Well I just got back to LA after the most amazing weekend up on the Monterey Peninsula for the Social-automotive orgy that takes place over a few days.
Nicolai (THE PRODUCER) and myself headed up on the Wednesday in a new Range Rover - which definately got us in the right mind frame for the luxury ahead.
Evidence we were in the right place was the Valet area littered with Jaguars and Lambo's (and Mazda)!
But after that long drive it was time to head off to party.
At the McCall Aviation kick off reception at the Jet Center. Always a cool time and great seeing everyone.
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| Some un-ridable but very futuristic motorcycle. |
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| Any time you see a Pagani its kind of special. |
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| And then there is real Italian class in the room! |
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This guy slipped past security! Steve Y from
eBay Mobile on great form. |
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| Stunning war birds! |
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| What a rear end! |
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| Automotive party people |
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| Nicolai and I trying our best here... |
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| ..and obviously failing |
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| But the winner is always Bond.... |
Thursday. 8am
I had to get to the track for a drivers meeting with the Corvette lads as I was due to drive the new C7 Stingray later that weekend.
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| One of the racing Corvettes on the very impressive GM display! |
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| Way too early to see this ugly bunch: Johnny OConnell, Tommy Milner and Darren Law |
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Thank god there was beauty in abundance to offset
that last photo....:) |
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| Two of the best liveries ever seen on a sports car! |
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Great to see Craig Jackson racing in the Trans Am category. Looking less
stressed than when at a Barrett Jackson Auction! |
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| When Lotus ruled the racing world |
BMW had some of their best classics on display
Nicolai and I popped over to get a VIP drive in the exciting Jaguar Project 7 car. Look out for the drive in an upcoming Worlds Fastest show!
Time for another party. And Lincoln gave us a good one.
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| My hero and friend Sir. Stirling Moss OBE. |
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| Not a bad setting. |
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| 6000 pieces of chocolate. Round 1 for JB. |
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| Lincoln showed their Black Series. |
Friday. The Quail
This is perhaps my favorite event of the weekend. Everyone is there, everyone is chilled out, and nearly everyone looks good. And the cars.......off the charts!
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| One of the stars of the show was the Galpin super car. |
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| Just amazing! |
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| Cool race cars! |
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My friend Michael Fux with his extraordinary
purple McLaren |
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| This is what REAL money looks like! |
More cars.....
Jaguar and Land Rover had their latest vehicles on display.
Then we went and filmed
in the new Range Rover on the
off-road course. Look out for
Not having seen him for few months it was great to see my Dad hanging out at the Bentley Display.
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| Dad with head of Porsche Motorsport and all around good guy Jens Walther |
Friday night and time for a real party. The Hottest ticket in town.
The Jaguar Playboy Party
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| Two bunnies is better than one bunny. |
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| Apparently........ |
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| But then I heard about THE Bunny.... |
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| OK I was wrong. Playmate of the year Raquel Pomplun was worth waiting for...:) |
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| Need I say more.... |
BUT while we were goofing around our great mate THE
Magnus Walker was building his legacy to another giddy height with the sale of one of his unique Porsche's at the auction!
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| He sold it for something like ONE billion dollars - go for it Magnus! |
Saturday. Rolex Monterey Historic Motorsports Reunion
If you have never been to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on this Saturday then I suggest you make it part of your plans in 2014.
Famous people
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| Nick Mason - Pink Floyd drummer |
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| Wild cars! |
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| Sneak peek at new cars (BMW M4) |
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| Strange people! (and dog) |
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| Ed Loh and Asian Fan with The Producer |
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Lets have another look at that shall we..:)
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Very excited to get my new open faced race helmet arrive at the track - painted
by the talented Kelly Kocher (more to come on this!)
SUNDAY. Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance 2013
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Early morning start and the cars in the traffic jam
blow your mind!
(NOT the golf cart before you say anything!)
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It's amazing to see the cars and people swarming
onto the 18th Fairway |
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| I am obviously about to say something completely meaningless..... |
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| Sitting in the Aston Martin Concept |
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The concept lawn was stunning as we were getting ready
to shoot for WFCS. |
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| Sir Stirling Moss photo bombing Taylor! |
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| Still our favorite - Porsche 918. What a hot backside! |
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| My kids SO excited to see their Grandad! |
And once the champagne had stopped flowing, and the uber rich departed for their jets.
It was time for us to leave.
So we pretended to have money in the fancy XJR that was loaned to us for the drive back to Los Angeles.
But they just took that away as well.
Until next year!
JB
P.S. A huge thank you to Jaguar Land Rover for making this weekend so much fun and giving us wheels to play around with!
