Greetings. Triangle Italian Motoring Enthusiasts will be gathering for breakfast on Saturday, April 5th at Camille's in the Brier Creek Commons shopping center. We will be there from approximately 9 AM to 10:30 AM. At approximately 10:30, we'll head out and drive to the Long Road Racing garage where Glenn Long will give a tour of his shop and some instruction on setting your car up for your next track or drivers education event. For those not familiar with the Long name, Glenn's son Tom was the Spec Miata national champion in 2005 and has regularly driven in the Grand Am series for Automatic Racing. In this years Daytona 24-Rolex, Tom drove the BMW M6 for Automatic Racing as well as a MX5 Miata for Freedom Autosport in the Grand Am event. Glenn Long manages the Freedom Autosport Grand Am racing team. See Eric at the event and he'll have maps and directions to the race shop!
Maserati of Raleigh is also supposed to be bringing one of their cars to Aprils event...hopefully one of the new GranTurismo's!
These gatherings have grown very large and we're trying to bring a little order to the insanity. Please look for the other Italian cars and motorcycles as we are trying to park in a group. There will be many red Ferrari's, so just keep your eyes open. You'll also have less of a chance of getting a door ding if you're parked next to another nice car.
As this event becomes larger, we are subject to more scrutiny. Please keep your vehicles at least two rows back from the building fronts. This allows normal patrons to park closer, which keeps the shop owners happy, and it keeps the shopping traffic from parking in between our cars. We also ask that you practice sane driving within the Brier Creek Commons area. The parking lot is not a race track and treating it as such is the quickest way to end this event. I thought I wouldn't have to address this but there were a few incidents last month. Finally, for clarification purposes, this is an opportunity for car enthusiasts to join each other for breakfast. This is not a car show and no individual or organization is responsible for anything that occurs within the parking lot. We are not allowed to block off or rope any areas of the parking lot due to liability issues. Enough of the boring stuff though, we look forward to seeing everyone.
Regards,
Eric
