Monterey Car Week Engines

August 17th, 2010

Monterey Car Week Engines

At this years, events, I found myself snapping pictures of engines this year. Had I put any thought into it a head of time, I would have gone out of my way to get important engines from each of the great marques. But I didn’t. So here’s a somewhat random collection of the expensive metal that was on the Moneterey Peninsula for the 2010 events.

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Quail 2009

September 4th, 2009

Quail 2009

Unless Ben get’s himself out from under his Europa distraction and writes something up, this will be our last report on Monterey Car Week 2009. Pretty amazing year. And big THANKS to Les Ellis for all the photographs from so many of the best events.

Without further ado, the Quail…

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PG Rally 2009

September 4th, 2009

PG Rally 2009

More from Monterey Car Week 2009. Lower profile, yet no less loved, the Pacific Grove Rally was documented my Les Ellis. Included here are some of his favorite pictures.

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Gathering of Ferraris

August 20th, 2009

Gathering of Ferraris

Car Week is always jam packed with stuff for the car enthusiast to see or do and Les Ellis goes all out to make sure he covers the best of it, including the Ferrari Club of America’s Pacific Region Meeting.

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Pebble Beach Tour 2009

August 17th, 2009

Pebble Beach Tour 2009

Just when you thought the CVCC fun of Monterey Car Week was over for another year, we surprise you another fun collection of Les Ellis photos.

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Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2009

Keeping with tradition, Les and Ben attended this year’s Concours d’Elegance, closing up Car Week in Monterey with the utmost in style.

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Carmel Concours 2009

August 12th, 2009

Carmel Concours 2009

Les took some more great pictures at the Carmel-By-The-Sea Concours on the Avenue

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And So Begins Car Week 2009

August 11th, 2009

And So Begins Car Week 2009

Les Ellis captured these sights of historic racing automobiles getting ready for this year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Laguna Seca.

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Atwater Fall Festival 2008

September 26th, 2008

Atwater Fall Festival 2008

Who say’s there aren’t any classic British cars in the central valley? At the smallest “car show” I’ve been to all summer, I found two.

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Concours d'Elegance!

August 28th, 2008

Concours d'Elegance!

The exclamation point is due to the fact that this was my first time at the very prestigious event, and I was honored to get to attend.

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Connecting Point, Denair, Car Show 2008

The Connecting Point Church of the Nazarene hosted its 8th Annual Classic Car Show in Denair, just east of Turlock, on Saturday, August 16th.

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Car Show in the Laguna Seca Parking Area

It’s always fun to see the cars driven by people who enjoy cars. When the Historic Races teams are in the paddock or out on the course, the cars they got to the track in sit patiently for the ride home.

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For the Love of Enzo; Ferrari Challenge

I’m going to buy an Aston Martin hat.

Not because I love Astons so much that I feel the need to proclaim it to the world with overpriced merchandise (though I do.) But because last weekend, Ferrari upset me and I want to show my angst in the same way a child does when he/she holds his/her breath in protest (and just as pointlessly).

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And So Begins Car Week in Monterey, 2008

It’s Car Week in Monterey. Don’t miss next weekend’s Historic Races at Laguna Seca!

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