Showing posts with label Lamborghini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lamborghini. Show all posts
Monday, September 5, 2011
VIDEO: My Highlights of Concorso Italiano - 2011
I finally got around to getting my highlights video put together from the event. I had a great time at the event, so I wanted to share it with everyone. Thank You! Enjoy the video. Feedback appreciated.
VIDEO: Valentino Balboni at Concorso Italiano - 2011
For those of you that don't know who Valentino Balboni is, well here is a little information for you. Mr. Balboni recently retired from Lamborghini. His job - to drive every Lambo that came off the Assembly line. I want that job! Enjoy the video.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Concorso Italiano 2011: Video included
Well! How do I start? The previous evening I had gone to San Francisco to view "Senna - The Movie" at the Embarcadero Cinema. All I can say is - Phenomenal! But that's not what this blog entry is about. But I needed to start off with it anyways. Why? Well, I didn't get out of the theater until rather late as the Director, Asif Kapadia was there answering questions from the audience. I got to the parking garage and ended up waiting about 20 minutes for the attendant to let me out.
Once I was out of the garage, and on my way out of the city, I was heading back to Livermore to get a couple hours of sleep. I had to go to Livermore since I was meeting up with my friend Rob at his house around 4:45 am so we could leave around 5:00 am. I ended up sleeping in my car for 2 hours, woke up, changed my clothes, brushed my teeth and drove over to his house. The Ferrari was in the driveway and warming up. After a little bit, it was time to go. We stopped for a quick top off of the fuel, then we were on our way.
We drove down to San Jose and got off the freeway so we could meet up with a few other that wanted to caravan down to the event. We grabbed some coffee and then waited for quite a while. I'm not sure when the others started showing up, but we were there for at least an hour. Once everyone had arrived, off we went once again. We then drove to Gilroy and exited the freeway again. We were picking up 1 more person. Once that was done, back on 101 we went.
I had decided it would be easier to take the group through Salinas and head in on 68 rather than go the longer route out and around through Seaside and then back in on 68. Well, we ended up stuck in a little bit of traffic. It wasn't to bad, but not knowing how the traffic was coming in from the West, I think it was still the better choice. I always drive this way when I go to the track, so it was the choice I made.
We did manage to get to Laguna Seca Golf Ranch at a decent time, and once we were in, it was all smiles. We walked around pretty much 90% of the day. The other 10% was talking to others that were attending the event. I took quite a bit of video and not to many photos. I was being pretty picky about what I wanted to photograph. But, when I found something of interest, I was snapping away. The highlight for me was the Ferrari F50 GT that was sitting there outside the Ferrari Hospitality tent. The F50 GT was flanked with an F50 on each side. I had been wanting to see one of these for several years, and finally I had. I went back to this beast several times throughout the day to try and get better shots. But it all depended on who would stay out of the view of the camera. IT SUCKS not having a wide angle lens. But, I managed to get a lot of pics of it anyways.
It was nice to walk around this show for once and meet others that were as passionate about being here as I was. I was finally able to put faces with names of those of whom frequent certain forum sites. Maybe next time it won't be as brief as it was. The one person that I did get to spend more than a brief moment with this year was the infamous Valentino Balboni, the master of all Lamborghini drivers. Last year I managed to meet him and get my AUTOart Lamborghini Countach signed, as well as the box, and a few photographs with him. This time around I was able to get another photo taken with him, as well as getting some video of him speaking some great words. I'll be adding the video to my Youtube once I get through all the video I have. Check out what I do have so far.
More show highlights for me - The beautiful 1952 Ferrari 212/225 Barchetta that was brought in by The Petersen Museum. This was the Ferrari that Enzo had given to Ford. This car was stunning. Then there were the 250 Berlinetta Lussos. This has been one of my favorite 250 series Ferraris for years. As far as Lamborghini goes, I would have to sat that seeing the several examples of Miuras on display was a treasure. Then there was the latest Lamborghini, The Aventador. I wish I had spent more time looking this car over. But I didn't. For some reason every year I always feel rushed. It just seems like there isn't enough time in the day to really look everything over to appreciate it as much as I would like to. Oh Well! There's always next year right?
Well once that was all over, it was time to head into Carmel for a great dinner at Little Napoli. Rob and I, along with another Ferraristi, Jeff, along with his girlfriend had dinner here last year with a few others. However, this year it was just the 4 of us. We talked for a long time about various things, finished dinner, then went next door to the Wine Bar that is part of Little Napoli. We were there for quite some time, talking some more, and viewing the cars and people wandering around outside. After dinner, it was time to have Rob take me to the track and drop me off as I didn't want to go all the way back home just to be back at the track early in the morning to volunteer for another weekend. I was dropped off, and away home the friends went.
Once I was out of the garage, and on my way out of the city, I was heading back to Livermore to get a couple hours of sleep. I had to go to Livermore since I was meeting up with my friend Rob at his house around 4:45 am so we could leave around 5:00 am. I ended up sleeping in my car for 2 hours, woke up, changed my clothes, brushed my teeth and drove over to his house. The Ferrari was in the driveway and warming up. After a little bit, it was time to go. We stopped for a quick top off of the fuel, then we were on our way.
We drove down to San Jose and got off the freeway so we could meet up with a few other that wanted to caravan down to the event. We grabbed some coffee and then waited for quite a while. I'm not sure when the others started showing up, but we were there for at least an hour. Once everyone had arrived, off we went once again. We then drove to Gilroy and exited the freeway again. We were picking up 1 more person. Once that was done, back on 101 we went.
I had decided it would be easier to take the group through Salinas and head in on 68 rather than go the longer route out and around through Seaside and then back in on 68. Well, we ended up stuck in a little bit of traffic. It wasn't to bad, but not knowing how the traffic was coming in from the West, I think it was still the better choice. I always drive this way when I go to the track, so it was the choice I made.
We did manage to get to Laguna Seca Golf Ranch at a decent time, and once we were in, it was all smiles. We walked around pretty much 90% of the day. The other 10% was talking to others that were attending the event. I took quite a bit of video and not to many photos. I was being pretty picky about what I wanted to photograph. But, when I found something of interest, I was snapping away. The highlight for me was the Ferrari F50 GT that was sitting there outside the Ferrari Hospitality tent. The F50 GT was flanked with an F50 on each side. I had been wanting to see one of these for several years, and finally I had. I went back to this beast several times throughout the day to try and get better shots. But it all depended on who would stay out of the view of the camera. IT SUCKS not having a wide angle lens. But, I managed to get a lot of pics of it anyways.
It was nice to walk around this show for once and meet others that were as passionate about being here as I was. I was finally able to put faces with names of those of whom frequent certain forum sites. Maybe next time it won't be as brief as it was. The one person that I did get to spend more than a brief moment with this year was the infamous Valentino Balboni, the master of all Lamborghini drivers. Last year I managed to meet him and get my AUTOart Lamborghini Countach signed, as well as the box, and a few photographs with him. This time around I was able to get another photo taken with him, as well as getting some video of him speaking some great words. I'll be adding the video to my Youtube once I get through all the video I have. Check out what I do have so far.
More show highlights for me - The beautiful 1952 Ferrari 212/225 Barchetta that was brought in by The Petersen Museum. This was the Ferrari that Enzo had given to Ford. This car was stunning. Then there were the 250 Berlinetta Lussos. This has been one of my favorite 250 series Ferraris for years. As far as Lamborghini goes, I would have to sat that seeing the several examples of Miuras on display was a treasure. Then there was the latest Lamborghini, The Aventador. I wish I had spent more time looking this car over. But I didn't. For some reason every year I always feel rushed. It just seems like there isn't enough time in the day to really look everything over to appreciate it as much as I would like to. Oh Well! There's always next year right?
Well once that was all over, it was time to head into Carmel for a great dinner at Little Napoli. Rob and I, along with another Ferraristi, Jeff, along with his girlfriend had dinner here last year with a few others. However, this year it was just the 4 of us. We talked for a long time about various things, finished dinner, then went next door to the Wine Bar that is part of Little Napoli. We were there for quite some time, talking some more, and viewing the cars and people wandering around outside. After dinner, it was time to have Rob take me to the track and drop me off as I didn't want to go all the way back home just to be back at the track early in the morning to volunteer for another weekend. I was dropped off, and away home the friends went.
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| Ferrari F50GT |
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| The Henry Ford 1952 Ferrari 212/225 Barchetta |
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| Matte Black Lamborghini Aventador |
Monday, March 28, 2011
Had a great Sunday!
Well I made it home late last night. Very tiring day at school thanks to getting very little sleep once again. Anyways! This is about my great Sunday and not how tired I am.
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| Ferrari 458 Italia |
In the morning I got up early to get from Anaheim to South Central L.A. to pick up my brother by 6:30. After picking him up we headed up the 101 to Woodland Hills for the every Sunday gathering located at the Westfield Promenade Mall parking lot. This event is Supercar Sunday. This event is from around 7:00 am until about 10:00 am, or whenever everyone decides to actually show up, and when it's time to go home. If you are ever in Southern California, this event is a must attend. If you are down for a trip and want to break away from the typical touristy crap that you always seem to be stuck doing, here is the site for information - http://www.supercarsunday.com/ - ... To help plan it for yourself to go, it is about 20 minutes away from Universal Studios. So if you are planning that on your Holiday/Vacation agenda, why not go here for a couple hours in the morning to see some great cars. My only issue was that it had rained, and was still someone drizzley and it kept all the cars from coming that were to be there. It was the 1 year anniversary of them moving to this location, and the Ferrari Club was to have had a large number of cars coming. STUPID RAIN! I was able to meet up with a friend though. Also saw several individuals that I had met at various events in the past. Even though the rain ruined what could have been a spectacular event, I still had a very fun time. There was a decent amount of cars. Finally around 10:30 we were able to head out and get some breakfast before we headed to our next destination. Here are some of the photos I took at the event. If you want to see more, I will be adding them to my online photo hosting site that you can access by clicking on the link on the left that says "speedtrap73's photos".
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| Some of the Ferraris that actually made it |
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| Lamborghin Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni |
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| Ferrari 599 GTO - Chassis No. 175960 |
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| Porsche 911 - Gotta love the color! |
After breakfast we then headed up the 405 to go to the Museum District to spend some time at The Petersen Museum. On the way I decided to get off the 405 onto Sunset and take a drive through Beverly Hills and check out the beautiful scenery of some very nice houses. We drove around with no particular plan and had some fun. I then took my brother to Rodeo Drive so he could check it out. After about an hour or so of driving around, we finally made it to The Petersen Museum. I had been wanting to go for the past few years, but for some reason never made it. On one occasion they were closed when I had gone by. Since I was spending the day with my brother, I thought it would be cool to take him there, and I would finally get to see the place.
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| Troy Ladd - "The Black Widow" |
We walked around the museum with drool dripping from our chins as we saw some very beautiful examples of machinery. I had seen a few of the cars on display before at car shows, but no matter how many times I see them, it just seems to never be enough. Specifically, there were 2 of John D'Agostino's custom creations on display. "The Egyptian", a 1958 Oldsmobile Super 88, and "Elvis II", a 1959 Cadillac El Dorado Bairritz Convertible. These 2 cars were stunning! Then we got upstairs got to the Movie Cars. It was cool to see a few pieces that I truly enjoyed seeing. A 1982 Ferrari 308 GTS that was used for Magnum P.I. for the '82-'83 seasons, the 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder that Raul Julia drove in The Gumball Rally, but the mirror had been put back on, and 2 cars that were driven or owned by Mr. Cool himself, Steve McQueen's 1956 Jaguar XKSS and the 1967 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow 2-Door Sedan that was used in the Original 1965 Thomas Crown Affair. Then we were off to see the surrent special exibit of "Supercars". Fitting, since we had been to "Supercar Sunday" in the morning. The examples on display in this area were once again some beautiful creations that are very rare. A must see before it is changed to something else. After about an hour looking at these rare pieces we moved on to the Drag Racing exibit. Seeing these vintage machines was a special treat. I grew up hearing about some of these cars, but not enough to really know too much about them. I wish I had spent more time reading the display placards to learn more about them. I just wanted to get in some photos. We then saw the Hot Rod History display. There are some sweet rides here. The Doane Spencer Roadster was the best of all. Such history with this Roadster. Also on display are some beautiful Boyd Coddington and Chip Foose creations. getting the opportunity to see these cars was a very special treat. All in all, my brother and I had a very great day running around being gearheads all day long. To finish off the day we drove up to a neighborhood and got shots of us with the Hollywood sign in the background. Then I took my brother home and hit the road back home. I finally got home around 1:00 AM or so, hit the bed and got up early to make it to school once again to get some education.
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| 1994 Bugatti EB110 |
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| Magnum P.I. 1982 Ferrari 308 GTS |
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| The Gumball Rally 1972 Ferrrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder |
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| 1962 Greer-Black-Prudhomme Dragster |
I would like to thank whomever for reading this. If you would like to see my photos from museum, same as stated above, you can click on the link that says "speedtrap73's photos.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Long Days!
So far the last 2 days have been all about getting up early and staying up late. After the long 6 hour drive to get to Anaheim, we got up early on Friday morning to get breakfast here at the hotel before the crowd of cheerleaders took the place over. To make it worse for me, I couldn't get to sleep the night before (see previous post). We spent the day at Disneyland until about 3:30 pm. The crowds in the morning weren't to bad, thanks to the rainy weather.
We left and got a little relaxation, something like 15 whole minutes, back at the hotel until we headed up to South Central Los Angeles to pick up my brother for dinner. It had been 17 plus years since we last saw one another. Thanks to a little bit of his stupidity and then getting a conviction. I won't get into that! We went to L.A. Live up by the Staples Center, and of all times to go, there was a Lakers game. The area was just crowded with fans eating dinner before the game. For the 3 of us that went, we had decided to eat at the Yard House. I have never had such an unbelievably awesome Turkey Burger, anywhere that I have had one that would even come close to the one that I had there. We ended up just hanging out and talking for a bit until we decided to leave and go grab a coffee at Illy's inside the JW Marriot hotel. We talked for about another hour or so and then decided it was time to head out and drop my brother off back at home.
Today, Saturday i got up around 6:00 an once again and for ready and headed off on my own up to Cars and Coffee to see what beautiful cars were showing up for the every Saturday morning ritual. I must say this visit was not my best, but it was pretty memorable. Its not very often that one gets to see a sweet, white on white Lamborghini Countach 5000S anywhere. One gentleman also brought out his very clean Ferrari F40 and an early model, mid pillar mirror, Ferrari Testarossa. I was able to get some Black and white shots of the TR, but missed out on getting the F40. I did however get some shots with my 40D. After talking to one spectator for a while, I finally got out by about 9:00 am. By that tome there was only about a dozen cars left. I then headed back to the hotel and dropped off the car.
By the time I got done screwing around on the way back, I finally got to the hotel by 10:30 or so. I then jumped on the bus and headed up to Disney's California Adventure to meet back up with the family. After spending a lot of time doing the usual stuff, we got out to Downtown Disney for a great dinner at Ralph Brenna's Jazz Kitchen. I had never been to this restaurant in the past, but I am glad the group decided to eat here. I was very happy with my dinner. After dinner we walked around for a while and headed back into California Adventure to watch World of Color. By this time, my feet were toasted. The show was very good though and it kept my mind off of my sore feet for a little bit. Once the show was over we ended up going back to the hotel. Now I need to get to bed so I can get up early once again. Leaving early to pick up my brother again so we can head up to Woodland Hills for Supercar Sunday and then some other stuff afterwards. Goodnight! Thanks for the reading.
An Automotive Enthusiast
We left and got a little relaxation, something like 15 whole minutes, back at the hotel until we headed up to South Central Los Angeles to pick up my brother for dinner. It had been 17 plus years since we last saw one another. Thanks to a little bit of his stupidity and then getting a conviction. I won't get into that! We went to L.A. Live up by the Staples Center, and of all times to go, there was a Lakers game. The area was just crowded with fans eating dinner before the game. For the 3 of us that went, we had decided to eat at the Yard House. I have never had such an unbelievably awesome Turkey Burger, anywhere that I have had one that would even come close to the one that I had there. We ended up just hanging out and talking for a bit until we decided to leave and go grab a coffee at Illy's inside the JW Marriot hotel. We talked for about another hour or so and then decided it was time to head out and drop my brother off back at home.
Today, Saturday i got up around 6:00 an once again and for ready and headed off on my own up to Cars and Coffee to see what beautiful cars were showing up for the every Saturday morning ritual. I must say this visit was not my best, but it was pretty memorable. Its not very often that one gets to see a sweet, white on white Lamborghini Countach 5000S anywhere. One gentleman also brought out his very clean Ferrari F40 and an early model, mid pillar mirror, Ferrari Testarossa. I was able to get some Black and white shots of the TR, but missed out on getting the F40. I did however get some shots with my 40D. After talking to one spectator for a while, I finally got out by about 9:00 am. By that tome there was only about a dozen cars left. I then headed back to the hotel and dropped off the car.
By the time I got done screwing around on the way back, I finally got to the hotel by 10:30 or so. I then jumped on the bus and headed up to Disney's California Adventure to meet back up with the family. After spending a lot of time doing the usual stuff, we got out to Downtown Disney for a great dinner at Ralph Brenna's Jazz Kitchen. I had never been to this restaurant in the past, but I am glad the group decided to eat here. I was very happy with my dinner. After dinner we walked around for a while and headed back into California Adventure to watch World of Color. By this time, my feet were toasted. The show was very good though and it kept my mind off of my sore feet for a little bit. Once the show was over we ended up going back to the hotel. Now I need to get to bed so I can get up early once again. Leaving early to pick up my brother again so we can head up to Woodland Hills for Supercar Sunday and then some other stuff afterwards. Goodnight! Thanks for the reading.
An Automotive Enthusiast
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