Monterey Car Week; Ferrari Club Concours 2015
Monterey Car Week usually ends with the Concours d’Elegance on Sunday. This year (Aug, 2015) we extended our time in northern California to attend the 2015 Ferrari Club of America (FCA) National Meet which started immediately after Pebble Beach. The Meet was hosted by the FCA’s Pacific Region, a great group of folks. The highlight was the Ferrari Club Concours.
Very early Monday we met our car hauler at the Nicklaus Club in Monterey, a private membership country club. The venue was quite beautiful; a Spanish architecture clubhouse, 18-hole golf course, and southern California style residences. The Club was a convenient few miles from the Hyatt Monterey, ground zero for the FCA Meet.
This event had some logistical problems; IT issues with ticket purchases, insufficient parking, and lack of space for the haulers to park and unload. Something I did not understand; spectators were not allowed to purchase tickets at the event, only pre-purchased tickets by FCA members were allowed. Several vendors we spoke with were unhappy with the Concours as they had so little foot traffic. It was never crowded, and there was plenty of room for more cars on the field, though they had stopped taking car registrations for ‘lack of room’. Regardless, we thoroughly enjoyed the cars and being with our Ferrari brethren.
The Ferraris that attended were surprisingly good, a nice mix of vintage to new, and speciales. Mr. AutoBlonde was judging, which he enjoys and at which he is quite proficient. However it does turn a long day into a very long day. In spite of the poor logistics on the registration end we did have a grand time with our Ferrari friends, and visiting with Ferrari Club members from other regions and countries. A shout out to Phillip and the gang in the Ferrari Club of New Zealand, what a fun bunch they were all week!!
Pictures from the FCA Concours
Setting up for the day
2+2’s
More 2+2’s
Dinos
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Phillips arrive in their 1955 500 Mondial Series II
328’s
512’s
550’s
599’s
The unique color on the spider is Avorio
355’s
TR’s
360’s
More 328’s
Daytona’s
There’s our 1962 250 GT/E
1985 288 GTO
The only LaFerrari on the field, surprisingly
F40’s
275’s
1950 Inter Ghia Coupe 195
1965 500 Superfast
1961 400 Superamerica
1956 250 GT Alloy Boano
1956 250 Europa GT
1963 400 Superamerica
The judges judging
The badge on a Superfast
Some of the platinum winners
Tom Yang receiving an award for his customer’s 330 America
A rare HTC Package on this Ferrari 550. Note the special exhaust tips
1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider PF recently restored by Ferrari Classiche
Best in Show; 1963 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupe Aerodinamico Prototipo, a beauty from New England
