ItalianCarFest Weekend 2005 - Note: Track Day Event is OPEN TO ALL MARQUES

I saw a nice thread from last year about ItalianCarFest. Thanks for the enthusiasm!

ItalianCarFest has grown into a weekend affair. In addition to coming to the show Saturday as visitors, we now invite you to participate - with your cars- in the track day on Sunday!

Here is the latest news about the
Events of ItalianCarFest Weekend, September 9-12, 2005 -near Dallas

SATURDAY- The main event of the weekend, the ItalianCarFest car & two-wheeler show at Cross Timbers Winery featuring the absolute best of Italian machinery displayed on manicured lawn. Drive up Awards Ceremony at 4 p.m.

Note: The Party Patio at the winery is a great spot for clubs to meet-up to enjoy lunch and the show.

SUNDAY- OPEN TO ALL MARQUES: Boardwalk Ferrari/Maserati-Porsche Track Day. This will be an exceptional Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway with access to a private clubhouse for drivers and their guests, a special covered area adjacent to the track and other extras provided by Texas Driving Experience, a company specializing in organizing premiere track events. Cars will drive on the inner track, called the Le Mans Road Course. Separate enrollment required:
For Full Track Day Information Packet plus Enrollment Form, contact dawn@texasdrivingexperience.com or call (817) 430-4343.


The 2005 show will be free to the public; we are making plans for 12,000+ visitors. We expect entrants from 15 states displaying 135 cars plus motorcycles.

Go to www.italiancarfest.com or e-mail italiancarfest@yahoo.com.

Note: None of these events are for profit. In fact our club, the organizer, has applied for 501(c)(3) status. So this is not a commercial post. I do hope you consider it a friendly invitation.

Thanks again,
Jerry Lee Phillips
President - Fiat Club of North Texas/Italian Car Club of the Southwest, organizing club for ItalianCarFest Weekend

Club web site: http://www.italiancarclub.com/fcnt/
(817) 521-4400

 

Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005- Boardwalk Ferrari/Maserati-Porsche Track Day


Early Bird track day registration - $150. Beginning Sept 1st, registration is $200.

-Jerry

 

so is anybody gonna go?

 

Here is a partial list of cars that will be at ItalianCarFest, Sat., Sept. 10, 2005:

'67 ISO Grifo
'71 ISO Grifo Series 2
'99 Bugatti EB110 SS, an all-Italian car
'59 Abarth Zagato 750 GT
'67 Lancia Fulvia Zagato
'58 Alfa Giulietta spyder
'67 Alfa Duetto
'71 Alfa GTV
'84 Alfa GTV6
'69 Alfa 1750 Spider
'73 Alfa Montreal
'79 Ferrari GT4
'90 348tS
'94 348 GTB
'95 F512M
'03 575 Maranello
'66 Maserati 5000GT
'86 Maserati Biturbo spyder
'68 Lamborghini 400GT Islero
'87 Countach
'98 Diablo
'96 Diablo roadster
'69 Fiat Dino
'67 Lamborghini Miuria P400
'64 Lamborghini GT400
'70 DeTomaso Mangusta
'59 OSCA Front engine Formula Jr.
'74 Maserati Merak
'04 Maserati Quattroporte
'04 Maserati Spider

and we expect Lamborghini Gallardos, Murcielago coupe and roadster, F40, F430, Ferrari Dino, Ferrari Daytona, Superamerica and 2 Enzos.

BTW, a great place for clubs and friends to meet-up at Saturday's show is the Party Patio near the snack grill.

Map & directions at italiancarfest.com

If you have not yet signed up for Sunday's Boardwalk Ferrari/Maserati Track Day (Sunday, Sept. 11th), please do. RX7s are great cars and this event is open to them. It should be great, great fun.

-Jerry Lee Phillips
817 521-4400

 

This sounds pretty neat. You may want to post in the RX8Club.com forum as well.

 

By "inner track", does that mean they won't use any of the oval?

 

The inner is being used, not the oval.

 

I'll be there with my FD.

Can we get a list of cars that will be participating in the non-Italian car track events on Sunday? As I understand it, track time will be divided among Italian cars for each session, then the rest of us.

Need to know what I'm up against!

 

i think ill be in chicago at the indy 300 with pit passes
i get to meet danica patrick its gonna be amazing but i wish i could go to this too

 

You might contact the following about the make up of the track day:

Dawn Stikes at dawn@texasdrivingexperience.com or call (817) 430-4343.