Over 20,000 enthusiasts descended upon California’s Sonoma Raceway this past weekend for the fourth annual Velocity Invitational, a three-day “motorsports and lifestyle event” that brought together modern hypercars, vintage F1 cars, old-school Can-Am racers and just about everything in between.
In addition to the global unveiling of the limited-edition McLaren “3-7-59” 750S and the first public display of the Ford …
It was a very good time. Perfect weather and tons of great cars. My favorite race moment was watching ten laps of a Lotus Elan harassing and swapping places with a V- 12 Ferrari. The Can-Am cars were great, but the F1 cars were so strung out that I thought that the leaders name might be Max. As far as the best Paddock cars.... too many to list.
The Velocity events have a tinge of snootiness about them, but there's enough "real" car guys to make it worthwhile. The last one I went to had Mario Andretti making the rounds. This one supposedly had Lando Norris, but I'm not really into celebrities, so he might have been five feet from me and I wouldn't have noticed.
I haven't downloaded my SLR pics yet, but here's some I-phone action from the paddock:
In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
Nice.
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