Welcome to the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club
We hope to be a great resource for getting the most out of your Alfa(s) and look forward to seeing you at events throughout 2022. Be sure to check out our past and future events in our monthly newsletters.
Whether you're interested in meeting new friends at our monthly meetings, finding an old friend or your old car, participating in one of our driving school events or joining us for one of our excellent wine tours, you'll find everything you need to know right here. If you don't find it, you'll be able to find the right person to contact to help you out.
Be Safe!
The Covid-19 virus and its Delta and Omicron variants are still spreading. We've shown how a few precautions minimize the risk... vaccinations, mask wearing, hand sanitizer, and social distancing. These efforts may not prevent contracting this deadly virus, but have proven success in minimizing its severity and reducing hospital stays, serious conditions, and possible deaths.
Please continue to practice the safe efforts we have made throughout 2020 and 2021 as we enter 2022. We’ll continue to monitor societal numbers and State guidelines with hopes and planning aimed at providing the safest gatherings we can hold. We will continue to require attendees for indoor / inside activities to be vaccinated and prepared to show a Vaccine Record Card.
If you can’t take the vaccine for some reason, that is totally understandable, but it’s also a great reason why you shouldn’t be at an indoor gathering where you might be exposed to a higher, avoidable risk. Of course, if you are feeling sick or have been exposed to someone who is, we ask that you go see a doctor or get tested rather than attend a club event. Thank you and keep being safe.
Fred Russell / President
Northwest Alfa Romeo Club
March 2 - Drive to Women in Motorsports, DirtFish
In the spirit of National Women’s History month, join us for a backroads drive to the Women in Motorsport summit at DirtFish Rally School!
WIM is DirtFish’s annual summit to celebrate and connect with women in motorsports. Our drive details aren’t quite finalized, but the general plan is to meet at the Starbucks on NW Gilman in Issaquah at 10:30 am or so, then take a scenic route out to DirtFish in time for the WIM events. Further details will be provided on the club FaceBook page and via email.
View more information and to register (it’s free).
And to see what all the excitement is about, check out a review of the 2023 WIM.
Dirtfish
7001 396th Dr SE
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
March 3 - Drivers Skills/Car Control Clinic & HPDE Lapping
Come and join in on the The afternoon HPDE/School event has latest in our 20-years-long two run groups. Group A is reserved for series of Car Control Clinics and HPDE Lapping events!
The Driving School is for enhancing driver skills and teaching car control/safety with classroom and driving exercises. The curriculum is designed for all drivers in any type of vehicle, and has proven to be particularly valuable for new and teen drivers, drivers with newly purchased vehicles, and any driver who feels unsure or nervous behind the wheel.
The course is as fun as it is informative, so we welcome and encourage any/all drivers who would like to experience some- thing new. Registrants must hold a valid Driver License, and teen drivers with a valid Learner Permit are also welcome... and encouraged! Invite your teenage children, parents, friends/neighbors or coworkers to experience the art and skill of advanced car control!
The afternoon HPDE/School event has two run groups. Group A is reserved for Advanced drivers only and participating instructors. Group B is open to Novice drivers over 18 years old who have partici- pated in the morning car control clinic.
There is a combo registration for both the Car Control Clinic and the HPDE Lapping. All drivers for AM and PM events must have a valid WA Drivers License (must show original at check-in) and proper driver safety gear (helmet rental is available).
Morning Car Control Clinic
8:00am - 11:30am
$125/ driver
***Special Student Price*** $95/ driver
Afternoon HPDE/Lapping
Noon - 5:00pm $195/driver
Morning Car Control & Afternoon HPDE
8:00am - 5:00pm $295/driver incl lunch
March 12 - Emory’s on Silver Lake, Everett
The March club meeting returns to Emory’s on Silver Lake in the North end for a club social meeting. Just a short formal meeting and a great opportunity to relax over dinner with your fellow Alfisti.
This is one of our occasional regional meet- ings, intended to encourage members who wouldn't normally be able to attend a club meeting to come along and meet each other. But even if you don’t live in the north end of the Sound, of course you’re welcome to come anyway!
Emory’s features fish, steaks, pasta, sal- ads, and pizza, so there are lots of dining options. Our dinner reservation is for 7 pm. Please text your RSVP (including your name) to me at (206) 849-3211 (so we have a headcount for the restaurant), or if you have anyquestions.
Emory’s on Silver Lake
11830 19th Ave SE
Everett, WA 98290
March 12, 7-8:30
March 20 - Dinner & Il Sorpasso Movie, Queen Anne
Join us for dinner and a movie - Dino Risi’s 1962 road trip comedy classic Il Sorpasso, part of SIFF’s “Viva Italia! The Passion of Italian Cinema” film festival.
SIFF describes Il Sorpasso as: “In Rome, a shy law student (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is hitting the books, when his introverted cocoon is pierced by a charming, extroverted hedonist (Vittorio Gassman) in a sports car. Trintignant's resistance is overcome, and the two roar away to the Italian Riviera. Sun, speed, food, drink, women, dancing: Trintignant nibbles at the edges of these pleasures, but Gassman is all in. He's an irresistible force of nature, but is Trintignant meant to live in Gassman's carefree climate?”
Watch a trailer for Il Sorpasso, and a review. The film prominently features a Lancia Aurelia, but we’ll watch carefully for any Alfa Romeos that may have snuck in.
We plan to have dinner at a yet-to-be-determined nearby restaurant before the film. Sound like fun? If so, you need to purchase your ticket(s) as soon as possible for the film at the SIFF website. If you wish to join us for din- ner before the show, text your RSVP (including your name) to me at (206) 849-3211 so we know how many people to make the reservation.
SIFF Cinema Uptown Theater
511 Queen Anne Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109
Wednesday, March 20
Dinner at 6pm, movie at 7:30pm
April 6 - NW VWintage and Classic, Puyallup
We have another treat in store for the April Club Meeting: a tour of Northwest Vintage and Classic’s shop in Enumclaw!
Many of us will know this location as what used to be Butch Dennison’s operation before he re- tired, and new owner Mike Velsher, who will be conducting the tour, has carried things forward in fine style! We can look forward to a feast of interesting cars and projects of all types. Come on down and join the fun!
Northwest Vintage and Classic
11203 Benston Drive East, Suite 500
Puyallup, WA 98372
Meet there at 9:15 am for a 9:30 am start; we should be all done by 11:30 am, after which we’ll retreat to a local hostelry for lunch. - Jon Inge
TBA - New Search Parties Planned!
We don’t have any specific activities planned for the immediate future, but are definitely working on some more of last year’s popular Search Party runs! If you have any ideas for routes, themes or specific curi- osities for us to find, please drop a note to .
In the meantime, those of you with iPhones have a feast of possible back-road runs to explore within the Rallista app. The rest of us can come up with our own routes and destinations by some diligent studying of local maps. Either way, next time there’s a break in the weather, fire up the Alfa, head on out and send us some photos of where you went and what you saw!