Oh, that Ferrari

Hi guys,

A lot of times I'll shoot a study piece, this being one of those. The real shot will be on a "Red" Ferrari down the road. I just need to find the car I want now, which shouldn't be to hard. You do know that 45% of all Ferrari's sold are red. Interesting enough, red was not Enzo Ferrari's first choice, it just happened to be the color that the International Automobile Federation assigned to all Italian Grand Prix racecars in the early years of auto racing.

Here's your "Print-out,Cut-out, and Pin-up" calendar for the month.

Good things are Coming...

Despite an evaporating sense of what is real, or was once real, a few old things mysteriously hold up under the pressure of overexposure, and the onslaught of fame.

This is one of those things, a Ferrari 512 BB LM at speed.

As mentioned before, new images are on the way. This is one that has not been printed yet but will first be shown at Automobilia Monterey. As usual, this will be a 24"x 36" or a 16"x 24" limited edition, called "Speed Run."  Infused onto metal and mounted as a double float on special brushed aluminum backing, I'm offering the 5 artist proofs here, on a first to order basis. Please let me know if you would like to order yours to enjoy before being released at Monterey. Just reply to this post for info.

"Speed Run" © JohnStraubImageWorks

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Trends are Concocted

Today, trends are concocted, created in automotive corporations by handlers, CEOs, and marketing departments.You think you discover something on your car designed just for you, when, in fact, it was designed by bots for the masses. Not so the classic Ferrari Dash. It was designed by racers, men that knew what they wanted!

Here's your calendar for the month. Pint it out and hang it up where you wish. BTW forward this email onto you other car buddies and ask them to sign up for emails at: Along For The Ride.

Here's your Monthly Calendar

Yep, it's that time of the month! Boy, here is SoCal it was a hot and humid summer! Now I'm looking forward to Fall peaking it's head around the corner and some local car shows! Also of note, the race track at Laguna Seca is holding the awesome Porsche event called Rennsport, and I'll be there racing as well as trying to get some time to click off some new images, stay tuned.  What are you looking forward too?

Don't forget, print your calendar out and post it somewhere to remind you of this one of three green Ferrari 275 GTB's called "Verde Pino" made that year.

Laguna's first winning seat...

With big-name drivers like Carroll Shelby, Jim Hall, and Johnny Von Newmann in the field driving machines such as Mercedes, Porsche, Ferrari and Maserati no one gave Pete Lovely much chance of a good finish in the inaugural race at Laguna Seca in his two year old Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa. It was the year 1957, but there was a upset to be made.

Lovely's Ferrari 500 was a 1956 model with a 4-cylinder 2-liter engine up against bigger engine cars. Lovely recounted "I always remember that race, because it was the first race at Laguna Seca. Von Newmann and I were the main survivors because Shelby, McAfee, and Ginther had all dropped out with mechanical problems. Johnny's Ferrari had the newer 2.5 liter engine."

"I could get close to Von Newmann, but with his larger engine I could not get by. I devised a scheme to drop back so he could not see me in his mirrors. I then turned it on for a couple of laps and got right behind him on the last turn of the last lap. When Johnny saw me there, he got flustered, missed a shift coming out of the turn and I passed him and finished first making history in the red Ferrari."

Pete lovely sat behind the wheel in this image of an iconic car when he made history winning the first race at Laguna. I'm planning on printing this for my shows in Monterey this coming year. It's art for people like you, that get it! If you can't wait, I'm sure you could talk me into printing one on metal for you before August. If your interested contact me here.

"Laguna's First" © John Straub

Need Man Cave Art?

In my last post I mentioned I'm working with a company, Garage Graphics that will take my images and produce the perfect garage art, man cave art, or depending if your wife will give the nod, which may take some arbitration, home art. Thought I would share with you three images of my Ferrari print called "375 MM" on their 96"x 96" light table. I love the third one with a hand pointing at the water temp gauge. By the way, the hand belongs one of the tech guys, Ron doing proofing. They have a gallery of several of my images on their site, and here's the link: How can you not click?

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New art, giant garage graphics, and more...!

New art! Yep, as I promised, I've been busy since returning from Monterey Car Week. Several new images have been loaded onto my website, and this is one. A very cool Ferrari image that still needs a name, so if you have an idea, let me know.

Also during that time I've been working with Garage Graphics to have my work produced in large printed formats. When I say large, how about eight feet high and twelve feet long for your man cave or garage! "Holy Colossal Batman!" Very cool, huh?

Garage Graphics, check them out here.

My new site images, check them out here.