Photo gallery Notes
2026 Velocity Invitational at Sonoma Raceway
. 2 min read.81
Another stellar edition of the Velocity Invitational at Sonoma Raceway. Highlights this year included a row of five GMA T.50s, a brace of McLaren F1s and a P1, Ferrari 250 GTOs and SWBs on track and a BMW CSL in full Schnitzer livery. Historic groups covered everything from 1950s GT cars and Formula Junior through IMSA GTO and modern Le Mans prototypes.
2025 Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance
. 1 min read.106
Another early morning at Point Sur Lighthouse to watch a parade of some of the world's most valuable cars on an open road. 2025 featured centennial tributes to Chrysler and Invicta, a look at Virgil Exner's collaborations with Moretti, and the Shelby Cobra at 60.
2023 Laguna Seca Rennsport Reunion 7
. 5 min read.38
An early-morning drive down to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Rennsport Reunion 7 - the largest Porsche-organized fan event in the world. Heritage prototypes from Germany, an impossibly packed paddock, Carrera Cup and PCA Club racing, and eighty thousand fans across four days.
Concorso Ferrari at Pebble Beach Fairway One
. 4 min read.25
An incredible selection of Ferrari cars displayed on the famous golf course, from 166 MM — early days, to tailor-made 812 Competizione with all stops on the way. Ferrari 250 GT & GTO, California Spyder, Daytona, 330P4, 412P, Daytona SP3, 12 Cilindri. And this was a free event, preceded by a short driving tour on a 17-mile highway. Colorful, unexpected and mind-blowing event.
San Francisco Academy of Art Car Collection Auction
. 5 min read.42
What used to be The Academy of Art University Automobile Museum is no more. 104 pre and post-war automobiles in an exhibition condition got sold off at Saturday auction on February 15th, 2025 for $14.5 million in total. I got a chance to see them gathered in one somewhat cramped place for the last time, and snap pictures representing a great palette of an automotive history. Cars from the collection were used by art students, and it's easy to see why - I found it very inspirational.
2024 All British Motor Show at Blackhawk Museum
. 4 min read.31
Mid-size family-like British Car community meet celebrating the centenary of MG. Plenty of MGs, Mini and Jaguars of 50-th to 70-th, not a single Porsche in sight. The most photogenic parking lot car meet I've been to. Rows of lovely cars I have never seen before.
2024 Ferrari Challenge at Laguna Seca
. 4 min read.44
Lovely Saturday on the state park grounds of Laguna Seca, watching Italian masterpieces zip by, accompanied by the mighty roar of V6, V10, and V12 engines. It was my first encounter with the beautiful and powerful FXX and FXX-K Evo cars, the out-of-this-world 499P, and the F2002 F1 car. Plus a nice display of the fresh 296GTB model in vibrant colors.