There was a great turn out at the annual Monterey and Pebble Beach Z and Meet.   Even though the weather was less than favorable the turnout was very high with 40 to 50 cars showing up for the drive.  The meeting point was held at MY Nissan in Salinas, CA.  Zs and Gs packed the parking lot with a few other cars mixed in including an NSX, S2000, Pontiac GTO, Mitsubishi EVO, and a 60’s Ford Mustang.

The drive wound it’s way through the hills of Salinas, Monterey, and Carmel and continued onto 17 Mile Drive with the first leg ending at Bird Rock right along the famed Pebble Beach golf course.  From there the caravan conituned on to a buffet style lunch at Poppy Hill.  If you live in the Northern California are this is the end of the driving year event that should not be missed.  Without further delay here are a few pictures that I took of the drive.  Hope to see you all next year!!

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Here are the first set of pictures from the Historics that I promised.  These are mainly from the Z Car Corral on Saturday.  I will be posting more of the paddock, pits, and the race action as I get to editing them.  I hope these will hold you over until then.

Here are a couple of teaser pictures from the Rolex Monterey Historic races at Laguna Seca a couple of weeks ago. I am working on getting a new gallery set up for this site as well as a new interface to enlarge the photos. I took over a thousand photos throughout the weekend so you will really be in for a treat when I finish the gallery!

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On August 15-17th one of the great automotive events of the year is taking place once again, the Monterey Historics. Participants and spectators will travel from around the world to see some of the rarest and most valuable cars on the planet race around the famed Laguna Seca raceway for the event’s 35th anniversary.

This year there will be over 400 race entries comprised of Historic F1, Trans-Am, Can-Am, and IMSA race cars. A 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C Mille Miglia from the Ralph Lauren Collection takes center stage in the Rolex “Moments in Time” display.

Aside from the top notch cars and racing, the weekend will feature numerous autographing sessions and an enhanced Consumer Expo. The Expo is a place where you can find any sort of vintage auto memorabilia; there is everything from vintage gas pumps to actual racing photography from the turn of the century.

Mario Andretti has been named the guest of honor for the Historics this year. His racing career has spanned many decades and he is still the only person to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), the Daytona 500 (1967), and a Formula 1 world championship (1978). He is a wonderful person to represent the diversity of race cars and the different genres of racing at the Historics given his illustrious career.

Most importantly of all there will once again be a Z Car Corral and your favorite crew from Z Car Garage will be our in full force as always. Tickets that are purchased through the ZONC website include admission to the Z Car Corral.

Hope to see you all there in a couple of weeks!!!

There are a few more photos after the jump.

Pictures were taken from www.centralvalleyz.org and were posted originally by Stevezcar.

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It’s that time of year again!!  Car show season is upon us and the first major event is Motoring J-Style.  This will be the second year for this show and it promises to be even better than before! 

Motoring J Style is the end all be all of Japanese car shows this side of the Pacific featuring all your favorite new school, old school, and obscure JDM creations:  Dastun Zs and 510s, Mazda rotaries,  Honda N600s, Toyota Coronas, all next to the wildest supercars that Japan has to offer.

A main event that will be back in full force this year is the Drift Competition.  You will be able to see professionals as well as amateurs giving it all they have to win or go home on the wrecker!  A new segment of the show this year will be the “J Style Swap Meet.”   All the latest and hard to find parts will be here for the taking if your bartering skills are up to the challenge.

So keep May 24th open and join us for the fun, festivities, and most impotantly, the cars.