Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club on VIR South
Virginia Int'l Raceway-South CourseAbout this event
(3.5 Liter Displacement Limit on Student Cars)
Novice through Advanced Run Groups
One of the Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club’s most popular events has been our weekend of driving with the Vintage Sports Car Club of America. The Alfa Club is known for its trademark “laid back pasta eaters” approach to driving schools. The VSCCA drivers bring their own laid back approach to motorsports with their fleet of interesting old sports and racecars. As in past years, the two clubs share the track. The Alfa Club conducts a driving school that is interspersed with the Vintage Club’s practice, qualifying and race sessions.
This year, for the first time at the MAARC-VSCCA weekend, our driving school will buy two-thirds of the track time, allowing us to accommodate novice, intermediate and advanced run groups. Each of our run groups will get three sessions a day, which should average just over twenty-five minutes each. (Meanwhile the VSCCA drivers will be concentrated into two run groups instead of three)
The other new feature this year is a small-bore theme. In response to concerns that we’ve been hearing from some of our participants, we will limit the student groups to cars with nominal displacements at or under 3.5 liters. Although some of our best friends drive big cars with big motors, this change will keep the run groups just a bit more homogeneous, reducing speed differentials, particularly at the ends of the long straightaways. (Please note that there is no displacement limitation for instructor cars.)
Our new format aims to return us to the tenor of our early schools, when newcomers were a big part of our events and the grids were predominantly made up of Alfas and other small cars. So bring your old Alfas & Porsches and your new Miatas, BMWs & Z-cars. Bring them and come mix it up in the paddock with an eclectic mix of vintage racing cars. Join us too for the Saturday evening banquet, also joint with the VSCCA folks. (This year we’ve made the banquet optional in an effort to keep costs down for the basic event.)
Registration :
(AROC, Tarheel Sports Car Club & Triangle Z Club)
Event requirements
This event is a two-day High Performance Driving Event (HDPE). We will be sharing track time with the Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA) – MAARC will have 2/3 of the allocated track time. Students (& Instructors) will receive three 25-minute driving sessions each day as well as classroom instruction between sessions. There will not be Time Trials at this event.
Green: Novice and Beginner.
Yellow: Intermediate.
Blue: Advanced.
Instruction is included in your entry fee. All students will have an instructor with the exception of advanced students who whose driving experience is directly known to us and who receive advance approval to drive solo.
Instructors will be in the White group. If you're an experienced driving instructor and this kind of event appeals to you, please send your instructor resume and two references to Ron Weddle. Instructors with an interest in vintage cars and rear wheel drive experience are especially welcome.
Technical Inspection: All cars must have a pre-event technical inspection (Form in Word format). MAARC also accepts the Tarheel Sports Car Club / Triangle Z Club 2006 annual inspection sticker.
We will not have a headquarters hotel for this event. Many of us will be staying at the Danville Sleep Inn, which can be reached at 434 793-6090. The special event rate is $72.99 for a standard room, including breakfast. The Sleep Inn in is a new hotel that is relatively convenient to the track. Mention the Alfa Romeo Club to get the event rate. We've listed other options in Roxboro, NC, on our web under “Event Info”. Additional hotel listings for Danville and surrounding towns may be found at the VIR web site: http://www.virclub.com/vir/ - click on “Tourism”. Camping will be permitted at the track for a nominal charge.
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