
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
- A line-up that certainly eye-catching
- And more very special designs
- And our display at Retro Auto, looking quite sharp too
- Autographed ’54 French GP W196 garage
- Plenty of nice things to see at Automobilia
- Plenty of nice things to see at Automobilia
Some of those “strange times” you feel could only happen here:
- Just put it anywhere convenient really
- The streets in Monterey are covered in rare & exotics – cue this unknown babe
- 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:
- The star of the RM show
- Then again, there was a lot of start power in that room alone…
- Then again, there was a lot of start power in that room alone…
- Then again, there was a lot of start power in that room alone…
- Then again, there was a lot of start power in that room alone…
- Then again, there was a lot of start power in that room alone…
- Then again, there was a lot of start power in that room alone…
- and then you stepped outside…
- and then you stepped outside…
- and then you stepped outside…
- and then you stepped outside…
- and then you stepped outside…
- Proper Miura, eyelashes and all
- Special F40
- It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a gullwing
- Little 718 tucked away…
- something for (almost) everyone
- And what a Bugatti company indeed…
- 166 MM Berlinetta – that’s a lot of car right there…
- Moving history…
- Enzo, F50, have we forgotten anything
- Enzo, F50, have we forgotten anything
- Another one with Le Mans credentials
- and then you stepped outside…
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
- The dawn patrol – a great tradition thanks to our friends at Hagerty
- The dawn patrol – a great tradition thanks to our friends at Hagerty
- The dawn patrol – a great tradition thanks to our friends at Hagerty
- 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:
- 8C class that’s oozing with … class
- 8C class that’s oozing with … class
- 8C class that’s oozing with … class
- 8C class that’s oozing with … class
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…:
- talk about Elegance
- talk about Elegance (again)
- yes please
- yes please
- An Avion Voisin is always more airplane than neighbor …
- … especially when considering its roofline.
- when you’ve distilled (the art of) the teardrop
- Oh yes, that’d be a winner for us as well…
- the more the merriest…
- A 250LM up close & personal
- 250GTO series II – you really got me now
- Quite the attention seeker
- Some of those Le Mans practitioners… ready or not
- More Le Mans partitionner – a nice little Alpine
- Quite nice, also, to see friends catching up around unique machines
- Quite a regal entrance
- Panamericana participants, if you can picture it
- It’s very much a wrap at Casa Ferrari that early in the morning
- It’s (horse)shoe-in
- happy family indeed
- prototype that’s not covered up any longer – the monster Hennessey Venom