Monterey Weekend

Article and Photos By Wally Clark

Concourso Italiano - A great showing of Italian cars! Maserati was the featured marque with sub features of a Miura reunion and the 25th anniversary of the Ferrari 308. Schedoni was the featured Italian artist.

The FCA Pacific Region Ferrari Concours had over 250 cars! I've never seen so many 308's in one place! Out of 105 judged cars, 65 took home awards. This shows the quality of the cars that were on display. Ferrari show cars and Pininfarina will be the features in 2001. Don't miss it!

Laguna Seca - As always, there was a great showing of vintage race cars at the Monterey Historics. Maserati was the feature along with F-1 cars from the 70's and 80's. The Pacific Region tent in turn 5 was a sell out and a great place from which to watch the races.

The Auctions - There were three separate auctions this year where many cars and some record prices were acheived for their models. The ex-Steve McQueen Porsche 917 and a 512 spider each sold for 1.2M dollars. Carroll Shelby's own Cobra Daytona Coupe sold for $4,000,000; the Alfa 2.9 coupe sold for $2.8 million and a Ferrari P3 brought $5 million. were among the notable sales during the weekend.

Pebble Beach Concours - The 50th anniversary of this prestigeous event. The Lodge was also home to the Blackhawk Collection Exposition of Classic Cars and the Christie's auction.

Winners at Pebble Beach include:

Class M (Ferrari)
1st 1952 Ferrari 250 Sport Vignale Coupe
     owned by Lorenzo Zambrano, Monterrey, Mexico
2nd 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Cabriolet Series I
     owned by John Ridings Lee, Dallas, Texas
3rd 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Scaglietti Spyder California
     owned by Peter S. Kalikow, New York, New York

Luigi Chinetti Trophy
1957 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Cabriolet Series I
     owned by John Ridings Lee, Dallas, Texas

Most Elegant Convertible Trophy sponsored by Elegant Set
1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Scaglietti Spyder California
     owned by Peter S. Kalikow, New York, New York

Class R-1 (Maserati Custom Coachwork)
1st 1954 Maserati A6GCS Pinin Farina Coupé
     owned by David & Ginny Sydorick, Beverly Hills, CA. The Sydorick's also won the Road & Track award.