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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2019

September 3, 2019September 13, 2019 fittiLotus72 638 Views bentley, car show, classic cars, ferrari, formula atlantic, Lime Rock Historic Festival 2019, lola, lotus, march, maserati, old cars, ralt, reynard, vintage racing

The Labor Day weekend is a wonderful time to visit Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. The Lime Rock Historic Festival 2019 was the 37th annual vintage racing car event.

buick at the sunday in the park concours

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Sunday in the Park at Lime Rock Historic Festival

September 3, 2019September 5, 2019 fittiLotus72 417 Views bentley, car show, classic cars, ferrari, formula atlantic, Lime Rock Historic Festival 2019, lime rock sunday in the park, lola, lotus, march, maserati, old cars, ralt, reynard, vintage racing

One of the best features of the Lime Rock Historic Festival is the Sunday in the Park Concours. 2019 was a prime example.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 short story

July 11, 2019August 8, 2019 fittiLotus72 632 Views car show, classic cars, F1, ferrari, Formula 1, Formula One, goodwood festival of speed, imsa, indy 500, indy car, indycar, LeMans, old cars

There are a few car events that are on most fans’ “must go” list. A relatively recent addition to the list is the Goodwood Festival of Speed and/or the Goodwood Revival.

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Cars and coffee at Newport

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 fittiLotus72 566 Views Alfa Romeo, audrain auto museum, auto museum, auto show, bmw 2002, car and coffee at the elms, car show, cars and coffee at newport, cars and coffee sponsored by audrain museum, classic cars, datsun, dodge charger, ferrari, fiat abarth, ford fairlane, ford woody, jeepster, mclaren, mercedes gullwing, mustang, Porsche, porsche 911, shelby truck, vw thing

It was a great day for Cars and Coffee at Newport, Rhode Island. It was the second such meeting for 2019, held at The Elms Mansion.

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Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance 2018

October 15, 2018January 10, 2019 fittiLotus72 809 Views Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance 2018, car show, classic cars, ferrari, greenwich concours, Karma, Karma Revelo, Lamborghini, old cars, racerhead, Rolls Royce, Tesla, the racerhead, theracerhead.com

The assortment of exotic cars at the 14th annual Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance was staggering. Held in the parking lot of a Long Island shopping center for the well-heeled, it is part car show and part car sales.

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Cars and Coffee at Oak Beach 2

September 17, 2018January 10, 2019 fittiLotus72 1773 Views auto show, captree car show, car show, cars and coffee at oak beach, cars and coffee captree, cars and coffee jones beach, cars and coffee oak beach, cars and coffee robert moses, classic cars, jones beach car show, long island car show, oak beach car show, oak beach inn, oak beach inn car show, obi car meet, old cars, racerhead, rat rods, road trip, robert moses car show, rods, the racerhead, theracerhead.com

Another glorious Sunday on Long Island. The sky’s a nearly cloudless blue and it’s comfortably warm. There might not be another nice Sunday like this before the cold sets in. It’s time for Cars and Coffee at Oak Beach 2.

1925 bugatti t35 at the lime rock vintage festival 2018

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Lime Rock Historic Festival 2018

September 5, 2018January 10, 2019 fittiLotus72 1415 Views auto show, bugatti at lime rock, car show, classic cars, David Hobbs, labor day races at lime rock, LeMans, Lime Rock Historic Festival 2018, lime rock labor day, lime rock park vintage cars, lime rock vintage car racing, lime rock vintage cars, old cars, racerhead, sam posey, the racerhead, theracerhead.com, vintage car racing, vintage racing at lime rock park

The Lime Rock Historic Festival 2018 was the 36th annual event. The featured marque was Bugatti and there were an impressive number in attendance.

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Cars and coffee at Oak Beach

August 28, 2018January 10, 2019 fittiLotus72 2930 Views auto show, captree car show, car show, cars and coffee at oak beach, cars and coffee captree, cars and coffee jones beach, cars and coffee oak beach, cars and coffee robert moses, classic cars, jones beach car show, long island car show, oak beach car show, oak beach inn, oak beach inn car show, obi car meet, old cars, racerhead, rat rods, road trip, robert moses car show, rods, the racerhead, theracerhead.com

When speaking of cars on New York’s Long Island, most folks think of the traffic. Lots and lots of traffic. As a lifetime Longislander (yes, it is one word), I think of Cars and Coffee at Oak Beach.

monaco, a clay sculpture by craig booth for car-toons

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Car-toons by Booth– cars, whimsy and smiles

February 16, 2018January 10, 2019 fittiLotus72 1522 Views auto sculpture, car sculpture, car show, car-toons by booth, cartoons by booth, clay car sculptures, clay cars, clay sculpture by booth, craig & pam booth, craig booth, F1, Formula 1, Formula One, imsa, indy 500, indy car, indycar, LeMans, Model cars, Models, motorsport art, pam booth, race car art, racerhead, the racerhead, theracerhead.com

I first met the Booths in the late 1980s. Their Car-toons by Booth business was young and already very popular. Racing art was a very niche thing then, yet their whimsical car caricatures were immediate breakout hits.

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Tiny Cars at Larz

July 11, 2017January 10, 2019 fittiLotus72 1424 Views auto museum, auto museum boston, auto show, bmw isetta, bubble cars, car museum, car show, classic cars, larz anderson museum, messerschmitt, old cars, racerhead, the racerhead, theracerhead.com, tiny cars

Sundays in the summer months means car events on the lawn at Larz Anderson Museum in Brookline, Mass. The event for July 9th was for tiny cars, a huge amusement for most of us.

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