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I thought that some of you might enjoy photos from Monterey Car Week, 2012.
My Dad and I attended Car Week back in 2010 (Pebble Beach being the main event) and wanted to attend more of the events that we weren't able to in 2010 this time around. Around the Monterey area during Car Week, there are many many different auto auctions at the plethora of country clubs in around the area including car shows, historic auto races at Laguna Seca, specific Concours events such as Italiano and then of course the main event, Pebble Beach which is at the very end. We brought our motorcycles along as we did in 2010 but this time didn't get do nearly as much riding as we were busy attending the events. Because of Caroll Shelby's passing earlier this year, much of the venue at many of the events this year catered to Shelbys and Cobras in remembrance of him as you will see in the photos. By the end of each day we felt as if we had gone not stop as we went from event to event to event. It was well worth it thought as we saw some of the worlds finest, many that were only "one offs" and some that were pre-production cars that were just getting unveiled for the first time to public like the new Viper. It was also astounding to watch what many of these cars were going for such as a LWB Ferrari California Spyder fetch over 11 million!
I had the pleasure of meeting some folks in the biz such Bob Bondurant, Adam Carolla and Matt D'Andria (Adam's moderator from CarCast), Corky Coker, Randy Ema the expert Duesenberg restorer/historian and Jay Leno again (more on this below and we get into the photos). I have to say they were all all extremely nice folks and very friendly to talk with. I can't say enough how much of an honor to be able to meet them!! At the 2010 Concour, Jay offered a tour of his garage in exchange for a set donation amount donated to the Boys & Girls Club charity. Ever since then, I decided that I would save up the amount so that for the next time I attended the show I would do it- which I am!! J The way that it works is like a gift certificate where you have opportunity of basically choosing your own desired tour date within a years' time. I will most likely fly back down in the next couple of months depending on the work load from my classes and do it on a weekend. Did I say mention that I'm totally ecstatic?!
I have close to a thousand + photos of the trip so these are just a few. For the big event, we got up at 4:30 as the best to get there is really early as possible to see the cars drive in and get photos before the crowds arrive. Because of this in many of them as you will see include the owners doing some final detailing after they parked before the show started. Some photos are crappy iPhone pics so the quality isn't the best. There are also videos as well. The photos are in order of the trip, so the auctions, cars shows and races will be first, then Pebble Beach and some other miscellaneous photos of later on. You will also see the actual car used in Clint Eastwood's movie "Grand Tornino" as it is on display at his restaurant "Mission Ranch" in Carmel. What an absolute gorgeous area to say the least that he has there.
After Concours, I traveled down a bit further to spend an extra week with my relatives while Dad went back up to get back to work. I've included a few photos as well of some of my favorite roads to ride down here. Oh the endless canyons and scenery! ;-)
Just another Aventador! Driving around this area this time of year is unreal, it truly is. Just about every stop light literally has at least two or three Ferraris, a couple Porche's and Lamborghini. It wasn't uncommon at all to pass a Veyron, McClaren, imported Pagani or a Koenigsegg.
Mecum Auctions- The format was very similar to Barret Jackson.
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My Dad and I attended Car Week back in 2010 (Pebble Beach being the main event) and wanted to attend more of the events that we weren't able to in 2010 this time around. Around the Monterey area during Car Week, there are many many different auto auctions at the plethora of country clubs in around the area including car shows, historic auto races at Laguna Seca, specific Concours events such as Italiano and then of course the main event, Pebble Beach which is at the very end. We brought our motorcycles along as we did in 2010 but this time didn't get do nearly as much riding as we were busy attending the events. Because of Caroll Shelby's passing earlier this year, much of the venue at many of the events this year catered to Shelbys and Cobras in remembrance of him as you will see in the photos. By the end of each day we felt as if we had gone not stop as we went from event to event to event. It was well worth it thought as we saw some of the worlds finest, many that were only "one offs" and some that were pre-production cars that were just getting unveiled for the first time to public like the new Viper. It was also astounding to watch what many of these cars were going for such as a LWB Ferrari California Spyder fetch over 11 million!
I had the pleasure of meeting some folks in the biz such Bob Bondurant, Adam Carolla and Matt D'Andria (Adam's moderator from CarCast), Corky Coker, Randy Ema the expert Duesenberg restorer/historian and Jay Leno again (more on this below and we get into the photos). I have to say they were all all extremely nice folks and very friendly to talk with. I can't say enough how much of an honor to be able to meet them!! At the 2010 Concour, Jay offered a tour of his garage in exchange for a set donation amount donated to the Boys & Girls Club charity. Ever since then, I decided that I would save up the amount so that for the next time I attended the show I would do it- which I am!! J The way that it works is like a gift certificate where you have opportunity of basically choosing your own desired tour date within a years' time. I will most likely fly back down in the next couple of months depending on the work load from my classes and do it on a weekend. Did I say mention that I'm totally ecstatic?!
I have close to a thousand + photos of the trip so these are just a few. For the big event, we got up at 4:30 as the best to get there is really early as possible to see the cars drive in and get photos before the crowds arrive. Because of this in many of them as you will see include the owners doing some final detailing after they parked before the show started. Some photos are crappy iPhone pics so the quality isn't the best. There are also videos as well. The photos are in order of the trip, so the auctions, cars shows and races will be first, then Pebble Beach and some other miscellaneous photos of later on. You will also see the actual car used in Clint Eastwood's movie "Grand Tornino" as it is on display at his restaurant "Mission Ranch" in Carmel. What an absolute gorgeous area to say the least that he has there.
After Concours, I traveled down a bit further to spend an extra week with my relatives while Dad went back up to get back to work. I've included a few photos as well of some of my favorite roads to ride down here. Oh the endless canyons and scenery! ;-)
Just another Aventador! Driving around this area this time of year is unreal, it truly is. Just about every stop light literally has at least two or three Ferraris, a couple Porche's and Lamborghini. It wasn't uncommon at all to pass a Veyron, McClaren, imported Pagani or a Koenigsegg.
Mecum Auctions- The format was very similar to Barret Jackson.
WOW! Lot of things and people there that most of us would never see outside of a show like that! Thanks so much for sharing all the photos with us! :cool
