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Originally Posted by chanomatik
How was Monterey this year? I miss that place. Went once when I was 14 and once more last May.
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It was pretty damn rad. Went to Quail on Friday, the historics on Sat, and Pebble on Sunday. Quail and the historics were both a ton of fun. Pebble was really cool in the morning before maybe 11am-- after that so many people show up that it becomes a real pain to get anywhere or actually see more than one square foot of the cars at a time. I'm glad I went and experienced Pebble, but I think if I do car week again next year I'll give it a miss and just watch the historics again on Sunday.
The Quail was a ton of fun-- it's much less crowded than Pebble and has a more relaxed atmosphere. You can actually walk around without feeling claustrophobic and can oogle the cars much more freely. Also, the various manufacturer displays at Quail are open to everyone, which isn't the case at Pebble. There's a lot of roped-off areas and annoying gate-keepers at Pebble-- at the Quail you can walk up and sit in a 650S or drool on Bentley's GT3 car if you want to.
The historics are great-- it's lovely to see (and hear!) the cars in motion on a track, and the racing has plenty of serious competitors. Not everyone attacks the track, but each class generally has several drivers who really, really go for it-- it's fun watching classics drifting around every corner
I had a great time, and would definitely go again. Even the drive up was a ton of fun (I planned a route that only had me on the 101 between highway 154 and San Luis Obisbo). Awesome weekend.
The BRZ on Nacimiento-Ferguson road, above hwy 1:
Just under turn 9 at MRLS (I mostly took video of the historics rather than stills):
Two Agusta 109's that were ferrying people from Quail to the historics on Saturday:
An entire field full of 250 TRs:
Un-restored TR:
More TR porn:
