This past Saturday, following the monthly gathering of
“Cars and Coffee”, several local Ferrari and Lamborghini owners gathered for an
organized drive, coupled with a photo shoot for a local luxury lifestyle magazine—QC Exclusive.
Getting 15 or 20 cars together for an organized drive, or
rally, is a lot of work. Unfortunately,
the frequency of rallies in our area is infrequent. Most of the organized rallies are in the
central or eastern part of NC (the FCA President lives in the eastern part of
the state). Driving six hours (three
hours to and three hours fro) to participate in a one hour event makes about as
much sense to me as ear lobe grommets. It’s
the classic “Raleigh/Charlotte debate”…
Stepping off my soapbox and before I forget, many thanks go out to Kevin Fielden and
Brian Caughman for organizing the drive and the folks from QC Exclusive for documenting our day.
Here are just a handful of some of the great cars from this Saturday’s
rally and photo shoot:
A nice comparison of the styling differences of the 308 (foreground) and the 328 (its successor):
This is a beautiful example of a 328 in something other than Rosso Corsa (Ferrari "Racing Red"). This 1986 328 GTS is shown in a very unique Azzurro Metallico.
This is a very rare car that everyone was delighted to see in person. One of only 500 ever made, this 1972 Ferrari 365 GTC/4 is coming off of a fresh restoration and really "stole the show".
Here, a 1990 348ts (foreground) and a 550 Maranello.
A Lincoln County deputy sheriff was dispatched to see "what all these cars were doing" at one of our rally photo stops. He was blown away by all the cars and was very cool about us borrowing a photo op spot in Lincoln County.
All the cars are lined up for the last photo shoot of the day.
This has to be one of my favorite shots of the day. Don't ask me how I did it...just know I wasn't "texting" at the time...
Finally, no rally is complete without some in-car camera footage. Pardon my "shaky" shots, but it isn't easy changing gears, adjusting the radio, making a sandwich, tweeting, joining a conference call and waving to onlookers all while driving. Of course, I'm kidding. All photos/videos were taken with extreme care and caution. Safety first! Please, don't text and drive!!!
Until next time, "Keep er' between the ditches!!!"
