Quail motoring show is on for 2010

The Quail motorsports gathering that is part of the Monterey Historics/Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance weekend is alive and well, according to the event's organizers. They say that although the owners of the Quail Lodge closed the hotel portion of the resort on Nov. 16, the golf course and clubhouse remain open and will continue to run the Quail Motorcycle Gathering on May 8, 2010, and the Quail, a Motorsports Gathering.

Preparations have begun for 2010 event, which is scheduled for Aug. 13. The event brings together a collection of the world's rarest sports and racing automobiles. Some call it the most exclusive event of the big Monterey weekend.

The themes for 2010 will be Featured Milestone Cars of 1934, 45 Years of the Shelby Mustang, Alfa Romeo Special Coachbuilders, race-car driver Carroll Shelby and the N

By Wes Raynal