Car Enthusiasts Gather in Carmel & Monterey, California for Auto Week

Auto Week
August 15-21, 2011
Various locations in Carmel and Monterey

Each August, the Monterey Peninsula attracts 40,000 automotive enthusiasts to celebrate their passion for vintage, classic and exotic automobiles and their iconic designers. 

Tuesday August 16
Automobilia Monterey
10:00 am to 6:00 pm, continues on Wednesday
Ballroom of The Embassy Suites. 
Expo displaying original vintage  posters, photographs, rallye plates, badges & pins, mascots & hood ornaments, signs, original art, desk & display pieces, scale models, literature & books, signed items, poster stamps, post cards, mosaics, unique scarves/ties/shirts, and the like. This is the largest automobilia show in America, and the only time during Concours Week to find these 45+/- top international dealers in a single venue.

Concours on the Avenue
Ocean Avenue, Carmel-By-The-Sea
Carmel’s famous Ocean Avenue will be closed to traffic and sixteen blocks of downtown will be filled with collector cars and related motorized fun. A fascinating mix of American and foreign cars will be showcased in front of a backdrop of charming shops, critically acclaimed restaurants and numerous galleries.

The Concours will focus on vehicles not usually seen during these events. The cars will include a variety of legendary vehicles. Well over 175 cars will be on display in groups of juried classes. These will include luxury cars, muscle cars, hot rods and sporting cars.

Micro cars and others will highlight vehicles from the sublime to the spectacular. Selections will be based on authenticity, originality and provenance.  Additional consideration is given to cars that inspired youthful dreams and interesting stories.

Wednesday August 17

Pebble Beach Motoring Classic
The Pebble Beach Motoring Classic is the ultimate road trip for enthusiasts with automobiles that have more than a dash of elegance. The Motoring Classic begins near Seattle, Washington, and covers approximately 1,500 miles as it winds down through the mountains and along the coast of the Pacific Northwest on its way to the ultimate auto destination — the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.  The cars arrive on Wednesday, and prepare for the tour on Thursday.

Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival
5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Monterey Jet Center- Sky Park Drive, Monterey
Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival at the Monterey Jet Center is one of the most exclusive lifestyle events of its kind in the country. The one night event privately kicks off the World-Class automobile week held each August on the Monterey Peninsula. With an "A-List" of VIP guests from Hollywood celebrities to Captains of Industry, this jet-set crowd arrives in first-class style, to feast on the latest offerings from some of the world's top luxury brands in a relaxed and elegant party setting.

Car Rally, 3rd. Annual
11:00 am at MV Motor Cars in Sand City
Please join us for a spirited drive through the most beautiful back roads of the Monterey Peninsula.  The event is open to all car makes and models.  The event will begin in Sand City, then go through Carmel Valley for some wine tasting, and for lunch at the Baja Cantina Bar and Grill. There is no fee to enter this event.

The Little Car Show
Lighthouse Avenue between Fountain and Forest Aves, Pacific Grove
12 noon to 5:00pm
Here is a display of little cars, up to 1,601cc engine displacement and all-electric cars. This show will be limited to 60 vehicles featuring gas-powered micro, mini and arcane vehicles under 1,601cc, and electric vehicles.

Thursday August 18

Russo and Steele Auction
Preview 10 AM to 10 PM through Saturday
Auction each evening 5:00 to 10:00 pm
Monterey Sports and Muscle at the Marriott, Monterey
See vehicles for sale at http://www.russoandsteele.com/auction_vehicles.php?auction_pk=47

Pebble Beach Tour D'Elegance Presented By Rolex
Carmel-by-the-Sea
In the morning the Pebble Beach Motoring Classic participants will tour 17 Mile Drive, arriving in Carmel about 11:30 am, where they will park and be on display along Ocean Avenue until 2 PM.  Then they depart for Pebble Beach.

RM Monterey Auction
Previews Wednesday through Saturday 10 AM to 8 PM
Auctions on Friday and Saturday starting at 6:30 pm
Portola Hotel & Spa and Monterey Conference Center, Monterey
RM Auctions returns to historic downtown Monterey, California August 17th – 20th for its annual Monterey sale held during the famous Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance weekend. In total the two-day sale will feature approximately 150 of the world’s finest automobiles, spanning a magnificent range of sports and racing cars, coach built classics and unique concepts.


Mecum Auction
Preview starts at 8 AM daily through Saturday
Auction starts at 11 AM Thursday, 10 AM Friday and Saturday
750 vehicles.  Collector cars, motor cycles, wooden boats, muscle cars and more
Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course, Monterey

Friday August 19

Concorso Italiano
Laguna Seca Golf Ranch, east of Monterey
10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 
Concorso Italiano's unique format features more than 800 – 1000 vehicles of Italian origin, and its focus is on the vehicles on display, conversations between people who love and appreciate them, and elements of Italian style such as fashion, food, music and art – all of this on the beautiful grounds of the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch. The Ranch was crafted by Robert Trent Jones Senior & Junior and nestled among the oak-studded hillsides of Monterey, providing breathtaking views of gorgeous Central Coast landscapes.
Take everything ever made in Italy, from fashion to Ferraris, sprinkle it with some red wine, slather it in sunshine, and top it with elegance and fun, and you have Concorso Italiano.

The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
8205 Valley Greens Drive, Carmel CA 93923
Since its inception, The Quail has combined a lush setting in a golf course nestled against the Santa Lucia mountain range with exceptional cuisine and the finest examples of vintage sporting automobiles seen during the week. Sponsors provide the cream of today’s luxury cars to be sampled by guests on local roads, and those who wish, can also test their mettle on the Land Rover Experience Driving School off-road course.

The Quail’s featured themes for 2011:
•    50th Anniversary of Phil Hill's Formula One World Drivers' Championship
•    Riverside International Raceway
•    Ferrari America & Super America Models
•    50th Anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type
•    Sports and Racing Motorcycles Featuring A Century of Racing at Isle of Man
As always, we will continue the tradition of The Great Ferraris along with Pre and Postwar Sports, Pre and Postwar Racing and Super Cars, plus a few surprises.

Bonhams & Butterfields Auction
Thursday, August 18 and Friday, August 19, 2011
8205 Valley Greens Drive, Carmel CA 93923

Please note that entry to Bonhams & Butterfields' previews and auctions does not require a ticket to The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering.

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Continues on Saturday and Sunday
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas

For historic racing and classic car fans, there’s only one place to be in August, and that’s the Monterey Peninsula for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. There are 550 extraordinary historic race and sports cars entered that represent nearly every era of motorsports - doing what they were constructed to do, and that’s rev their engines in anger on a beautiful, yet challenging race track.
Eleven years before Phil Hill became the first American Formula One World Champion, driving for Scuderia Ferrari in 1961, he was honing his considerable talents in sports car races. One of 23-year-old Hill’s first prominent wins occurred in a Jaguar XK120 in 1950 at the inaugural Pebble Beach Road Races’ narrow 2.1-mile tree-lined course.
This winning XK120 helped Jaguar— and Hill—begin the ascent to many winning years for the Leaping Cat of Coventry. At this event Jaguar Cars is celebrating its illustrious history, and the 50th anniversary of the iconic E-Type, as the featured marque of the historic race weekend.
Jaguar is adding to the robust mixture of more than 550 historic racing cars with a special invitation-only selection of Jaguars in its elaborate Heritage Display that celebrate the marque’s significant achievements. Among the early confirmed cars are:
•    1950 Jaguar XKS120 - This is the car that Hill drove to victory in the nearby Del Monte Forest of Pebble Beach.
•    1951 Jaguar C-Type - With Hill again at the wheel, the North American racing debut of this C-Type garnered accolades and the victory at Elkhart Lake. Only 53 C-Types were constructed.
•    1974 Jaguar E-Type - Winner of a string of seven races, Bob Tullius’ Group 44 winner of the 1975 SCCA B Production Car Championship.
•    1978 Jaguar XJS - Three years later in 1978, Tullius and his Group 44 team returned to championship form, this time in a specially-prepared XJS to wrest the 1978 Trans-Am Championship Category 1 title from defending champion Porsche.
•    1988 Jaguar XJR-9 - The team of Andy Wallace, Johnny Dumfries and Jan Lammers entered this Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-9 in the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning in spectacular fashion. This was the sixth overall 24 Hours of Le Mans win for Jaguar, which held off the formidable Porsche 962 team ending Porsche’s seven year reign.
The wide open race paddock greets guests who can walk right up to the famous Can-Am cars that originally roared through the hills between 1967 and 1974. Fans can also explore the garages where premier 1966-1983 Formula 1 cars are prepped for the high-speed F1 group. And for pure American muscle, step back in time to the pony war days of the late ‘60s where Boss Mustangs, Camaros, Barracudas and Javelins shook the asphalt with the rumbling powerplants.
As featured marque, Jaguar is rolling in a host of rare Coventry Cats that repeatedly captured the world’s attention. The 50th anniversary celebration of the stunning E-Type will assuredly serve notice that the finest examples of this iconic sports car will be present in the Jaguar Heritage Display, which spotlights the company’s racing lineage.

Legends of the Autobahn
Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Carmel
Saturday August 20

Legends of the Autobahn: West Coast Summer Concours returns as part of the Monterey Historics Weekend. Co-hosted by the Mercedes-Benz Club of America (MBCA), the BMW Car Club of America, and the Porsche Club of America , Legends of the Autobahn has become one of the “must see” attractions of this world-renowned automotive weekend.
This year Mercedes-Benz is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the invention of the automobile. With Mercedes-Benz as a featured marque at the weekend’s famed Pebble Beach Concours, this is sure to be an epic weekend for any Mercedes-Benz enthusiast.”
New, experienced, and non-auto enthusiasts are encouraged to attend for the fun and fervor of the show. Spectators are welcome with no admission fee. There will be food, displays, and club booths where guests can enjoy the cars, mingle, get educated, and more.
The one-day Legends event brings enthusiasts, owners, and aficionados of distinctive German cars together to view some of the finest marques in the world.

Pebble Beach Auction presented by Gooding & Company
Auction 5 PM Saturday and 6 PM Sunday
Pebble Beach
Gooding & Company is recognized the world over as a leading exotic and rare car auction house specializing in the finest antique, classic, sports and racing cars. It has consistently achieved record-breaking results including the highest exotic car sales at prestigious venues such as Pebble Beach, Scottsdale and Amelia Island.

Concours d'LeMons (lemons) 2011
9:14 am until they throw us out
Seaside Hal
Despite the advice of our attorney and the disapproving looks from our mothers we are putting on yet another Concours d'LeMons in 2011!

It’s FREE for spectators this year. Yep, you heard that right, totally free to walk amoungst the worst that the automotive world has to offer. We are going to lose big on this one, so buy a t-shirt would ya, and help pay for the debacle.
The 2011 Concours d'LeMons is brought to you by the fine folks at Hagerty Insurance, who will insure even your rusty bucket with the same care and consideration as they do all the trailer queens at Pebble.
Celebrating the oddball, mundane and truly awful of the automotive world.l, 440 Harcourt Ave. Seaside, CA

Sunday August 21

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
The Lodge at Pebble Beach
Dawn Field opens to entrants

First conducted in 1950, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is often said to be the world’s premier celebration of the automobile. Only the most beautiful and rare automobiles are invited to appear on the famed eighteenth fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links each year, and connoisseurs of art and technology congregate to see them.

Once each year, on the third Sunday in August, about 200 of the most prized collector cars and motorcycles in the world roll onto what is often called the best finishing hole in golf — the famed eighteenth fairway at Pebble Beach. Tire meets turf and transformation occurs: the stage is set for one of the most competitive events in the automotive world. The Concours is not a contest of speed, but of excellence. Automobiles and motorcycles are judged for their historical accuracy, their technical merit and their style—and the best garner reward and recognition.

Our featured marques and special classes include:

• Mercedes-Benz and 125 years of the Automobile
• Stutz Centennial
• Ferrari 250 GTO
• Edwardian Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts
• Italian Motorcycles

For more information: http://www.montereyautoweek.com/Events.html