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So is this Alfa Romeo history or Maserati history? This little dilemma has taught me to not get too wrapped around a badge but rather to just sit back and realize that the most glorious era of motorsport has passed us by and to laugh at all the folks who get their panties wrapped around an axle when they are completely missing the point...

Quote: Originally Posted by John Brase Quoted from your excellent wikipedia article: "Horst used the same GTA to qualify for the 1966 SCCA ARRC runoffs at Riverside. He went on to win the first ARRC B-Sedan National Championship in a famous race with 25 lead changes, against the Lotus Cortina of Allan Moffat, and was presented with the SCCA President's Cup for his outstanding drive." That race is responsible for me...

Quoted from your excellent wikipedia article: "Horst used the same GTA to qualify for the 1966 SCCA ARRC runoffs at Riverside. He went on to win the first ARRC B-Sedan National Championship in a famous race with 25 lead changes, against the Lotus Cortina of Allan Moffat, and was presented with the SCCA President's Cup for his outstanding drive." That race is responsible for me being an Alfista. Before that I was a Brit...

What the heck was subject? Some sort of tour?

This car is also a BMW 328, special bodied by a german pilot named Wernek, who take part at some GP's in Romania. After he died his wife sold the car to a romanian pilot, Alexa Devasal. Is nice to see my blog mentioned here A U T O M O B I L I A

To put Norway on the Alfa Romeo historic map - There was a norwegian driver, Eugen Bjørnstad, who also drove a Monza in the late thirties, and won some Grand Prix races. He was highly respected at the factory and also by the local alfa fans. He was honorary member of the Norwegian Alfa Romeo club until he deceased in ´92. 1937 GRAND PRIX SEASON - PART 3 http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/db.htm#BJ

mille grazie - for now; my daughter will have to help me with any more italian ... steven

Those are Maseratis.

Let me tell you something about the Piedmontese nobility, as you know i live in Turin. Beaumont is a village in Haute-Savoie, french Alps. The dynasty of the Savoy, the kings of Italy, comes from that area as the name suggests. 6 centuries ago, the Duchy of Savoy was a territory that went from Geneva to Nice, passing through Turin and the valley of the Po. The capital was Chambery and later on Turin. The Revelli were an old military family and...