May Italian Rendezvous

On the second Tuesday we met at the Kernersville Sagebrush off Business I 40 and exit 14 for our monthly rendezvous. We had a number of interesting sportscars in the carpark including two Ferrari Testarossas, two Ferrari 328s, an Alfa Romeo GTV, an Alfa Romeo Spyder, two MGAs, an MG Midget, VW GTI, a blown Nissan 3000zx , a Porsche and a large truck.

Blake showed his amazing pictures from his April outing to the Amelia Island, Florida Concours d’ Elagance.

Coffee and mutual inspection before the Chapel Hill drive.

Bob Snow, Dan and Terri Emmi, Blake Frazier, Steven Jones and Jim Clarkson shared their adventures on Sunday’s Ferrari Club drive through Orange County. Attending the drive to the village of Fearington and to Aurora of Chapel Hill were Dan and Teri in their Testarossa, Bob and Beth in their 348, Steve and Blake in their 328, Jim and Dorothy in their Testarossa, Adam Beursch in his 512 BBi twin Turbo space ship, Vic and Amy Beaver in their Acura NSX. The cavalcade was evidently so interesting that people pulled over and at one intersection the cars with the right of way blocked traffic so the cavalcade could pass by uninterupted. Conratulations go out to Wendy and Bill Djang for organizing such a nice afternoon.

Adam's low-flying twin turbo 512 BBi, producing upward of 500 real BHP
His clutch and crankshaft bearings are always in our prayers...

Jack O’Brien and Don Ferree reported on the Virginia International Raceway Vintage Gran Prix. Don crewed for Jim Myers’ 510 and Jack and Steve Vaughn were spectators. Jack used to race the old course in the 50s and 60s.

A cobra driven by a spirited lady walked the field on Saturday. Hot racers included a 1938 morgan and a Chrysler Hemi Hilborn Fuel Injected car as well as an Allard GT Coupe. Sunday saw the featured event consisting of the MG Gran Prix at 1:30pm for 12 laps over 27 miles.

West Bend Winery and Sunday Drive

Our June event will be the Mid Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club’s Sunday drive the 11th. You can hook up in Raliegh and have brunch at the Weddle’s at 10:30 am and enjoy a spirited and scenic drive to Forsyth County or meet the group at the winery. Given the fact most us are MAARC members, we want to take advantage of the fact their is a MAARC event in our own backyard. Steve Margolis is arranging a 1:30Pm Wine tasting at West Bend Winery in Lewisville. Wine and Cheese will be served as well.

Thor will lead the cavalcade from Lewisville to Tanglewood for the 400 plus car British Car Days South under the 100 year old oaks. John will arrange special parking at the show. Entrance at the park gate costs $2 and their is no cost for the show. Scottish and other foods and beverages will be available at the show.

Thor and I went out to West Bend Winery and drove several routes to pick the quickest and most interesting route from the Winery to Tanglewood. The folks at the winery had us on the list and were excited about our trip. Fro more information call Steve Margolis at 919 785 0220.

We picked the following route and made maps highlighting the route from the winery to British Car Days South to be handed out at the winery. The route is primarially wooded and farms with many log cabins and twisting narrow roads. Since we will not have another meeting before the June 11th drive we will want to coordinate through Thor 336 773 1008 in either meeting at West Bend or driving out together.

To reach West Bend on your own :

• Drive Highway 421 West of Winston Salem
• Exit at Shallowford Road for 2 miles
• Turn Left onto Williams Road and you are there
• If you are lost call 336 945 5032

From the West Bend Winery:

• Turn Left on Williams road
• Shortly after Hauser Road you will see Cresthaven and then a Log Cabin on the right. Turn a hairpin right to access Concord Church Road
• Turn Right on Concord Church Road
• Turn right on Dull Road
• Turn right on Styers Ferry
• Veer Left on Lassiter Road
• Left on Bullard
• Right on Harper Road
• Cross New Interstate 40
• Turn right on 158 and go 100 meters Left into the Main entrance of Tanglewood
• Pay$2 at the gate and no admission to the BCDS show

Ferrari Challenge in Atlanta - Pictures by Steven Jones

Upcoming Events of Interest to Corsa Rossa

• On June 10-11, we have the Virginia International Raceway Homecoming featuring the Gold Cup Historic Races sanctioned by the Vintage Drivers Club of America. VIR is filled with racing history and cars are coming from far and wide to race the splendid 3.27 mile course located on the North Carolina and Virginia border between Danville and South Boston.
• On June 16-18, the Ferrari Club of America is gathering at VIR . They will host a track event, a rally, a concours and a social event. For more information call Mason Cox at 919 493 1250 (This is an FCA event)
• In August MAARC is hosting the Hampton Roads weekend. John Hauser will have information as it becomes available and will head up our caravan north for this event.
• September brings MAARC’s fall driving school at VIR on the 16-17. Click here for info!
• September will also bring the Alfa Extravaganza hosted by MAARC in Raleigh. Jim Clarkson and Bill Craig head up our group each year with a nice drive to the Triangle.
• October 14th will be our Corsa Rossa European Car Festival at Reynolda House, Village and Gardens. This years featured marque is Porsche and this year we will park the marques by country of manufacture.

Corsa Rossa's European Car Festival

Our festival consists of cars from all over Europe including Ferraris, Maseratis and Lancias from Italy to BMW, Porsche and Mercedes of Germany, to Aston Martin, MG and Lotus from Britain to Saab and Volvo from Sweeden as well as many other marques. There will be both competition and road cars on display. Registration will begin at 10am and end at 12 noon.

All European cars are invited to participate and will be parked according to their country of manufacture. There are twenty manufacturer classes and those cars not fitting into one of these twenty classes will be placed in the special interest or competition classes. Additional classes may be added prior to the show depending on preregistration.

Click here to print out a registration form!

Registration is $10 per car. A dash plaque will be given to each registered car. Awards will be presented to a car in each marque. Admission to Reynolda House will be free to registrants and children under 12 . Admission will be half price to all thers.

This is a unique setting for the festival in that it offers beautiful and historic Reynolda House, the Art Museum, Reynolda Gardens and Reynolda Village. Live music will be performed in Reynolda Village. The Village is the former support buildings and Dairy for the Reynolds Estate. It is set up in the traditional layout of an English country village. The village offers restaurants such as the Blackhorse Cafe, Reynolda Village Soda Shop, the Village Tavern and the Vineyards, all with outdoor seating. The shops contain everything from clothes, sportswear, antiques, books, music, toys, gourmet cookware and fine foods to jewelry and much more. The village has something for everyone.
Ciao! John Hauser