Gold Coast Alfesta 2014
This year the Alfa Romeo Owners Club Nationals were held on the Gold Coast at Royal Pines resort. We drove up from Victoria to the Gold Coast in the Alfa 159 2.4 JTDm, along the excellent Newell Highway at 110km/h stopping at Coonabarabran overnight. The 159 excels at long-distance touring with comfortable seats, cruise control, and good luggage capacity. It looks alright too. 1715km in nineteen hours driving time at 7.2L/100km...
Fiat Club ‘Autobella’ April 2014
The Bottcher family dropped in briefly to the Fiat Club Vic ‘Autobella’ display day again this year. It’s really a fantastic event which brings all the Italian marques together in the one place. The display includes Alfa, Fiat, Ferrari, Maserati, Iso, Lancia, De Tomaso and Lamborghini plus probably more. Highly...
AROCA Phillip Island April 2014
I chose to just stand around being official at this club sprint, and took some photos of my favourite...
Goodwood 72nd Members Meeting 2014
Occasionally I have to travel abroad for work, and this time I was required for a week in London. Hmm, what motoring events are on at this time of year? Way too early for the F1, Goodwood Revival or Festival of Speed. What’s this? A members meeting at Goodwood at the end of March – but it’s members only? Luckily my pleading email to the Goodwood organisers was successful and everything was lined up to attend the...
AROCA Winton March 2014
Fiona’s dad took up the challenge to do the Alfa club ‘race craft’ training day on Saturday, then we double entered the car in the Sunday supersprint. Lots of mechanical woes – suspension falling apart, a puncture, throwing lots of oil out – but we still had a lot of fun. The poor old Madame is getting a little tired. Time for a new engine and a general freshen up I think! In the esses at Winton...
Phillip Island Classic 2014
Another fantastic Phillip Island Classic for 2014. A tasty smorgasbord of machinery everywhere, both on the track and off. A highlight was Roz Shaw’s beautiful GTAm replica brought in from the UK to compete – gorgeous in yellow and orange Jägermeister livery. Here’s a selection of images from the day.
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