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Monterey Historics 2015 - Personal Recommendations
Dear Rennlisters:
As a local to the area, here are recommendations for interesting events during the upcoming 2015 Monterey Historics
that are often overlooked by popular internet guides like this one:
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These events below are listed in the guide...but some have changed venues for this year & I wanted you all to be aware of that.
So caveat lector!
Remember to buy your ticket for Laguna Seca's 'Motorsports Reunion' Historic Races prior to getting to the track to save money.
My recommendation is the authorized agents at the Shell Gasoline Station next to Home Depot on Canyon del Rey Blvd & US 1!
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Saturday Evening August 15th
Finally, the traditional 'Carrera Panamericana' Saturday reunion dinner:
This is where friends of the original 'Carrera Panamericana' & the modern 'La Carrera Panamericana' meet during the August Historics!
This dinner was formerly held at 'Baja Cantina' and has now been moved to Pat Phinny's other restaurant - 'Turn 12' -
located at the 400 Tyler Street in Monterey!
For more information, please contact Bill Hemmer at:
See you all soon in our Carmel area!
Saludos,
Eduardo
Currently in Porto Cervo, Sardinia
I was disappointed, not saying you won't, with the Monterey Aquarium. For one it was overpriced and it seemed you didn't get you full value for the money you spent. But that is what I get for living in a Beach town in Southern California where Long Beach's Aquarium is free to get into on some day's and some groups. But I am not saying don't go, the Monterey Aquarium fund's a lot of science and research with their income.
Eduardo, thank you, that's very helpful. My wife and I are already set up to attend a number of these events. Still debating about which auction to attend, just to observe and learn, not as a bidder. Friday's going to be our busiest day with the Porsche reunion, Legends, and Quail Lodge. All good fun.
Thanks for posting this. I'm planning on the Werks Reunion on Friday. The rest of the week I'm gonna play it by ear with work and see when I can get away. The guy who does my detailing works for a bunch of the people displaying cars at the Concours and he told me midweek they show the cars on certain afternoons right there on Ocean St. I'm trying to find out when that happens. A lot cheaper than a $350 ticket to get into the Concours.
Thanks for posting this. I'm planning on the Werks Reunion on Friday. The rest of the week I'm gonna play it by ear with work and see when I can get away. The guy who does my detailing works for a bunch of the people displaying cars at the Concours and he told me midweek they show the cars on certain afternoons right there on Ocean St. I'm trying to find out when that happens. A lot cheaper than a $350 ticket to get into the Concours.
Yikes!
Well, based on the experience we had the time we went to Pebble they could not get us in there if it was them paying us the $350. We beat tracks out of there and never felt such relief as when we were out of the car and ambling around Laguna Seca again. Anyway as you say there are lots of ways of seeing them for free. They are all over the place and the impromptu discoveries are sometimes even more memorable than the planned events.
Free events for Spectators: Carmel Concours on the Avenue - Tuesday
Carmel Lunch Stop on the Avenue for Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Rally - Thursday
Werks Reunion - Friday
Legends of Autobahn - Friday
Reasonably Priced Events: Automobilia - Tuesday & Wednesday. $15 at door.
Carmel Mission Classic - Wednesday. $35 in advance/$45 at door.
Includes wine tasting! Reasonably price food sold at event.
Turn 12 Panamericana Reunion Dinner - Saturday evening. $50 in advance,
Laguna Seca. Saturday. $80 in advance or at Shell Station / $100 at gate.
Concorso Italiano - Saturday - $160. Doesn't include any food or drink.
Barnyard Ferrari Gathering - $37 in advance /$45 at gate.
Not-So-Reasonably Priced Events: Concours d'Elegance - Sunday - $300 in advance/$350 at gate.
Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival - Wednesday night - $350 in advance. Includes food & drinks!
The Quail - Friday - The week's most exclusive event. Sold out. Approx. $600@.
Auctions: I find the RM Auction now to be unreasonably priced for spectators.
Mecum was free last year. Rick Cole was a nice event years ago.
Russo-Steele is very informal.
Gooding & Co auction and Bonhams are, in my opinion, the best!
The Quail is Now a Closed Club. If you aren't important in some industry or haven't been going for 10 years just forget about getting in.
There is also The Concours d’LeMons California on the 15 which is Free.
It is the Polar Opposite to Pebble Beach. It is where you bring cars that are falling apart or completely unique, though that isn't necessarily the point for each car that is brought. One year they had a convertable early 70's Caddy with a bulls-head on it and a tail in the back. If you lifted the tail ding dongs would fall out of it - an analogy to you know what (Number Two). And odds are you will see Wayne Carini there as well for that is one of the event's he never misses. He will generally rent a car from some car lot. The more eclectic and out or order the better.
Mecum needs to fill all those seats they set up as the number of cars sold their is probably on order's of magnitude greater than the other Auctions.
Barrett Jackson doesn't show for Pebble or Carmel right?
Although Hot August Nights, in Reno (they say Tahoe too but Tahoe doesn't have but a few event's due to cost to secure permits and pollution) starts August 1st and goes through the 9th Barrett Jackson does show up for that. About over 6-7 years ago it was difficult to auction off your car during the Reno event. But thanks to Mecum and a few smaller auction houses Barrett has lost a good portion of their share. That is why if you are lucky enough to get Velocity on your Cable you might have seen the Barrett Jackson commercial's announcing if you want to consign your car for their Reno Auction.
/Babbling
/Back on Topic
Last edited by Tacet-Conundrum; 08-03-2015 at 12:30 PM.
Here is a list of my favorite restaurants & wine tasting rooms in our area in case
it might be useful to some of you visiting during the Monterey Historics!
Other restaurants in Carmel Valley & Carmel Valley Village that I recommend:
Baja Cantina (Mexican) on 7166 Carmel Valley Road (not far from Carmel-by-the-Sea): http://www.carmelcantina.com
The weekly gathering of sport cars & hot rods is on Thursdays!
The Baja Cantina owner, auto collector Pat Phinny, also is the proprietor of 'Turn 12'
restaurant (American) in downtown Monterey - thus named because Laguna Seca
has 11 turns! http://www.turn12barandgrill.com
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Carmel Valley Village (20/30 minute drive from Carmel). Can also be accessed via
Laureles Grade from Route 68 in vicinity of Laguna Seca):
Corkscrew on 55 West Carmel Valley Road / Carmel Valley Village http://www.corkscrewcafe.com
The owners, Walter & Gaston Georis, also are the proprietors of Casanova &
The Biclyclette in Carmel. Gaston drives a Boxster.
Wine Tasting
Bernardus Winery Tasting Room on 5 West Carmel Valley Road / Carmel Valley Village http://www.bernardus.com/winery/tasting/index.htm
Bernardus Winery is owned by Ben Pon, an ex-Porsche factory driver,
whose family are Porsche (& VW Group) importers for Holland!
Carmel Mid-Valley
Jeffrey's Grill / 112 Mid Valley Center / Great Breakfast & Brunch spot.
Halfway to Carmel Village. Closer to Quail Lodge & Carmel proper! http://www.jeffreysgrillandcatering.com
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By the way, you can drive from Carmel to Greenfield (on 101, south of Salinas)
via Carmel Valley Road and Monterey County G16 Road. Pretty twisty...
and a good Porsche interior road to drive! http://www.inn-california.com/centra...alleyroad.html
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Here are some more recommendations in Monterey:
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Finally, Monterey Bay Aquarium in Cannery Road, Monterey (if you do one tourist stop, this is the one!).
World class aquarium on Monterey Bay! http://www.montereybayaquarium.org
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Have a great stay in our peninsula during the Historics!
Thanks for posting this. I'm planning on the Werks Reunion on Friday. The rest of the week I'm gonna play it by ear with work and see when I can get away. The guy who does my detailing works for a bunch of the people displaying cars at the Concours and he told me midweek they show the cars on certain afternoons right there on Ocean St. I'm trying to find out when that happens. A lot cheaper than a $350 ticket to get into the Concours.
The guy who does my detailing works for a bunch of the people displaying cars at the Concours and he told me midweek they show the cars on certain afternoons right there on Ocean St. I'm trying to find out when that happens.
Originally Posted by Larry Cable
+1
These two events will dominate Ocean Avenue Carmel on Tuesday and Thursday:
Some shops in town will sponsor private events that usually involve some fancy cars (usually Ferraris). But it will not compare to what you will
see on Tuesday or Thursday.
The latter event on Thursday will include a good % of the actual cars on display on Sunday at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. These cars
will participate in a Rally with their owners for 'fun' and also potential advantage in the concours competition. Should any vehicle that participate
in the Rally also tie with a competitor for first place, the trophy will go to the car that participated in the Rally as the tie-breaker!
So those of you looking for 'value', these two events on Ocean Avenue are it!
Saludos,
Eduardo
Porto-Vecchio, Corsica
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Last edited by Z356; 08-04-2015 at 09:45 PM.
Reason: Spelling
These two events will dominate Ocean Avenue Carmel on Tuesday and Thursday: Some shops in town will sponsor private events that involved some fancy cars (usually Ferraris). But it will not compare to what you will see on Tuesday or Thursday. The latter event on Thursday will include a good % of the actual cars on display on Sunday at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. These cars will participate in a Rally with their owners for 'fun' and also potential advantage in the concours competition. Should any vehicle that participate in the Rally also tie with a competitor for first place, the trophy will go to the car that participated in the Rally as the tie-breaker! So those of you looking for 'value', these two events on Ocean Avenue are it! Saludos, Eduardo Porto-Vecchio, Corsica .
NOT that Eduardo needs validation, but the events on Ocean Avenue are a highlight.
I'm unfortunately missing the whole shebang this year, but the concours on the avenue is fun and some amazing sports cars show up that aren't part of the Pebble Concours festivities. All the better, IMO, because I'm not particularly interested in many of the giant pre-war cars at pebble, but am VERY interested in so many of the great post war sports cars that show up on the avenue.
The "Rally" is fun to watch though, as it gives a visceral sense of the cars actually being used as cars.
08-02-2015, 01:53 AM
Monterey Historics 2015 - Personal Recommendations
