Here are the events planned for the 2023 driving season

January 24 . . . . . . . . . . Auction Week PNR-CCCA Party in Paradise Valley, AZ (Kim and Kristy Pierce, Managers)

March 28-April 2 . . . . . . . . . . CCCA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA

April 15 . . . . . . . . . . Driving tour to the PACCAR open house, Mount Vernon, WA (William Howard, Manager)

April 20 . . . . . . . . . . A Tulip Tour (Jim and Irene Tait, Managers)

July 4 . . . . . . . . . . Yarrow Point Annual 4th of July Parade (Al and Sandi McEwan, Managers)

July 16 . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove Concours, Forest Grove, OR (Jerry Greenfield, Manager)

July 22 . . . . . . . . . . CCCA Tour and Picnic, Mason Lake, WA (Merrisue Stienman, Manager)

July 23 . . . . . . . . . . Mercer Island Cruise and Car Show (Tom Alberts, Manager)

August 7 . . . . . . . . . . Pebble Beach Motoring Classic Kick-Off ( Larimer and Howard, Managers)

August 26 . . . . . . . . . . LeMay Family Collection Show, Marymount (Jake Grotte, Manager)

September 10-20 . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Northwest CARavan (McEwan and Dickison, Managers)

November TBD . . . . . . . . . . PNR-CCCA Annual Meeting (Brian Rohrback, Manager)

December 10 . . . . . . . . . . Holiday Party and Awards (Frank Daly, Manager)

The Pacific Northwest Region of the Classic Car Club of America is one of the most active purveyors of information on the greatest automobiles ever built.  Please join us for an event or come to our meetings held on the first Wednesday of every month, 6 pm in  Kirkland (please check with the club secretary for the current location).  5 pm is the start of the social hour, then on to business.  Dinner and drinks are brought in for you; the cost varies depending on the venue and the fare, but typically hovers around $10/person – a great deal!  And the people are always delightful.

Join the club by contacting any of the Board members listed.

Having fun with older cars!

January 14. . . . . . . . PNR-CCCA Hospitality for Arizona Auction Week (Kim Pierce, Manager)

January 16. . . . . . . . Penske Museum Hagerty Insurance (Ashley Shoemaker, Manager)

February. . . . . . . . TBD

March 7 . . . . . . . Wheels and Wings: Scottsdale, AZ (Contact Marty Ellison)

March 25-29 . . . . . . . CCCA National Annual Meeting: Valley Forge, PA

April 18. . . . . . . . Visit to Thunderdome: Enumclaw, WA (Jerry Greenfield, Manager)

May. . . . . . . TBD: Auburn High School Auto Shop (Craig DeVine, Manager)

June. . . . . . . TBD

July 4 . . . . . . . Fourth of July Parade at Yarrow Point (Al McEwan, Manager)

July 18 . . . . . . . 14th Annual Auto Angels at Bellevue Presbyterian Church

July 19 . . . . . . . Forest Grove Concours, Forest Grove, OR

July 26 . . . . . . . PNR-CCCA Grand Classic, Lake Kathleen, WA

August 3 . . . . . . . Kick Off Party for Motoring Classic: Hageman’s Fire Station

August 16 . . . . . . . Pebble Beach Concours, Pebble Beach, CA

September 5 . . . . . . . Crescent Beach Invitational: Surrey, British Columbia

September 12 . . . . . . . LeMay America’s Car Museum Gala, Tacoma, WA

September 19 . . . . . . . Medic 1 Hanger Gala, Boeing Field

November 4 . . . . . . . Annual Meeting @ Danz Garage (Brian Rohrback, Manager)

December 6 . . . . . . . Holiday Party @ Seattle Yacht Club (Frank Daly, Manager)

We have permission to give a flavor of this article and a link to the full-meal-deal.  Paul Ingrassia wrote a piece about Monterey Car Week that should be required reading for anyone who appreciates the position cars hold in our hearts and minds.

Here is an excerpt:

MONTEREY, Calif. — The Costanoan and Esselen Native American tribes from the 18th Century have long since departed this peninsula. More recently, the modern tribes who powwow here every August have decamped too.

These latter-day tribes include the Exotici, who worship high-horsepower and high-testosterone deities with such names as Koenigsegg, Lamborghini and Ferrari. The rival Classicarini tribe — whose leaders include shaman Wayne Carini — practices ancestor worship, venerating Pre-War Preservation, Post-War Grand Touring and other primitive but beautiful gods from the past.

Other modern clans that gather here include the Germania, the Italianos, the Brits and the wondrously weird Lemoni.

This powwow is Monterey Car Week, which has grown from a modest one-day event that started in 1951 to encompass nine days of high-revving, free-wheeling automotive adulation. The hundreds of thousands of people who convene here each August are viewed by outsiders as a monolithic horde of dipstick-loving, lockstep-thinking car crazies. But for those inside the big automotive teepee, the truth is more nuanced.

Many Classicarini regard the Exotici as nouveau-riche show-offs who buy modern $2 million-plus “hypercars” to flaunt their wealth. “It’s not about the way the cars race, or about the cars,” explained 71-year-old John Grosseto Orange County, Calif., proud owner of a classic 1955 Osca MT4.  “It’s about young drivers with more money than brains. They buy the car because they can buy it, not because they really love the car.”

Check out the full piece at:   https://revsinstitute.org/news/americas-automotive-tribes-their-rites-revelries-rituals-and-rivalries/

January 6 . . . . . . . Desktop Metal and Garage Tour, Auburn (Marty Ellison, Manager)

January 15. . . . . . . . PNR-CCCA Hospitality for Arizona Auction Week (Kim and Norma Pierce, Managers)

February 17. . . . . . . . Tour of THE SHOP in Sodo (Craig DeVine, Manager)

March 11 . . . . . . . Sport Restaurant and Chihuly Glass Garden (Bill Smallwood, Manager)

April 11-14. . . . . . . . CCCA National Annual Meeting: Branson, MO

April 14. . . . . . . . Coming Out Party, Lynnwood Convention Center (Gary Johnson and Stan Dickison, Managers)

May 6 . . . . . . . HCCA Tour: Puyallup, WA

May 19 . . . . . . . Picnic with the RROC, Somerville Home (Dennis and Dalene Somerville, Managers)

June 1-3 . . . . . . . Car Collections & Garden Tours, Vancouver B.C. (Gurnseys & Haan, Managers)

June 1-3 . . . . . . . CCCA Museum Experience: Hickory Corners, MI

June 24 . . . . . . . PNR-CCCA Picnic at the Dochnahl Home, Renton (Denny and Bernie Dochnahl, Managers)

July 4 . . . . . . . Fourth of July Parade at Yarrow Point (Al McEwan, Manager)

July 8 . . . . . . . Pacific Northwest Ferrari Concours (non-CCCA, William Howard, Manager)

July 15 . . . . . . . Forest Grove Concours, Forest Grove, OR

July 28 . . . . . . . . Jerry AcAuliffe Memorial Picnic, Seabeck (Tim McAuliffe, host)

August 13 . . . . . . . Kick Off Party for Motoring Classic: Hageman’s Fire Station (Steve Larimer and Val Dickison, Managers)

September 1 . . . . . . . Crescent Beach Invitational: Surrey, British Columbia (Laurel and Colin Gurnsey, Managers)

September 8 . . . . . . . Classics at Redmond Town Center (Tom Nault, Manager)

September 13-16 . . . . . . . Pierce Arrow Fall Tour (Bettye Gluth, Manager)

September 29 . . . . . . . . Visit to the Flying Horse Ranch, Ellensberg

October 20 . . . . . . . Fall Drive to Whidbey Island (Karen and Barrie Hutchinson, Managers)

November 7 . . . . . . . Annual Meeting @ Danz Garage (? Manager)

December 9 . . . . . . . Holiday Party @ Seattle Yacht Club

Saturday, October 7th gives us a chance to caravan to Bellingham and La Conner for a scenic drive, a wonderful lunch and a chance to fiddle around in some of Washington’s location gems.