No, but I will be eating hot dogs and hamburgers for the next 2 weeks.

MJ and I did not really touch the food. After all, I am usually hungry after sex, and these cars were almost as good as sex.

Wow, awesome pics!

MJ, from the pics I'm guessing this was almost as fun as the time you got to spend in Fresno on the way up north?

thx...
that's right
double the fun on 1 weekend...

damn! great pics and great videos guys!

I'm soooo jealous.

Wow, what a great event...... I wish I was there (I didn't know about it). By the way, all the pics and videos are great guys, thanks a lot for taking the pictures and videos and posting them

...that MJ made it up to Fresno before you?

Jon/MJ - Man, looks you guys had an AWESOME time !!!! Must have been very enlightening hangin out with the top brass from AMG as well as the mechanical gurus behind the scenes. Thanks very much for taking the time to post all the photos and vids !!!

I wish AMG Performance Studio also had an event debut for people in So Cal...maybe their caravan might make a roadtrip south?

they are not coming to socal...
socal already has 5 performance centers including SD...
and that's why u "drive" up to meet them!

Re the 65 black cars at L.S. Yes, the power was impressive but I was somewhat disappointed in the driving and modest times. The driver acknowledged that by him drifting it was more fun than hitting the proper apexs & he also admitted that he could go faster without drifting. I should hope so, his times for the 1st 2 laps were between 1:49-1:50 and I've done better than that in my 1987 Porsche 944 turbo.

Thanks for sharing, it was enjoyable.

- if they were to trap best lap time, they'll let professional driver do it... these "drivers" are actually engineers who prolly learned to drive on track simply for R&D purposes....

First off, we never saw one of the pro's driving the SL65 other than maybe for some filming. I have no doubt the chief engineer and the other driver in their nomex suits would have the car going MUCH faster. As for the CLK63 rides, that was playing.

I am speechless. That must have been an amazing time. I have driven the track about 6 times in 6 different cars. Not in my black yet but plan to do so very soon. Wish I knew you guys were going up. I would have come along. OH WELLLLLL.... Thank you for sharing all the pictures. They are great.

CLK63 Black Series sideways in turn 5


SL65 BS Tires and CLK Race car Spare parts. Against the facing wall on the right you see the splitter from the CLK Race Car.


MJ50 taking his pictures of the CLK Race Car interior


And lastly, an old AMG Race Car in the hosting area for the press.

Wow, how cool was that?!

Thanks for sharing.

WOW

Thanks for the pictures my friend. That must have been simply amazing to see all that muscle at once

See yeah

so jealous

how come there is no such an even in ny area, or new england

Because they figured if you can afford the $2750 per person for the event, you could afford the $400 for the air fare.

I also find it amazing that given what we posted, no one else from the bay area has decided to go down there some afternoon and watch and talk to the guys from AMG. They will be there through this Sunday, although Sat and Sun would be the worst days to go and epect to talk to anyone since those are the days they are hosting the paying customers.

very nice !! Did you take any pics of CLK' engine??

Okay, now I am very excited. Any idea what's under the hood? I could get very interested in this car if it is tuned like the CLK63 BS and has a fixed top.

That is the SLK55 Black Series from two years ago.

It has a 400 HP tuned engine.....

They have a bunch of pictures of it over on the Private Lounge from a couple of years ago.

And, the SLK was never sold in the US....

Found this on another forum. Also from Laguna Seca

that is a nice shot!