Featured Marque at Hemming's 2009 Saratoga Car Show

**Cintos** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-25-2009, 03:29 PM

Greetings: The May, 2009 Issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car contains a full page advertisement announcing their 4th Annual Car Show at the Saratoga Automobile Museum.

Alfa Romeo is listed as the Featured Marque for 2009! According to the ad:

"All Alfa Romeo sports cars are invited to attend, and will be dsplayed in a special area on the show field."

The event is scheduled for August 8th, rain date August 9th. The listed link Hemmings Sports& Exotic Car Show, currently references last year's event. Also, interested parties can e-mail Trisha Grande tgrand@hemmings.com for more information.

Sounds like a wonderful opportunity for the North East to congregate and show off our pride and joys.

JOEBMW · #2 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 05:57 AM

110 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga, NY

lowmileage · #3 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cintos

show field."[/INDENT]
The event is scheduled for August 8th, (

) rain date August 9th.
Sounds like a wonderful opportunity for the North East to congregate and show off our pride and joys.

JOEBMW · #4 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 06:34 AM

Anyone plan on attending? Maybe we can orgainze a group of people to all drive up together?

**Zunige** · #5 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 11:10 AM

I'd like to hear more about it, but there is just a small paragraph on the web site... Has anyone attended prior events? What time does it start; when does it end?

Best regards,

**Cintos** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 01:24 PM

Greetings:

Please note that at present the web site I provided is still displaying information about last year's event. Comparing to the S&E advertisement (p77), the information is as lowmilage posted from last year's site, with the exception that :

Honda is the motorcycle being featured, vs last year's Triumph.
Favorite Alfa is included in the awards and Triumph is off the lost.
Date is 8/8 vs 8/10

- Michael

lowmileage · #7 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Cintos

Greetings:

Please note that at present the web site I provided is still displaying information about last year's event. Comparing to the S&E advertisement (p77), the information is as lowmilage posted from last year's site, with the exception that :

Honda is the motorcycle being featured, vs last year's Triumph.
Favorite Alfa is included in the awards and Triumph is off the lost.
Date is 8/8 vs 8/10

- Michael

**Zunige** · #8 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 03:50 PM

I've also penciled it in on my calendar, but I would only go if we can get a group commitment... There's a lot of stuff going in in August, and the New Hope Auto Show is on the same weekend, although the Alfas would be displayed on Sunday. (The New Hope Show is an official AROC event for the NJ and Delaware chapters.) Then there's the FLU convention the following week... The distance to get there for me (~ 190 mi.) would also mean that I'd have to go up the night before, as I would definitely be driving back on Saturday, but I would certainly stay for dinner and don't mind driving back late (or in the rain

).

So, who's seriously thinking of going?

Best regards,

**Cintos** · #9 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Zunige

I've also penciled it in on my calendar, but I would only go if we can get a group commitment... So, who's seriously thinking of going?

Best regards,

**Zunige** · #10 (**permalink**) 03-27-2009, 02:54 AM

Michael,
Are you planning on driving the Duetto, but not showing it? (If you are looking for an Alfa shop to spray your Duetto, send me a PM.) With Alfa being the featured marque, I think we could get a good number of cars for the show... I would take my '84 Spider...

Best regards,

**Favali** · #11 (**permalink**) 04-09-2009, 04:58 PM

I contacted Hemmings regarding the show for those of us who do not make the pre-1989 cut. I asked for an area that we could designate an Alfa corral of some sort. It would be a pity for us to drive there only to be randomly parked among lesser cars.

Here is Trisha's reply to date. Once late July approaches, it would be good to try to get an estimate of cars that are attending that are not showing.

Hi Rob,
We do have "special" parking for those who don't quite fit the criteria of the show and it's across the street from the Museum.
If there's a group of you planning on attending please let me know how many and we'll do our best to keep you all together.
I've passed your suggestion about opening the show up to the "younger" car owners...we'll see what happens.
Thank you and hope to see you at the show!
Best Regards,
Trisha

Trisha Grande
Car Show/Events Mgr
Hemmings Motor News
222 Main Street
Bennington, VT 05201
PH: 802-447-9500
FX: 802-447-9631

FWIW.....

**Zunige** · #12 (**permalink**) 04-09-2009, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Favali

I contacted Hemmings regarding the show for those of us who do not make the pre-1989 cut.

**Cintos** · #13 (**permalink**) 04-10-2009, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Zunige

I didn't realize that there was a 20 year cut... I think this would affect attendance... I hope they change their mind. ,

**Favali** · #14 (**permalink**) 04-10-2009, 05:05 PM

Odds are if folks contacted Hemmings direct with their opinions, we could possibly change some element of the show....for those of us that have to wait another 4+ years to be among the accepted.

BTW - Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car mag has a decidely pro-Alfa viewpoint so our words do not fall on deaf ears. Not bad for a Vermont based effort!

Start here Hemmings Motor News: Auto Classifieds - Hemmings Auto Classifieds feature cars for sale nation wide. for Trisha's email.

-Rob

(Maybe this weekend I will wake sleeping beauty.....)

**Nicola** · #15 (**permalink**) 04-10-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Favali

...BTW - Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car mag has a decidely pro-Alfa viewpoint so our words do not fall on deaf ears. Not bad for a Vermont based effort!

...
-Rob

(Maybe this weekend I will wake sleeping beauty.....)