Dallas County Living Well Magazine January/February 2019 | Page 48

Above, and right: All manner of sports
cars competed throughout the week-
end in the Rolex Monterey Motor-
sports Reunion.
Left: Among the many collector car
auctions was Gooding & Company,
above, on the Pebble Beach grounds.
RM Sothby’s and Mecom auctions
were held in Monterey.
Monterey, from page 45
reception. The AFAS is composed of a
small group of painters and sculptors
of automotive fine art who are also
automotive enthusiasts and who por-
tray various aspects of the automobile
in their fine art. The exhibit has been
sponsored by the Lincoln Division of
the Ford Motor Company since 1996,
thanks to the efforts of John Clinard,
an automotive journalist and retired
public relations executive at Ford.
and pay upwards of $145 from an en-
terprising Dawn Patrol participant. the most ever gathered together in once
place since they had left the factory.
And no: I’m keeping my cap. Another Sunday highlight was Wayne
Carini’s 1954 Studebaker Command-
er Starliner on the lawn. Carini is the
host of Chasing Classic Cars on the
Velocity cable television network. Cari-
Tuckers were one of the featured
marques at this year’s event. There
were 13 models on display, most likely
And of course, Sunday, (August
26) was the day. I joined the thousands
of spectators who traveled along 17
Mile Drive to descend upon the green
lawns of the Pebble Beach Golf Club.
The day started early for me at 4 a.m.
in order to beat the crowds for I want-
ed to arrive on time at 5 a.m. for Dawn
Patrol, the annual event sponsored by
Hagerty Insurance Co. This early hour
is when virtually all the cars invited
to the concours drive through the pre-
dawn darkness onto the golf course’s
18th green. Hagerty provides coffee
and donuts for Dawn Patrol attendees,
and a coveted cap. These distinctive
caps are given away–the only way to
acquire one–unless you search eBay
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DALLAS COUNTY Living Well Magazine | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019