As the Quail Lodge prepares for the Quail Motorcycle Gathering, this is the quality of entry they hope for. This Ducati 750 Imola is thought to be Paul Smart’s backup bike for the 1972 Imola 200, which Smart won, putting Ducati on the road to unmatched success in World Superbike racing. It is seen at a vintage race at Laguna Seca, just a few miles from Quail Lodge. Credit: Michael T. Lynch
By Michael T. Lynch
In 2003, a new event was added to the August Monterey Peninsula Automotive Festival Week, The Quail–“A Motorsports Gathering.” Since then, this brilliant combination of cars, cuisine, celebrities and cognoscenti, set on the verdant grass of the golf course that is part of the Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club, has become the hottest ticket during the week, with a sellout taking place each January in less than two hours. The Management of that event hopes to repeat their success with its premier all-motorcycle concours on Saturday, May 9th. [Read more…] about New Motorcycle Event at the Quail in May
The continuing adventures of a car guy…and a Testarossa.
July, 1926. “Omnia” hails the magnificent 2 liter 12 cylinder 2 LCV.
Lamborghini’s Murcielago is the most beautiful model in the line since the first generation of the legendary expletive “Countach!” As an open car with the side windows aligning perfectly with the windshield, the LP640 Roadster becomes an impossibly seductive show car for the road. Photo courtesy Lamborghini.
Cavallino 2009, focusing on the Mondial 500 S/N 0556(0446)/MD.
We focus on Bob Benedict’s Ferrari Michelotto 308GT/M. “Most people who see the M for the first time don’t know what it is. Some think it is a baby BBLM, which makes sense, as it is built by the same company. The correct S/N is 001, as designated by Michelotto. There were only three built.”–Bob Benedict.