Lex Davison drove Alfa Romeos too

By Jim Stratmann Now I know that many Alfisti know a lot about recent events featuring those cars that we all love but old codgers, like me, have memories going back more years than is comfortable to remember. However, I think that it’s time for you young whippersnappers to learn a bit about a truly…

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Phillip Island Historics 2014

Vice President Laurie Ardill accompanied Peter Axford and Dale Ashby to the 2014 Philip Island Classic Festival of Motor Sport meeting. This story appeared in the AROCA SA April 2014 magazine. Peter and Dale were anxious to give the newly finished Class S Montreal and 105 a run along with the other magnificent machinery that…

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Alfisti Guide To Modena And Maranello

For Alfisti the main attraction in a trip to Italy is a visit to the Alfa Romeo Museo Storico at Arese, to the north of Milano.  However, Alfisti are usually interested in Italian racing automobiles generally and the centre for competion and high performance cars must be in the Modena and Bologna regions. This region…

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Alfa engines in other chassis

We always hear about the successful Grand Prix cars that Alfa have built over the years but we don’t hear much about the less successful attempts by other chassis builders to use Alfa engines in Formula One. It’s really quite surprising how many have built cars with Alfa motive power. After the great success of…

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The Nuvolari Restaurant

Last year I wrote an article for the magazine about my visit to the Tazio Nuvolari Museum in Mantua, Italy. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the great Nuvolari, here is a brief reminder of some of his achievements. He drove mainly Alfa Romeo cars in the grand prix races between the wars…

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