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About Me:: Maserati affecionado - primary interest is grand touring Maserati's of the 1950 - 1980 period

What car(s) do you own?: 3500 GTi; QP1a; QP1b; Mistral Coupe (2); Indy 4900; Ghibli Coupe; Khamsin; Bora; Merak SS; Spyder i; 430; Mexico

What do you like to do (e.g. vintage race with...)?: Drive long distances on the highway - i.e. Grand Touring

What would you like to do (e.g. go to race school; get into Vintage Racing)?: Like watching vintage racing; but not my thing to participate in. Enjoy Laguna Seca pit lane where I can see up close and talk to the vintage Maserati race car owner/drivers.

At 12:56pm on January 22, 2009, Colin W. Craig said…: Nearest thing to racing for me was some time ago - mid 1980's up at the local mountain side race track (Westwood) now sadly a housing subdivision. In those days Peter Giddings would show up in his pickup truck / camper towing a small flat bed trailer with his 250F mounted!! We were invited by Peter to park my 1962 3500 GTi next to the 250F and my son Andrew (then about six; now 27 and the owner of a 1980 Merak SS) got to sit in the 250F cockpit. It was neat seeing the racing engine next to the grand touring engine by the same wonderful Maserati engineer Guilio Alfieri - you could see the same hand at work and the engines looked remarkably similar. Also in those days Ivan Zaremba would should up with his classy ensemble - a dark bronze Quattroporte 1 from the mid 1960's towing an equally small flat trailer with his A6G Zagato!! It was wonderful watching both of those marvellous Maserati race cars roaring around the twisty mountainside race course at full song.

At 8:03pm on October 29, 2008, Stephen Page said…: Hi Colin
Welcome to MyVRL.
Please post photos (and race videos if you have them) and invite your friends to join.
All the best - Stephen
Chairman
The Vintage Racing League