Triangle Italians - May 3rd Breakfast

Triangle Italians will be hosting our monthly breakfast meeting on Saturday, May 3rd at the Brier Creek Commons shopping center at the junction of Highway 70/Glenwood Ave and Interstate 540. We'll meet @ 9:00AM.

Breakfast and coffee will be available from Camille's Sidewalk Cafe, Caribou Coffee, and Bruegger's Bagels. We'll be in the parking lot near Camille's. Please park out towards the center of the lot so that we are not interfering with normal customers.

Track Prep Tech Session:
For those interested, we'll be headed over to Apex Vintage around 10:30 - 10:45 for a shop tour and track prep tech session. This will be a great opportunity for those participating in the May 17/18 FCA event @ VIR. Apex Vintage will complete a track prep for one early model (70's - 80's vintage) and one late model (90's - current). We'll also have a shop tour and look at having a motorcycle instructor explain the specifics of preparing a motorcycle for a track day.

We'll see on May 3rd!!

April Recap

We had our inclement weather rainy day make up breakfast this morning and while it was small, we had some pretty cool cars come out. A special thank you goes out to Adam for bringing out his stunning 1989 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition. That alone made getting up this morning worth it. However, that wasn't the only beautiful Italian out there, so thank you to everyone else who came out. You can view pictures at the following address:

Photo Album

Informal Inclement Weather Breakfast

Due to unfavorable weather conditions this past weekend, we're planning to gather again for breakfast this coming Saturday, April 12th. If the weather looks nice and you've got the morning free, come out and join us. If it rains, hey, it makes for a cool looking picture...

April Gathering

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

Recap - March Gathering

Thank you to everyone who came out on March 1st to enjoy what turned out to be a very large gathering of sports cars and motorcycles. In addition to the standard assortment of Italian cars and Porsches, the AC Cobra group joined us yet again, along with a selection of NSX's, S2000's, Ford GT's (including a twin turbo Ford GT...wow!), and some American classics. Thank you to all of the groups and individuals who come out and make these Saturday mornings so special. Our pictures are up at the following address:

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Thanks,
Eric
Triangle Italians