Concorso Italiano

Brad,Me and Carol are driving up Thursday the 17th,hitting the concorso on Friday,the nor cal POCA banquet Fri. night,Laguna Seca Sat,the PI lunch Sat afternoon,cruising home Sunday morning.We used the PCNC twice but last year struck out on our own and were happy with how it worked out.Give me a call and I'll give you more details. Jim Coyne

Anyone want to give me an insight as to what it would cost for the weekend?? I would like to fly out from Detroit Thursday evening and stay at a decent hotel nearby for the duration. Any suggestions as far as hotels, hot spots, etc.??

Also, while we're on the 'concorso' topic- Is anyone on the East coast going to Poconos this year? I was there last year for the show as a spectator and had a blast. This year I'm looking at trailering my car out for the show.

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Anyone want to give me an insight as to what it would cost for the weekend??

Have you heard the saying - "If you have to ask?"

Not cheap. Every spot within 75 miles increases room rates for this weekend. And most are already filling, or filled, up. No, really - filled up NOW.

For simplicity go the P.I. or PCNC route. I am returning for my third year to a Days Inn just off the 101 in north Monterey, a 10 minute drive to the Concorso, except it takes about an hour on THE day. The kind desk clerk gave me a break - $139 Thursday, $229 Friday. Same room @ night. Told ya they marked them up.

You should know entry ticket prices rise the closer you get. Exibitor prices go up March 1, not sure about general admission.

Thursday/Saturday dinner in town will cost what a good dinner does, PCNC Friday dinner is very affordable if you reserve in time to get a spot.
Prices for event food are of course higher than they should be. I pack a picnic lunch in the car for Concorso, and P.I. has a great spread for Saturday lunch at Laguna.

Hot spots? Hanging with everyone else. PCNC hospitality is open to all, I imagine you can also find a welcome at the P.I. hotel.

Next to Vegas Fun Rally, this is the best Pantera event around. And THE best for looking, talking, learning, dreaming about what you would do if only someone would let you win the lottery. True Disneyland for car junkies.

Larry

Where is the PCNC dinner ?
Where is the PI party ?

PCNC dinner is Friday night at Las Laurales Motel in Carmel Valley. Its a great motel to base out of due to great features like special parking for or cars, hospitality house that is open almost 24 hours during the week. Being in Carmel Valley, we sit in the sun and enjoy the pool alot. Great resturaunt and bar plus our dinner is set outside on Friday and they let us surround the eating area with 20 to 25 Panteras. My pictues are too big for this forum but if you want to see, let me know your e mail address. On the event day 20 our more of us take the sprited run up Las Laurales Grade and past Laguna Seca, slip in the back door of the Concourso in about 20 minutes from the hotel with little to no traffic.

I couldn't load Randy's photos as one collage, the file was too large, so I split them in half. Here's his second set of photos, these are of the PCNC dinner.

The PCNC dinner looks great, is there a site where I can get some info about staying there or is it PCNC members only? Does PI have any events for fri or sat nites?

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Posted February 25, 2006 07:37 PM
The PCNC dinner looks great, is there a site where I can get some info about staying there or is it PCNC members only?

The PCNC website will provide you a link to Diane Dean, who handles the reservatons. They were just open for PCNC members at first, but will soon be opened to others. There is already a waiting list, and the number of rooms is down a little bit from last year. HURRY!

Dinner handles more people, but that usually fills up too. Hurry on that one too. Dinner included if you stay at the hotel.

www.panteraclubnorcal.com

Larry

WOW! Those are some impressive pics.

Thanks a lot for the info guys. I'm looking into booking my vacation time right now and setting myself up for that weekend. Paraphrasing LF-TP 2511; if I happen to win the lottery sometime soon I'll ship my car out too, but I bet I'll have a good time nonetheless from the looks of it.

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I'll ship my car out

Your car got wheels and tires?

Dave Tucker, home in Maryland, will be making his THIRD drive, yup DRIVE, to the Las Vegas Fun Rally this year.

THAT MAN IS MY HERO!!

Larry

"Use your car for what it was intended - DRIVE IT!" Tony Harvey, R.I.P.