Spa Country Alfesta 2015
This year’s Alfa Romeo Owners Club Easter Nationals (A.K.A. Alfesta) were held in Creswick and the surrounding Spa Country of Victoria. Very pleasant few days of touring, and consuming vast amounts of good food and drink. The beautiful Alfasud Giardinetta came to visit from NSW, and attracted a lot of attention including winning the ‘people’s choice’ award at the show and shine display. The two Alfa 4Cs also...
Winton Alfa Racing March 2015
For the first time in 2015 AROCA is running race events within our sprint days under AASA regulations. Those of us with suitable cars with rollcages and a AASA national circuit license can compete in proper racing with grid starts and line honours at stake. It’s relatively inexpensive and a nice step up from club sprints. We had a good field of cars, although a couple dropped out before the first race. This left me at the...
Goodwood 73rd Members Meeting 2015
Somehow I managed to end up on a business trip to the UK in March for two years in a row, incredibly well timed! I bought a ticket for the Goodwood members meeting before the trip was completely finalised in fact, lucky I did as the limited allocation for non-members sold out well in advance. Another sensational meeting full of mouth-watering racing cars in a beautiful setting, if a little chilly this year. Turns out Australians...
Beaulieu National Motor Museum
After spending the morning at Brooklands, I whizzed down the motorway to visit the UK’s National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest. This was my second visit, but I don’t remember much detail from my first trip in 2003. The museum has quite a nice selection of cars and memorabilia in a very well maintained set of exhibits from pre-war to post-war to racing cars and motorcycles. I’d never seen a Bugatti...
Brooklands Museum
I recently had the opportunity to spend a morning at the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, England. Brooklands is steeped in motorsport history, being the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit. The museum itself is filled with a great collection of historic racing cars, aircraft, and memorabilia from the history of Brooklands. The well-maintained buildings themselves are fascinating, including very early examples of...
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I made a handful of t-shirt designs which you can buy from RedBubble online. Click on the image to look at the selection.
