Race Week in Monterey – it’s so great to be back!

The reasons were good and many but the reality is that there is simply no possible replacement for the pleasures supplied in inordinate volumes by a full dose of race-week on the Monterey peninsula. Picture this: the events, the cars, the friends, the racing, the auctions, the action, did we already mention the friends? In fact, don’t picture it. Just rely on the small selection of photos we gathered for you here and make arrangements to join us next year – you won’t regret being there – we swear – at life speed!

And, just to give you a flavor of what you could see, here we go:

Suixtil moments, there were a few great ones, thanks to our friends Dick, Tom, David, Dennis, Philip, Tony and so many others (you know who you are and how in your debt we are):

Quail spirit award goes to our friend Dick’s ’58 Giulietta Bertone Sprint Coupe (in colors, please)…

our friend David takes us along to meet (an)other of our heroes – Mr. Le Mans himself

Our friend Tom at the wheel of a 250LM on the Tour d’Elegance ©@ferrari_fotographer

Mariano meets Zak Brown – it’s race week after all

happy, happier, happiest – thanks to Peter for the great book

And our display at Retro Auto, looking quite sharp too

Plenty of nice things to see at Automobilia

Some of those “strange times” you feel could only happen here:

The streets in Monterey are covered in rare & exotics – cue this unknown babe

The auctions action? Well, the main ones at least (we were fortunate enough to be able to visit both RM Sotheby’s and Goodings, always provide sights that are hard to comprehend – just have a look underneath and tell us what you think:

Then again, there was a lot of start power in that room alone…

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a gullwing

166 MM Berlinetta – that’s a lot of car right there…

As to the Concours itself? well, if you’re like us you’ll want to be there for the dawn patrol – a now well-established tradition made all the more pleasant that our friends at Hagerty have gotten into the game and organize truly welcome coffee and donuts at that dawn-break (around 0600) and the atmosphere is quite friendly and relaxed:

The dawn patrol – a great tradition thanks to our friends at Hagerty

And from there on, it is marvel upon marvel and one jaw-dropping surprise after another – Our personal favorite this year? The 8Cs category:

And for the best of all the rest, for us, of course – there was just so much to see that we can well imagine either spending a few more days to take it all in or, as is always the case in such events, miss some crucial moments: what a cruel dilemma… anyways, here’s what we came up with – just for you…: