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Cao Fei, the youngest and first Chinese artist ever to conceptualize a BMW Art Car, creates multimedia works that Concours d'Elegance are a reflection on the speed of change FRI., OCT. 6 – SUN., OCT. 8 in China, on tradition, and on the future.

QUEALLY MAZDA CLASSIC, POWERED BY HWI OPEN TO ALL GENERATIONS OF MIATAS & MX-5 CARS With her BMW Art Car Project, Fei NO POINTS AWARDED TOWARD YEAR-END CHAMPIONSHIP employs augmented and virtual SUN., AUG. 13 SUN., OCT. 8 reality to address the future of mobility, (PRO-AM) (AIM DEMO RACE) such as autonomous driving, airborne SUN., SEPT. 24 FRI., OCT. 27 cars, and digitalization. ______

PROCUP KARTING ENDURO Staying true to her artistic practice, Fei builds a parallel universe that FRI., SEPT. 22 – SUN., SEPT. 24 consists of three different components: ______a video focusing on a time-traveling MMC MEMBER CHALLENGE spiritual practitioner, augmented TWO GROUPS: SPORTS CARS (CLASSES BASED ON HP/WEIGHT RATIO) & LITES reality features picturing colorful light (RADICALS, OPEN-COCKPIT CARS, OPEN-WHEEL CARS, ETC.) POINTS AWARDED TOWARD YEAR-END CHAMPIONSHIP particles (accessible via a dedicated TWO SPRINT RACES PER DAY (ONE RACE PER GROUP) app), and the BMW M6 GT3 racecar SAT., AUG. 5 SAT., SEPT. 9 in its original carbon black. B:11.94” S:10.75” T:11.69” ______Paying tribute to the carbon fiber INVITATIONAL ENDURANCE RACES structure of the racecar chassis, ENDURANCE FORMAT WITH TWO OR MORE DRIVERS PER CAR Fei’s holistic use of a non-reflective MINIMUM OF ONE MMC MEMBER PER CAR RACING GUESTS WELCOME black incorporates the car into the

SAT., OCT. 14 possibilities of the digital world. Within this concept, Fei’s implementation ______of video art and augmented reality PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA NATIONAL RACE creates an environment of which the THURS., JULY 13 M6 GT3 is an essential part. In her (TEST & TUNE DAY) video work, the practitioner executes FRI., JULY 14 – SUN., JULY 16 spiritual movements, which echo in (NATIONAL PORSCHE RACE & PORSCHE GT4 CUP CHAMPIONSHIP RACE) colorful streams of light. When the app is used within the premises of ______the car, these light swishes become an TEEN SLEEP-AWAY RACING CAMP AR installation floating above and FRI., AUG. 18 – WED., AUG. 23 around the BMW M6 GT3 – involving the spectator as an interactive ______participant. LUXURY WITHOUT HALLOWEEN FUN RACE SAT., OCT. 28 This narrative reflects on a traditional spiritual ceremony very common ______POWER ISN’T LUXURY. throughout Asia in which new objects THE FIRST-EVER BMW M760i xDRIVE WITH 601 HP. MMC EXCLUSIVE: PORSCHE WINTER DRIVING EXPERIENCE IN QUÉBEC are being blessed. In this case, the SUN., FEB. 11, 2018 – WED., FEB. 14, 2018 blessing is wishing good luck to car Elegance has never been so exhilarating. The ﬁ rst-ever BMW M760i xDrive boasts a and driver. On a broader level, the light magniﬁ cent 6.6-liter TwinPower Turbo V-12 with 601 horsepower and a 0–60 time ______elements mirror what the eyes cannot of just 3.6 seconds. It’s excitement on demand, and in every inch. Because as far as BMW is concerned, there’s no luxury like the luxury of power. MMC RACING SCHOOLS see and the mind cannot picture. AVAILABLE IN 3-DAY ALL-INCLUSIVE, 2-DAY ADVANCED, OR 1-DAY INTRO FORMATS TUES., AUG. 8 – THURS., AUG. 10 BMW. OFFICIAL VEHICLE PARTNER OF MMC. TUES., AUG. 29 – THURS., AUG. 31 Read more about BMW Art Cars MON., SEPT. 18 – WED., SEPT. 20 on page 24. MON., OCT. 30 – WED., NOV. 1

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Stagnant is not a word typically used available for members, their guests, for other members who are interested to describe Monticello Motor Club’s and a handful of visitors applying for in combining their automotive passion members. membership. We have also joined forces with portfolio asset management. Many to offer the first and only racing school member cars under VMM’s management It’s simply not in our nature to sit still. in the United States to utilize a fleet of will be on display at Art In Motion from We need to move. We need to drive. 2017 race-prepared BMW M2 Coupes. October 6 through October 8.

True auto enthusiasts share a passion We’ve added several Polaris RZR XP Finally, we mustn’t forget our partnership for motorsports that often ranges Turbo side-by-sides to our fleet as part with Resorts World Catskills (www. from high-performance street cars and of our new partnership with Polaris, one rwcatskills.com), the $1.5-billion casino racecars to antique and classic collector of the largest powersports companies in and four-season destination resort cars. What differentiates MMC members the world. This has allowed us to offer project under construction just five from other enthusiasts, however, is our our members the ideal combination of minutes from Monticello Motor Club’s commitment to fully experiencing these power, suspension, and agility as they front gate. Poised to become one of the cars, as opposed to simply owning them. explore the miles and miles of off-road most comprehensive gaming resorts in trails that are spread across our 670- the Northeast, Resorts World Catskills MMC is a reflection of our members acre country club property. will give our members even more and their propensity for action. Even as reasons to visit throughout the season. we approach our 10-year anniversary, Sometimes looking to the past fosters we remain obsessed with growing and future development. Such is the case These new partners and experiences improving. We are always exploring with our latest construction project, the are just a few examples of MMC’s ways to better deliver safe and MMC Collector Car Gallery. This stunning commitment to high-quality wish exciting motorsports experiences and 13,000-square-foot, glass and steel fulfillment. Our members become part camaraderie to an exclusive group of structure, opening just in time for the of the MMC family in order to live their high-end auto enthusiasts. second annual Art In Motion Concours lives to the fullest, and that’s exactly d’Elegance at MMC, will showcase a what MMC allows them to do – season Our partnership with BMW of North few dozen of some of the world’s finest after season. America (see page 11) is just one recent collector cars, owned by our members. example of our commitment to growth. BMW is known for building the Ultimate The new building will also become home Shiny side up, Driving Machine, none more impressive to Vintage Motor Management, which than BMW’s M and M Performance provides acquisition and management models. The entire BMW lineup – which services to the many MMC members becomes even more awe-inspiring when who have a passion for car collecting. unleashed on MMC’s race track – is now VMM’s on-site presence will ease the way

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3 14 CALENDAR OF EVENTS: 2017 SEASON 8 EVE DAMIEN: HEAD OVER WHEELS 10 MMC & BMW: THE ULTIMATE DRIVING PARTNERSHIP

12 20 BMW M2 PORSCHE PLAYGROUND RACING SCHOOL CREATES WINTER WONDERLAND 14 CHRIS DUPLESSIS: 24 MMC TRACK DIRECTOR BMW ART CARS: CAPTURING THE ART OF SPEED 35 28 SOCIAL SCENE 30 ALEX WOLENSKI: FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS

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34 SULLIVAN SPIRITS TOUR 35 CATSKILL BREWERY LIVES GREEN

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 7 “IT FEELS LIKE MMC HAS BECOME A NEW WORLD FOR ME, AND I LOVE EVERY BIT OF IT.”

88 MOTORMOTOR CLUBCLUB MAGAZINEMAGAZINE || VOLUME 7 Eve Damien HEAD OVER WHEELS

If you had asked 59-year-old Eve Damien her opinion about By the end of that day, she wondered why she had waited high-performance driving and Monticello Motor Club two so long. years ago, she would have said the whole concept was dumb. “You don’t have time to be nervous; I was so surprised,” Eve A bunch of testosterone-filled men driving around and around recalled. “Driving takes over your whole brain; you can’t think and around a track like a swarm of bees? No thank you. of anything else.”

Ask her the same question now, and she’ll tell you that Mon- Soon after, Eve had a Gold membership of her own and a ticello Motor Club has changed her in ways she never could race-prepared Porsche Cayman S to go along with it. Now she have guessed. heads to MMC every chance she gets, averaging nearly twice the number of track days as her husband, Miguel. “I don’t know how this happened; it’s so out of the ordinary for me,” Eve said. “I have a routine; I get out of bed at 4:30 a.m. and grab coffee and breakfast on the way,” Eve said. “My car is ready and She’s as surprised as anyone about her change of heart. Really, waiting for me to go out and do my sessions. I'm putting a lot the track represents so much of what Eve doesn’t like: loud of time into it; I'm steadily working to develop confidence and noises, strong smells, and driving fast. drive faster.”

“When I go up there, it’s a different experience; I like the smell Eve is a cautious driver on the track, but she’s diligent in her of hot brakes and the roar of the engines on the track,” Eve efforts to improve. Last season she took part in one of MMC’s said. “It’s really interesting; I am normally more introverted, Intro to Racing Schools, and in February participated in MMC’s but I find myself talking to other people, engaging people.” Winter Camp4 Canada Porsche Driving Experience at Qué- bec’s Mécaglisse motorsport complex. “It feels like MMC has become a new world for me, and I love every bit of it,” she added. Truth be told, Eve expected some level of condescension from MMC’s male members when she first started driving; instead, It was Eve’s husband, Miguel, who finally talked her into giving she’s enjoyed only support and encouragement. MMC has MMC a try. He is a member, and absolutely loves the track and become her second home, and she’s made some incredible MMC’s first-class facilities. Still, he felt guilty being away from friends there. home for a whole day every time he visited the Club. He’d frequently ask Eve to come along, but she’d always take a “I hear it all the time from the husbands at the Club: ‘I wish my pass. She just didn’t see the appeal. wife would come and drive.' I know other women must have the same concerns I did before I got here, but I am encour- Finally, Eve acquiesced, even agreeing to accept a private aging all women to do it,” Eve said. “It’s hard to explain, but driving lesson from MMC’s lead pro instructor, Jason Rabe. when I get out of the car at the end of the day, I’m tired, of Her stomach was in knots throughout the two-hour drive to course, but I’m also just so satisfied to have had another day MMC from their home in Little Silver, N.J., but she’d made a on the track.” promise. “It’s my favorite feeling,” she added.

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 9 “BMW IS IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING CARS, AND THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO SELL LUXURY AND PERFORMANCE THAN AT A PLACE THAT’S DESIGNED FOR LUXURY AND PERFORMANCE.”

MMC CEO & MANAGING PARTNER ARI STRAUS

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The Ultimate Driving Partnership

As part of its new multi-year agreement In addition to the cars available for partner," added MMC Chief Operating with BMW of North America, Monti- members to drive and race at the track, Officer Alex Wolenski. cello Motor Club will host the first and BMW Sports Activity Vehicles and only racing school in the United States Sports Activity Coupes will be show- BMW, one of the three top-selling to utilize a fleet of 2017 race-prepared cased through winter driving and off- premium automotive brands in the BMW M2 Coupes. road experiences. A select few BMWs country, has enjoyed success on the will also be available for members to motorsports scene for nearly all of “The BMW M2 delivers a perfected use on the streets, highways, and the its 100-year history. In fact, the first formula of chassis balance, steering scenic country roads of the Sullivan automobile to bear BMW’s Roundel response, and power-to-weight ratio,” County Catskills surrounding MMC. emblem, the BMW 3/15 PS DA 2, said Tim Rittenhouse, experiential achieved a victory in the International marketing manager for BMW of North Other member benefits include invi- Alpine Rally just four weeks after its America. “In short, it is everything tations to exclusive BMW events and debut in 1929. Some other notable that makes BMW the Ultimate Driving preferred pricing on the purchase of BMW motorsports triumphs include Machine, and a natural fit for driving at BMWs. victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, speed on MMC’s 4.1-mile track.” winning the Formula One World Cham- “As MMC prepares for its milestone pionship, and numerous DTM titles. The BMW M2 Racing School, available tenth anniversary, our partnership in 1-day, 2-day, or 3-day formats, is with BMW will play a vital role in “With our shared commitment to just one benefit of MMC’s expanded solidifying MMC's reputation as the performance and service excellence, relationship with BMW, which was premier automotive country club and we’re excited to showcase this new recently announced as MMC’s Official private race track, not only in North partnership to MMC members and Automotive Partner. America, but in the world,” said Ari motorsports enthusiasts,” said Rit- Straus, MMC CEO and managing tenhouse. “By offering our clients in Additionally, MMC members are now partner. “Even better, the breadth of the Northeast access to a setting that able to enjoy the thrill and luxury of the BMW product line - including its M fosters performance driving experi- some two dozen BMWs that have been models, luxury sedans, and its SAVs ences – both on and off the track – we added to MMC’s onsite fleet, including and SACs - appeals to so many of our are able to authenticate the ultimate the BMW 2 Series, BMW 3 Series, BMW members and their guests because of driving experience that comes with 7 Series, BMW M models, and plug-in its consistent performance, advanced owning a BMW.” hybrid electric BMW iPerformance technology, innovation, and luxury.” models. BMW charging stations will be For those who are not yet MMC installed at MMC and at Resorts World "BMW's reputation as an international members, the BMW lineup has taken Catskills, which is scheduled to open its leader in the luxury vehicle market center stage as part of MMC’s Taste of doors in March 2018 just five minutes and its impressive history in the the Track driving experience, where from the track. motorsports world make BMW an ideal guests are able to explore all that

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 11 MMC offers its members. That includes tracks in 2017, gives participants the “BMW is in the business of selling cars, access to its famed race track in the opportunity to work with BMW-certi- and there’s no better way to sell luxury guest’s choice of one of five BMW M fied driving instructors through a series and performance than at a place that’s and M Performance models. of in-car activities, including autocross, designed for luxury and performance,” lead-follow drills, and drag racing. In said Straus. “We’re excited about the Most recently, BMW brought its M Track addition, the top drivers from each future, and are already making plans to Days program to MMC, where invited stop will move on to the session finals bring other BMW-specific events and guests enjoyed a half day with the full to compete in an exciting event at the classes to MMC throughout the next M lineup – from the agile BMW M2 to BMW Performance Center West track few years.” the brutal 567-horsepower X6M – on in Thermal, California. The winner will MMC’s road course. The M Track Days be named “The Ultimate Driver.” program, which will visit a total of five

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THE BMW M2 Racing School at As the newest addition to the M lineup, the BMW Monticello Motor Club includes: M2 has high performance in its DNA. It delivers • Approximately three hours of driving time each day a perfected formula of chassis balance, steering • Use of race-prepared BMW M2 Coupes response, and power-to-weight ratio. In short, • Individually tailored one-on-one it is everything that makes BMW the Ultimate & small-group instruction Driving Machine, and it’s fully armed for takeoff! • All classroom materials • Breakfast & lunch each day

For more information, email [email protected] or call 855.MMC.CLUB (855.662.2582)

12 MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE | VOLUME 7 We’ve got your back.

When you exit the pits, your mind should only be on one thing: being your best. The last thing you want to worry about is your car, and how it’s been prepared.

At Speedsport Tuning, we’ve spent nearly three decades supporting track day enthusiasts and pro racers alike with expert, trusted, competition services. We take care of all the preparation, set-up, and transportation, so you can focus on the important things.

No matter which Porsche you drive, whether it’s a vintage air-cooled 356 Outlaw or a rare 550 Spyder, a stock Boxster or a fully-caged Cayman, all the way up to the latest 911 GT3 or GT3 Cup, you can rely on Speedsport Tuning’s expertise. The technicians supporting you at the track are the same professionals who prepare your car back in our fully-equipped, 23,000 square foot Danbury, Connecticut facility.

From Monticello Motor Club, Watkins Glen, and Lime Rock in the north all the way down to Road Atlanta, Daytona, and Sebring in the south, we’ll help you get the results (and the podiums!) you’ve worked hard for.

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Speedsport Tuning founder Spencer Cox (with his wife Denise) after completing the grueling Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. A talented racer and holder of numerous PCA lap records, Spencer is a member of Monticello Motor Club and a Porsche Club of America Chief Instructor.

Monticello Motor Club founding member and Speedsport Tuning client, Jack McCarthy, with his retro-liveried 2017 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.

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14 MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE | VOLUME 7 CHRIS DUPLESSIS

If you’ve ever been to Monticello Motor Club, you’ve probably met Chris Duplessis.

He’s hard to miss, really. He talks to literally everyone, and he’s always wearing a huge smile that looks like it could morph into a belly laugh at any moment.

As MMC’s director of track operations, he’s responsible for anything and everything related to MMC’s 4.1-mile race track – instructors, track access, and, most importantly, the safety of those enjoying the track at high speed. This is Chris’ job, but his hallmark is his infectious happiness that extends to everyone who crosses his path.

“Even during a safety briefing before a race, I try to put a fun spin on everything. It’s a much better way to get a message out there, and everybody is happy,” he said. “Everyone is here to have fun, and we do everything we can to deliver that safely.”

But how does a guy who grew up on a farm in Maine – raised on the flying gravel of a rally stage rather than the smooth asphalt of a road course – find a career at North America’s premier automotive country club and private race track?

By traveling a road with a lot of twists and turns…

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 15 Chris got his first taste of racing as a 6-year-old boy in Bethel, Maine. His dad crafted a little clay track on the family farm, and cobbled together a go-kart using a 5-horsepower Briggs and Stratton engine commandeered from the wood splitter.

The more laps Chris took on the loose gravel surface, the more he learned about – and loved – driving fast. Even more, he loved drifting, where he’d slide around corners with his front wheels pointing in the opposite direction of the turn.

From there, it was an easy transition to rally racing, especially in a town that annually hosted the New England Forest Rally, a Over the next few years, Chris put the “In road racing, you see the same 18 turns national rally racing championship race. parts back into the car, and even received a thousand times; in rally racing, you see a academic credit for his efforts. Unfortunately, thousand turns once,” Chris said. “You have Back then, Chris, his brother, Forest, and the aging engine blew up the first time he to trust your co-driver to make it through; he their dad, Richard, used to go to every rally tried to drive the car, but Chris – the eternal or she has to trust you. It’s a lot more than event they could find across Maine and New optimist – just hunted down another engine just man and machine.” Hampshire. It was at one of those events and started again. – Climb to the Clouds, a hill climb up Mount ______Washington – that 14-year-old Chris made ______a split-second decision that changed the Chris kept entering races, and kept winning course of his life. Rally racing is about so much more than them. By the time he was 25 years old, he hitting jumps and sliding through corners. It’s was already a four-time national rally racing He and his father were working crowd also about teamwork. champion, and was tearing up rally stages in control at the climb when a driver crashed exotic locales like Greece, Finland, Portugal, into a tree and his car burst into flames. Because each race is run on an unfamiliar and Wales. He was living the life he’d Without thinking, Chris rushed to the course, each driver is completely reliant dreamed about since he was a 6-year-old kid burning vehicle and pulled the trapped on their co-driver to chart the wisest – and driving go-karts around a homemade track driver out, saving his life. fastest – route to the finish line. The co-driver on the family farm. is armed with a road map that details every Chris was honored for his bravery with a aspect of the path ahead, from ditches and “Chris Duplessis is by far one of our most Carnegie Foundation Hero Fund medal and rocks to the length of straightaways and the spectacular drivers in the Rally America a check for $3,500. He used the money a few angle of corners. He or she uses that map National Championship who consistently years later to buy his first rally car, a caged to deliver a constant set of directions to the exceeds what is possible in a 2WD rally car,” shell of a 1990 Volkswagen Golf that was still driver throughout the race. Rally America owner Bill Fogg was quoted disassembled. as saying.

16 MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE | VOLUME 7 The sweet sound of roaring engines, the winding race track, the manicured lawns: Chris knew right away that he’d found a new path, this one paved with asphalt.

______

“Those (rally racing) years gave me some really badass stories, and I wouldn’t give them up for anything, but I really lucked out with MMC,” Chris said. “MMC is a high-end club, yet it’s not stuffy and it’s so much fun. There’s no place else where I’d get to be immersed in motorsports this way – which is amazing – and still enjoy a stable family life.”

And the best part of his job? During these years, Chris got married, and his wife, Sarah, became pregnant with their first “All of it; I love it all,” he said. “First off, daughter. That's when he decided he wanted there are amazing cars, and I’m 100-percent to be home more than the rally racing life automotive everything. Second, the would allow. members are such cool people. They come from all different backgrounds, but they’re all While Chris was in New York to support a here to have a good time.” rally team, he visited Monticello Motor Club and his life took another twist. And that’s just what Chris delivers through his attention to track safety: a good time.

NAME: CHRIS DUPLESSIS D.O.B.: 11/29/86 HOMETOWN: Bethel, Maine

2012 Spirit of the FIA World Rally Championship Academy Award Recipient (Athikia, Greece)

2012 Rally America 2WD National Champion

2010 6th Place at X Games 16 (L.A. Coliseum, Calif.)

2010 Rally America 2WD National Champion

2009 Rally America 2WD Eastern Regional Champion

2008 Rally America 2WD National Champion

2007 Rally America Group 2 National Champion

2007 Rally America 2WD Eastern Regional Champion

2005 Rally America 2WD Eastern Regional Champion

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Think back to your teenage years. When it snowed, were you excited because you’d be able to throw your car into wide donuts around an empty parking lot?

Some of Monticello Motor Club’s members were able to relive that experience over Valen- tine’s Day weekend, only this time it was in Porsche’s newest sports cars on an icy Canadian race track.

MMC’s Winter Driving Experience at Camp4 Canada, delivered by the Porsche Sport Driving School, allowed members to let loose in three different varieties of Porsche sports cars – the rear-drive 911 Carrera S, the all-wheel-drive Carrera 4S, and the mid-engine, rear-drive 718 Cayman S – at Québec’s Mécaglisse motorsport complex.

“It was a fantastic trip; better than they could have even described,” said MMC member Eve Damien, who celebrated her 59th birthday while in Canada. “It was the best birthday present ever.”

20 MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE | VOLUME 7 “SLIDING THE CAR AROUND THAT ICY TRACK AND GETTING IT TO GO WHERE YOU WANTED WAS AWESOME.”

MMC FOUNDING MEMBER NICK GROOMBRIDGE

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 21 MMC 2018 EXCLUSIVE: PORSCHE WINTER DRIVING EXPERIENCE AT CAMP4 CANADA

Delivered by

WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 – Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 WHERE: Québec’s Mécaglisse ACCOMMODATIONS: Estérel Resort, Québec

Monticello Motor Club members are already reserving their spots for MMC’s 2018 Winter Driving Experience at Camp4 Canada, where MMC and Porsche will have exclusive use of Mécaglisse, an extraordinary driving facility about an hour north of Montréal.

Members will utilize the latest Porsche sports cars on Mécaglisse’s miles of ice circuits and two large skid pads in one of three programs designed and delivered A video created to memorialize the trip you’re sort of going in slow motion, so you by Porsche Sport Driving School. shows a bunch of giddy adults having the play a bit more; really, the worst that can time of their lives as they slide $100,000 happen is you’ll hit a snow bank.” sports cars around an ice-covered track, “ICE FORCE” seemingly without a care in the world. What When that happened – and it did – no one (only 12 seats available) you don’t see are the invaluable driving was hurt, or even batted an eye. Instead, • Porsche’s most advanced winter/ ice driving program; previously skills participants learned along the way. each car was plucked out of the bank (some only offered in Finland multiple times), brushed off, and sent back

PROGRAM ONE • Fleet: Porsche Carrera 4S, Turbo, GT Porsche's instructors taught members out there for another go. how to keep the cars on the track by using deliberate steering, throttle, and brake “I learned some great techniques to get “CAMP4S” inputs. Admittedly, most started out by the car to go where I wanted it to go on a (only 16 seats available) perpetually spinning out on the ice. By the slick surface; I’m definitely more confident • Advanced winter/ice driving program • Fleet: Porsche Cayman, end, however, members had acquired the on MMC’s track now,” said Eve. “Of course, Carrera S, Carrera 4S

confidence and knowledge to negotiate an this is aside from the fact that it was so PROGRAM TWO icy corner – at speed – with the car side- much fun.” ways and the spinning rear wheels throwing “CAMP4” curtains of snow into the air. In fact, Eve is already making plans for her (only 8 seats available) husband, Miguel, to join her on next year’s • Introductory winter/ice driving “Sliding the car around that icy track and MMC Camp4 Canada trip, which she said program for novices with minimal getting it to go where you wanted was would be the perfect way to celebrate her to no track experience awesome,” said MMC Founding member 60th birthday. • Fleet: Porsche Cayman, Nick Groombridge, who made the trip PROGRAM THREE Carrera S, Carrera 4S with his wife, Kim, and son, Ian. “The lower “I can’t wait to up my game next year,” speeds on the track make you feel like she said. MEMBERS ONLY: To reserve your place for MMC’S 2018 Porsche Winter Driving Experience at Camp4 Canada, please contact Concierge by emailing [email protected] or by calling 845.791.7936.

VISIT WWW.MONTICELLOMOTORCLUB.COM/2017-WINTER-DRIVING-EXPERIENCE TO CATCH ALL OF THE ON-TRACK ACTION FROM MMC’S 2017 PORSCHE WINTER DRIVING EXPERIENCE AT CAMP4 CANADA.

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BMW Art Car #19 by John Baldessari

2424 MOTORMOTOR CLUBCLUB MAGAZINEMAGAZINE || VOLUMEVOLUME 77 ArtCars Frank Stella in 1976. Roy Lichtenstein in 1977. Andy Warhol in 1979. Robert Rauschenberg in 1986. Jeff Koons in 2010.

For nearly 45 years, famous artists from around the world have each used a contemporary BMW as a canvas on wheels as part of BMW’s Art Car Project. Now numbering 19, these artifacts are cultural highlights and engaging ambassadors for the brand.

The BMW Art Cars have consistently displayed an extremely high artistic and creative standard, from Jenny Holzer’s thought-provoking “Truisms” to the 2007 ice installation created by Olafur Eliasson, which pushed the boundaries of what could be done in a traditional exhibition.

The first Art Car was created in 1975 by American sculptor Alexander Calder at the behest of French racecar driver and art aficionado Hervé Poulain. Poulain, Jean Guichet, and Sam Posey drove Calder’s creation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans that same year.

"It was supposed to be a one-off… but the moment this car left the pit… it became the immediate darling of the crowd that was watching,” said Thomas Girst, head of cultural engagement for the BMW motor car group, in a recent CBS News article.

And so the Art Car Project was born. Artists for the BMW Art Car Project are chosen by an independent jury of renowned international museum directors and curators. The artists who have been selected include many of the most revered names from the last five decades of contemporary art.

The project usually involves just one artist, but BMW recently commemorated its 100th anniversary by asking the jury to select two artists who would each work on an M6 GT3 racecar. The jury chose Chinese multi-media artist Cao Fei to design the 18th Art Car and American conceptual artist John Baldessari to create the 19th car. (Baldessari unveiled his com- pleted project first, which explains the oddity of Art Car 19’s appearance before Art Car 18 when the cars are presented in chronological order.)

The first Chinese artist and, at 39, the youngest artist ever chosen to create a BMW Art Car, Fei premiered her multimedia vision in May 2017 at the Minsheng Art Museum in Beijing.

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BMW Art Car #11 by A.R. Penck

Fei chose an unprecedented and immersive approach with her Art Car, empowering the viewer to engage with the artwork through cutting-edge technology. Staying true to her artistic practice, Fei built a parallel universe that consists of three different components: a video focusing on a time-traveling spiritual practitioner, augmented reality features picturing colorful light particles (accessible via a dedicated app), and the BMW M6 GT3 racecar in its original carbon black.

The installation delves into a trajectory spanning thousands of years, paying tribute to Asia’s ancient spiritual wisdom as it moves towards the realities of the future. Fei’s artwork joins the BMW collection auspiciously as Art Car 18, which is considered a lucky number in China.

“To me, light represents thoughts; as the speed of thoughts cannot be measured, the #18 Art Car questions the existence of the boundaries of the human mind,” Fei said. “We are entering a new age, where the mind directly controls objects and where thoughts can be transferred, such as unmanned operations and artificial intelligence. Which attitudes and temperaments hold the key to opening the gateway to the new age?” BMW Art Car #18 by Cao Fei

26 MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE | VOLUME 7 BMW Art Car #4 by Andy Warhol

BMW Art Cars: 1975 – 2017

Artist Country Year Car

01 Alexander Calder USA 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL

02 Frank Stella USA 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL

03 Roy Lichtenstein USA 1977 BMW 320i Group 5 Race Version

04 Andy Warhol USA 1979 BMW M1 Group 4 Race Version

05 Ernst Fuchs Austria 1982 BMW 635 CSi

06 Robert Rauschenberg USA 1986 BMW 635 CSi

07 Michael Jagamara Australia 1989 BMW M3 Group ' Nelson A Race Version

08 Ken Done Australia 1989 BMW M3 Group BMW Art Car #17 by Jeff Koons A Race Version

09 Matazo Kayama Japan 1990 BMW 535i

10 César Manrique Spain 1990 BMW 730i While Fei’s Art Car looks to the future, 85-year-old Baldessari thinks of his Art Car as a representation of contemporary life. Presenting his work at 11 A. R. Penck Germany 1991 BMW Z1 Art Basel in Miami Beach late in 2016, Baldessari put a red dot on the roof so that it can be seen from above, wrote the word “FAST” in capital letters 12 Esther Mahlangu South Africa 1991 BMW 525i on one side, and added an image of the vehicle itself on the other side.

“My concept turned out playfully satirical, but it also highlights some of 13 Sandro Chia Italy 1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Prototype the trademark ideas that I use,” Baldessari said. “The BMW Art Car is definitely a typical Baldessari, and the fastest artwork I ever created!” 14 David Hockney Great Britain 1995 BMW 850 CSi

Following the 40-year tradition of BMW Art Cars, Baldessari's M6 GTLM 15 Jenny Holzer USA 1999 BMW V12 LMR made its professional racing debut at the opening round of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona International 16 Olafur Eliasson Denmark 2007 BMW H2R Project Speedway. Driven by BMW Team RLL members Bill Auberlen, Alexander Sims, Augusto Farfus, and Bruno Spengler, the Art Car finished eighth in 17 Jeff Koons USA 2010 BMW M3 GT2 the GTLM class.

Fei’s BMW M6 GT3 will take to the track in November 2017 at the FIA GT 18 Cao Fei China 2017 BMW M6 GT3 World Cup in Macau. 19 John Baldessari USA 2016 BMW M6 GTLM

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01 02 CLASSIC CAR CLUB RECEPTION

MMC members lived it up at an exclusive cocktail reception at Classic Car Club Manhattan’s new location on Pier 76, bordering the Hudson River Park waterfront. CCC is bigger and better than ever, with 31-foot- high ceilings, 28,000 square feet of indoor space, additional parking, and a 15,000-square-foot patio. 03 04 05

01: Roger G., Brian G., John K. & Kevin L. 02: MMC’s Jenna Hiatt, Joe M. & Stephen C. 03: Joe & Niki O. 04: MMC’s Ari Straus & John K. 05: Chuck G. & Pro Instructor Al Dimisko 06: Lyle & Susan H., Alex R. & Jacob A. 07: Stephen C., James O. & Al D.

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11 GPNY KARTING WORKSHOP

Stevan and Stuart McAleer of McCumbee McAleer Racing and McAleer Motorsports invited MMC members and their children to a 2-hour on- and off-track private group karting lesson to hone their high-speed skills on the karting track at Grand Prix New York.

08: MMC Pro Instructor Stevan McAleer & Hamburg T. 10: MMC Pro Instructor Stevan McAleer & Vika O. (12) 09: Guest Laurent, Vika O. (12), Hamburg T., Tyler 11: MMC Pro Instructor Stevan McAleer, T. (12), MMC’s Colin MacGregor, Robert P. Jr. Tyler T. (12), Robert P. Jr. (12), Hamburg (12) & MMC Pro Instructor Stevan McAleer T., Vika O. (12) & guest Laurent

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12 13 14 MMC MEMBER MEETING

MMC's pre-season member meeting at Grand Prix New York offered some exciting news about the 2017 driving season, including the announcement that BMW of North America is now MMC’s Official Automotive Partner through a multi-year agreement. Members got to catch up after a long winter, and were able to tear it up on Grand Prix New York’s indoor karting track. 15 16

12: Spencer C., Roger G. & Todd P. 13: Michal S. 14: Harry S. & MMC’s Bill Reiss 15: Glenn S. 16: John F. & Kevin A. 17: MMC’s Mike Weyandt, Glenn S., GPNY staff, Joseph Y., Emma D. (14), Justin & Jessica T., Michal S., Joe O., Harry S. & MMC’s Joe Foster 18: BMW, the official automotive partner of MMC

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MMC WINTER DRIVING

Talk about a snow day! Members were invited to play hooky and take to the snow-covered track for some slipping, sliding, and driving, all while learning about driving safely on snow and ice.

19: Stephen S. in the lead 21: Chip S. with kids, Brad (13) & Jessica (10) 20: Stephen C. 22: MMC’s Chris Duplessis BMW Art Car #19 by John Baldessari

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ALEX WOLENSKI

You’re not likely to find too many Ivy League grad- his grandfather made that mower’s engine spark uates who are eager to shimmy beneath a car and to life. get their hands greasy. “It was really neat to take something that wasn’t But Alex Wolenski, Monticello Motor Club’s chief working, disassemble it, and make it better when operating officer, isn’t your average Ivy Leaguer. we put it back together,” Alex recalled. “That was my high.” Raised in Whitehouse Station, N.J. (population: 2,000), this car-loving whiz kid has been taking That feeling only intensified when 18-year-old Alex things apart and improving upon them since he climbed behind the wheel of a Porsche for some was a small boy. And that is exactly what Alex does track driving, thanks to a buddy who belonged to as the man in charge of just about everything that the Porsche Club of America. a member experiences at Monticello Motor Club – from making sure the lawns are immaculate to It wasn’t just the speed that Alex enjoyed; it was ensuring that the new fleet of BMWs is humming. the challenge that high-performance driving presented. From tweaking a car's setup to calculating “He’s like MacGyver,” said Ari Straus, MMC’s CEO the timing of a perfect pass, Alex had finally found and managing partner. “He fixes everything – both his sweet spot. literally and figuratively.” “Just driving was boring; just fixing things was Alex’s passion for problem-solving started with an boring,” Alex said. “What really gave me a thrill was old broken-down lawn mower when he was just the combination of the two.” 10 years old. All these years later – after driving, working on, owning, and teaching others to drive His mechanical and analytical acumens helped some of the highest performing cars in the world – him excel in both his college-preparatory school Alex can still describe the rush he felt when he and in Morristown, N.J., where he won the Panasonic

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 31 Creative Design Challenge (a It’s that passion that led him to Monticello Motor state robotics competition), Club, where he is able to combine all of his varied and at Brown University, which skills to do what he has done his entire life: build is among the top 10 colleges in something and make it fire on all cylinders. the country. “Alex brings a true passion for motorsports to MMC At Brown, Alex took upper- combined with unique skillsets in automotive engi- level engineering, business, neering, traditional corporate business training and and entrepreneurship courses. management, and entrepreneurship,” Straus said. He also enrolled in the Formula “He sets a spirit of excellence for his team.” SAE Series program, where students are tasked with build- During the off-season, Alex also takes on the role of ing, testing, marketing, and executive brand ambassador for MMC, competing racing a formula racecar. in – and often winning – a variety of club races down south. This year he’ll make his professional For his senior independent study project, Alex racing debut in the Battery Tender Mazda Global spent all of his savings (and thousands more that MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich. he borrowed) to rebuild a black 1977 Porsche 911 with dozens of new parts that he designed, fabri- “We strongly encourage Alex to pursue his racing cated, and installed. This was all accomplished in endeavors during the off-season,” said Straus. “His the same engineering lab where the late, legendary success in various races outside of MMC demon- racecar driver Mark Donahue earned his engineer- strates that the team that owns and runs MMC ing degree in 1959. The biggest hurdle, he recalled, walks the walk.” was replacing the car’s original 8-wire mechanically fuel-injected engine with an exponentially more Even better, Alex translates the experiences he complicated 88-wire electronically fuel-injected acquires at other facilities and on other tracks to engine from a 1997 Porsche. operational improvements at MMC that continue to elevate the member experience. After graduation, Alex went to work as a warehouse operations manager and later an internal consultant “As calculating as Alex is on the track, he’s that for McMaster-Carr Supply Company, which Alex same way in business; he thinks his way through called “the Amazon of industrial parts.” Over the things to chart the wisest course,” said MMC Track next seven years, Alex focused on improving the Director Chris Duplessis. “He definitely leads by quality, efficiency, and safety of their warehouse example – he’s the first one here in the morning operations. and the last one to leave every night – and pushes everyone to meet his high standards; he makes us Through it all, Alex always returned to the asphalt, all better.” continually honing his skills, both under the hood and behind the wheel.

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1 PROHIBITION DISTILLERY 10 Union Street, Roscoe, NY (33-min. drive from MMC) 2 prohibitiondistillery.com | 607.498.4511

HOMEGROWN CREATIONS: Vodka, Gin, Bourbon Whiskey

Prohibition Distillery, located in the old 1929 Roscoe Fire- house and former VFW Hall in the historic town of Roscoe, offers guided tours and tastings of its award-winning Boot- legger 21 spirits (all gluten-free and certified kosher). During summer months, visitors can enjoy hand-shaken seasonal cocktails and local bites at Bootlegger's Alley Bar.

OPEN DAILY YEAR ROUND; 10 A.M.-6 P.M. TASTING ROOM • TOURS • LOCAL BITES/SEASONAL COCKTAILS

CATSKILL DISTILLING COMPANY 2037 Route 17B, Bethel, NY (18-min. drive from MMC) catskilldistilling.com | 845.583.3141 | [email protected]

HOMEGROWN CREATIONS: Vodka, Gin, Grappa, Whiskey, Bourbon

The Catskill Distillery, 1,000 feet from the entrance of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, is one of the first farm distilleries in New York State. It produces all of its award-winning spirits – including Peace Vodka and Most Righteous Bourbon – from locally grown grains, fruits, and botanicals; there are never any additives used. The tasting room, which features the restored bar from the 1939 World’s Fair in Queens, maintains a full calendar of musical, art, and educational events. Visitors are welcome to dine at the Dancing Cat Saloon right next door.

2 OPEN DAILY YEAR ROUND AT NOON • DISTILLING TOURS • TASTING ROOM ENTERTAINMENT • FULL BAR ON SITE • OUTDOOR/INDOOR DINING SITE

ROSCOE BEER CO. 145 Rockland Road, Roscoe, NY (34-min. drive from MMC) roscoebeercompany.com | 607.290.5002 | [email protected]

HOMEGROWN CREATIONS: IPAs, Ales, Ryes, Stouts, Barley Wine, Scottish Ale, Seasonal Beer

The Roscoe Beer Co. launched its flagship brew, Trout Town American Amber Ale, in April 2013, and has since added on new favorites, such as the Trout Town Brown Ale and the Trout Town Rainbow Red Ale. With its sprawling 1,600-square-foot tasting room, brewery, and gift shop, the Roscoe Beer Co. is the perfect stop for daytrippers and families. The brewery now offers a series of special events all year long, such as its Trout Town Summerfest and Trout Town Oktoberfest.

OPEN DAILY YEAR ROUND; CHECK ROSCOE’S WEBSITE OR CALL FOR HOURS TASTING ROOM • TOURS • SPECIAL EVENTS 3

3434 MOTORMOTOR CLUBCLUB MAGAZINEMAGAZINE || VOLUMEVOLUME 77 CATSKILL BREWERY 672 Old Route 17, Livingston Manor, NY (28-min. drive from MMC) catskillbrewery.com | 845.439.1232 | [email protected]

HOMEGROWN CREATIONS: IPAs, Pilsners, Lagers, Ales, Wild, Golden Sour, Seasonal Beers

The Catskill Brewery, a world-class production craft brewery, creates fresh ales and lagers using state-of-the-art green technology for a great, honest, hardworking beer made by hand from Catskill mountain water and all natural ingredients. Since it opened nearly three years ago, the Catskill Brewery has produced roughly 40 different beers, which are distributed on the brewery’s own trucks to 400 different establishments, the vast majority located in New York City. Catskill Brewery’s Ball Lightning Pilsner is even sold inside Yankee Stadium.

Most recently, the Catskill Brewery earned three medals (one for each of its three entries) at the TAP New York Craft Beer and Food Festival: a Gold in the Sour Beer category for its Eye Of Newt Flanders Red, a Silver in the Light/Dark/Stronger Lagers category for its Ball Lightning 4 Pilsner, and a Silver in the Strong Belgian Ale <8% category for its Freak Tractor Blonde.

OPEN YEAR ROUND; MON.-FRI. 9 A.M.-7 P.M. & SAT. 1 P.M.-6 P.M. GROWLER HOURS • SPECIAL EVENTS "EVERY DECISION WE MADE WAS A GREEN DECISION."

MMC MEMBER & CATSKILL BREWERY CO-FOUNDER RANDY LEWIS

he Catskill Brewery, created by Monticello Motor Club Every aspect of member Randy Lewis and his two partners, is a fully the design and renewably powered green brewery. The building, which construction of has earned LEED Gold certification, utilizes geothermal the facility utilized systemsT to heat the brewery and cool the storage units to keep the greenest, most the beer cold. A solar thermal hot water system backs up the environmentally geothermal systems during high heat demand and preheats the friendly building brewing water during production. Solar photovoltaics provide technologies, electricity that powers the entire facility; during high loads, wind from the porous renewable credits are purchased from the local electric grid. paving system in the parking area “Every decision we made was a green decision; even the garden to the green roof on top. Even waste such as spent grain from plants are indigenous to the area,” said Randy, who also owns the brewing process is utilized in an environmentally way by Global Natural Foods, Inc. “Our goal was to set an example for sending to local farmers for livestock feed or composted with the entire region, and I think we’ve done that.” household waste on site.

CALLICOON BREWING COMPANY 16 Upper Main Street, Callicoon, NY (35-min. drive from MMC) callicoonbrewing.com | 845.887.5500

HOMEGROWN CREATIONS: Ale, Porter

The Callicoon Brewing Company is a must-visit for the beer connoisseur. Located in a con- verted firehouse overlooking the Delaware River in the sleepy hamlet of Callicoon, the brewpub offers its own Callicoon Cow Pale Ale and Callicoon Brown Cow Porter on tap, a full line of other local and regional craft brews, and a full bar. Come by and enjoy incredible Reuben sandwiches and Callicoon’s famous Seamus’ Deep Fried Hot Dog.

OPEN DAILY YEAR ROUND AT NOON • ENTERTAINMENT 5 RESTAURANT/FULL BAR ON SITE

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Monticello Motor Club is known for offering world- As part of the festivities, Art In Motion will be christen- class experiences to its members and guests, and last ing Monticello Motor Club’s newly constructed Collec- year’s inaugural Art In Motion event was no excep- tor Car Gallery, which will put a spotlight on members’ tion. As you explore this special flip cover edition of classic and collector cars. This 13,000-square-foot Motor Club Magazine, you’ll enjoy an engaging recap building at the north end of MMC’s clubhouse paddock – through both stories and images – of the first-ever will act as AIM’s primary hospitality venue and the invitation-only Concours d’Elegance of Speed & Power. location of our Saturday night party.

In 2016 we combined the best of American and Following Art In Motion, the MMC Collector Car European traditions, and attracted some of the finest Gallery will display MMC members’ significant classic examples of the breed, many observable in their most and sports cars, and will be the focal point of MMC’s natural environment – on the race track and at speed. expanding collector car movement (more on this in the coming months and in the 10-year anniversary The response from those who attended – collectors, issue of Motor Club Magazine). members of the concours community, celebrities, MMC members and their guests, and dozens of I’m looking forward to seeing all of our members and members of the media – has been overwhelmingly guests at MMC from October 6 through October 8 for positive. Rarely in the concours world has an event the second annual Art In Motion, an event that has had a bigger impact than did Art In Motion. already claimed a permanent spot on the calendars of the finest car collectors in the world. Now it is time to do it again, only this time we’re going even bigger. In fact, this year’s celebration will span three days, and kick off with a 2-hour road rally of classic and sports cars through the beautiful Catskill Mountains to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

We’ll also be including more vehicles, and offering more hands-on experiences and on-track activities.

Of course, we’ll stay close to our roots by creating another exclusive, invitation-only spectacular that will showcase the very best vintage and modern cars. However, there will be more classes of historic Paul Queally race and rally cars, and MMC members will have new Founder, Art In Motion opportunities to participate with their own classic and Chairman & Principal Partner, MMC modern sports cars.

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8 23 AIM'S BEST: MATTHEW ORENDAC 24 CLASSIC CAR COLLECTING: MAKE GOOD DECISIONS

24 6 14 26 1ST ANNUAL ART IN MOTION 1-OF-1 PORSCHE POLICE DRAWS 1,000 VISITORS CAR AT ART IN MOTION 8 18 THE ULTIMATE CAR GUY 2016 CONCOURS BRUCE CANEPA WINNERS 12 20 2017 ART IN MOTION: THE WHOLE WORLD CALENDAR OF EVENTS OF MOTORSPORTS & SPECIAL GUESTS

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR 2016 & 2017 EVENT SPONSORS

4 ARTINMOTION ON THE COVER...

26 28 WOODSTOCK LEGACY EXPANDS 28 FINDING THE RIGHT VEHICLE TRANSPORT COMPANY Meet automotive fine artist Heidi Mraz, the talent behind Art In Motion’s 2016 (on the cover of this issue) and 2017 promotional posters. 14 Mraz creates portraits that celebrate a car’s beauty while conceptually illustrating its unique significance. Created in her studio in Great Falls, Virginia, her work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions, and she is represented in both corporate and private collections in the United States and abroad.

“I’ve always been fascinated by cars as an art form and their connection to our past,” Mraz said. “Their unique styles, 20 engineering, and histories are what drive me to create a visual narrative.”

Mraz became interested in art at age 12. Her father frequently took the family to Europe, and she reveled in seeing famous artwork up close and soaking in the architecture and artistry of cathedrals. It was in Europe that Mraz first fell in love with classic sports cars. In fact, she learned to drive a manual transmission while zipping along the Autobahn in a Porsche 911 Carrera.

Mraz is perhaps best known for her bespoke automotive portraits, built from a palette of torn test notes, historical data, schematics, magazines, photos, and more. Each finished piece is a virtual scrapbook of the storied history of the automobile portrayed.

“The trickiest part is designing an image that’s fine-tuned enough to look like a photo from a distance,” Mraz said. “In actuality, it’s a bed of organized chaos and abstract colors.”

www.heidimraz.com

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Concours d'Elegance DRAWS 1,000 VISITORS; BIG PLANS FOR 2017

The first annual Art In Motion Concours d‘Elegance of Speed & Power at Monticello Motor Club – created to celebrate the speed and sounds of automotive works of moving art by utilizing MMC’s private 4.1-mile race track – drew nearly 1,000 visitors to Sullivan County, and featured some of the most significant and prestigious sports and racing cars ever produced.

“The unique environment at Monticello Motor Club allowed us to marry three things: a fine country club atmosphere with 5-star food and hospitality, a world-class race track, and the sights and sounds of sports and racing cars in constant motion,” said Art In Motion Co-Founder and Managing Director Matt Peckham.

Some of the vehicles featured at the event included a 1954 Maserati A6GCS Spider, a 1974 Ferrari BBLM, a 1949 Talbot Lago T26C Factory Grand Prix, a 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS, the only 1955 Ghia Aigle Alfa Romeo in existence, 20 percent of the Cunningham C-3 Coupes ever built by Briggs Swift Cunningham, and a 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Boano.

6 ARTINMOTION All net proceeds from the one-day event were donated to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a not-for-profit cultural organization, to benefit its education and community outreach programming (more on page 26).

A special charity auction, managed by David Gooding of California-based Gooding & Company, featured a fully restored 1954 Jaguar XK140 MC Roadster, donated by Monticello Motor Club member Matt Fassnacht. A fellow MMC member made the winning bid of $125,000.

Gooding & Company will be back again this year to auction off automobilia, motorsport experiences, luxury items, fine wines, commissioned paintings, and, of course, a collectible car or two.

“We were overwhelmed by the response of everyone who attended: owners, judges, members, friends, and families,” said Monticello Motor Club Chairman and Principal Partner Paul Queally. “It was great motivation as we outlined plans for 2017. This year’s festivities will span three days, and offer guests an experience that could only be enjoyed at a place like Monticello Motor Club.” Read more about the 2017 Art In Motion Concorse d'Elegance on page 12.

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8 ARTINMOTION 8 ARTINMOTION THE ULTIMATE CAR GUY BRUCE CANEPA

A legend in the worlds of racing and collector cars, Bruce Canepa made a huge splash at the first annual Art In Motion Concours d’Elegance at Monticello Motor Club.

He took top honors in the Best of Show Race and Competition class with his 1969 Porsche 917K (Chassis 004) that was previously owned by John Wyer Engineering, one of 25 cars built to satisfy the 917’s homolo- gation. The car, wearing its historically correct Gulf blue and orange paint, is likely the most accurate 917 currently in existence.

Bruce also earned the Porsche MARQUE Race award with his 1984 Porsche 962, and the Finest Competi- tion award with his 1981 Porsche 935K4.

This year, Bruce is coming back, and bringing with him an even more impressive collection of historic vehicles from his Canepa Motorsports Museum in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

AIM: What was your impression of Art In Motion? AIM: The value of Porsches has really climbed over the last few years. What caused the rise in prices? BRUCE: I came without expectations, but it was a first-class experience all around. It’s hard to impress a seasoned car guy, but AIM did. You BRUCE: Collectors have finally discovered that Porsches are great cars. have something very special with Art In Motion. A Porsche does everything well. If you compare a 1973 Porsche 911S to a Ferrari Daytona, the Porsche is just a better car to drive. The handling Standing on concours grounds with concours cars, coupled with the is awesome. The Ferrari is beautiful, but is only fun driving in a straight sounds of exceptional racing machines running 50 yards away, is line. They take a lot of physical effort to drive; it’s fatiguing. the ultimate experience. It’s like having Pebble Beach surrounded by Laguna Seca. That’s how a car event should be. Porsche is the only manufacturer to have won a major championship every decade in multiple disciplines for the past 50 years. They can be Many of these cars are so rare, with maybe one or two others like them driven to the maximum reliably for 24 hours straight. Their design was in the world. There was a pre-war Miller Locomobile Junior 8 Special always way ahead of the curve, so a Porsche can remain competitive and the 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda, raced by Chrysler France, on the for 10 to 20 years. Other marques lose their competitive edge after a track with Porsche’s 935, 906, and 917. That’s really unheard of, partic- few years. Porsches are so well designed. They are competitive in road ularly in the United States. racing, hill climbs, rallies… the list goes on.

There is just no other event like Art In Motion, and the quality of Monti- AIM: How would you describe the collector car market in 2017? cello Motor Club’s facilities was exceptional and unique in all of the best possible ways. I brought our transporter all the way from California to BRUCE: While the dramatic monthly increases in value have subsided, be there, and I’ll be back again this year. AIM is an event that anyone there is still plenty of energy in the collector car market. Great cars with who is serious about vintage sports cars should attend. history and provenance are bringing premium prices, but there are not enough of these cars to support all of the auctions. We have gone from AIM: What are you bringing to Art In Motion this year? a few auctions to a multitude, and it has put an unattainable demand on a limited market of exceptional cars. BRUCE: I have a Porsche 935 that I’ve owned since it was new; it was my first serious racecar. I’ve raced it consistently since 1979. The 935s Discerning collectors are always looking for cars of great quality and are unruly, difficult, and a handful. It takes a real wheelman to drive a provenance, either in original, unmolested condition, or perfectly and 935 and unleash its full potential. I’ll have fun running it on the track at expertly restored. Those cars, though very limited in supply, are out Monticello Motor Club. there, and we are constantly and diligently searching for them.

We have the carbon fiber-tubbed Schuppan 962 TSC-02 in our shop There is some uncertainty in the world, which has fostered a lack of now. It will most likely be at Art In Motion. This is an important car that confidence in the global economy. That has put some collectors into hasn’t been seen for decades. By 1989, the 962 was losing its compet- a holding pattern, but experienced collectors still carefully purchase itive edge, so Australian racer Vern Schuppan devised a way to stiffen top-tier cars. the car by replacing the aluminum monocoque with a carbon fiber tub. He had six tubs built, three for racing and three for the street. Interest in collectable cars has gone up significantly in the past 10 years, and it continues to grow, as do discretionary income levels Our Canon car is one of the two remaining racecars. The introduction around the world. The automobile will always be, without a doubt, the of the Nissan and Toyota GTP cars saw the birth of the next generation most exciting and useful collectible you can own. of ground effects cars using newer '90s technology. This would eventually put an end to the 962’s decade of dominance. For any car to be competitive for a decade is unheard of in racing. VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 9 VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 9 ABOUT BRUCE CANEPA

The son of a Ford and BMW dealer, Bruce Canepa grew up working hard and driving fast. He started racing young, in quarter midgets, go-karts, supermodifieds, and sprint cars. By the late 1970s, Bruce was a regular in the IMSA series.

By 1979, he was both a driver and team owner, and finished third in the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 934 S. The Porsche factory took notice, and provided him with a brand new factory 935 for the remainder of the 1979 season.

Not content with only mastering road courses, in 1981 Bruce competed at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, qualifying first and finishing second overall in a Porsche turbo-powered open-wheeler. In 2000, he returned to Pikes Peak, setting the course record for Big Rigs three years in a row. Bruce’s racing career continues today with his own collection of historic cars.

Bruce’s business, based in Northern California near Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, is simply called Canepa. With Bruce’s reputation in the industry, no further description is necessary. To a car enthusiast, Canepa is an all-encompassing fantasy world. Its large facility includes a design house, a restoration facility, a workshop to set up and support historic racecars, a showroom, and a motorsports museum.

The museum alone is worth the trip. The building is new, high-tech, and brightly lit, offering a sharp contrast to the huge vintage photos covering the walls and the display of racing cars and motorcycles dating back to 1919. Board track, dragsters, Can-Am, NASCAR, Indy Car, hill climb, land speed, sprint car; it’s all there.

The restoration, fabrication, and race-preparation facilities at Canepa meet every expectation. Bruce is all about details. His team is focused on research and perfection. They restore fine automobiles for private collections and for their own inventory. The level of quality is always the same, no compromises.

Bruce can discuss, in detail, every car that passes through his sales and restoration facility. He’s a hands-on guy and a racer; his business truly is full-service. Canepa not only restores and sells vintage racecars; it also provides event preparation and support. Bruce Canepa, the businessman, has studied, experienced, and mastered sports cars.

10 ARTINMOTION 10 ARTINMOTION VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 11 2ND ANNUAL

Concours d'Elegance

FRIDAY, OCT. 6 – SUNDAY, OCT. 8

DAY All Roads Lead to Bethel Woods

• START YOUR ENGINES 1 Luncheon at Monticello Motor Club with Danny Sullivan, Brian Redman, and Tommy Kendall • OVER THE RIVER & THROUGH THE WOODS Two-hour road rally of classic and sports cars through the beautiful Catskill Mountains, surrounded by the region’s breathtaking fall foliage; plenty of sightseeing stops along the way

• HALLOWED GROUND Cocktail reception at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the site of the 1969 Woodstock music festival; rally cars on display Five-star dining and live entertainment in Bethel Woods’ stunning wood and stone Event Gallery, which offers a 360-degree view of the countryside Tours of the Museum at Bethel Woods, where its award-winning Wood- stock and The Sixties exhibit celebrates the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair and the entire decade that it came to represent FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6

2017 ART IN MOTION special guests DANNY SULLIVAN

Hear what really went on in the paddocks of Formula One, IndyCar, and IMSA Danny Sullivan is an American racing as Danny Sullivan, Brian Redman, and Tommy Kendall provide the commen- champion who earned 17 wins in tary throughout this year's 3-day AIM event. Ask Wayne Carini about his the CART IndyCar World Series, TV show, Chasing Classic Cars, as you enjoy dinner at MMC’s Collector Car including the 1985 Indianapolis 500. Gallery. Guests will have the chance to challenge our celebrity champions on He was Series Champion in 1988, the karting track and on the slot car track, and also get a shot to ride with and a top-seven finisher six times them at speed on the road course at Monticello Motor Club. between 1984 and 1992.

1212 ARTARTININMOTIONMOTION DAY A Day of Racecars

• RACECAR CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE • POLARIS SIDE-BY-SIDE Racecars on display in the upper OFF-ROAD EXPERIENCE 2 field and in motion on the track, with Formula One cars, road cars, and vintage • FAMILY & COMPETITIVE and modern off-road rally cars KARTING CHALLENGES

• LUNCH FROM ANY ONE OF • HOT LAPS & RALLY DEMONSTRATION AIM’S NEW TRACK OBSERVATION LOCATIONS AS RACECARS • CARRERA SLOT CAR CHALLENGE NAVIGATE THE SOUTH COURSE • GOODING & COMPANY AUCTION • QUEALLY PRO-AM MAZDA MX-5 RACE Automobilia, luxury items and experiences, and at least one collector car • PANEL DISCUSSION (net proceeds to benefit select charities) Danny Sullivan and his special guests SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 discuss the history of Formula One • DINNER & AWARDS AT THE MONTICELLO MOTOR CLUB COLLECTOR CAR GALLERY

A Day of Sports Cars DAY • SPORTS CAR CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE Sports cars on display, with special car exhibits by Bugatti & Miller • HOT LAPS IN MODERN SPORTS AND SUPER CARS 3 • POLARIS SIDE-BY-SIDE OFF-ROAD EXPERIENCE

• CARRERA SLOT CAR CHALLENGE

• BROADCAST BY DANNY SULLIVAN, WAYNE CARINI, TOMMY KENDALL & BRIAN REDMAN Regular updates about AIM happenings, racing history, and personal anecdotes throughout the weekend

• ON-TRACK DEMONSTRATIONS Vintage and modern street cars, supercars, and Formula One cars

• CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE AWARDS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 • ART IN MOTION CELEBRATION AT THE MONTICELLO MOTOR CLUB COLLECTOR CAR GALLERY

BRIAN REDMAN WAYNE CARINI TOMMY KENDALL

Brian Redman is a world-famous Wayne Carini is the host of Chasing Tommy Kendall is an American driving champion and winner of 77 Classic Cars (currently in its ninth sports car legend who was inducted races in 12 countries. He is one of the season) on the Velocity channel, and into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of racing world’s most accomplished the proprietor of F40 Motorsports America in 2015 and the Long Beach and respected figures, and a 2002 Sales and Restoration Services. He Motorsports Walk of Fame in 2017. Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee. is a noted collector, recognized col- Now a television broadcaster, Mr. Mr. Redman has competed in lector car authority, and president Kendall won the SCCA Trans-Am Formula racing, open-wheelers, of Carini Consulting, a collector car series title four times and the IMSA Can-Am, IMSA, and FIA. consulting firm. GTU series title three times.

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 13 1-OF-1 PORSCHE POLICE CAR TO KEEP PACE AT ART IN MOTION

14 ARTINMOTION One of the world’s rarest and most unique vintage Porsches, the 1968 Polizei-Bekleidung 911, will keep pace on Monticello Motor Club’s track during the second annual Art In Motion Concours d’Elegance in October.

This pristine, brightly colored hot rod is actually a prototype that Porsche created five decades ago for display on the American auto show circuit. The goal at the time was to convince U.S. law enforcement agencies that the 911 would be an ideal patrol car for its officers.

And why not? Back then, at least eight other countries – Portugal, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland, Finland, Austria, Germany, and Holland – had bought into the idea. The Dutch police force was particularly fond of the rear-engine German pursuit vehicles, and their orange and white livery was undeniably eye-catching.

For its debut, Porsche outfitted the car with a U.S.-spec red plastic dome light, a klaxon siren, a loudspeaker on the engine lid, and an illuminated "STOP" below the rear license plate. It also had double rear-view mirrors, storage under the rear- seat shelf for a first-aid kit and emergency gear, a dash-mounted outside thermometer, U.S.-style front grille-mounted driving lamps, and a TRW power pack in the trunk to run all the extra elec- trical equipment. Finally, it was painted orange and white to match Holland’s fleet, and featured German “Polizei” script along the doors, hood, and rear deck lid.

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 15 The car first appeared at the National Capital Auto Show in Washington, D.C., then made its way to shows in Chicago, New York, and New Haven.

Although impressive, the Polizei-Bekleidung 911 failed to attract any interest among American law enforcement, so it was shipped back to the Porsche factory in Stuttgart, Germany at the close of the ExcelAire is the ofﬁcial aviation partner 1968 auto show circuit. of Monticello Motor Club.

That’s where it sat until Southern California Porsche dealer Bill Yates convinced Porsche to sell it to him for display in his showroom (selling price: $5,600). After Yates’ passing, the orange and white soft-window Targa was owned by several collectors before being purchased by Art In Motion Founder Paul Queally. Now Queally is bringing this one-of-a-kind piece of history to Art In Motion, where it will take on the role of the pace car for all on-track races.

For more information or to book a ﬂight with ExcelAire, call or email MMC’s Aviation Concierge 1.877.MMC.AIR1 | [email protected]

16 ARTINMOTION ExcelAire is the ofﬁcial aviation partner of Monticello Motor Club.

For more information or to book a ﬂight with ExcelAire, call or email MMC’s Aviation Concierge 1.877.MMC.AIR1 | [email protected]

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 17 2016 ART IN MOTION CONCOURS D‘ELEGANCE AWARD WINNERS

BEST OF SHOW

Concours ENTRANT: 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Tour de France OWNER: Roy Brod

Finest GT Finest Competition ENTRANT: 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Ghia-Aigle ENTRANT: 1981 Porsche 935 K4 OWNER: Stephen Bruno OWNER: Bruce Canepa

Most Elegant Most Unique ENTRANT: 1958 BMW 507 ENTRANT: 1970 Citroen M35 OWNER: Tom Pesikey OWNER: Jeff Lane

Race & Competition ENTRANT: 1969 Porsche 917K OWNER: Bruce Canepa

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CHOICE AWARD WINNERS

Judges’ Choice Founders’ Choice ENTRANT: 1954 Cunningham C-3 Vignale ENTRANT: 1952 Allard J2X OWNER: Jim Taylor OWNER: Michael Rich

Honorary Concours Judge Wayne Carini Honorary Race Judge Danny Sullivan ENTRANT: 1965 Shelby Cobra 289 ENTRANT: 1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6 OWNER: Robert Kurtz OWNER: Paul Queally

BEST OF CLASS AWARD WINNERS Porsche Marque; 356 Era '51-'64 Porsche Marque; 9 series ENTRANT: 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder ENTRANT: 1973 Porsche 911 OWNER: Nick Clemence OWNER: Steve Midgett

Great Britain USA Germany ENTRANT: 1956 Cooper T39 “Bobtail” ENTRANT: 1954 Arnolt-Bristol Bolide Deluxe ENTRANT: 1970 Mercedes 280SL OWNER: Rob Adams OWNER: Alan Rosenblum OWNER: Tony Labella

France Italy Member ENTRANT: 1973 Alpine-Renault A110 1600S (VC) ENTRANT: 1962 OSCA 1600 GTS Zagato ENTRANT: 2009 Ferrari F430 OWNER: Chris Robins OWNER: Peter Brotman OWNER: Morgan Duffy

Race & Competition Late Porsche Marque Race Race & Competition Early ENTRANT: 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda, ENTRANT: 1986 Porsche 962 ENTRANT: 1926 Miller Locomobile Junior 8 Special raced by Chrysler France OWNER: Bruce Canepa OWNER: Driehaus Collection OWNER: Michael Connell

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 19 VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 19 THE WHOLE WORLD OF MOTORSPORTS – ALL UNDER ONE TENT

2020 ARTARTININMOTIONMOTION Racing will get a little bit – ok, a lot – smaller at Monticello Motor Club in October as slot car racing brings even bigger excitement to this year’s Art In Motion Concours d’Elegance.

A slot car is a much smaller version of an actual AIM attendees will have the chance to take car, with a working 18,000-rpm motor that is a turn on Carrera’s track, and can even powered by electricity transmitted through challenge AIM’s celebrity guests – Indy 500 metal rails on a plastic track. Sticky tires and winner Danny Sullivan, Trans Am Champion small internal traction magnets help hold the Tommy Kendall, Chasing Classic Cars host car in place on the track. Each car is controlled Wayne Carini, and World Sportscar Champion remotely, via a hand throttle that the driver Brian Redman – to head-to-head competition uses to modulate power to the car on the track. throughout the 3-day event.

One of the largest slot car villages in North Slot cars date back to 1912, and were extremely America – 40 feet long and 8 feet wide – will popular in America just after World War II. be on display at AIM, courtesy of Carrera Slot car racing thrived in America throughout Toys North America, and will feature a fleet of the 1950s and 1960s, but lost favor to video vintage GT-type 1/32 scale slot cars that will games post-1980. In recent years, slot car mirror many of the very cars gracing Art In racing has enjoyed a healthy revival, thanks Motion’s concours field this year. to evangelists like Carrera Marketing Manager David Kennedy.

VOLUME 7 || MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 21 “I learned a long time ago that the people It’s not just the mechanics that matter; you who are fascinated with slot cars are the same also have to have the know-how to gauge people who are watching or participating in track conditions, properly drive into a tricky auto racing in some form,” said Kennedy, who corner, and pick just the right spots on the started playing with slot cars when he was just track to accelerate. five years old. “A true auto enthusiast loves everything about cars, regardless of their size.” “In our minds, we are racing real cars, only smaller,” Kennedy said. In fact, Jörg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler, both Porsche factory drivers, raced slot cars as children. Darren Law, the program manager for Flying Lizard Motorsports, still has a slot car track in his home.

“There is very little difference between real racing and slot car racing,” said Kennedy, a two-time 24-hour endurance slot car racing national champion. “You’re just not in the car.”

Most everything that someone does mechanically to make a racecar go faster, you can also do to a slot car, according to Kennedy. Those techniques range from selecting the right motor and tuning the chassis to getting just the right exotic metal parts to reduce drag.

22 ARTINMOTION “IN OUR MINDS, WE ARE RACING MATTHEW REAL CARS, ORENDAC ONLY SMALLER.” Chairman, Automotive Selection Committee 2017 Art In Motion Concours d’Elegance DAVID KENNEDY

Art In Motion is pleased to welcome Matthew Orendac as the chairman of the Selection Committee for AIM's second annual Concours d’Elegance. The Concours is the highlight of AIM's 3-day spectacular at Monticello Motor Club, just 90 minutes from New York City.

Matthew has been in the collector car insurance business for three decades, and is currently in the Private Client Services Division at Hagerty Insurance. One of the premier experts in the collector car world, he has been part of selection committees for Radnor Hunt, the Concours d'Elegance of America, Pinehurst, and Edison Con- cours. He has also been invited to judge at Pinehurst, Boca Raton, Edison, Hilton Head Island, Masterpieces & Style in Germany, Burn Foundation, and the Classic Car Club of America’s National and Grand Classic.

The assistant director of the Classic Car Club of America’s Metro Region, Matthew has attended more than 800 car shows, and is a veteran of many car caravans, car rallies, and tours. He lives in Lumberton, N.J., with his wife and five children, and is very involved with Hagerty’s Youth Advocacy Program, which helps foster the next generation of car enthusiasts and collectors.

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 23 COLLECTING THOUGHTS

CLASSIC CAR COLLECTING = UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES But first, make good decisions...

Make Good Decisions. pace, and comfort, all of which contribute to a different experience. Classic and vintage cars are, by definition, old. They represent a different era, with different You might think, “Of Course!” but that’s some- conditions, different engineering, and different times hard to remember when going through expectations. Our perceptions and observa- your test drive. tions around comfort, reliability, and speed have changed since we first saw that Ferrari 308 GTB or ’63 Corvette split window. So as you Find the Right Car for You. admire that vintage Bentley or perfect Aston Martin, keep in mind how different everything is There is no such thing as the perfect car, but today in all, and I mean all, aspects. Before you there is such a thing as your perfect car. buy any car, ask yourself a few simple questions about how you want to use it and what you The first consideration is evaluating what’s most expect to get out of it. And then… important to you, on a continuum with passion on one end and return on investment on the other. If your first question is about a car you By Matt Peckham Founder, Vintage Motor Management Drive One. love or a car you must have (like, say, a 1958 Borgward Isabella), then I start with passion. Really. I can’t tell you how many people I know If you start off wondering about the appreci- who’ve purchased a classic car without driving ation value over the past 12 months, then we’ll ollecting cars is different from collecting it, or at least driving one like it. Find a friend, a approach the acquisition from a completely dif- stamps, Hummel figurines, or coins. dealer, or a broker, who has a similar car and ferent point of view, primarily as an investment. C drive one. I arrange for people to “sample” cars Those collections are nice, but they won’t win on a regular basis. you an award at Pebble Beach, carry you across Hire a Good Advisor. the Mongolian desert, or turn a perfect lap at When you are driving the car, remember that Spa-Francorchamps. engineering and conditions today are different These cars are dynamic assets. Everything that than they were 30, 60, or 90 years ago. The has (or hasn’t) happened to the car before Collecting vintage and classic cars will deliver 1928 Rolls Royce Pall Mall Phantom that we you’ve seen it impacts its usability, enjoyment, more joy, more fun, and more new experiences care for is exquisite, truly a high-water mark of and, ultimately, its value. Every bit of a car’s than collecting almost anything else. The trick is automotive excellence in 1928. If you want to history affects how it will behave in the future. to focus on the positives and eliminate the neg- experience what it was like to drive back then, Was it used and serviced regularly? Stored atives, both when you first make an acquisition, you could not ask for a better example. Just properly? Are all of the bits there? Does that and throughout the time you own the vehicle. be aware that there is a difference between shiny restoration cover up a world of misery 1928 and 2017. Today we have roads, reliability, and expense? Can you validate everything that

24 ARTINMOTION CLASSIC CAR COLLECTING = UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES But first, make good decisions...

Our philosophy about car collecting is simple; it’s about making good decisions.

Decisions about what to acquire, how to increase value and ultimately how best to enhance your collection.

We’ve assembled a professional, conflict-free staff and network of experts to eliminate the stress of ownership. From research, to restoration, to maintenance, to storage, and all the details in between, we will handle the specifics so you can enjoy your cars.

you are seeing? Does that ultra-low mileage Enjoy Your Car. A collector car gets better with proper use and Ferrari mean ultra-high repair bills because it care. Only the finest Concours d'Elegance cars hasn’t been used for 30 years? Many of us enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the need to be coddled and swaddled. In fact, every research, the acquisition, the ownership of car at our facility is kept in ready condition, The seller, private or otherwise, may be very a truly exclusive car, and a great story of the and driven regularly. And each one of them is upfront with you – or he or she may not be. elusive one that got away. For many others, it’s enjoyed, just as they should be. An expert can help guide you through the just as important to have a car to drive, show, process. When necessary, we will call in one and use. For the vast majority of people, it is Car collecting is all about making good deci- of our network of marque experts to research about nostalgia. In my book, the use-case jus- sions; get the help you need, pick the right cars, and inspect the car. We work with specialists tifies all else. These are assets that need to be and drive them often. for every major class of car, marque, and used and enjoyed. Whether it’s a simple country geography. Hiring an advisor is a step that you jaunt, a run to the grocery store on a nice day, must not skip. Consider it an investment in your the Tour at Pebble Beach, the Peking to Paris investment. The money you spend inspecting Rally, or the Colorado Grand, these cars need to that Porsche 356 may save you tens of thou- be used, and used often. sands in future repairs and frustration.

Matt Peckham is the founder of Vintage Motor Management and a life-long collector of a variety of motorized conveyances. He is also the managing partner of the Art In Motion Concours d’Elegance at Monticello Motor Club. VMM is an MMC partner, and will manage all of the activities associated with the Collector Car Gallery, opening in September 2017. VMM oversees automotive assets, acquisitions, and events all over the world.

Contact Matt Peckham for a consultation on your collection or next acquisition. [email protected] | 862.246.3422

www.vintagemotormanagement.com

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 25 WOODSTOCK LEGACY EXPANDS THROUGH COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Neil Diamond. Zac Brown Band. Rod Stewart. Sting.

They’re names everyone knows, and they have all graced the Pavilion stage at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts this year.

And then there’s 18-year-old Will Colpoys. You might not recognize his name, but it’s because of Bethel Woods that he is on his way to Manhattan’s prestigious School of Visual Arts to study animation in the fall.

“I wouldn’t be where I am today, as well-rounded and experienced artistically and culturally, if it weren’t for Bethel Woods,” Will said.

Will spent most of his young life in Florida, blessedly immersed in the arts. As far back as he can remember, Will was drawing all the time – in the notebooks he carried, on napkins, on any scrap of paper he could find. He especially liked drawing cartoons of superheroes like Spider-Man.

He liked to act as well, and performed at the Florida Repertory Theatre The beautiful Bethel Woods Center was built on 800 acres surrounding in plays like Fame and Aladdin. the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, N.Y. While the Center is best known for the many summer concerts held at its When Will was 13, his family relocated to rural Roscoe, N.Y., which amphitheater, these events serve to support Bethel Woods’ primary offered far more for trout fishermen than for theater buffs, and where educational mission. Over 31,000 kids and adults per year are reached the K-12 school district boasted an enrollment of just 266. Sure, Will through its classes, workshops, films, lectures, and hands-on learning still got to study art and Photoshop, act in school plays, and sing in the inspired by the ‘60s. Its programs are presented at its non-profit arts chorus, but he wanted more. He was aching to immerse himself in the center, schools, and throughout local communities. arts, just like he’d done down South. “By making the arts and humanities more accessible to people of all He found exactly what he was looking for in Bethel Woods’ arts and ages, we engage young students, their families, and, ultimately, their humanities programs. communities in the transformative power of the arts,” said Bethel Woods Chief Executive Officer Darlene Fedun. “We believe in the

26 ARTINMOTION “I had a concrete understanding of how to take shots and what to do, but I didn’t have the creative backing to compose certain shots that were more emotionally compelling,” recalled Kelby, who will be going to Penn State to study photography and advertising this fall. “I definitely learned how to have people emotionally connect to my photos.”

Bethel Woods’ arts and humanities programs are heavily supported by individual donations and corporate sponsors. Monticello Motor Club is among the Center’s strongest supporters, and in fact, donated all net proceeds from the first annual Art In Motion Concours d’Elegance of Speed & Power to Bethel Woods.

“Because of the ongoing generosity of so many, we are able to reach a growing number of individuals, and provide greater accessibility through transportation and scholarships for children and families who may not otherwise have the means to participate,” Fedun said. “Kids in programs like Project: Identity grow both personally and artistically by working with teachers and students with diverse backgrounds and benefits of quality cultural, historical, and arts experiences, andthe experiences.” impact they have on shaping a generation of new leaders, responsible stewards, and contributing community members.” Both Will and Kelby participated in multiple programs through Bethel Woods, and eventually joined on as interns, Will with the Saturdays Through one of its programs, Broadway in Bethel (now called P.L.A.Y. at the Woods program and Kelby through the Project: Identity Theater), Will was able to study with visiting artist Mark Robinson, Photography program. who had acted, directed, and taught in places like the Public Theater, Circle in the Square, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. “These programs help a lot of people emotionally cope and kind of get another type of environment outside of the regular school setting,” Another Bethel Woods program, Project: Identity Photography, said Kelby. “They get to talk to people with similar interests and offered 18-year-old Kelby Hochreither of Hawley, Pa. the opportunity learn from real artists; I think most of us can use these programs as a to grow his photography skills to a whole new level. stepping stone toward future growth.”

VOLUME 7 | MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE 27 FINDING THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE 5 helpful tips when selecting a vehicle transport company

By Dean Wilson Vice President of Marketing, Intercity Lines, Inc.

For those of you who have a special relationship with your vehicles, whether a priceless vintage, a one-of-a-kind collectible, or an asphalt-tearing racecar, the process of selecting a carrier to transport your pride and joy isn’t something to be taken lightly. Here are five suggestions to help ensure that you make a wise choice.

PUT YOUR INVESTIGATOR MAKE SURE THEY PREPARE FOR THE 1HAT ON. 3(AND YOU) ARE COVERED. 5JOURNEY AHEAD. Start by asking around. Most auction com- Remember, the carrier is responsible for your Once you have found a carrier that meets panies, car clubs, and restorers can provide car during transportation, so ask about limits (and hopefully exceeds) your expectations, solid recommendations. Go online and find and the total liability coverage. It’s important take several steps to prepare your pride and out how long the company has been in to know that your vehicle is covered for its joy for the journey. Here’s a brief checklist of business, and whether it is licensed with the full value. Better yet, have the carrier provide tasks we recommend you execute before your United States Department of Transportation. a Certificate of Insurance. It should include vehicle is whisked off to yonder destinations. Each auto transporter is issued a MC Docket coverage amounts for liability, workers number and USDOT number, which you can compensation, cargo limits, and a deductible • Follow all the guidelines the carrier has validate at www.fmcsa.dot.gov. You can also (if applicable). At Intercity Lines, we have $2 specified. The last thing you want is for investigate a company’s safety record on the million worth of cargo insurance. Never use a the carrier to show up and refuse the ship- same website. transporter who asks you to sign a damage ment because you haven’t met the agreed waiver unless you’re prepared to repair any upon conditions. damage to your vehicle yourself. • Make sure the car is as clean as possible, WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE inside and out. You may even consider 2IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER. taking photos during the pickup inspec- IT ISN’T ALL ABOUT tion to document your vehicle’s exact Take a look at how the company treats its 4THE BENJAMINS. condition. These photos will be invaluable own fleet of vehicles. Check the equipment in the event you need to file a damage being used to make sure it’s up to par. Is each Not all vehicle carriers provide the same level claim after delivery. vehicle secured with straps or nets to avoid of service; be specific about your needs. The • Loose parts should be secured so they damage from over-tightened chains putting a quotes you receive for quality delivery service don’t shift and damage other parts of the strain on the axle, or under-tightened chains should be comparable from one carrier to vehicle. banging against the car? Does the company another. If a price quote looks too good to be • Ensure that your vehicle’s battery is fully use horizontal hydraulic lift gates to ensure true, it probably is. Strongly consider spend- charged to avoid additional costs for safer loading and unloading? Does the ing the extra money for an enclosed trailer winching, that the anti-freeze level is ade- company use custom-built trailers specifically so that your vehicle is properly protected, quate for the climate at both ends of the meant to transport cars? These are signs of a especially on longer trips. Lastly, never give trip to avoid a cracked engine block, and professional carrier that knows the business. a deposit. Exclusive and reputable vehicle that the gas tank is roughly a quarter full carriers ask for a payment when the vehicle is (carriers prefer the tank to not be filled). picked up or dropped off. • Create a detailed list of any special instructions the carrier may need to properly care for your vehicle, including any special Intercity Lines, Inc., a family-owned auto transporter with more than 35 years in the business, specializes in classic car transport, luxury car transport, and exotic car transport. It offers customized enclosed auto transport equipment, advanced communica- switches, anomalies, tricks to getting it tion technology, innovative services, and highly trained and enthusiastic employees. Intercity Lines is the official transporter for started, alarm instructions, etc. Monticello Motor Club, Palm Beach Cavallino Classic, Blackhawk Automotive Museum, and Gooding & Company, and is one of only four transport companies recommended by Hagerty, a global leader for collector car and boat insurance. Intercity is also an associate partner of the Ferrari Club of America. Intercity Lines’ longtime clients include both comedian Jay Leno and Chasing Classic Cars’ Wayne Carini. For more information about Intercity Lines, Inc., visit www.intercitylines.com or call 800.221.3936.

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