Yang Gang Pebble Beach Gathering

Michael Bayer · Post by **Michael Bayer** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:15 am

Last night's Gathering hosted by Tom Shaughnessy and Tom Yang at Pebble was terrific! Great guys, great conversation and some wonderful old 12s to admire. Art was taking pictures and will hopefully post them soon. It did not end till well after 1130. Everyone is off to Quail and Concorso this morning, BrianP, Billy and I are going to help the Admiral prep the Mondial for Sunday. Thanks guys!!!

afwrench · Post by **afwrench** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:29 pm

Michael ,you just had to rub it in that you get to mess around with the Mondial.The green eyed monster is alive and well back here on the East Coast. Have fun !!! Mike

Post by **330GT** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:37 pm

A few pictures from the party.
From left to right:

Kerry Chesbro, Tom Shaughnessy, Lowell Brown, Larry Hernandez

David Booth, Tom Yang

Michael Clark, Gary Hiniker, Jon Alff

John Bishop, Tom Shaughnessy, ?

Suzanne Hiniker, Tom Yang, Jon Asp, Gary Hiniker

Yale, Steve V, Luke K, Bryan Phillips

As you can tell, my forte is not remembering names. I'll edit them in as people post who is who.

william · Post by **william** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:55 am

Hi Kerry,

how about some names?

nice pics.

Post by **330GT** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:24 pm

william wrote:Hi Kerry,

how about some names?

nice pics.

Picture credit goes to Art Lazanoff. I managed to lose the pictures I took when uploading to the laptop.

lukek · Post by **lukek** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:27 pm

Thanks again, Toms !
I left early, after only 2 Coronas, and before my kids caused any damage. Had a great time chatting about V12s and the local scene.
I also enjoyed the subsequent Thai food outing, and the California unveiling.
In the complaint column was the Concorso show. Absolutely awful ambiance on the concrete, with one food tent, and a glass of warm wine for $15 (from a 2 buck chuck carton). If they keep it at the airport next year the attendance will be halved, and it was down already.

Filling in some blanks in the pic before last:
Yale, Steve V, Luke K, ?
I also see Jon A in a couple of pics (brown jacket, red shirt)

william · Post by **william** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:27 pm

thanks Kerry,

I recognize you and Tom S., Tom Yang, is that Gary Hinker 3rd photo center and his wife Suzanne in 5th photo?

abrent · Post by **abrent** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:35 pm

Photo Two, getting the solo ear bending from Tom is none other than the irrepressable Sir David Booth. He looks a little under the weather whilst balancing that wine bottle.

Say - did Kerry spill any beer this Year.

Sorry I missed All Y'all.

Post by **330GT** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:27 am

abrent wrote:Photo Two, getting the solo ear bending from Tom is none other than the irrepressable Sir David Booth. He looks a little under the weather whilst balancing that wine bottle.

Say - did Kerry spill any beer this Year.

Sorry I missed All Y'all.

No, no beer spilled this year. Yale limited me to 2 beers, so couldn't afford to lose any!

Bryan P · Post by **Bryan P** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:43 am

that's me on the far right in the Yale, Steve V, Luke shot.

great party; really enjoyed meeting John Bishop who came from Melbourne for the big week.

met a guy in the parking lot who showed me the motor to his white Countach - gold-plated throttle linkage. I'm not kidding. Definitely a "car guy" - just a tad different from us, though.

Always a joy to see John V's PF Coupe in the flesh.

Post by **tyang** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:55 am

Hi Guys,

I did some more editing on the who's who.

I walked into my house at 3:00 am last night, so I'm just getting back online, but Wow! I had a GREAT time! There were some many things happening on so many levels it's going to take me some time to digest, and then share with everyone my perspective. First and foremost, I want to quickly congratulate the Phillips family on such a great achievement, and to thank them for allowing me to witness their glory first hand. We were all on the verge of tears when we watched the Mondial heading for the podium. BRAVO!

I'll try to get some posts going, but I need to spend some well missed quality time with my family!

Tom

Post by **330GT** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:03 pm

I've posted some more party pictures in my write-up of the Monterey week:
http://www.parrotbyte.com/kbc/ferrari/M ... Events.htm

David Booth · Post by **David Booth** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:03 am

Always a nice party, but it even seemed a little more lightly attended this year, as did many of the events. Brother Brent was definitely missed. And in the picture above, I'm not so much under the weather, but rather, wondering when Mr. Yang is going to take a breath so I can OPEN that bottle of Syrah... Tom Meadows was standing just out of frame, paper cup in hand, expectant look on face.

Sean Bramhall · Post by **Sean Bramhall** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:08 am

looks like agreat event maybe next year

sjvalin · Post by **sjvalin** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:33 pm

To be correct - John Asp is actually Jon Alff.