JOHN READY

The week’s events kicked off with Gordon McCall’s 21st Motorsports Revival. Bob Jacobs had gotten an extra invitation to McCall’s Motorsports Revival because he was showing his Lamborghini Aventador at the Quail on Friday. Bob and I made our way to the Monterey Jet Center for the McCall Party. As soon as we entered the […]

Ed. Note: This is the first part of a three-part series cataloging freelance writer John Ready’s journey and experience at last year’s Pebble Beach Councours d’Elegance. Watch for parts two and three in the arts section in June and July, respectively. There is a road west of my town named Pacific Coast Highway 1. Younger […]

Ed. note: When we last left our errant knights of the road, they had found their way to Monterey, and managed to attend the McCall party and drive some great demo cars. Rejoin them now as they go to a Thursday-morning event, the Rolex Tour d’Elegance.   Rolex Tour d’Elegance Rolex sponsors the Tour d’Elegance, […]

Ed. note: John Ready visits the annual Pebble Beach Concour d’Elegance with his friends Roger, Parvin, Bob, and Slow Dave. He writes about his misadventures for the Sun and will be attending the events again this year in mid-August. In anticipation of his always colorful journey, we’re revisiting his most recent trip, which appeared in […]

The 61st year of the Pebble Beach Concour d’Elegance is a premier automotive Super Bowl event that takes place every August. To understand the event, you have to know that there are thousands of applicants that are whittled down to just 850. Then a committee of automotive experts further carves that number down to the […]

Ed. note: Longtime Sun friend John Ready recently talked his way into the 59th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event and brought back proof of his journey in the form of celebrity sightings, tales of classic cars, and plenty of chest-clutching swooning over the Benzs and Bugattis. While this annual event has come and gone, the […]