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23rd ANNUAL PACIFIC GROVE ROTARY

Concours Auto RallyFRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2017

The Pacific Grove Rotary Club is extremely proud to be the organizers of this year’s Concours Auto Rally event.

EVENT SCHEDULE1:00 PM Registration begins for participants (Detail map will be in your driver packet) Staging of cars along Lighthouse Avenue Note: Drivers who are part of a corral should assemble prior to staging so the group can be staged together in an available block

Entertainment by Kelley from Kelley and the Beachcombers4:45 to 5:00 PM Driver’s meeting – CHP and Pacific Grove Police Department5:00 to 5:15 PM Rally drive will launch along designated route6:15 PM Barbecue dinner at Chautauqua Hall7:00 PM Awards Presentation and Raffle at Chautauqua Hall

BARBECUE DINNERDinner will follow the tour, in historic Chautauqua Hall, Central Avenue at 16th Street Pacific Grove

Limited dinner tickets are available: $30.00 adults $15.00 kids (12 and under)For additional information call 831-372-3861

Poster & Program Photo ShootCover/Poster design by Keli Pharaoh. Cover/Poster Photography by Rick Pharaoh. The Pacific Grove Rotary Auto Rally would like to thank the Jaguar car owners for their early morning appearance for this year’s poster and rally photo shoot.

Thank you to Jaguar Monterey.

Some of the Raffle ItemsWill Bullas Signed Dye-Infused Metal Print2 Night Stay at Asilomar (bikes and smores included)Golf at Pacific Grove Golf LinksMonterey Bay Aquarium TicketsGolf at Saratoga Country ClubWine BasketsSeven Gables Inn $250 Gift Certificate

Martine Inn 2 Night StayBaja Cantina $50 Gift CertificateStarbucks Gift Basket50 Gallon Shop VacuumGlenn Gobel Framed Auto Rally PosterPacific Gardens Inn 1 Night StayEl Estero Car Washes $25 Value

RAFFLE TICKETS: 4 for $10.00 / 10 for $20.00

The 2017 season marks the 61st consecutive year that the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula has promoted and managed

world-class motorsports events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

The centerpiece of every Mazda Raceway season schedule is the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Recognized worldwide as one of the premier annual vintage motorsports

festivals, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is an amazing showcase of 550 period-correct and authentic race cars from the 20th Century. This year’s featured marque honors the 100th anniversary of BMW.

The balance of the 2017 major events schedule includes the Ferrari Challenge, Spring Classic, Superbike World Championship, Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion, Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix.

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23rd ANNUAL PACIFIC GROVE ROTARY

Concours Auto RallyPresented by: The Rotary Club of Pacific Grove

RALLY SPONSORSJaguar Monterey

Porsche of Monterey

PIT CREW SPONSOR

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

PATRON SPONSORS

Rabobank

Meguiar’s

Sandis Engineering

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS

Pebble Beach Company

Granite Rock

Griva Vineyards

Red House Café’

DONATING SPONSORS

Grove Market

Will Bullas/Will Bullas Studios

Driscolls Berries

Asilomar Lodging and Conference Grounds

El Estero Car Wash

Pacific Grove Golf Links

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pacific Gardens Inn

Martine Inn

Seven Gables

Gianni’s Pizza

Glenn Gobel Custom Framing

Jan & John Stewart/Saratoga Country Club

Lindsay and Patti Munoz

P.G. Starbucks

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2017Concours d’Elegance

PG Auto Rally Friday, August 18

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Congratulations and a hearty thank you to all the committee members, volunteers, sponsors and advertisers who have

participated over the last 23 years! This charitable event has been an immense joy and could only have been this successful because of you. Thank you all!

The twenty-second annual Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally, which has raised more than $280,000 for youth programs on the Monterey Peninsula, will be held on Friday, August 18, 2017. Each year the event takes place on Friday of the Concours d’Elegance weekend at Pebble Beach and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca.

The Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally is geared for people who own and drive their own classic and vintage cars. The rally draws 5+ participants and 8,000 spectators line the rally route.

This year’s event marks the organizational transition from Pacific Grove Youth Action to Pacific Grove Rotary.

The Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally was started in 1995 as a fund raiser in support of the Pacific Grove Youth Center and other youth programs. Pacific Grove Rotary joined PG Youth Action nine years ago as a 50% partner for the rally organization. PG Rotary has provided volunteers and board member support.

Starting this year, PG Rotary will receive all the proceeds from the Rally and divide the funds between the PG Youth Center, or other City youth programs, and Rotary youth programs.

Additional information about the rally may be obtained by calling 831-372-3861 or online at www.pgautorally.org. Registration forms may be downloaded from the web site. Hotel and other visitor information are available by contacting the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-656-6650.

Pacific Grove Rotary • PG Concours Auto RallyP.O. Box 51453, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, 831-372-3861

Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally

Friday, August 18, 2017

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

John Shuman - Event ChairMatt Bosworth - TreasurerJeanne Byrne – DirectorVic Johnson – Director Steve Covell – DirectorMike Milliorn – DirectorLindsay Munoz - DirectorExecutive Assistants – Patti McCarty and Carol Fuessenich COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ray Byrne, Scott Emmett, Richard Gray, Tom Greer, Bruce Obbink, Jeannine Crossland, Lynda Johnson, Patrick Ryan, Jennarose Johnson

23rd Anniversary CelebrationPHOTO: Early Auto Rally meetings were held at Alan Cohen’s Lighthouse Café, (now Holly’s). Shown in this photo of the first Auto Rally committee, counterclockwise, Brandy Falconer, Alex Rodriguez, John Sutton, (unidentified), Ray Ching, Jim Watts, Mike McNally, Dana Annereau, Jeanne Byrne, David Dormody, Ray Byrne, Steve Covell, Alan Cohen, John Clark, Judy, John Qualia.

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Motorcycle enthusiast William Lyons founded the Swallow Sidecar company in Blackpool, England in 1922. Swallow started building custom bodies on standard automobile chassis in 1927 and, after moving the business to Coventry, introduced its first complete model, the SS 1, in 1931.

The Jaguar name first appeared on an SS 2½-liter sports sedan in 1935. The company name was changed in 1945 to reflect the speed and sleek appearance associated with the feline breed.

SS Jaguar 2½ Liter Sedan (1937)

Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation in 1966 and after a succession of owners became the Jaguar Land Rover unit of Tata Motors of India in 2009. Engineering and production remain in the UK. With current models XE, XF, XJ and the F-Type, Jaguar continues as one of the world’s leading luxury brands today.

XK120 (1950)

The Jaguar name is synonymous with visually stunning and technically ground-breaking high-performance engineering. Some of the most revered models include the XC 120 (1948) at the time the world’s fastest production car, C-type (1951), and the D-Type (1954) that took home first place at Le Mans 3 years in a row.

XK120C, renamed C-Type (1953)

Enzo Ferrari called the E-Type, introduced in 1961, “the most beautiful car ever made.” Of 18 special lightweight aluminum-bodied special GT racing versions planned, only 12 were produced in the 1960s. By reverse engineering and using modern technology, the Jaguar Heritage Division completed the run 50 years later.

Unveiled at Pebble Beach in 2014, with an all-aluminum 3.8 XK engine delivering 340 horsepower at 6,250 revs, the reborn Lightweight E-Type weighed in at just 2,292 pounds wet. Six customers paid more than $1 million each for one of the rarest cars on earth.

E-Type (1961)

Jaguar: “The Art of Performance” by David A. Laws

Sponsored by Jaguar Monterey. Photographs courtesy: Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC

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DISTRACTED DRIVING PROGRAM At Pacific Grove High School

Part of the funds generated by the Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally will go towards bringing the Distracted Driving Program/Save a Life Tour to Pacific Grove High School. This program will be presented to PG High students from grades 9 through 12.

Driver distractions have joined alcohol and speeding as leading factors in fatal and serious-injury crashes. The National Safety Council estimates that 25 percent of all crashes a year involve talking/texting on cell phones, according to statistics provided by the Save A Life Tour.

After listening to the program presenters and teachers, students can experience first- hand the devastating effects of drunk or distracted driving. The national “Save A Life Tour” has been developed to provide an interactive driving simulator that truly shows participants the grim reality of decisions and behavior made when driving. The program addresses the very real, and often fatal, consequences of poor choices that are made while under the influence and/or while distracted when driving.

Learn more at : saveali fetour.com

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211 Forest Ave.

831.655.2422Monday-Saturday 10-6

Sunday 11-5

Fat Willy’s Antiques

590 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Thurs–Mon 10am-5pm

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A Humble Beginning (1948-1954)1948 - Porsche introduces the aerodynamic “356.” 1950 - New York importer Max Hoff man places the fi rst North American order for Porsches.1951 - Ferdinand Porsche dies. 1954 - Speedster model introduced.

Growth and Success (1956-1963)1956 - 10,000th Porsche built. Top performance road car is 100-hp Carrera.1958 - 10,000th 356 built. 1962 - Porsche establishes independent distribu� on network in Europe.1963 - Annual produc� on surpasses 11,000.

A Sportscar Legend (1964-1972)1964 - 911 produc� on begins and is an instant hit. US price: $5,500.1965 – 356 produc� on ends a� er 17 years with 77,361 built. 1969 - Annual produc� on passes the 14,000 mark. 1972 - Porsche opens its Research and Development Center in Weissach, Germany.

Brave New World (1975-1989)1975 - Porsche introduces 911 Turbo supercar in North America.1976 - Porsche replaces the 914 with the 924.1977 - Total Porsche produc� on passes 300,000.1978 - Porsche introduces the 928. 1982 - Porsche Cars North America established with headquarters in Reno, Nevada.1983 - First 911 Cabriolet introduced. 1984 - Porsche AG goes public.1986 - Porsche 944 is fi rst car sold in US with driver’s side and passenger airbags as standard equipment.1987 - 250,000th 911 built.

Returning to Roots (1990-1996)1990 - Porsche introduces the all-wheel drive 911 Carrera 4 and the rear-wheel drive 911 Carrera 2. 1995 - Porsche discon� nues front-engine models.1996 - One-millionth Porsche built.

Toward a New Millennium (1997-2000)1997 - Boxster introduced with mid-mounted 201-horsepower, 2.5-liter engine. 1998 - Porsche introduces the fi rst 100-percent all-new 911 model since the fi rst one in 1964. 1999 - Porsche confi rms that it will build a new sport-u� lity vehicle in Leipzig, Germany.

The New Millennium (2001 and beyond)2001 - The Porsche 911 GT2 debuts with top track speed of 195 mph. 2003 - Porsche introduces Cayenne Sport U� lity Vehicle. 2004 - Special 40th Anniversary 911 and new V-6 Cayenne introduced.2006 - Porsche RS-Spyder cars took the fi rst and second overall spots at the American Le Mans Series. 2007 - The new 2008 Porsche Cayenne is unveiled to the public for the fi rst � me. 2008 - The 200,000th Porsche Cayenne rolled off the assembly line in Leipzig, Germany.2009 - The new Porsche Museum opens its doors to the public in Stu� gart-Zuff enhausen. 2011 - Porsche hosts Rennsport Reunion IV at Laguna Seca in California.2012 - The new genera� on Boxster is announced.2013 - Porsche celebrates 50 years of the 911. 2014 - Porsche Cars North America has a record sales year with 47,007 units.2016 - Victory at Le Mans brings total wins to 18.

PORSCHE AG MILESTONES

Porsche has always built strong, fast, beau� ful automobiles that many categorize as their dream cars. Beginning in 1950, the 356 model, aff ec� onately known as the “bathtub,” captured the spirit of Porsche in America. These early hand built cars laid the founda� on for the marque’s spor� ng reputa� on and enabled the fi rm to develop as one of the world’s most respected manufacturers. In the fi eld of endurance racing no other manufacturer can claim a post-war compe� � on history as illustrious as Porsche. The 2016 “24 Hours of Le Mans,” arguably the most demanding of all, brought Porsche’s total number of wins to 18. The 22nd Pacifi c Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally is pleased to celebrate Porsche as its featured marque.

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Enjoy all seven of Jo Mora’s original famous 1936 “Fable” murals in our Pacific Grove Gallery!

ARCHIVAL CANVAS PRINTS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN CUSTOM SIZES

Jo Mora “Fable” murals collection ©2016 Trotter Galleries, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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301-303 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Jo Mora (1876-1947) Hunters and The Hunted “Fable” Mural 4’ x 12’

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On behalf of all members of the Rotary Club of Pacific Grove, Welcome.

The Rotary Club of Pacific Grove is an organization of energetic members of the community dedicated to local, national, and international service. We are proud of our partnership with Pacific Grove Youth Action, Inc. in organizing and running the annual Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally. Organized in 1995 by then mayor and Rotarian Jeanne Byrne to raise funds for local youth activities. The first few years endured the usual growing pains. We often joked that it would be easier and more financially successful for each of us to just chip in a couple of hundred dollars and be done with it. Fortunately, we moved ahead and have to date raised over $170,750 for local youth and charitable programs, such as:

Smiles for Life, a program developed by PG Rotary to provide orthodontic care for youth in need in our community

Sponsorship of a very active INTERACT Club at Pacific Grove High School Annual scholarships to four PGHS seniors Job Shadow Day, where PGHS students spend a half-day with Rotarians at their various

businesses, followed by lunch at our regular Rotary meeting Sponsorship of two PGHS juniors to Camp Royal, a Rotary-sponsored leadership camp

for the local Rotary district Sponsorship by the annual Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational Track Meet at PGHS, begun

in 1968 and held continuously since The providing of dictionaries to each 3rd grader in Pacific Grove elementary schools Sponsorship of Boy Scout Troop 91

A few other hands on projects that club has completed are the refurbishing of the middle school Auditorium into the Pacific Grove Performing Art Center and remodeling “The Little House in Jewell Park” which was originally built by our club in 1952 and given to the city. The club also started the Home Team to help seniors with making minor home repairs, the I-Help dinners for the homeless, the annual Good Old Days parade, and the Dramatic Reading of the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July.

In addition to our local projects our club supports Rotary International projects, most notably the End Polio Campaign. As of January there are only two countries where polio still exists. The Rotary goal this year is complete eradication.

Please consider finding out more about our club at pgrotary.org and follow us on our monthly Rotary Butterfly page in the Monterey County Herald.

Matt Bosworth 2013-2014 President

On behalf of all members of the Rotary Club of Pacific Grove, Welcome.

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who come together to make positive, lasting change in communities at home and abroad. The Rotary Club of Pacific Grove was established in 1948, and as we approach our 70th birthday, our members continue their dedication to local, national and international service.

This will be the 23rd year for the Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally, which was originally organized by then-mayor and Rotarian, Jeanne Byrne, to raise funds for local youth activities. Through hard work and dedication by Jeanne, her staff, and the Pacific Grove Rotary Club, we have been able to raise over $250,000 for local youth and charitable programs, such as:

• Sponsorship of the annual PG Rotary Track Meet at PGHS; held continuously since 1968

• The donation of dictionaries to each 3rd grader in Pacific Grove elementary schools

• Annual scholarships to four PGHS seniors

• Sponsorship of the PG High School Mock Trial team

• Smiles for Life; a program developed by PG Rotary to provide orthodontic and dental care for youth in need in our community

• Sponsorship of the INTERACT Club at Pacific Grove High School

• Job Shadow Day; where PGHS students spend a half day with Rotarians at their various businesses, followed by lunch at the Rotary meeting

• Sponsorship of two PGHS juniors to Camp Royal, a Rotary sponsored week long leadership camp

In addition, we have supported the refurbishing of the PG Middle School Auditorium into the Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center, and the remodeling of the “Little House in Jewell Park” which was originally built by our club in 1952 and given to the city. The club also participates in the I-HELP program which provides dinners for homeless men and women, the annual Good Old Days parade, the Dramatic Reading of the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army at Christmas, and RotaCare, a free weekly medical clinic.

Our club supports Rotary International projects, most notably the “Eradication of Polio” campaign. As of May 2017, there are only two countries (Pakistan and Afghanistan) where polio still exists, with just 5 reported cases to date. Rotary’s goal is to eradicate the disease completely, and we are well on our way.

Please consider finding out more about our club at: pgrotary.org and follow us on our monthly Rotary Butterfly page in the Monterey County Herald.

Enjoy the Rally,

Tracy Perkins

President, 2017-2018

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“Team Jaguar” Print by Artist Will Bullas A dye-infused metal print created from an original painting — to be Raffled!

Local Carmel Valley artist Will Bullas makes fine art fun. The master of one-liners combines award winning artistic skills with a hilarious point of view, creating a refreshing and unexpected new way to enjoy fine art.

In his signature style, Will celebrates the Pacific Grove Rotary Club’s annual fundraising event with the two competitors seated together in a convertible as they race to the finish line.

Valued at $300, “Team Jaguar –Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally” is a beautiful 20x20-inch, dye-infused metal print created from an original painting and hand-signed by the artist. This fun, memorable art piece has been donated by the artist to the Pacific Grove Auto Rally to be “raffled” the day on the event. Raffle tickets can be purchased the day of the event.

Don’t Miss Out of the opportunity to add this artwork to your Concours Week automobile collection! And the winner is … Pacific Grove Rotary non-profit organizations! Purchase that winning Ticket!

ABOUT THE ARTISTWill resides and creates his art, with his wife Claudia, in Carmel Valley, California. They live just across the meadow from his son, who is also an artist, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren.

He is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, and was elected to membership with the Knickerbocker Artists of New York in 1986. He is a past president and continuing member of the Carmel Art Association. Will has exhibited twice at the National Academy of Design in New York. In 2007 he received the Mario Cooper and Dale Meyers Medal from the American Watercolor Society for his contributions to watercolor.

So prepare yourself for antic artistry. You’re about to meet disguised ducks, porcine gunslingers, and other riotous wildlife for a most delightful trip through the amazing brain and artistic brilliance of Will Bullas at www.willbullas.com

Be it the Panther or the Jaguar, everyone who purchases a Raffle Ticket can be a winner at the 2017 Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally!

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The very first west coast-organized automobile club races took place in Monterey, California in August 1903. The drivers competed on an “ordinary, elliptical, single mile track” under the banner of the DEL MONTE RACETRACK built behind the Hotel del Monte, then known as “the most elegant hotel in the world” that today serves as the Naval Postgraduate School. A hill-climbing segment of the contest was decided up Carmel Hill on the road to Pacific Grove.Over eleven hundred society spectators gathered at the site to witness Pacific Coast history. Official speed and distance records were set, making it “the biggest and most successful automobile race ever held in Western America.”George Whittell, Jr., the winning driver of the French ‘Mors’ 24hp racer (whose car costs a mere $12,000 in 1903), broke a West Coast racing record of 1 min and 15 sec per mile at an average speed of a numbing 48 mph.These competitive ‘enthusiast’ races for gasoline and steam cars pre-empted the soon-to-be-famous New York/Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races of 1904, the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, the UK’s Brooklands of 1906, and the Indianapolis 500 races of 1911.

The DEL MONTE AUTO CLUB MEET of 1903 was contested as a challenge cup race, in which the Automobile Clubs of California (Northern vs. Southern) offered a trophy to the winner of the race. Twelve racing entrant vehicles originated from eight different manufacturers. Competing were Mors, Peerless, Pope, Rambler, Stevens Duryea, Waltham,

White, and Winton. Drivers were Andrews, Arnold, Ellb, Fuller, Garbutt, Grothe, Hewston, Hotaling, Keenan, Keller, Kellogg, Luckhardt, Saunders and Whittell.As described in the San Francisco Chronicle: “The air reverberated with strange noises, like the bubbling of many city fire engines at night. There was the

“putty-putty” breathing of the smaller racers, the bigger “choo-choo” of the heavy machines, the loud explosive cough of the Mors French wonder which won the Paris-Vienna race of last year and the intermittent, pistol-like report from air blasts, while all the spectators greeted the swiftly passing racers with a wild discord of duck-quacking choruses from their automobile alarms horns.”Gregory Berkin is Producer/Director of “The Pebble Beach Experience,” a documentary film of over 100 years of automotive history in the Monterey area.

Thrilling Automobile Races Delight Crowds at Del Monte by Gregory Berkin

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Pacific Grove Police Department 1940 Patrol Car Members of the Pacific Grove Police Department proudly parade the 1940 Police car every opportunity they get. When asked “Is this really an old Pacific Grove Police Car?” the answer is, “Well, it could be…just use your imagination.”

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Gonzales400 Alta Street, Gonzales, CA 93926(831) 675-3637

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