July 15th, 2005

Volume 1, Issue 1

Italian Cars at Pocono

Italian Car Festival in Canton, Ohio

For the 19th year, car and motor-cycle lovers were able to enjoy the most spectacular and largest three day Italian automotive gathering in North America. Le Belle Macchine d’Italia event, set against the majes-tic and serene backdrop of the Pocono Mountains of Eastern Pennsylvania provided three days of pure excitement. The first day, which was the only part open to the public was the”Concorso d’Eleganza”, which was a beauty pageant of the most renowned and prestigious Italian car names: Alfa Romeo, Bizzarrini, De Tomaso, Ferrari, Fiat, Iso, Lancia, Maserati, and most importantly, Lambor-ghini.

The following two days were at Pocono Raceway for only the lov-ers, owners, and club members, by invitation only. The track event was great whether you were driv-ing on the track or not, there was plenty of excitement; Lamborghini was even offering rides for charity in the Gallardo and Murcielago!

As in the past we were given the opportunity to meet some of the staff from Lamborghini that create these awesome automobiles, among them were Rene Sueltzner, James DelConte, Ehren Bragg, and special guest Valentino Balboni. As would anyone expect, this group from Lambor-ghini was fun and extremely pleasant to talk to, making many of us even prouder to be Lamborghini owners.

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from Novelty, Ohio took top honors in the Lambor-ghini class for the second year in a row with their striking 1992 red Diablo.

Notable other Lamborghinis included an awesome 2001 gold Diablo SE owned by Earl Gibbs the pro-prietor of North Coast Exotics, a service and repair garage for Italian exotic cars located in Cleveland, Ohio. Pete Droese from Jefferson, Ohio brought out his gorgeous red 25th Anniversary Countach. Norman Kent from Sewickley, Pennsylvania was back for his second year in a row with his stunning

On Sunday, July 10th 60+ Italian cars and 25+ Italian motorcycles and scooters graced the show field once again for the 4th annual “Italian Car Festival” in Can-ton, Ohio. This year the event was again blessed with outstanding, if not hot, weather. The light breeze helped to cool the show field and display the sea of 50+ Italian, Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lamborghini, etc. flags and banners lining the display perimeter.

This year’s Lamborghini contingent was an impressive and diverse group of cars. Steve and Arlene Comet

• Concorso d’Italia at Meadow Brook: August 7th

• Lamborghini National

Meet: August 17-21st

• Woodward Dream

Cruise: August 20th

• Wheels of Italy: August

27th

Inside this issue:

Italian Cars at Pocono 1

Italian Car Festival in Canton, Ohio

1

Our New Michigan Dealership

4

Lamborghini Owners, Update your contact info !!!

5

Technical Talk—Wheels & Tires

7

Discounts for MID-WEST LAMBOS !!! Upcoming Events

8 10

MIDWEST LAMBOS A NEWSLETTER FOR THE MIDWEST REGION OF THE LCA

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Upcoming Events:

Italian Cars at Pocono (continued from page 1)

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Concorso d’Eleganza Winners:

Best of Class

99 Diablo Roadster Scott Guy

Front Engine GT Class

1st Place 91LM002 Jessi Kleinecht

2nd Place 68 Islero Lou Herrin

Gallardo Class

1st Place 04 Gallardo John Brandt Jr.

2nd Place 04 Gallardo John Brandt Sr.

3rd Place 04 Gallardo Luis Rivera

Countach Class & Mid Engine GT

1st Place 881/2 Countach Keir Kleinecht

2nd Place 70 Miura S Kirk Meighan

3rd Place 85 Countach Patrick Rolling

Diablo Class

1st Place 99 Diablo Roadster Scott Guy

2nd Place 94 Diablo VT Carlo Vernia

3rd Place 94 Diablo VT Andrew Romanowski

“Best of Show” honors went to a very rare 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta owned by Motorcar Portfolio, a dealer of antique and classic automobiles in Can-ton, Ohio.

For information regarding next year’s event on Sun-day, July 9th 2006, please feel free to contact the event chairman:

Lee Contie

1364 Stardust Ave., N.W.

Canton, Ohio 44708

H (330) 471-9980 W (330) 363-5055

lcontie@aultman.com

2004 black Gallardo. Kent made the drive once again with fellow Pennsylvanian and Italian car en-thusiast Leo Rodriguez and his 1985 Ferrari 308 GTSi QV.

The Italian Car Festival also had on display an ex-traordinary group of vintage and contemporary Ferraris, Alfa Romeos, Fiats, Lancias, and Maseratis. The motorcycle and scooter display area as well had an eclectic selection of vintage and contempo-rary Ducatis, Moto Guzzis, Bimotas, Moto Morinis, Benellis, Bimotas, and Vespas. This was probably one of the largest such gatherings of Italian vehicles in the state of Ohio.

Car show participants were also seen enjoying food (pizza, sausage and pepper sandwiches, calzones, pasta, etc.) from the 50+ food vendors and enter-tainment from the 19th Annual “Stark County Ital-ian-American Festival” that the car show is held in conjunction with.

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Our New Michigan Dealership ! Well the time has finally come, we now have a Michigan Lamborghini dealership! After the press re-lease of the new Lamborghini dealership, we got right out to meet our new friends. The facility was impressive and it appears that they have a very solid infrastructure. I look forward to working with them.

The staff at Lamborghini Troy is as follows:

David Fischer - Dealer Principal

David Butler - General Manager

Matthew Vazana - General Sales Manager

David Mast - Sales

Ross Dressel - Sales

Mark Clark - Service Director

Dan Bembas - Service Advisor

Kirk Robinson - Master Technician

Adam Maguire - Technician

Larrie Mellott - Technician

1755-D Maplelawn Dr.

Troy, MI 48084

Located in the Troy Motor Mall

A Member of The Suburban Collection

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LAMBORGHINI TROY authorized dealer

Please Update / Add Your Contact info !!

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Maintaining current contact information of the owners in our region is extremely im-portant, please take a moment to update or add your contact information on this form (this information is kept confidential to Lamborghini Club America), then tear out and mail to: MIDWEST LAMBOS PO BOX 700354 Plymouth, MI 48170-0946

Name _______________________________________________

Mailing address ________________________________________________

________________________________________________

Email address ________________________________________________

Telephone # ________________________________________________

Lamborghini model & year ____________________________________

Lamborghini model & year ____________________________________

Lamborghini model & year ____________________________________

(some of us are too lucky!)

See reverse side for other Lamborghini owners that you know that would like to be added to our list.

ADDITIONAL LAMBO OWNERS...

Name _______________________________________________

Mailing address ________________________________________________

________________________________________________

Email address ________________________________________________

Telephone # ________________________________________________

Lamborghini model & year ____________________________________

Lamborghini model & year ____________________________________

Lamborghini model & year ____________________________________

(some of us are too lucky!)

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Technical Talk - Wheels & Tires

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3440 Morse Road

Columbus, Ohio 43231 USA

614- 471-7535 www.evansauto.com

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FREE SHIPPING OR REDUCED INSTALLATION PRICE FOR MIDWEST LAMBOS !!

Events Sunday, August 7, 2005 - Concorso d'Italia at Meadow Brook Concours - Rochester, Michigan Concorso d'Italia celebrates the passion that auto enthusiasts have for Italian cars and the trademark styling that goes with them. They gather to view the finest and most exceptional Italian automobiles including Ferrari, Maserati and LAMBORGHINI. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the gate. Tickets are $25 or $20 in advance. Concorso d'Italia: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm at Meadow Brook Hall For more information: at Meadow Brook Concours Lolly Bezy, Concours Executive Director lbezy@mbhconcours.org or 248.269.7672

www.meadowbrookconcours.org

August 17,18,19,20,21 - The 26th Annual LAMBORGHINI National Meet - Monterey, California

-The New Lamborghini Concept Car will be featured at the Concorso Italiano.

-Many Lamborghini’s and Lamborghini friends !

Friday, August 19th: The Annual Concorso Italiano - www.concorso.com

Saturday, August 20th: Laguna Seca Historic Races - www.laguna-seca.com Sunday, August 21st: Pebble Beach Concours - www.pebblebeachconcours.net For more information: Jim and Joan Heady - LAMBORGHINI CLUB AMERICA 925-253-9399 days FAX: 925-253-9397 e-mail: heady@lamborghiniclub.com www.lamborghiniclub.com

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Photos from last year’s national meet

Andrew Romanowski with Valentino Balboni and Rene Sueltzner of Lamborghini at Pocono Raceway after Andrew’s ride with Valentino

Saturday, August 20 - 11th Annual Woodward Dream Cruise - Ferndale, Michigan Mark your calendars ! ! The Woodward Dream Cruise is the world's largest one-day celebration of car culture that attracts over 1.7 million visitors, and more than 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles.

Cruisers and spectators will be driving along a 16-mile route of nine communities including Berkley, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Ferndale, Huntington Woods, Pleasant Ridge, Pontiac and Royal Oak. Although many communities host events during the preceding days and nights, the Woodward Dream Cruise officially takes place 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, August 20.

www.woodwarddreamcruise.com

Saturday, August 27th - Wheels of Italy - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attention all Midwest Lamborghini owners, on August 27th there will be the annual Wheels of Italy car show held at the Lake Calhoun Ex-ecutive Plaza in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Last years event had around 8 Lamborghinis but there are way more already planned for this year and they are always looking for more! The event is FREE to both spectators AND owners! Registration as well as some photos from last year’s show are available on the WOI home page at www.wheelsofitaly.com

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WANTED– UPDATED CONTACT INFO OF OWNERS

Maintaining current contact information of the owners in our region is extremely important, please take a mo-ment to update or add your contact information.

If the form on page 5 has already been used, you can email Andrew Romanowski at andy@dibble.net or mail to MIDWEST LAMBOS PO BOX 700354 Plymouth, MI 48170-0946 with the following information (this in-formation is kept confidential to Lamborghini Club America):

-Name

-Mailing address

-Email address

-Telephone number

-Lamborghini model & year

The main purpose of the Midwest region is to provide a resource for fellow Midwest owners and to get owners together on our website, events and other Lamborghini related interests. Until recently many of us thought that Lamborghinis in this area were extremely rare, but we are finding that there are many owners in the Midwest, we just don't know each other; an aim of this region is to change that.

Currently we are in contact with almost 200 owners in the Midwest, with your help we can extend that contact base even more; please take a moment and return the enclosed form with your current contact info and that of any other Lamborghini owners that you may know (this information is kept confidential to Lamborghini Club America).

I appreciate your time in reading this newsletter and I look forward to meeting more Lamborghini owners!

Andrew Romanowski—Midwest Region Director

Phone: 734-216-4455 Fax: 734-451-8983 E-mail: andy@dibble.net

MIDWEST LAMBOS PO BOX 700354 PLYMOUTH, MI

48170-0946

www.midwestlambos.com

Please visit our website !!