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WEEK. THE WEEK LONG EVENT IS GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR WITH NEW EVENTS BEING ADDED. THIS YEAR THE CLUB AT PASADERA HELD ITS FIRST EVER EVENT FOR CONCOURS. MORE THAN 50 CARS IN FOUR CLASSES ARE ON DISPLAY. INCLUDING VINTAGE/PRE WAR PRIOR TO 1940, DOMESTIC CARS, INTERNATIONAL AND MODIFIED CAR THERE IS ALSO A SPECIAL CATEGORY... WITH CARS FROM 1990 TO 2020 WITH A DESIGN AND TECHNICAL INFLUENCE ON THE CARS OF THE FUTURE. ### RIGHT NOW PART OF ALAVARADO STREET IS CLOSED OFF FOR A CAR SHOW....TO KICK OFF CAR WEEK. ACTION NEWS REPORTER ALANI LETAN ..IS LIVE IN MONTEREY WHERE SOME HISTORIC RACE CARS ARE ON DISPLAY. THESE CARS HAVE BEEN THROUGH DOZENS OF RACES AROUND THE WORLD ...INCLUDING A WEATHERTECH RACEWAY AT LAGUNA SECA. THAT'S WHERE WE FIRST MET SOME OF THE DRIVERS WHO WERE GETTING THEIR CARS READY TO COME DOWN TODAY. AND MANY OF THE OWNERS AND DRIVERS- EVEN SPECTATORS- IT'S A TIME TO LIVE OUT THEIR CHILDHOOD DREAMS. JIM WEISSENBORN-CA WEEK PARTICIPANT CLIP #6384 12:52:42 IT'S A PASSION I'VE HAD SINCE A KID, EVERYBODY HERE THAT'S INVOLVED IN THESE WERE ALL PUSHING LITTLE TOYS AROUND OUR KITCHE FLOOR WHEN WE WERE KIDS CAR ENTHUSIASTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE HERE FOR CAR WEEK. KICKIN OFF T EVENTS--A POLICE ESCORT FROM WEATHER TECH TO DOWNTOWN MONTEREY WHERE THESE HISTORIC RACE CARS WILL LINE THE STREETS OF ALVARADO. BRANDON ADRIAN-CAR WEEK PARTICIPANT 12:41:32 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CARS, THE CARS ARE THE STARS... THIS CAR IS A SPECIAL CAR AND IT'S WON A LOT OF EVENTS IN IT'S HEY DAYS CAR WEEK BRINGS IN THE MOST IMPRESSIVE CARS WITH THE HIGHE PEDIGREE IN RACING HISTORY. DRIVERS SAY IT'S A GREAT WAY TO REUNI WITH OTHER CAR LOVERS JIM WEISSENBORN-CAR WEEK PARTICIPANT CLI #6384 12:53:29 FOR US IT'S THE AMBIANCE OF ALL THESER PPL WITH COMMON INTERE SOME OF THE DRIVERS WE SPOKE WITH WILL ALSO BE USING THEIR CARS TO RACE AT LAGUNA SECA THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT DAN.?### COMING