Sentences with phrase «pebble beach road»

The Monterey Peninsula's love affair with world - class racing traces its beginnings to the inaugural running of the Pebble Beach Road Races in 1950.

The Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP), the non-profit 501 (c)(4) corporation with the purpose of managing the County of Monterey - owned Laguna Seca Recreation Area, built the track on Ford Ord property in 1957 to continue road racing in the Monterey Peninsula among safety concerns with the Pebble Beach circuit that held the annual Pebble Beach Road Races.

Sallen went on to explain that when the Pebble Beach Road Races began in 1950, there were only two classes: under 1.5 liter, which was mostly MG TCs and MG TDs, and over 1.5 liter, which were primarily Jaguar XK120s with occasional Ferraris or Oscas in the field.

Eight years before, he began his F1 career, Hill won the first feature in the Pebble Beach Road Races, in the fall of 1950, driving a Jaguar XK 120.

Hill's biggest imprint on the automotive enthusiast world, though, most surely would be the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and the Pebble Beach Road Race, where he was a veritable Juan Manuel Fangio in terms of his effect on both the show and the races.

As we outlined for you in our August issue, what began in 1950 as the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and Pebble Beach Road Race have morphed into a multiday extravaganza of events catering to all manner of automotive tastes.

Delivered new to Fred Knoop in San Francisco, this car ran in the Pebble Beach Road Races.

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we were a bit bummed last year when we went to the pebble beach for the US Open, they shut down all the major roads because of the tournament so we couldnt sitesee... but I guess the golf course wasn't so bad;) what a wonderful venue for a wedding!

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Thankfully traffic is extremely light, and I unleash the GT S on set after set of Highway 1's squiggly ribbons of road; by now, I've been in Mercedes - AMG's new beast for several hundred miles on the way up to and during the annual Pebble Beach car week festivities.

The following year marked the last time the road races and the concours would be held together at Pebble Beach.

It was built in 1957 as a replacement for the road circuit at Pebble Beach when that became too dangerous.

And you may be tempting a quick and painful and final end to your day's spectating,» read an excerpt from the first program sold at the «Eighth Annual Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races» November 1957.

Last week word came out Lamborghini had sent out invitations to current owners and possible buyers for a «behind closed doors» unveil of this new car... however it is very unlikely these people will get to see an actual car at Pebble Beach this weekend... most likely the unveil will be limited to a presentation and a holographic animation according to Road and Track.

Before the famous racetrack was built in 1957, the SCCA hosted a road race in the neighboring community of Pebble Beach, offering a narrow, multi-surface track for lithe roadsters to slide among the cypress trees and hay bales.

Practically every car on display each year at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is worthy of being in some sort of museum, but while most arrive to the event on a trailer, Nissan will be taking two of its museum cars on a 300 - mile road trip from L.A. to Monterey.

Given how a roadster looks completely at home on the sunny coastal roads of California, it came as no surprise when BMW unveiled the Z4 Concept at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Since the caption states «Starting 17 August, the road will never be the same», it could essentially mean that the car may be showcased at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

The Pebble Beach display should be even more impressive than last year's (the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the No. 75 race car) with the road - worthy classics on hand.

Spanning from Carmel Beach to Carmel River Beach, the Scenic Road path offers some of the area's most incredible views of Carmel Point, Point Lobos State Reserve, Pebble Beach Golf Links, and Carmel's famous Cypress trees and white - sand bBeach to Carmel River Beach, the Scenic Road path offers some of the area's most incredible views of Carmel Point, Point Lobos State Reserve, Pebble Beach Golf Links, and Carmel's famous Cypress trees and white - sand bBeach, the Scenic Road path offers some of the area's most incredible views of Carmel Point, Point Lobos State Reserve, Pebble Beach Golf Links, and Carmel's famous Cypress trees and white - sand bBeach Golf Links, and Carmel's famous Cypress trees and white - sand beachbeach.

Zeus Hotel rests in a beautiful garden area 20 m off the main road on the outskirts of Kefalos, Kos, just 250 m from a sand and pebble Kamari Bay beach, with the sapph...... Continue reading

Zeus Hotel rests in a beautiful garden area 20 m off the main road on the outskirts of Kefalos, Kos, just 250 m from a sand and pebble Kamari Bay beach, with the sapphire blue Sea beyond.

The Cote d'Azur, that clear stretch of coastline in the south of France, dotted with ritzy holiday destinations, historic hilltop towns, twisting mountain roads and white pebble beaches leading into the azure water.