Last weekend I had the privilege to attend the Monterey Car Weekend and decided to capture a bit of the ambience in videos.
Here are the first four episodes, each 20 minutes from various different events over the week.
The last episode from the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is still being completed.
In case you missed it, here is the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s hillclimb shootout.
This is a timed run that starts with the slower cars and eventually ends with some of the fastest cars in motorsport.
This is the future.
It’s a new road-legal sports car designed by Red Bull and Aston Martin called the Valkyrie.
Until now we have only seem a clay-model of the Valkyrie and this is a first look at what the production car will be.
Matt Hill, Aston Martin Creative Director of Interiors said of the Aston Martin Valkyrie’s cockpit design: “It’s been a tremendous challenge to make the interior packaging work. We’ve embraced Red Bull Racing’s Formula One ethos and approached from a different angle than conventional road car design. In this instance, we’ve started from a position where you think something is impossible and work at it until you find a way to make it work. We’ve been fighting for millimetres everywhere, but the battle has been worth it, as it’s been fantastic seeing customers try the interior buck for size. They love the ritual of getting in and how it feels to be sat behind the wheel. They’re also genuinely surprised at how the car just seems to swallow them. You really do have to sit in it to believe there is genuine space for two large adults.”
Recently RMSotheby’s announced the most expensive and desirable Aston for their Monterey sale: DBR1/1.
Driven by Stirling Moss, Jack Fairman & David Brown, this car took the overall victory at the 1959 1000km Nürburgring.
While this car has been offered to the public market before, this will be the first auction for a DBR1, so the results will set a precedent.
Infact, if this car sells it should be the most expensive British car to sell at public auction.
RMSotheby’s will sell DBR1/1 at their annual auction in Monterey held 18-19 August.
Take a ride with us to the VanDuesen Gardens in our completed 1967 Austin Healey BJ8!
