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[Wheelman13]

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls; it's that time again.

I type this as I prepare to steel my resolve, charge my camera's battery, and stuff some napkins in my pockets, because tomorrow I will be hip-deep in millions of dollars of drool-inducing Italian exotica (as well as a few other nationalities).

Some of you may recall the last time I did this.


Now, I'm not going to say I can top a Pur Sang Veyron with regard to all that is new and exciting. This event usually provides a slightly different flavor. Rather than a pure track event, La Belle Macchine d'Italia also hosts a concours-style car show the day before the track event begins. As a result you see some stuff that isn't necessarily at home on a track, but all the same interesting.

Please bear with my humble narrative talent and mediocre photographic skill as I try to share a little of what I see. Other than that, set your subscriptions and hold on. I am not responsible for an expenditure of moist towelettes or liquid damage to keyboards or screens.
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mid-engined masochist:
-1991 MR2 Turbo
-1992 NSX

[Sunset350ZR]

Tuned in!

[Guilty1s]

You didnt have a dslr then but you do now?... is that correct.... If so... this will be about epic by a factor of pi!
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[Wheelman13]

We dropped by the host resort this evening to pick up info packets, credentials, etc. I took a quick look around the parking lot and lawn and found a few things:

A Lamborghini (no really...it is):


A-nother Lamborghini:


I think this is now my favorite color on a car ever, hands-down, no contest. The picture doesn't do it justice. It's a deep metallic crimson...all shimmery & junk:


We also had a gaggle of Maseratis and an F-40 rep'in for Ferrari:


We were a bit late for the hors d'oeuvres on the patio.


I was just about to leave, but I'm glad I took another quick look at the next row of cars. I might have missed this gem:





This, of course is just a drop in the bucket compared to what's on the way.
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mid-engined masochist:
-1991 MR2 Turbo
-1992 NSX

[Wheelman13]

[NateTheGreat]

I feel like having a front-engined car there would be a cardinal sin... keep the photos coming!
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Calendar of local-ish events

[SubieEngineer]

Mmmmm... Giggidy.
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2007 Subaru STI Limited #576, the Gentleman's STI
Mod3rh8r-in-Training (Like a boss!)

"I'm a car slut. Sometimes it's all about the look." - Doc

[Überschnell]

I am going to have to restrict myself from viewing this thread too many times. Cleaning up puddles of drool sucks.

FWIW, you also suck for getting to see a Miura and an F40 in real life. Major envy.

[Wheelman13]

We were up early to commute over to the show field and scope things out. As usual, several regional dealerships were present in addition to private owners and their cars. I spent the better part of the morning and early afternoon taking pictures, eavesdropping, and asking questions to learn about various cars. I took a break at 2:30 in order to watch the U.S. lose to damn Ghana. I took a crap-ton of pictures, so if anyone has requests or wants more of any of the cars, I can probably hook that up.

The photos below are a quick sample of what I ran across. I tried to focus on things that probably wouldn't be at the track the next two days, but I usually get sucked into looking at stuff I haven't seen before so there will be a little bias that direction as well.

Anyway, here we go. If you're still on 56k, just start it loading and check back next week.

Aston Martin brought something old:


And something new:


This Alfa takes the "oldest car" award (those Ferrari badges probably pre-date Ferrari as a company):


There were also a few slightly less vintage Alfas present:


Continuing the theme with a vintage Maserati:


Ferrari had several generations of cars representing:

A ~50s 250 GT SWB. These cars competed in road rallies accross europe back in the day:



moving forward a bit: a 246 Dino




and a Daytona Coupe:


From the '80s:




90's:


Something a bit more recent:


And a 430 Scud' Spyder:

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mid-engined masochist:
-1991 MR2 Turbo
-1992 NSX

[Wheelman13]

Ok, gotta run to the track this morning, but wanted to dump a few more pictures. So somewhat unceremoniously, here we go:


















Ok, one comment. You know you're trying too hard when you have to put lambo doors on your lambo:



speaking of lambo doors:




Oh yeah, before I forget:







aaaand I'm spent.
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mid-engined masochist:
-1991 MR2 Turbo
-1992 NSX

[SubieEngineer]

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2007 Subaru STI Limited #576, the Gentleman's STI
Mod3rh8r-in-Training (Like a boss!)

"I'm a car slut. Sometimes it's all about the look." - Doc

[Überschnell]

[4DRSpeed]

Looks like a great event. The new LP570-4 Superleggera makes the old SL look tame. What a beast.

16M looks fantastic in red, but I prefer the pearl white. mmmm

[Wheelman13]

So, the car show yesterday had a few pleasant surprises. It was nice to see Aston Martin take a little interest in this event, and it was cool to see the latest fashion from Santa Agata, but aside from that nothing really knocked my painfully-jaded socks off. I've now seen eleventy-billion Gallardos, Murcielagos, 360s, 430s, etc. etc. I know that's not the case for everyone(except for Connor ), hence why I still posted pictures of some of those cars.

Normally speaking, the track day normally brings more track cars, and fewer museum pieces, and certainly the two are generally not interchangeable. However, from (literally) the second I drove through the gates, I understood that this would be no ordinary track day from a car-PR0N standpoint. A detailed account follows:

I can't really move in chronological order here, because that would be akin to an adult flick that featured the money shots at the beginning and then worked backwards from there...it just doesn't flow well that way y'know.

So please, in the interest of keeping things friendly, a little foreplay to start.

The usual suspects all made appearances.

The Ferrari Challenge crew:






Aston was demo-ing a Rapide in addition to the V12 Vantages:



Someone was obviously impressed with the Bentley demo from Daytona:


Lamborghini, as usual, was well represented at and on the track:




This made me want to go put blue painters tape over my headlights....


Some Porsches snuck in:





Even the vintage/historic guys got in on the act:

[Wheelman13]

This is where things start to get a little interesting. As I was watching the "historic" run group, I had a moment of "one of these things is not like the others.

See, your typical "historic" racecar doesn't have one of these:

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No, indeed, only one of THESE has one of those:



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mid-engined masochist:
-1991 MR2 Turbo
-1992 NSX