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Pebble Beach 2012 in review
Hi there,
Just returned home from the best car week in hsitory :3DSMILE: It couldn't have been any better ( except for the crashed Daytona maybe ) A couple of photo's of my new mates.....:p http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/DSCF2739.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/DSCF2816.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d.../medium/DB.jpg STIFFY |
Good to hear you had a good time Stiff.
Who is the bloke with the big chin? ;) |
Nothing to get excited about there Mr Stiffy. Cars and/or grid girls please!
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nfi who the first and last guys are??
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Last one is Derek Bell I think - He won Len Mans a million times.
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nfi about the first guy either but no.3 is Derek Bell, one of the greatest sports car drivers of all time with I think five Le Mans titles to his name in the 70s and 80s and a few World Sportscar championships as well. He is probably best known for his results in Porsche 962s. He and co-driver Jackie Ickx shared many victories in endurance races.
Hope he's at Goodwood this year. |
First guy looks like Chip Ganassi, Indycar team owner.
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All Correct
Guy's,
Chip Ganassi, Nice bloke, or maybe he couldn't understand what I was saying Jay Leno, ( very funny on stage ) Derek Bell, very nice guy to speak to STIFFY |
Stiffy
Great photos. Derek Bell was good to speak too as you had you best Brighton toddy voice so he thought you were a fellow country man..:LOL: |
Thanks Stiffy for sharing the photos, man and am I jealous. :)
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Glad to see you had fun.......
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Herr Stiffness
End of this week is our turn at Goodwood. Will be taking a lot of photos for posterity. However our last day in London featured a visit to the RAF museum. Took a few snaps just for you Mr Junkers. Your car, your plane?? Stuka boy http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/DSC03381.jpg http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/DSC03379.jpg The Bf109 http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/DSC03374.jpg and of course the Allied weapons of choice, my favourite, a Mustang in another name the P51D http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/DSC03242.jpg and the Spitfire in one of its many variants http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/DSC03329.jpg Hoping to also see both the latter two aircraft at Goodwood too with luck. Ciao Slo |
Planes....
Hey Slowly,
Great photo's........ I just love the Stuka wing shape, hence the number plate. I think the P-51 is the nicest looking WW2 American plane ( closely followed by the Corsair ). On the way back from Pebble we stopped at Hawaii for 10 days, Pearl Harbour etc, my first look up close at the famous Jap Zero, bloody small plane with no fire protection, no wonder they all squint :3DSMILE::3DSMILE: I will be showing the PB photo's at the October Cobra Meeting, maybe we can do a double act....... STIFFY |
I am planning on making that meeting perhaps we can.
I'm no techno-phobe but if we can get my laptop hooked up anything is possible. Or burn the images to a disc I guess instead. Gotta go we are off for a beer in Beer down near Seton! Ciao |
Where is the actual event held? Is it on or near PB Golf Course? Im pretty familiar with the whole Monterey Peninsula / Pebble Beach /17 Mile drive area and always wondered exactly where the event was located?
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Pebble Beach
HSV,
The event is held in the golf course. The Concours is on the 18th green and the presentation is held infront of the Club House. The most beautiful view WITHOUT the cars. The Club House http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/DSCF2638.JPG The 18th http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d.../DSCF26491.JPG STIFFY |
You don't from memory get to see the club house from the beach unless you are on foot. The road 17 mile Drive takes you along the coast and it seems to just end in the middle of houses and side residential streets.
When Pebble Beach show is on you don't get into the central car park as it is all closed off. Carmel just next to the concourse is also a great opportunity to see the cars as they are parked in the streets there also. It's a great little town with tons of gift shops and lots of art galleries. Clint Eastwood was the former Mayor there and his young wife publishes a very good community magazine - any wonder the town attracts such quality cars and wealthy people. Great place to visit for those that live out of the area. Would recommend the coast road down from the north - beautiful winding roads, panoramic scenery. |
Highway 1 between LA and San Fran is the Great Ocean Road of the US.
It's a great drive and I recommend it is added to the bucket list of drives. |
Yep...I spotted the green clock in one of the photos so I know exactly where it is held.
As for the big sur drive...my wife called it...big blur...I will dig up a photo to tell you what I mean... |
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