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Lynch at the Quail 2008

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We lost one of our finest when World Champion Phil Hill left us on August 28. He was enjoying cars and his many friends and admirers right up until the end. Phil won three races at the old Pebble Beach road course and also won the Pebble Beach Concours twice with cars he restored personally. Here, he poses at The Quail with former Ferrari President, Jean Todt, who managed Ferrari’s racing team during the Schumacher era. Credit: Marcel Massini

Michael T. Lynch reports on this year’s Quail Logde happenings.

The Quail – A Motorsports Gathering has now established itself as the hottest ticket of Monterey Peninsula automobile festival week. The tickets sold out back near the beginning of 2008 in a matter of hours. [Read more…] about Lynch at the Quail 2008

Virgil Exner Jr. Reunited with Diablo

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Virgil Exner, Jr., stands next to the Chrysler Ghia Diablo.

By Brandes Elitch
Color Photos by Brandes Elitch

Most car collectors are familiar with the GM “dream cars” of the 1950’s, the heyday of the Motorama. But not many people are familiar with the Chrysler show cars of the same period, most of which were built in Italy and styled by the famous Virgil Exner.
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Carmel-by-the-Sea Concours on the Avenue

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Michael T. Lynch looks at an August Legend in Progress
Photos by William Edgar

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Ferraris were thick on the ground Monday. Jeff Abramson’s 500 Mondial Pinin Farina roadster was one of the nicest.

The second edition of the Carmel-by-the-Sea Concours on the Avenue again led off the Monterey Peninsula auto festival week concours parade. [Read more…] about Carmel-by-the-Sea Concours on the Avenue

Bugatti Goes Targa

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by Wallace A. Wyss

Wallace Alfred Wyss is a historian recently turned to depicting exotic cars on canvas. A sample can be obtained via email by contacting him at Photojournalistpro@hotmail.com

Allright, already. The Bugatti Veyron was already an over-the-top car; what with more than 1,000 horses, no less than 16 cylinders, four turbos, all-wheel drive, 12 radiators and a wing that would not look out of place on a small airplane. Plus did we mention it goes over 250 mph? [Read more…] about Bugatti Goes Targa

Alfa’s Pre War Titans, Part I

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Rex Mays, Peter Giddings and the Alfa Tipo C 8C35

By Pete Vack

Color photos by www.rprincephoto.com

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Giddings at Mt Tremblant with the Tipo C, 8C35 Grand Prix car.

Given the might of the Mercedes and Auto-Union teams, the Alfa Romeo 8C35 had a brief but reasonably successful two seasons in Europe. Designed to be fitted with either a V12 engine, or an 8 cylinder, the 8C35 used a longer version of the famous Alfa 8C 2.3 engine, running almost concurrently with the initially unreliable V12 (12C36) while it was being developed. In 1936 Tazio Nuvolari drove the 8C35 to great victories at Coppa Ciano and the Hungarian GP.
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Hungarian Grand Prix

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Kimi, hanging on to third.

Not The Results We Were Expecting

By Erik Nielsen

The Hungaroring is not a track that is known for great passes or exciting chases, but one thing that it does have going for it is that there are usually several surprises come race day and the most recent round held there was no different. [Read more…] about Hungarian Grand Prix

Six from RM’s Monterey Auction

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VeloceToday selects six favorite cars, three French, three Italian, consigned to the RM Auction, which will be held at the Portola Hotel and Spa on August 15th and 16th 2008. Italics ours, text from the RM catalog.

1956 Ferrari 250GT Tour de France 0563GT Lot 442

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The Tour de Force would have to be the Tour de France. One of the earlier, perhaps more attractive TdFs, this consignment has got to be at the top of our auction dreamlist.
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Shell Ferrari Historics at Mt. Tremblant

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Story by David Seibert, photos by rprincephoto.com

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Track owner Lawrence Stroll in the blue Sunoco 512M taking an early lead. He would dominate the disc brakes set.

Mt. Tremblant, Canada, July 18-20th

The field for the Ferrari Shell Historic Challenge event last weekend may have been slightly smaller than usual, but fans were treated to four exciting races, with titans batting for the win in each. Le Circuit, the winding 2.65 mile track in the old Quebec ski country of Mont Tremblant, was an ideal setting for those duels.
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