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Morgan-Adams Concours 2011

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1963 330 America 2+2, Chuck and Janice Kirkpatrick at Morgan Adams.

CENTENNIAL COLORADO AIRPORT, August 27th

Text and Photos by Al Axelrod

A concours event at an airport? Didn’t we all complain when Concorso Italiano was held at the airport a few years ago? But when the planes are vintage WWII like the P51 and a B25 combined with a select group of excellent vintage cars and bikes, the airport setting becomes a plus rather than a liability. And that was the ambiance of the Morgan Adams Concours, held on August 27, 2011
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Rally Australia 2011 in English and Italian

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Ford’s Hirvonen wins, Latvala 2nd, Loeb and Ogier commit hara-kiri.

By Roberto Motta

Photos courtesy of Citroën Communication, Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, Ford Motor Company, BMW Press, Rally Australia – Media

The tenth round of the World Rally Championship 2011  held in Australia proved to be an exceptional event, a rally full of twists and turns. The suprising results reawakened interest in what looked to be season dominated by Citroen.
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Italian Grand Prix 2011

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Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso

By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media

Sebastian Vettel has solidified his title effort with a remarkable weekend at Monza where he made the effort of dominating an event look easy. The young German has proved without a doubt that the title of Meister has been passed from the previous generation and the Red Bull driver is not some lucky rookie, but the real deal. It didn’t look like that claim could be made when he was out dragged on the straight by Fernando Alonso, much to the joy of the thousands of tifosi who crowded the circuit, but just a little bit further down the track and Vettel walked away from the Ferrari and wasn’t challenged again.

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This Week, of Interest

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Monterey’s Magazines and our Contributors

Every year, each of the events at Monterey produce their own high quality, ultra slick event magazines. The feature articles are of course the gems, surrounded by luxurious advertisements. Although VeloceToday correspondents have written for these publications in the past, 2011 seems to a banner year. Here are the articles written by VeloceToday contributors (in alphabetical order) that appeared at Monterey this year:

Karl E. Ludvigsen
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Program:
Moss, 722 and the 1955 Mille Miglia.

Michael T. Lynch
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Program:
The Last of the Grand Touring Race Cars: The Ferrari GTO

The Quail – A Motorsports Gathering Program:
A Playground for the City of Speed (History of Riverside International Raceway)
Reunion to Quail Run (Reprise of 2010 Event)

Pete Vack
Concorso Italiano Events Magazine:
Ferrari F50: The Essential Thinly Disguised Grand Prix Car

Wallace Wyss
Concorso Italiano Events Magazine:
Confessions of a (former) Barn Finder

There are six new in articles VeloceToday this week so scroll down…

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The Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance is scheduled for Sunday, September 18, Westport, CT. with a full day of programs on Saturday, Sept. 17. Three Cunningham C-3s will be on view at the show: a recently discovered Barn Find, a fully restored example owned by VeloceToday Contributor Chuck Schoendorf, and Briggs Cunningham’s car that is still in the collection of his family.

Monterey with Wyss

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By Wallace Wyss
Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Note: There are three sidebars (short features) to the main article so be sure to click on the banners to read them all.

I cannot resist Holy Week even though it costs a lot of Money. The challenge is seeing how long you can last without spending it. I have some advantages, being a member of the media which allows us a few crumbs off the table of “The Automakers”. Increasingly the Detroit and foreign automakers have looked at the demographics of the visitors to Monterey that week and discovered, oh-my-God they have found the last people in America with change jingling in their jeans.
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Sidebar: Vallelunga and Promises Unfulfilled…

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One of two DeTomaso Vallelungas to appear at Concorso this year. Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.

By Wallace Wyss
Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

At the 2011 Concorso Italiano, there were no less than two, count ‘em, two DeTomaso Vallelungas. Few of the show-goers realized what they were, because for most Americans the only DeTomaso car they know is the mid-engined Ford powered Pantera.
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Sidebar: The Italian American Cobra

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Made In Italy--under the nose of Enzo Ferrari. Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.

By Wallace Wyss
Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Yes, five out of six of the Cobra Daytona coupes, first commissioned in 1964, were bodied in Italy. Which makes them as much Italian-American as, say, the Dual Ghias which were Chryslers bodied in Italy.
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Sidebar: The XNR and a Barn Hunter’s Dream Dashed

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The XNR in its full glory. The author long lusted after this car, figuring only he remembered it was pictured in ‘National Geographic’ magazine in Kuwait. Well, someone else obviously found it and restored it. Pebble Beach show program says the owner hails from Beirut. Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.

By Wallace Wyss
Color Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Car hunters find their barn finds in various and sundry ways.

One of my ways is to commit to memory cars I see in magazines and file away mentally the last known location.
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Brandes Elitch on the Abarth 750 and Scorpion

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Abarth750 (inset), Pat Olsen with the 'Herbie' Scorpion Abarth. Large photo by Petya Elitch.

By Brandes Elitch
Photos by Petya Elitch

For the automotive enthusiast, there cannot be too many experiences like the Monterey Historics. The two Goodwood events might come close, but I draw a blank after that. I started attending in 1979, and I have never missed a year. For me, it’s just a three hour drive south, so as I see it, it would be negligent of me not to attend, right? Yet, even after all those years, the first few hours there are still a shock.

The most amazing cars are everywhere, on every street and in every driveway (the good citizens of Carmel-by-the-Cash-Register are happy to rent rooms in their homes for the visiting hordes). As my photographer/wife and I drove the detour through Seaside on our way to the Concorso, a small green car pulled up next to us at the light. She asked me what it was, and I turned to look at it. I started stammering, and she said, “What’s wrong?” I said, “Well, it looks like it looks like the Frazer Nash coupe that raced at LeMans in the 1950’s, but I’ve only seen it in photographs.” Here is a car that you could spend an hour looking at; the problem is that there is stuff like this everywhere! Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of activity, it is easy to see just the most outrageous and miss many other jewels that are not so obvious. In this column, I want to talk about two cars that you might have missed, but it would have been a shame if you did. They are Abarths.

Robert Strand's restored Abarth 750 Zagato. With all the right bits and pieces aside from a full leather interior. Photo by Pety Elitch.

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Monterey in Photos with Hugues Vanhoolandt

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Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

An Alfa Giulia TZ at the start of the Quail, a private event that marks the beginning of the festivities...


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This Week, of Interest

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VeloceToday is a bit late this week due to Hurricane Irene, which left us without a/c, power, Internet, telephone and water for several days, reminding us of what the 17th century Williamsburg was really like. Our thanks to the members of Dominion Power of Virginia, who have done wonders to restore service in record time.

Our many correspondents have also been working overtime to bring you the following stories this week:

Eric Davison wrote the Belgian Grand Prix report. Eric is a contributor to VeloceToday, the author of the recent book “Snake Bit: Carroll Shelby’s Controversial Series 1 Sports Car”, and as we’ll see later on, attended Watkins Glen in 1948 and recorded those early events with a color camera. That’s over 63 years of watching and reporting on races! Quite a guy.
Hugues Vanhoolandt attended the Belgian Grand Prix for VeloceToday and returned with stunning exclusive photos to accompany Eric’s text.

Brandes Elitch begins our coverage of Monterey week with a view of a Lancia Flaminia at Concorso Italiano. Two more to come from Brandes and next week, as well as much more from our other correspondents who covered Holy Week for us.

Roberto Motta brings us the latest Rally results from Germany with many great action shots, plus the news of the Ferrari 458 Italia Spider.

Alessandro Gerelli brings us his views of the Italians at the Oldtimers Grand Prix at the Nurburgring held in August.

Now, who could ask for anything more?

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