Category: Meets & Shows

The Return of Tampa Bay Miatas, January 2022

Last Thursday marked the return of the Tampa Bay Miatas car meets at Rick’s by the River in Tampa. Not only had the meets stopped happening for a while, but I hadn’t attended one myself since December 2019. Since then,

Tampa Bay Miatas July 2019 Meet

It’s been a while since I last attended a Tampa Bay Miatas meet. And even though my car was down for maintenance (more on that later), I decided to attend their July meet last week. I took a lot of

Restored Shelby Lone Star Unveiled at Amelia Island Concours

A restored one-of-a-kind concept car, known as the Shelby Lone Star, was recently unveiled at the 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. The Shelby Lone Star was to be a successor to the Shelby Cobra that would resemble the GT40.

Duesenberg and Ferrari Win Best of Show at Amelia Island Concours

This weekend marked the 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance and for the second year in a row, threats of rain meant that the event was held on Saturday rather than the traditional Sunday. This year’s Concours d’Elegance winner was

Das Renn Treffen 2018,
a celebration of Porsche

“Das Renn Treffen“ (German for “the race meet”) is an annual Porsche meet that claims to be “the greatest Porsche event in South Florida.” I might go further to say the greatest on the East Coast (although later I did learn

August Cars and Coffee at duPont REGISTRY

Last week I shared some photos on Instagram I’d taken at the August Cars and Coffee event at duPont REGISTRY. I’d been experimenting with low shutter speed panning shots. The friendly folks at duPont REGISTRY liked the photos and asked

July Cars and Coffee at Dimmit Automotive Group

This past Saturday began early for me, attending the Cars & Coffee event at Dimmit Automotive Group for the first time. For those who don’t know Dimmit, this is the local luxury automotive dealership which specializes in high end brands

Miatapalooza 2017

Back in 2013, not long after acquiring my own little red ’95 Miata, I attended and reported on a local Miatapalooza event, held in nearby Lakeland, Florida. Since then, I’ve gotten to meet event organizer Randy George and many of