Mid August marks Car Week in Monterey, CA where the greatest gathering of rare, unique and exotic cars all come together for shows, auctions, driving, racing and of course the famed Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance to cap everything off.
The Rolex Monterey Historic Races take place for several days at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with the paddock area wide open to attendees. Mecum, Russo & Steele, Bonhams, Gooding & Co., and RM Sotheby's Auctions are all in action, selling every type of car you can imagine. Bonhams, Gooding and RM generally have the cream of the crop, often vying for maximum publicity prior to the weekend. German cars are on display at Legends of the Autobahn, classic racecars are shown at The Quail, and Concorso Italiano shows off the best of Italian style and design. The Concours de LeMons takes a tongue in cheek approach to car shows, just as the 24 Hours of LeMons pokes fun at endurance racing. Everything culminates with the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, with incredible cars from all over the world assembling on the 18th fairway along the Pacific coast. One of the best experiences at Pebble is "Dawn Patrol", when the cars all roll onto the lawn, one by one, and you get to see and hear these amazing automobiles in motion. Every car guy needs to do this at least once!!
Let's start with something rather unique this year - Casa Ferrari.
A few years ago Meguiar's was asked to prep and maintain the cars on display with Ferrari North America at Pebble Beach, as well as at a special venue Ferrari had set up for the North American launch of the F12 Berlinetta. This year Ferrari rented an estate and dressed it up to look like an old Italian estate, complete with gas station, Ferrari store, and a quick detail center where any Ferrari owner could have their car cleaned at no charge. Of course they asked Meguiar's to staff the detail center, and we jumped at the chance.
The car in the background? That's a 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spyder Series 1. This car competed in the Pebble Beach Road Races back in the 1950s including the last event held, 1956. At the end of the week on Sunday at Pebble Beach, this car won it's class.
Yes, that's our own Danny Hernandez from our Customer Care Center working really, really hard. You can easily tell this by the look on his face. Poor guy.
The Rolex Monterey Historic Races take place for several days at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with the paddock area wide open to attendees. Mecum, Russo & Steele, Bonhams, Gooding & Co., and RM Sotheby's Auctions are all in action, selling every type of car you can imagine. Bonhams, Gooding and RM generally have the cream of the crop, often vying for maximum publicity prior to the weekend. German cars are on display at Legends of the Autobahn, classic racecars are shown at The Quail, and Concorso Italiano shows off the best of Italian style and design. The Concours de LeMons takes a tongue in cheek approach to car shows, just as the 24 Hours of LeMons pokes fun at endurance racing. Everything culminates with the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, with incredible cars from all over the world assembling on the 18th fairway along the Pacific coast. One of the best experiences at Pebble is "Dawn Patrol", when the cars all roll onto the lawn, one by one, and you get to see and hear these amazing automobiles in motion. Every car guy needs to do this at least once!!
Let's start with something rather unique this year - Casa Ferrari.
A few years ago Meguiar's was asked to prep and maintain the cars on display with Ferrari North America at Pebble Beach, as well as at a special venue Ferrari had set up for the North American launch of the F12 Berlinetta. This year Ferrari rented an estate and dressed it up to look like an old Italian estate, complete with gas station, Ferrari store, and a quick detail center where any Ferrari owner could have their car cleaned at no charge. Of course they asked Meguiar's to staff the detail center, and we jumped at the chance.
The car in the background? That's a 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spyder Series 1. This car competed in the Pebble Beach Road Races back in the 1950s including the last event held, 1956. At the end of the week on Sunday at Pebble Beach, this car won it's class.
Yes, that's our own Danny Hernandez from our Customer Care Center working really, really hard. You can easily tell this by the look on his face. Poor guy.
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