ST. MICHAELS: CONCOURS ON CHESAPEAKE BAY!

Posted on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 by MartynL

Maureen & Mike Matune represented the CarGuyChronicles at the 13th annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance. Here are some highlights. This year was lucky number 13 for the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance. Situated on the grounds of the Inn at Perry Cabin and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, it showcased the beauty and grace of classic cars and boats set among the splendor of Maryland’s Eastern Shore on a late summer Sunday afternoon. New this year was a gathering of the Senior Award winn...

10TH ANNUAL: VINTAGE TRAILER BASH!

Posted on September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 by MartynL

CGC’s Jim Palam gets his gypsy on to join the Caravanners in Buellton, California. You don’t need to be a nomadic gypsy or itinerant preacher to find yourself footloose on the backroads of America – hitched to a vagabond dream and a vintage travel trailer. No, you just need to put the mail on hold, hook-up your caravan, fill your gas and propane tanks and kiss your 9-to-5 goodbye. 10TH ANNUAL: VINTAGE TRAILER BASH! Caravanning for leisure finds its roots in Europe and South Asia in the 1800s. I...

SARASOTA, FL: SUNSHINE & SUPERCARS!

Posted on September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 by MartynL

Presented by Sarasota’s Ferrari Drivers Group, the Exotic Car Festival at St. Armands Circle benefits Flight to the North Pole, a local Manatee County Sheriff’s office charity for terminally ill children. Organized by Jurgen Otto and Joe Brielmann and assisted by a cadre of volunteer enthusiasts many, like Otto and Brielmann, members of the international car guy lunch group, Sarasota Café Racers. While the event yesterday, SARASOTA, FL: SUNSHINE & SUPERCARS! one of two Exotic Car Festivals p...

BONNEVILLE: A RACER IN NEED!

Posted on September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 by MartynL

Rob Freyvogel was seriously injured in a 400-mph crash on the Salt Flats in an attempt to set a new Piston Powered Land Speed record. Anyone who has ever participated as a competitor or even a spectator at Speed Week at Bonneville is aware that land speed record racers, regardless of class, are the most generous, sharing and friendly in the hobby. Bonneville is a place where there are no strangers; even competitors are treated as friends. I’ve been there multiple times as a journalist and...

VIR: CLASSIC GOLD CUP!

Posted on September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 by MartynL

As summer begins to give way to fall each year, the vintage racing crowd heads to the picturesque VIRginia International Raceway in southern VA for SVRA’s Heacock Classic Gold Cup. CGC's Mike Matune brings us highlights. The challenging 3.27-mile-long VIR circuit welcomes all with its undulating, rolling pavement. The VIR: CLASSIC GOLD CUP! hosts a variety of activities that entertain automotive enthusiasts of all ilk and ages. Here Dave Roberts sets up for VIR’s Turn 12 before starting down the...

EVIJA: THE LOTUS POSITION!

Posted on September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 by MartynL

Lotus Evija world tour continues as Lotus Hypercar debuts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The all-new Lotus Evija Hypercar has made its debut in the Middle East as part of a series of exclusive media and VIP events. The covers came off EVIJA: THE LOTUS POSITION! at an unveiling at the Lotus Dubai retail outlet, with Phil Popham, CEO, Lotus Cars and Russell Carr, Director, Lotus Design, presenting the all-electric two-seater. They were joined by Karl Hamer, CEO of Adamas Motors, Lotus’ retail par...

PRACTICALLY FREE: PORSCHE 911!

Posted on September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 by MartynL

The history of Porsche and its unbeatable racecars is secondary compared with a primary focus on the smartest route to buying, maintaining and owning an iconic and yes, affordable, sports car in this very affordable book. When’s the last time you saw Practically Free and/or Affordable in the same sentence, or even same paragraph, with Porsche? Especially the Porsche 911. If you’re like me that would probably be almost never! But all that changed after I read PORSCHE 911:THE PRACTICALLY FREE SU...

PETERSEN MUSEUM: JESSI COMBS, RIP!

Posted on September 17, 2019 by MartynL

On September 22, 2019, the Petersen Automotive Museum will open a temporary exhibit, honoring the life and accomplishments of Jessi Combs, ‘The Fastest Woman on Four Wheels.’ Jessi Combs tragically passed away on August 27, while attempting to set a land speed record. Admission to the temporary exhibition is by suggested donation with proceeds benefiting The Jessi Combs Foundation. The Jessi Combs: Life at Full Speed exhibition will feature objects from Combs’ workshop and studio in Long Beach, ...

LOST & FOUND: MOTION KING COBRA!

Posted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 by MartynL

It was a pair of national record-setting Cobras, that first put Chevrolet performance icons Joel Rosen and Motion Performance into the National Record books. The first was his small-block MOTION Cobra, the second was the big-block LOST & FOUND: MOTION KING COBRA. LOST & FOUND: MOTION KING COBRA! During 1965 and 1966 Joel Rosen campaigned not one but two national record-holding Cobras - the small-block MOTION Cobra and Clem Hoppe's big-block King Cobra. While he did have help from Shelby-...

CONCOURS: 100 MOTOR CARS OF RADNOR HUNT!

Posted on September 15, 2019September 15, 2019 by MartynL

For the 23rd year the Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance gathered an eclectic collection of cars and motorcycles on the idyllic grounds of the Hunt Club. CGC's Maureen & Mike Matune present highlights. Ranging in age from Gerd Opderbeck’s 1885 Benz Patent-Motorwagen replica to Daniel Piazza’s 2004 Porsche Carrera GT, they circled the globe in their country of origin. Each displayed some unique styling or engineering features to make them stand apart at the CONCOURS: 100 MOTOR CARS OF RADNOR HUN...