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Protocol Paused LA Sportswalk Of Fame Inductions Resume In San Pedro

Event environment and retired battleship USS Iowa, moored in San Pedro, acts as the anchor site for the The 2023 Los Angeles Sportswalk Of Fame inductees Image Credit: LA Sportswalk Of Fame (2023)
 
Protocol Paused LA Sportswalk Of Fame Inductions Resume In San Pedro
 
Following the tumult created through our civic response to the threats perceived from an experimental virus that escaped from a lab in Wuhan China, the resumption of, after a protocol three year pause due to COVID-19, the Los Angeles Sportswalk Of Fame presentations were held October 9th, 2023, amid a great and anticipatory crowd primarily of folks local to San Pedro.

SUNMAD Chevy Nomad Makes Annual Trek To SEMA

A 1955 Nomad that ended up becoming a four-door model due to a very unique modification. Custom chassis, wheels and engine change-out make this a Nomad not made for the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach. Image Credit:  Carlos Do Amaral-Gourgel (2021)

 

SUNMAD Chevy Nomad Makes Annual Trek To SEMA

A classic California Blue background with Yellow lettering license plate acts as a branding label of a beautiful 1955 Chevrolet Nomad two-door station wagon. The brand of this Orange Sherbet Pearl with highlights, custom split tailgate restomod? - SUNMAD.

Bond In Motion: Petersen Automotive Museum

Maybe this isn't the exact Aston Martin most folks would have a dream of, but this particular British vehicle, in its own way, is a BOND GIRL. Image Credit: 2021 Brandon O'Brien / Motor Driven Images


Bond In Motion: Petersen Automotive Museum
Words & Images By: Brandon J. O'Brien 

The latest exhibit that opened on September 25th at the Petersen Automotive Museum displays various vehicles used in the twenty-six James Bond movies.  The exhibit titled "Bond In Motion" had been on display at the London Film Festival from 2014 and now allows North American visitors a rare up-close experience with some of the most iconic vehicles associated with the world's most famous secret agent, 007.  The exhibit celebrates the 60th anniversary of the James Bond films since "Dr. No" was released in 1962.

Pampered & Stylish Ford Model T 1915 Racer Is Highlight At Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Ed Archer and passenger sailing the Ford Model T 1915 Racer down the famed Corkscrew Turn 8 complex at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Image Credit: Albert Wong (2021)

 

Pampered & Stylish Ford Model T 1915 Racer Is Highlight At Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

This year's edition of summer activities at Monterey Bay represents the 70th year of a group of events that helped to create Monterey Car Week - The Pebble Beach Concourse de'Elegance/Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.

Two special non-race exhibitions were featured participant-groupings at the 2021 post-Wuhan Virus lockdowns and protocols Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The Ragtime Racers Group 4B and the Group 7A: 1963-1978 IndyCar Historic gathering.

“Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy” - Opening Panel Discussion

“Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy” - Panelists and Moderator (Left To Right): George Hull (Film Designer for “Blade Runner 2049,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” etc.) - Josh Hancock (Picture Car Coordinator, President of Joshcar Inc.) - Harald Belker (Automotive Designer for “Total Recall,” “Batman and Robin,” “Minority Report,” “Iron Man,” “Tron,” etc.) - Dennis McCarthy (Motion Picture Car Coordinator for “Black Panther”, “Captain Marvel”, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” etc.) - Moderated by Scott Mantz (film critic, writer, producer, co-founder & President - Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society, resident film critic & film segment producer - Access Hollywood, etc.) - Mike Scheffe ("Knight Rider" - KITT, "Back to the Future," "Starship Troopers," "Spider-Man," instructor at At Center School of Design, etc.) - Bob Gale (Co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of “Back to the Future” and its sequels).

 

“Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy”  - Opening Panel Discussion

The Petersen Automotive Museum has opened a new exhibit located in the Mullin Family Grand Salon on the first floor, set to run through March 15, 2020, titled “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy.”  This exhibit (over 50 vehicles from 30 production and studio resources, included with The Petersen's own ample collection) is the largest museum exhibition of sci-fi vehicles in the world, and is highlighted by automobiles, costumes, props, and original blueprints from classic and modern-day film series and video games such as "Back to the Future," “Transformers,” “Iron Man,” “Mad Max,” “Halo,” "Knight Rider" - KITT, "Man From U.N.C.L.E." - AMT Piranha, and much more.

Historic Motoring Awards Names Mullin Automotive Museum 2021 “Museum/Collection Of The Year”

Mullin Automotive Museum | Hours Of Operation - Friday and Saturday 10am – 3pm | 1421 Emerson Avenue | Oxnard, CA 93033 | Tel: 805-385-5400

 

Historic Motoring Awards Names Mullin Automotive Museum 
2021 "Museum/Collection Of The Year"

The Mullin Automotive Museum has announced that it is the recipient of the 2021 Historic Motoring Awards title of Museum/Collection of the Year. The naming announcement came during the awards ceremony that took place at the Rosewood Hotel in London, England on November 18, 2021. This is the museum’s first win. It is the second Historic Motoring Award for Mullin founder and CEO, Peter W. Mullin, who won the Personal Achievement Award in 2016. 

Lessons Learned In The Needs-Satisfaction World Of “Chasing Perfect”


Lessons Learned In The Needs-Satisfaction World Of "Chasing Perfect"
The first half in a life lived as a motorcycle competitor, artist, pursuer of nature, perfectionist and ... mobility solutions designer, Frank Stephenson.

"Chasing Perfect" is a documentary style film production by Salon Pictures and Lionsgate UK that is a biographical look behind the curtain of the creative and commercially productive life of Casablanca born, Frank Stephenson.

BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach With Five-Time Class Winner Oliver Gavin

Corvette Racing's Car No. 4 Brit driver Oliver Gavin navigates Turn 2 known as The Fountain Turn. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (2019)

BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach With Five-Time Class Winner Oliver Gavin

Oliver Gavin, a GM factory driver for Corvette Racing for 15 years and an ambassador for Chevrolet UK, he competes in Europe, the USA and Australia, while remaining a dedicated family man, fitness fanatic and marathon runner.

Four-Time AGPLB Winner/IndyCar Champion, NBC Presenter Paul Tracy Lending Expertise To KTM GT4 America Racer Nicolai Elghanayan

Nicolai Elghanayan at speed at the St Petersburg Pirelli GT4 race in March. The rookie will have the coaching expertise of Paul Tracy for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend. Photo: Chris Green


Four-Time AGPLB Winner/IndyCar Champion, NBC Presenter Paul Tracy Lending Expertise To KTM GT4 America Racer Nicolai Elghanayan

(Long Beach, CA) When racing in the highly competitive Pirelli GT4 America Sprint series, part of SRO’s Blancpain GT World Challenge America, teams look for every advantage for a leg up on the competition. For this year’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, The Marco Polo Motorsports/KTM X-Bow team have come loaded for bear — with a coach who has intimate experience with the circuit.

Live From Toronto, A New Car Marketing Platform From Isobar Canada

The first plate and image one sees to participate in this showroom called Cadillac Live. Image Credit Edmund Jenks via screen grab (2019)

Live From Toronto, A New Car Marketing Platform From Isobar Canada

Isobar Canada, part of Dentsu Aegis, has launched its first work for Cadillac - a digital platform called Cadillac Live.

The New Supra: Will It Be Loved?

 


The New Supra: Will It Be Loved?
Words & Images By: Tom Stahler

If you weren’t at the North American Auto Show in Detroit this year, there was one other place to get a glimpse of the hotly anticipated resurrection of the 2020 Toyota Supra: the famed Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auctions. 

 

 

 

Gary Sinise Raises $1.3 million At Barrett-Jackson With Gas Monkey Garage Jeep

During the sale, Sunbelt Rentals — which also partnered on the Richard Rawlings and Russell Holmes Gas Monkey Garage build — announced it would donate $1 million to the Gary Sinise Foundation ... on top of the hammer sale prices of $300,000.

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