2013 Festival Of Italian Motorsport

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Only seven more sleeps 'til the 2013 Festival Of Italian Motorsport. For those not familiar with the event, I'll paste in the press release text at the end of this post.

We have an almost full field in the regularity and racing, with only four spots left between the two groups. Anyone still considering entering should contact competition secretary Mark Jackson before lose of business TOMORROW to secure your place. Once those spots are taken that will make 40 Italian cars on track across two groups!

Those of you coming for the show & shine, see the AROCA Qld website for details. We'd love to see as many Alfas as possible out at Lakeside for the show & shine so please polish up your ride and cruise out to Lakeside for the day.

Entry is $10 per person at the gate, but don't forget that each track competitor receives 4 tickets for themselves and their crew. There are bound to be plenty of spare tickets floating around so put in a call to your club mates and possibly save yourself a tenna.

Media release text follows. See you there, Brent


ITALY'S HOTTEST MACHINES
RETURN TO LAKESIDE


Up to 100 of Australia's finest Italian automobiles will descend upon Lakeside Park (Lakeside Raceway) on Sunday, September 8 when the legendary southeast Queensland circuit hosts the sixth annual Festival of Italian Motorsport.

With a record number of Italian cars taking part in last year's Festvival of Italian Motorsport at Queensland Raceway, the Italian car clubs of Queensland are confident that the return to the iconic Lakeside Park will take this year's event to even greater heights. The Italian auto spectacular's successful theme remains unchanged with a celebration of the racing heritage of legendary marques such as Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia, Maserati and Lamborghini.

As with the past three years, the 2013 Festival of Italian Motorsport will be held over one action-packed day as part of Queensland Raceways' Top Gear Racing Series. The Italian cars will participate in race and regularity categories as well as a show & shine display.

The day will be a hive of activity from 9am through to 4pm, with the race category hitting the track for qualifying, followed by three eight lap races. The regularity category will have four eight lap regularity heats, in which each driver must attempt to lap as consistently as possible – some drivers claim the best strategy is just to go flat out!

The show and shine will take place from 10am on the grassed area in front of the Lakeside Function Centre (the big yellow building). This spot is the perfect location to grab a coffee from the Lakeside cafe and peruse the fine machinery in between bouts of on-track action.

While some of these fine Italian racers are worth upwards of $300,000, don't expect this to be a leisurely Sunday drive. The competition between marques is fierce. Watch out for the turbo-charged battle between Bruce Horey in the former World Touring Car Championship Maserati and Richard Shinkfield in the Lancia-powered Fiat X-19. Or cast your eyes over the sleek lines of Charlie Clements' Ferrari 308 GTB as it rockets down the straight, with his good buddy Trevor Bassett in hot pursuit in his Ferrari 365 GTC/4. The machinery may be fancy but the racing is fierce, so buckle up for a day of spectacular action.

Other categories competing as part of the Top Gear Racing series on the day include two groups of Super Karts and the mighty Hyundai Excels. With only $10 entry on the gate and at least five categories of action, this is one Sunday of motorsport not to be missed.

2013 Festival of Italian Motorsport

Lakeside Park – Lakeside Road, Kurwongbah
Sunday, September 8, 9am – 4pm
The day features qualifying followed by a full day of racing plus the Italian Auto Display
Spectator entry is $10 per person payable at the gate

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Many thanks to AROCQ for a fantastic event on Sunday, had the time of our life!

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