W. Laurel Drive in Salinas to be shared by ARA and DSARC. Please do not contact the hotel directly. Instead, reserve your room by mailing a photocopy of this part of the page with the room and dinner info
below completed along with your check made out to "Delta Sierra Alfa Romeo Club."
Address it to DSARC, Attn: James Treadwell, 4713 Lake Drive, Carmichael, CA 95608.
Prices below include tax, etc. First come, first served.
Single ( 1 K ) Smoking [ ] Y [ ] N [ ] 2 nights (8/15 & 8/16) $214.40 [ ] 3 nights (8/14 to 8/16) $321.60
Double ( 2 Q beds ) Smoking [ ] Y [ ] N [ ] 2 nights (8/15 & 8/16) $247.40 [ ] 3 nights (8/14 to 8/16) $371.10
AUGUST 16, SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER, 7:30PM, GINO'S, 1410 S. MAIN STREET, SALINAS
Italian buffet style menu for our clubs includes Blackened Chicken Rotini, Traditional Meat & Cheese Lasagna, Bowtie Pasta Alfredo, Vegetable Sauté, tossed green salad, garlic bread, dessert, and wine. No need to pre-select your dinner choice. Cost is $40 per person. If attending, please add the dinner amount to your room reservation check.
Number eating at Gino's. ______ X $40 Each Dinner Amount $ _______
TOTAL ROOM AND DINNER AMOUNT ONLY ENCLOSED: $ ________
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