Concorso Italiano 2026
Best of Show, 1959 Maserati 3500 GT Bertone owned by Jim Utaski.
Story by Brandes Elitch
Photos by Daniel De Gallo
It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the Concorso Italiano is back and better than ever.
I attended the very first one, which I think was 40 years ago if that is possible, kind of a trial balloon, launched by Francis Mandarano at the Carmel Mission Inn, in a shopping center complex right next to Route One and just down the street from the Mission. [Read more…] about Concorso Italiano 2026
The Paddock, 2026
Story by Brandes Elitch
Photos by and copyright of Daniel De Gallo
A while back, someone asked me if there were any events missing from Car Week. This seemed like a strange question at the time because there are at least thirty well publicized events all over Monterey Peninsula. And then last year Tanya Kosta started a new event, called The Paddock. I think Tanya hit her stride with this a few weeks ago, but here I want to give you some background that you will not likely have read elsewhere about why this works. [Read more…] about The Paddock, 2026
Three From Pebble
1938 Phantom Corsair Experimental Bohman & Schwartz Six-Passenger Coupe, National Automobile Museum in Reno, NV.
Story and photos by Daniel De Gallo
Newbie Daniel De Gallo gives us a perspective of Pebble Beach from the Little Car show, the Tour d’Elegance, and the Concours in this overview. [Read more…] about Three From Pebble
Dale LaFollette
Dale LaFollette passed away last week due to a stroke. Dale was the Track Manager at the Portland International Raceway for 27 years, owned Vintage Motorphoto and contributed many articles to VeloceToday. To say he will be missed is a gross understatement. Below is one of our favorite articles by LaFollette, followed by links to a few more of his best.
Story and photos by Dale LaFollette
Pete asked me for photos of the Disco Volante so I had to go back to the Mille Miglia Retrospective of 1986. Wow, what wonderful memories that dislodged!
The Disco Volante was being piloted by Phil Hill and John Lamm and I was in a C-Type Jaguar that was owned by my good friend Steve Earle. Our numbers were close to each other so we seemed to be in contact for at least the first full day of the three-day event. Phil and John told me that the Disco belonged to the Alfa Romeo Museum and they seemed a little concerned about the mechanical preparation if memory serves. [Read more…] about Dale LaFollette
VeloceToday for August 25, 2026
Jonathan Sharp at the Brooklands GP100
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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
‘A brighter scene than Brooklands on August 7th 1926 would be hard to imagine; sunshine, dresses, sumptuous cars, grass, trees, advertisements, and lastly the little green and blue projectiles themselves, such as the picture retained in the mind.’ So wrote the Brooklands Gazette in the September 1926 edition. The event in question? Britain’s first Grand Prix, not technically the ‘British Grand Prix’ but the first Grand Prix event held in the UK. Run under the title ‘The Grand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club’ Brooklands had been offered the chance to run the event in 1925 but the Royal Automobile Club had been unable to accept the offer, but when the offer was renewed for 1926 it got the go ahead to run the event at Brooklands which had opened back in 1907 as the world’s first purpose-built banked motor racing circuit. [Read more…] about Jonathan Sharp at the Brooklands GP100
Elitch and Goldberg: Pebble Beach, 2026
Thank you, Rob Walton!
Story by Brandes Elitch
Photos by Bob Goldberg
VeloceToday readers are located all over the world, and most will not likely be able to journey to the US for a car show. As a writer, my brief is to try to give them a sense of what an event is like, to try to paint a picture and recreate the experience so that they might feel that they are almost there. I have been doing this for a while now, and most of the time those goals are attainable. [Read more…] about Elitch and Goldberg: Pebble Beach, 2026
Vignales and Ferraris at Pebble Beach
1955 Alfa 1900 Super Sprint Cabriolet by Vignale, Michelle and Steve Wolf
Story by Brandes Elitch
Photos by Bob Goldberg
Here we will focus on Vignale, which was a feature in the 2026 Pebble Beach Concours d ‘Elegance, but include photos of Ferraris from other classes at the event.
I consider the pinnacle of Italian custom coachbuilding to be from the period of roughly 1950-1965 and there was a lot to see here. Vignale has an interesting history, starting his career at age 12 as an apprentice panel beater. At age 17 he was hired by Farina, and at age 32 he started Carrozzeria Vignale, which lasted for 22 years. He was not a designer, but he could look at a design drawing and build it in metal, delegating the actual designing to Michelotti. The styling of each car is remarkably different, and you must study it for a while to see the details. Each one is more beautiful than the one before. [Read more…] about Vignales and Ferraris at Pebble Beach
Classics of Classics: Prewar Cars at Pebble Beach
1931 Bugatti T 41 Royale Weinberger Cabriolet
Photos by Bob Goldberg
These are the cars that stirred men’s souls, and continue to do so 76 year after the first concours at Pebble Beach. While the first few years of the show awarded best of show to contemporary cars, since 1955 when Phil Hill won with his 1931 Pierce Arrow Le Baron, the focus and best of show awards went to pre war classics. In 1968 a 1964 Maserati Mistral took home the bacon, and once more in 2014 when the Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti Coupe of Jon Shirley won, but these two outliers remain the only post war cars to capture the coveted Best of Show. The winner this year was another pre war car, a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ owned by Harry Yeaggy, congratulations! And, btw, a Bugatti has won BOS more times than any other make.
Pre War cars are the mainstays, the classics of classics, the cars that will always be at the top. Here, Bob Goldberg has selected just a few of the pre war cars that were on display in 2026. [Read more…] about Classics of Classics: Prewar Cars at Pebble Beach
Gauld Reviews Motorsports Mavericks
Review by Graham Gauld
Purchase here: https://www.quarto.com/books/9780760399057/motorsports-mavericks
At first glance of the cover, above, it looks as though this is yet another book on the Can-Am series in the United States; but it is not.
Author of Motorsports Mavericks George Levy has covered automobile racing during its most dangerous period of the 1960s and ’70s through the eyes of one of America’s greatest motor sport photographers, his friend, Pete Biro. However, this is not a picture and caption book but a solid piece of motor sport history from Formula 1 and Indy car racing, to sports car racing. [Read more…] about Gauld Reviews Motorsports Mavericks
Shuttleworth Festival of Flight Airshow
Lockheed P38L-5 SN 44-53254 Lightning. Pure poetry in motion, such grace, such poise, the elegant sound of the twin Allison V12s and definitely my highlight of the show. In fact I would go so far as to say it was one of the best displays I have seen for a long time, and I have been watching planes for many a year.
Story and Fantastic Photos by Jonathan Sharp
The final part of the jigsaw that is my month of visiting the stately homes of England was a visit to the Shuttleworth Estate in Bedfordshire for their Festival of Flight Airshow held over two days the same time as the Heveningham Hall Concours (June 26-28) so it meant another night in a hotel, which this time did have air conditioning as per the British summer of 2026 it was blooming hot. Unlike the October ‘Race Day’ event, the Festival of Flight is just an air show, but Shuttleworth being Shuttleworth meant there were still some interesting non aviation things to see before the flying commenced in the afternoon, as you will see from the following photographs.
As to the flying! What a show, hats off to the team that booked the aircraft. The start for many being an original Messerschmitt bf109 flown over from Germany and making its first appearance at a UK air show. My highlight however, has to be the aircraft from the Flying Bulls’ collection of Salzburg, Austria. It was a shame that the Grumman Bearcat could not make this trip, and their Corsair went tech (broke down) at their temporary base at Duxford on the Sunday, but never mind, we still had their P51, P38 and B25 to enjoy. I hope the following photos give you a taste of what was a great event.