The following is the schedule of events for the 2018 JCNA International Jaguar Festival Santa Barbara California:
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM VAULT TOUR AND DINNER- limit 100 - with waiting list
Presenting Sponsor-HEACOCK INSURANCE, Supporting Sponsor- EASTON ROBERTSON INSURANCE
MID-TOWN LOS ANGELES, Museum District
This is a chance for the club members and those Jaguar owners from across the country to come to enjoy the vast and fascinating collection of rare race cars, vintage and classic cars, one-off specials, and original condition collector cars. These rarely seen cars will be the highlight of the evenings doings. After the tour, we will all gather for an interesting and informative panel discussion with Jim McErlean, Heacock Insurance, and our own Kevin Easton, Easton Robertson Insurance. They will be discussing the Collector Car Business, the investment cycles, how to determine True Value vs. Stated Value Issues, etc.
After the Vault Tour and Presentations, we will enjoy a FIVE -STAR dinner at Drago Restaurant in the Petersen Museum. There is indoor/outdoor seating and great conversations about what we had just experienced will prevail, this will be a special event indeed. Also, don’t forget the Petersen Gift Store, with all sorts of car goodies and books, and neat stuff. (NO CAMERAS ALLOWED IN THE VAULT)
Hotels near the Petersen Museum
Thursday, November 1, 2018
IJF Event begins: SANTA MONICA PIER PARKING LOT , Santa Monica Pier - The End of Route 66 and the Pier parking lot. 200 Santa Monica Pier | Santa Monica, CA 90401
Morning tour from Santa Monica Pier up Hwy 1 through Malibu, Latigo Canyon Road, Mulholland Hwy, Encinal Canyon Rd. onto Hwy 101 to Santa Barbara. The route has some of the most picturesque areas of Southern California with the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Coastal Range Mountains on the other with twisty bits in between to test your car handling skills. These are the roads that Steve McQueen drove in his XK-SS. Imagine that picture and how special this event is. Hotel check-in and JLF Ride and Drive event with new Jaguar and Land Rover products.
Hotel Reservations at the HILTON SANTA BARBARA BEACHFRONT RESORT: https://aws.passkey.com/e/49537591
Information: Mark Mayuga, 1st VP, IJF Chairman, email: markmayuga@att.net, 909.772.1075
JCNA SLALOM at the Solvang Airport or Lompoc Airport (TBD) All right you LEAD FOOTS, this is your time to show your stuff and earn the bragging rights to be the FASTEST for the Festival. The JCNA Slalom offers challenges for the novice and expert alike; the only thing holding you back is your left foot saying NO and your right foot saying, “get out of the way!” The JCNA Slalom course is a modified figure eight layout, low speed event which tests your ability to keep going without spinning out and, more importantly, remembering the course layout; that’s the real challenge. There will be a driver’s school and practice runs before times will count. So, plan on giving it a GO; you might surprise yourself. You must provide your own Snell Approved Helmut. To go fast? HINT: Traction control OFF! Come be a spectator. You might just want to try to beat the event times!
Welcome Reception on the hotel's Upper Rotunda with wine tastings featuring some of the best wineries in the Santa Barbara area. There might be a micro-brewery slipped in there too. The views from the Rotunda are beautiful, especially at sunset, looking out over the ocean and Sterns Beach.
Dinner on your own in Downtown Santa Barbara at many of the gourmet restaurants along the beach boulevard. The weather that time of year is generally balmy, mild evenings, with gentle breezes, great for taking evening walks along the beach, enjoying a desert in the FUNK ZONE or wine tasting for a night-cap. “I prefer a PORT, dark chocolate, and a fine cigar myself.” Mark Mayuga
More on the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort
Friday, November 2, 2018
JCNA Concours for Champion and Driven Divisions, Hilton Santa Barbara "The Greens" facing the ocean
Presenting Sponsors- CLASSIC SHOWCASE- Champion Div., MOSS MOTORS Ltd.- Driven Div.
JCNA Champion and Driven divisions, Display Only, including Land Rovers. HILTON SANTA BARBARA BEACHFRONT RESORT
Charlie Hallums and Mark Hodges have done a terrific job in organizing this event. We expect some of the Best of the Best Cars to be shown at this year’s IJF Event. The setting is one of the most beautiful in recent memory and the competition should be fierce. We are requesting from the participating clubs to supply their best judges for this event.
Please contact Charlie Hallums if you are willing to judge for this event: 949.733.1097 or chash3@cox.net
The Awards Banquet Buffet will feature local fresh produce, seafoods and meats, and the deserts to celebrate the evenings doings.
Saturday, November 3, 2018
JCNA Monte Carlo Rally or Scenic Tour, Santa Barbara County
Presenting Sponsor-SNG BARRATT
You should really rally; it's fun, challenging, and it improves your communication skills. You might appreciate how getting around can be fun and frustrating at the same time, that “RIGHT”, does not mean “yes”, it means RIGHT TURN. So, sharpen your communications skills and plan on seeing some roads, beautiful countryside, twisty bits, and CHECK-POINTS along the way manned by course workers from the San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles Jag clubs.
OR take the Scenic Tour through the Santa Barbara and Montecito Hills to Solvang and the Santa Ynez Valley.
Luncheon and Rally awards: RIDEAU VINEYARD, Solvang. A California gourmet food truck will be serving a Santa Maria Style BBQ Picnic. (No Host)
Menu: The Santa Maria Style Tri-tip BBQ Sandwich is slow cooked, seasoned with hickory and mesquite woods, fresh vegetable salad locally grown. There are a host of other delicious items such as a Tri-tip and linguisa sandwich tri-tip and shrimp sandwich, Shrimp Po’ Boy sandwich, Chicken Bacon Chipotle sandwich, Chicken Pesto sandwich, and a few Specials of the Day. All items include spring mix side salad and chips. Prices range from $12-$15 with healthy portions. Top off this tasty lunch with local wines from the area,. Relax under 100-year-old oak trees for shade and a sprawling green garden to enjoy. There might be a Bocce Ball match in the making. FACEBOOK: BBQ in the Stix
“MONTE CARLO NIGHT” at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort
Presenting Sponsor- WELSH ENTERPRISES
Old Spanish/Mexican buffet dinner and benefit gambling event for the JLR Program, “Join the Regiment”, benefiting the military veterans training program for careers in the Jaguar Land Rover dealerships.
Surely many of you have participated in BENEFIT MONTE CARLO NIGHTS in your area and most are for worthy causes. Join the Regiment is such a program that has special meaning to us all, helping veterans get an education in a productive after-service career. The Jaguar Land Rover program, in partnership with Snap-On Tools, trains these folks to be service writers, managers, parts countermen, and in other careers in the JLR company and family of dealers. Many of these VETS are partially disabled and yet have the drive and discipline to learn and motivation to participate in a meaningful automotive industry career. Your participation in this evening's event will help those wonderful folks back into society to work for one of the greatest companies in the automotive industry.
The event will feature 5 blackjack tables, 2 craps tables, roulette, and 1 poker table. So, if you’re feeling lucky, here’s a chance to win some prizes and contribute to a worthy cause.
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Farewell Brunch
Presenting Sponsor - TBD
Club Awards, raffles, and more, HILTON SANTA BARBARA BEACHFRONT RESORT
The Members of the Jaguar Owners Club, Los Angeles and our friends at the San Diego and San Francisco clubs sincerely hope you have a terrific time and enjoy one of the most enchanting areas of the great State of California, an area rich in early history and traditions, focused on the future but still embracing the past. Be ready for the "Best of Festival" and the historical "Fickle Finger of Fate" awards!
Hotel Reservations at the HILTON SANTA BARBARA BEACHFRONT RESORT: https://aws.passkey.com/e/49537591
Information: Mark Mayuga, 1st VP, IJF Chairman, email: markmayuga@att.net, 909.772.1075