Track Side at the OC Festival of Speed

After the early morning drive from Santa Monica, we finally arrived at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. If the drive over was about the anticipation, the day at the track was about seeing these machines actually do what they were built for.

Watching Niklas Lilja take the cars out on the track is always a highlight. Seeing a Koenigsegg at full tilt alongside a Pagani is not something you see every day, even in Southern California. There is a specific kind of music that those engines make when they are allowed to run wide open. It was one of those days where you find yourself standing around with a group of people who are just as obsessed with engineering and design as you are. I met some great people throughout the morning, all brought together by a shared appreciation for these rare hypercars.

As much as I wanted to stay for every single lap, I had to cut my day a little short. I had a business meeting back in Los Angeles that I could not miss. It is the classic L.A. dilemma, trying to balance a perfect Sunday with the reality of the work week ahead.

Luckily, I did not have to find a boring way back to the city. A friend offered me a ride, and I ended up swapping the Swedish seats of a Koenigsegg for the cockpit of a Lamborghini. I cannot quite remember the exact model now, but the sound of that V10 or V12 behind my head was the perfect soundtrack for the trip back to Los Angeles. It was a fast end to a very fast weekend.