This coming weekend Palm Springs will host The Desert Classic Concours d’elegance. Last years inagural event was an absolute sensation!!!!! The press and media were absolutley wowed by the qaulity of entrants and the fantastic venue. The event is held at the O’Donnell golf course, the oldest in Palm Springs and the setting is simply stunning.

This years entry list is even more impressive than last- if that is possible. There are also a few suprises that are to be unvailed for the first time at THIS event!!!!

Make time this coming weekend to attend, it will be well worth the drive, entry cost is only $25.00 at the gate and we promise that you and yours will enjoy a remarkable show.  

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For those of us who have been around for a while, we here in Southern California, used to have a world class race track not too far away from Orange County. Riverside International Raceway was just that; World Class. The names of drivers who raced at Riverside is a virtual who’s -who in racing. Name a few you say? Gurney, Andretti, Jones, Donohue, Revson, Hulme, Mclaren, Follmer, Brabham, Unser, Patrick, Posey, Petty, Allison, Stewart, Stuck, Haywood, Gregg, Hobbs, Redman, Ginther, Shelby, St. James, our good friend Tony a2z- the list could take up pages alone. There is also an extraordinarily long list of great cars that were raced at Riverside as well, including the amazing Porsche 917 turbocharged Can-Am car driven by a certain Mr. Donohue who basically ran away and hid from the rest of the field ….and all by turn 2! We were there, still very young, but there!

Though Riverside went the way of “progress” some years ago and was unfortunately gone by the time we started driving competitively - we had been there many, many times; watching our hero’s and as a crew member for Tommy Kendall and Max Jones in 1985 when he and Max shared a championship season in the IMSA Firehawk series.

Though the raceway is gone, there is a gentleman who simply refuses to let it die. Doug Magnon is preserving the history of the great raceway and has done so by sharing its sensational history with all of us at the Riverside International Automotive Museum. This is a must see venue for automotive and racing enthusiasts and just a short jog out the 91 freeway from Orange County. Inside the museum, is a wonderful collection of memorabilia and a terrific grouping of automobiles; including some fantastic Gurney Eagles, one of which, is the very car that our good friend Tony Adamowicz drove to his 1969 Formula 5000 championship and in which he is now competing again; some forty years later.

This gets even better! On March 27th through March 29th, the museum will be holding a Charity Film Festival and Gala Event. A vast number of auto racing legends which had raced at Riverside Raceway will be in attendance. The list is so long that it is just easier to direct you to the web-site. If you share the same passion as we do for motorsport, this is a must do event! The opportunity to rub elbows with the truly great hero’s of auto racing, is a once in a life-time experience that simply can not be missed! Tickets are available on-line.

Please order you tickets NOW as they are limited. See you there!

O.C.C.E

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We were recently extended a very nice invitation to take a look at a terrific facility here in Orange County.

If you are an avid automotive enthusiast, this is the place. Don Crevier has a passion for automobiles. Not only does Don successfully operate the largest selling BMW center in the Western Region, he is also a collector of great vintage cars; what he has done here however, is something quite extraordinary.

Welcome to Crevier Classic cars. Housed in a beautiful warehouse here in Orange County, are some terrific classics. All of these cars do not however, belong to just Mr. Crevier. Crevier Classic Cars is also a private storage facility for automotive enthusiasts.

For a modest monthly fee, owners can store their prized collectables in a well… different surrounding. What makes this wonderful establishment unique is that it is also a club and there’s more.

As we walked in, we were surrounded by beautiful marble and hard wood floors, a great seating area, a billiard table, an open bar and wall mounted plasma televisions. THIS is a place where car guys and gals can relax, have a glass of wine, play billiards, watch the game and most importantly talk with their friends about their favorite passion; automobiles. In addition, there are also meeting areas, a card room and all of these amenities are included in the monthly storage fee; just fantastic.

Beyond the lounge area lays the storage facility. It is impeccably clean, well lit and has terrific artwork. The ambiance is one of class and sophistication of an era gone by; rather similar to most of the cars stored there. It all just fits so very well indeed.

Then there are the cars, and some terrific specimens of automotive art at that. The list is long, but some of the highlights include;
A 1929 Cadillac 5 passenger town car that is simply superb, a 1935 Packard 1207 V12 convertible coupe roadster; a monster of a car and yet so elegant, a 1936 Packard 120, a terrific little 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta spyder and a one off 1956 Dodge Golden Lancer; just remarkable.

The warehouse is full of other great cars as well. Yet, while strolling through this treasure trove of automobilia, one cannot help notice that some of the more contemporary cars seem oddly out of place.
Don’t get us wrong here, great cars are great cars.

Jim Clark (ironic, isn’t it?) manages the facility for Don and you could not ask for a more gracious host. Jim is a wealth if knowledge and one of the nicest people you will ever meet.

We could spend hours here, in fact we did. If you are a serious automotive enthusiast and are in need of a facility to house your collectable car, we would strongly suggest contacting Jim Clark at Crevier Classic Cars.

Crevier Classic Cars also holds corporate and charitable events.

We would very much like to thank Crevier Classic Cars, Jim Clark, his brother Tom and of course Don Crevier for inviting us to visit their marvelous establishment, it really is quite something.

You can visit their website www.crevierclassiccars.com or contact Jim Clark directly at 714-426-0238

O.C.C.E

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