HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK
On December 16, 2023 NYAROC held our annual awards dinner at Eatalia in Huntington, Long Island. Everything went well, we had a good turnout and everyone had a great time. Two NYAROC members were selected for their outstanding and continuous support of our chapter. Dan DeGiovine and Mike Laurie were presented the Quadrifolio Awards by our chapter President Anthony Intintoli and Vice President Mike Bange.
This was another great convention produced by the Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Owners Club. Convention Chairman David Yager (I believe this was his third) organized, with major assistance from Alfisti Jay Maveety, the convention committee and volunteers, a full schedule of events.
Mucho good times, with our favorite being the TRACK TIME on the banking at Charlotte Motor Speedway!
NYAROC had a good member showing. The main caravan starting from LI was organized by Rob Rizzo. Other members drove straight in and the rest flew in. Members from NYAROC included George and Lynne Pezold, Mike Bange, Rob and Joyce Rizzo, Gary and Josephine Pezzella, Alan Elton, Cousin Aldo Gloddeck, Frank Sapienza, Greg Mason, Mike and Kathy Davias, Frank and Mary LaSalla, Dan and Joette DeGiovine, and Vic and Gail Cerami.
There were a good number of nearby Alfa club chapters represented and also considerable numbers from further away, many drove their Alfas in. AROC pres. Cindy flew in and was able to rent a new Giulia at the airport!
In addition to all the scheduled events a number of NYAROC members also travelled to convention volunteer and NYAROC member Joey LoRe's local Alfa shop in Charlotte for a cars and coffee meet.
Many Alfas were present including another Callaway GTV-6!
One of the main events was the Concours where some really fine Alfas were on display. NYAROC member Gary Pezzella's beautiful Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS took three awards: the Gold "Certificato d'Oro", as well as voted the "Pat Braden Peoples Choice" award and David Hobbs choice award!
Vic Cerami
This was a very well organized event with many activities and attended by a good number of AROC members. The NYAROC members included Rob and Joyce Rizzo, Dan and Annette Goldman, Vinny Lambroia, Luca and Anna Spensieri, Nick Cervera and Vic and Gail Cerami.
Dan Goldman won best in class for his beautiful Lancia and Rob Rizzo took some nice laps at the new and beautiful Club Motorsports raceway. We all had a great time.
Mucho thanks to FIAT Club America Pres. Doug Von Koenig, along with Tim Beeble, John Montgomery and all that put on a great convention.
Vic
The Greenwich Concours D'Elegance 2023 is now a three day event. Friday included the following: meet and greet, grand touring event, charity fundraising and dinner parties. The Sports Car event was held on Saturday and the special Concours D'Elegance on Sunday.
This event was started by Bruce Wennerstrom, past President of the Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving Club (the oldest Auto club in the USA). The Wennerstroms ran it for many years and several years ago Hagerty Ins. purchased the rights and took control. From all indications Hagerty has continued this great event.
The shows were overall very well attended and we had a fairly good Alfa club presence in spite of the late notice that Alfa would be a featured Marque.
Several NYAROC members had Alfas displayed on both days. Lawrence Auriana's '37 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B was awarded "BEST OF SHOW", Gary Pezzella's beautiful 1956 1900 took Best in Class (he also presented his fabulous '93 RZ Zagato), Phil Jacobs displayed his '79 Niki Lauda Spider and David Garfinkel his cool '71 Montreal.
Victor Cerami
The yearly NYAORC party with the focus of recognizing those
members of the club that deserve special merit.
This years recipients of awards:
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2022
Align Automotive owners Joe and Marilyn DeQuarto welcomed
NYAROC members to their shop in Centerport.
The New York, New Jersey and Connecticut chapters of AROC met up on Saturday July 23rd for a three state event at the amazing vintage car shop: Redline Restorations. Visit them on the web at: https://www.redlinerestorations.net/
We had a good turnout mostly NYAROC members with a few New Jersey members also. About a dozen Alfas ran or met up, including two 4C's, a number of Giulias and Stelvios, Phil's Niki Lauda Spider and Gary's Junior Zagato. We had good weather and the tour on the Bear Mountain roads was awesome. Lunch was at a well known roadside rest the Owner/Chef being a NYC restaurateur. It was great seeing everyone, we got to run the Alfas for maybe the last time before winter sets in, and we all had a great time.
Perfect weather and a lack of events for the season colluded to make this a huge event
with a record number of attendees.
Thanks to Deji Abraham for the video above.
Since 1993, the Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen has celebrated our heritage of motor racing. As in previous years, a tribute to the Grand Prix races are featured in a variety of events during this all day festival. Events include the Walk of Fame award ceremony, a historical lecture called The Legends Speak, a pre-race Tech Inspection at Smalley's Garage, as well as several rolling events and two car shows known as the Stone Bridge Driver Events.
NY Alfisti drove in a caravan together to "The Glen." Along the way, they made a pit stop at the beautiful lakeside home of NYAROC members, Vic and Gail, who hosted everyone and prepared a lovely lunch meal for all to enjoy
The start of the official Vintage Weekend events began with the Lakewood Vineyards FLX Alfa Romeo Show and Journey to the Top Car Show and Rallye. Alfa owners from all across the USA converged on Lafayette Park in downtown Watkins Glen. After signing in and exploring the town, participants went on a scenic drive throughout some of the most interesting sights the area had to offer. The drive terminated at Lakewood Vineyards.
The main event of the weekend was the Tour de Marque featuring Alfa Romeo. Just after sunrise, drivers converged on Chateau LaFayette Reneau Winery for a wonderful breakfast and driver's meeting. Driving instructions for the scenic drive were distributed and one-by-one cars were released for the several hour drive. A lunch stop was incorporated into the drive at a large forest recreation area. The second half of the drive included several laps on the historic Watkins Glen circuit, including the original street sections of the old historical track. The drive terminated at Lafayette Park where participants enjoyed the town and viewed historic race cars blasting down Main Street
Racing is what Watkins Glen is all about and in particular, vintage racing is the highlight of the weekend. Aside from the exciting on-track action, race fans also were permitted to wander around the paddock and see the historic race cars up close and even talk to the owners/racers. What a wonderful display of historic vintage Alfas tearing up the track
After the races…... With a busy day at the track behind us, it was time to unwind. For some, it was a stop at a local BBQ, for others it was a beautiful sunset dinner on Captain Bill's Seneca Lake Cruises
Additional photos from the Tour de Marque by ALLSTYLES PRODUCTIONS.
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