2018 AROCA Sprints Round 5 at Winton 9 June

[Neil Choi]

2018 AROCA Sprints Round 5 at Winton 9 June
Incorporating Alfa Sprints and hosting a Veloce Racing Association Racing round.

Going to be a great field in the VRA Racing, members from VRA NSW entering along with the usual Alfa Racing group.  Expecting the debut of several new racers and cars.

Entry forms are located here:  http://www.alfaclubvic.org.au/motorsport/

Enter early.

Neil

[Evan Bottcher]

As Neil said above - in addition to the regular AROCA Supersprint, we are hosting a round of the Veloce Racing Association.  We heard today that there are at least14 cars coming down from NSW and ACT, we should have a big grid of all-Alfa racing on June 9th.

Special note for Victorian racers: This round is going to be run under Veloce Racing eligibility rules - but the VRA have kindly offered some freedoms to Victorian cars that don't normally run VRA. The only essential rules for Victorian cars for this round are "Radial tyres – 15x7 for older cars (except group S) and 17 x 8 for modern front wheel drives". No slicks.

[Neil Choi]

Keeping entries open for any latecomers.


Got a terrific field so far, more the merrier.


Big VRA racing field, about 20 Alfa Racers entered.


If interested, send in your entry by the weekend, keeping normal fee open.

[Neil Choi]

Good entry field for Winton.

3 Sprint groups of Alfa, MX5, BMW and a variety of other makes.

One VRA/Alfa Racing category of nearly 20 Alfa Race cars, Vic vs NSW.

Come up to spectate.

If you still want to enter, send in and I will try to fit you in.

[Neil Choi]

Yep, excellent field assembled, going to be a great day of racing and sprinting.  Nearly 70 entrants and 21 Alfa Racers in the Veloce Racing round.  Come on up to see some great racing.

[Neil Choi]

Alfa Racers.

Full Name Car No. Class Run group Mick AARONS Alfetta GTV6 3.0L 51 B 4 Evan BOTTCHER Alfa 156 GTA 156 B 4 John BURKHART Alfa 156 TS 54 A 4 Frank CARIGLIANO Alfetta GTV6 66 B 4 John CARIGLIANO Alfa 147 GTA 147 B 4 Neil CHOI Alfetta GTV 3 A 4 Bruno COLAUTTI Alfa 105 GTV 32 A 4 Marc CRISAFULLI Alfetta GTV 2 A 4 Adriano DIMAURO Alfa 105 GTV 91 A 4 John FLOYD Alfa Giulietta TS 4 A 4 Daniel GATTO Alfetta GTV6 86 B 4 Darren HARRIS Alfetta GTV 623 A 4 Hugh HARRISON Alfa GTV TS 75 A 4 Alfio MUSUMECI Alfetta GTV 5 B 4 Michael MUSUMECI Alfa GT 3.2L 17 B 4 Enzo PIAZZA Alfetta GTV6 28 B 4 George PIAZZA Alfa 105 GTV 22 A 4 Ray PIGNATARO Alfa Sud 84 A 4 Doug SELWOOD Alfetta GTV6 178 B 4 Robert SERITI Alfetta GTV6 2.5L 19 B 4 Anthony STRANO Alfetta GTV 9 A 4

[jayarr]

Wow - a great day's entertainment at Winton. Rain and sunshine. Big field of Alfa's in the race group. The epic battle of the two white Alfetta's of Selwood and Aaron's in Race 4 - Selwood for the win by less than 0.1s!

Thanks to the organisers and volunteers for their flawless management of the meeting.

[Neil Choi]

What a ripper of a weekend of racing, well, Saturday, but then we stayed for dinner with the NSW folks and a great debrief and racing stories exchanged.

Once again, those to thank are:
Colin Edwards, Alan Morrison, Ross Flood, Evan Bottcher, Bruno Colautti, Malcolm Powell, David Floyd, Mandy Thompson, Nick Taylor, Paul Byrne, Steve Aarons, Tom Taylor, Sheldon MacIntosh, Max Lloyd, Leon Bogers and many others.

There was some drizzle, wet track to start off with, dried a little and continued to dry, making for some great track time from lunch time onwards.

Sprints were all happening, no major incidents as everyone adhered to the wet conditions and took it easy.

The Alfa Racing group took to the track with caution, only a couple of spins but not major off's.  Racing in the wet gave the advantage to the FWD cars, especially the 2L's.  Race 1 was wet, Race 2 was drying.  Race 3 and 4 and 5 were dry and the V6's took over the lead.

Great racing, lots of video around.  Come to club night and we will show some for your entertainment.

Once again, thanks to all the officials who helped out to run the show.

Cheers.
Neil

[Neil Choi]

Pics.

[Mick A]

It was a fantastic day at the track and a great friendly atmosphere throughout the day between competitors. Really looking forward to racing with the VRA again.

A link to the in car footage from race 4 for those interested.

[Colin Edwards]

Hi Neil,
Looking forward to the video at Club Night.  The battle between the two white Alfetta GTV's (Vic V NSW!) was absorbing.  Great driving!!