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Italian Car Day in GA (10-NOV-01)

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Atlanta's Fifth Annual Italian Car Day
Saturday, November 10th (10 AM to 3 PM)

Registration is at the door and open to Italian Cars, Italian Motorcycles, and true European exotics (designated open class). Note: The organizer (John Montgomery) has assured me that NSX are definitely welcome as bona fide exotics.

There is no pre-registration required.
- Show cars should arrive by 10 AM.
- Lunch will be served at noon.
- Awards and door prizes announced starting at 2:30 PM

The venue is beautiful Van Pugh Park, located on a peninsula overlooking the eastern shore of Lake Lanier near Flowery Branch, GA, just a 15 minute drive northwest from the new Mall of Georgia !

Registering a car (or Italian cycle) is $10, which includes a hot lunch and a raffle ticket for door prizes to be given away at the end of the show. Extra lunches at $5 each are available should you wish to bring your spouse or the family.

The lunch this year includes tossed green salad, grilled chicken or barbecue chicken sandwich, potato salad, baked beans, dessert and soft drinks or bottled water. Please note: No alcohol is allowed in the park!

Don't worry if it's a little cooler in the morning, we'll have hot cappuccino waiting and the lunch pavilion has a cozy stone fireplace built in! The pavilion offers a wonderful view of the lake and there is a children's playground nearby with swings, bars and slides for them to enjoy while you're admiring the Italian Artwork at the show! Raffle tickets are $1 each, 12 for $10.

Our Italian Car & related vendors were wonderful last year! We have several new sponsors & guests this year listed on the back of the windshield plaquards. Also this year, our new friends from Vespa of Atlanta will be on hand to display the new Italian Scooters!! Yes, Vespa is back in the USA! Waaaay cool!

Awards and Trophies
The show will honor each marque with beautiful "People's Choice Award" trophies (and Italian Cycle class), This year we added an additional People's Choice award for "open" class, "best modified" and, for the first time, the coveted "Best of Show" trophy!

Owners of registered cars only will get voting ballots so the winners will be chosen by their peers.

The Atlanta Alfa Club will offer special awards for their Alfa winners.

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Directions from Atlanta: Take I-85 North toward Suwanee to the I-985 split, heading toward Gainesville on I-985. Take I-985 to Exit #8 (also mile marker 8), Friendship Road. Exit I-985, turning left on to Friendship Road. Stay on Friendship Road past the Publix shopping center for 1 1/2 miles until the traffic light at McEver Road. You will see a new Texaco station on the corner of Friendship Road and McEver Road. Turn right, heading north on McEver Road for 2 miles. Go to the next traffic light and turn left on to Gaines Ferry Road. There is a sign for Van Pugh Park at that intersection. Take Gaines Ferry Road 1 1/2 miles to the North entrance of Van Pugh Park. The Pavilion is on the right.

Quick review From Atlanta: I-85 North to I-985 North. I-985 to Exit #8 Friendship Road. Turn left, follow to McEver Road. Turn Right heading north on McEver Road Turn left at 1st traffic light to Gaines Ferry Road 1 1/2 miles to Van Pugh Park (north entrance).

Directions from NE Atlanta (Peachtree Industrial Boulevard): From Atlanta stay north on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard until it becomes Mc Ever Road just north of Buford, GA. Cross Friendship Road, continue to Gaines Ferry Road, turn left on to Gaines Ferry Road. Continue 1 1/2 miles to Van Pugh Park (north entrance)

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Event Coordinator:
John Montgomery (Fiat Lancia Unlimited Club) E mail [email protected]
Home Phone 770-932-2380
Cell Phone 864-304-6537

More Event Details at http://www.autostradaventures.com/Mtn%20Drive/ICDstuff.htm

[This message has been edited by nsx1164 (edited 31 October 2001).]
 
post-event email from John Montgomery, ICD event coordinator:

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Hello Everyone,
Well friends, it was a great Italian Car Day last Saturday!

...A wonderful autumn day in the sunshine for all of us to remember.
Patience paid off after the canceled October 13th date at West Bank Park.

Thank you for making the 5th Annual Italian Car Day an incredible success
this year!

Here is a summary of "People's Choice" Winners for 2001:

(photos at: http://photos.yahoo.com/mikes4c1300 )

Alfa Romeo / Mark Strohauer / 1959 Alfa Roadster (Photo 12)
Ferrari / John Apen / Red 275GTB
Fiat / Priscilla Glen / 1974 Fiat 124 Spider
Lamborghini / Dan Deitz / 1968 Lambo Muira (Photo 18,112,113)
Lancia / Joe Dolgetta / 1977 Silver Scorpion
Maserati / Ivan Ruiz / Red Mistral Conv. (Photo 3, 4)
De Tomaso / Mike Dailey / Dark Red Pantera (www.panteraplace.com)
Open Class / John Apen / Italia
Italian Cycle / Richard Brandeis / Ducati
Best Modified / Dave Weaver / Blue Fiat 1200
Conv.

BEST OF SHOW / Mark Strohauer / Blue 59 Alfa Roadster (Photo 12)

Congratulations to all class winners and Mark Strohauer for the coveted Best of Show! Mark received an ICD acrylic plaque and the big trophy this year.

The Alfa Club also awarded a second place to Dale Whitney for his red Alfa Montreal (photo 28) and third place to W. L. Wagnon for his Alfa GTV 1750.

All of these well deserved winners were chosen only by the registered car
owners, or "peers" of the show. See the 2001 trophy at: http://www.panteraplace.com/club%20news/ICD%202001%2014.jpg

We had a new record of 113 registered vehicles in attendance. The marque
numbers are as follows:

Alfa Romeo / 40 cars
Models included Spiders, Alfetta's, GTV's, Gulia's, Milanos, GTV6's, Berlina,
164L's, 164S & 164Q's

Ferrari / 21 cars
Models included 275 GTB, 550 M, 360M, BB512, Testarossa, 328GTS, 308GT4,
308GTB, 512TR, 365GT, 308GTB4, Mondial, 348 Spider

Fiat / 14 cars
Models included 124 Spider, Spider 2000, 124 Coupe, X 1/9, 1200

Lamborghini / 6 cars
Models included Diablo, Countach, Miura (2), Jalpa, Uracco

Lancia / 3 cars
Models included Scorpion, Beta HPE Estate, Zagato

Maserati / 5 cars
Models included BiTurbo, Mistral, Ghibli, Vignale

De Tomaso / 6 cars
Models included Pantera

Open Class / 10 cars
Models included Italia, Lotus Esprit, Acura NSX

Italian Cycle / 8 bikes
Models included Aprilia, Ducati, Benelli, Moto Guzzi, MV Agusta

We had some great exotics in open class this year including the Lotus & Triumph marques and very nice Acura NSX's led by Manuel Cantoria.

The following vendors sponsored our event this year. Please keep them in mind
on your purchases throughout the year as without their support Italian Car
Day would not be possible:

T. Rutlands, Tucker, GA ( http://www.trutlands.com ) | Vick Autosports, Fort Worth, Texas ( http://www.vickauto.com ) | Auto Delta, Chamblee (770-451-2277) | Automod, Chamblee ( http://www.automod.net ) | Bayless Fiat Lancia World, Marietta ( http://www.baylessfiat.com ) | Ferrari Of Atlanta, Alpharetta ( http://www.ferrariofatlanta.com ) | Fiat Auto Services, Duluth (770-623-4680) | Dixie Construction Products, Atlanta-Greenville,SC | Car Care America, Suwanee (770-614-4667) | Italian Motor Works, Symrna (770-433-0552) | Gran Turismo East, Chamblee (770-455-0347) | C. Obert & Co., Santa Cruz, CA ( http://got.net/~fiatplus ) | Performance Powersports, Duluth (770-263-6911) | International Auto Parts, Virginia ( http://www.international-auto.com ) | Autosport, Virginia ( http://www.autosportcatalog.com ) | Myco Import Parts, Scottdale (404-292-8770) | Maserati Club, Southeast Chapter (561-694-3630) | Vespa Atlanta, Duluth, Buckhead ( http://www.vespaatlanta.com ) | Star Motorsports, Stone Mountain (770-465-4854) | Moto Britalia, Woodstock, Buckhead ( www.motobritalia.com ) | Veloce Press Magazine ( http://www.velocepress.com ) | Off Course Racewear, Kurtztown, PA (610-683-8343) | Fiat Lancia Unlimited, Atlanta ( www.flu.org )

I would like to thank the members of the Alfa Romeo Club who helped with the
event and especially the lunch service:
Russ Stanton / Carol Wagnon / Bettye Burrows / Joe DeCarlo / Eileen White /
Todd Spruell / Mike & Vickie Acuna / Dan Koch

Special thanks to Bruce from Vespa Atlanta who gave rides on the new Vespas.

Extra special thanks to:
Registrars-Tony & Vickie Haney
Scoring & Ticket Sales- Brett & Beth Melancon
Operations- Jeff Davidson, Chris Birchfield, Dan Brown
Event Support-Todd Rice, James Seabolt, Marc Kilborn, John Delvac,
Mitchell DeFrancis, Russ Stanton, W. L. Wagnon

Our friend Mike Dailey (red Pantera) has written a report on the event with
photos which can be seen at http://www.panteraplace.com/page130.htm
and there are 44 photos courtesy of Alfisti Mike Hollinger & Alan White at: http://photos.yahoo.com/mikes4c1300

I would welcome your comments on the Van Pugh Park venue and ideas as to how
we can make the event better for next year. It was great fun and we enjoyed
the company of every single owner and their great Italian machines.

On behalf of the Fiat Lancia Club I wish to thank everyone for having faith
in me and my group to host you and your wonderful automobiles and motorcycles
again in 2001. Personally, it was one of the best days in my life that I will
always remember.

Lastly, to the guy in the blue Mazda sedan who somehow successfully turned
around his car & jet ski trailer between a single parking space separating a
Lamborghini Countach and a Lamborghini Muira....
...Little did you know that your life hung in the balance!

(actually he was maneuvering between my NSX and the red Countach, although being mistaken for a Miura is not bad)

Thanks again everyone!

All the best,
John Montgomery-coordinator
National President-Fiat Lancia Unlimited
[email protected] www.flu.org


[This message has been edited by nsx1164 (edited 19 November 2001).]
 
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