Volume 8 Issue 6 - November/December 2001

President's Corner

by bill inglis

dear fca members,  

october was a wonderful month.  my wife and i attended the orange coast concours d?elegance in san juan capistrano. ferrari was the featured marque on an absolutely spectacular sunny day.  later on in the month, my wife and i were fortunate enough to go to tino mingori?s death valley ride and drive.  the furnace creek inn was, as always, spectacular.  the weather was wonderful all three days. other than a few minor complaints about soreness and stiffness from the horseback ride, everybody left on sunday morning feeling they had a wonderful time with compliments all around about tino?s organizational skills at putting together a truly spectacular weekend.

our chairman, marv landon, and event coordinator tom brockmiller, have been seriously working behind the scenes looking for sponsorship for our 2002 international meet to be held here in los angeles. it appears there are a number of smaller sponsors who are going to step up and help with the 2002 event. the club is getting near crunch time for sponsorships to appear and fortunately, we are picking up some interest from not only companies but individuals as well.  i believe we will have a very positive report early next year regarding our international meet.

it is that time of the year and the holidays are upon us. i would like to extend best wishes to all the members of the ferrari club of america in the hopes that the 2002 will be the best year ever for all the ferrari club members and the club as well.

Orange Coast Concours

the oaks polo field in san juan capistrano

article and photos by wally clark 

atsc?s 19th annual orange coast concours (formerly newport concours) was held on october 7th at the oaks polo field in san juan capistrano. this is 10 acres of grass and is a great venue for a car show. the weather was great and there were lots of flag waving people in attendance, given the fact that the usa started military actions in afghanistan the same day!

the field had over 250 cars and the diverse selection was superb. guests of honor were carroll shelby and dan gurney and the event was co-mc?ed by cbs channel 2 newsman kent shocknek.  honored marque this year was jaguar, along with special exhibitions of pre-war stock fords and a celebration of 100 years of ford racing cars.  some of the special jaguars were the ex-steve mcqueen 1956 xkss and the ex-mel torme 1937 ss100, both compliments of the petersen automotive museum.  there were also two "c" type jags along with an xk220 on display. in addition to the judged cars, there were car corrals and the ferrari corral was filled!  this gave everyone a chance to drive their ferrari and park on the grass near the judged cars on the field. 

thanks to all fca members who participated; from bringing cars to being a judge or to just being there!  also a special thanks to tom shaughnessy for help on the podium during the awards ceremony.  john clinard was very instrumental in arranging the special display of ford race cars, which featured several of carroll shelby?s personal cars. 

on to the awards. there were 3 ferrari classes - 50?s, 60?s, and 70?s:

congratulations again to chuck lamb for winning the race car class with the mclaren m8d can am car that also made great noise during the day!  best of show went to a 1914 rolls royce silver ghost skiff.