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"A caravan of 68 classic cars arrived at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley Monday evening.Drivers are on a 1,000-mile tour of California's coast for a rally the pays homage to the Mille Miglia, an Italian race that happened between 1927-1957.The Mille Miglia race was 1,000 miles in one day. The California group, called the Amici Americani, is taking things at a slower, four-day pace.\"It's kind of neat to see these valuable cars being exercised the way they were supposed to be,\" rally organizer Dan Radowicz said.The 68 classic cars, all built before 1958, traveled on back roads and Highway 1 from San Francisco to make their first stop in Carmel Valley.\"We got blown out on the coast when we drove today. The sand was coming out of the ocean. We hit it right here on Highway 1 and my eyes are pitted with sand,\" driver Doug Weitman said.Aside from a little wind and sand, Weitman said his 1928 Bentley held up just fine.\"It takes a lot of muscle, there's no power steering, no power anything on the car, but it's lovely to drive,\" Weitman said.Like Weitman, many of these car lovers come back year after year.\"It's almost like a family reunion. Once they've been on a few of them, (they typically say), 'Oh I really want to go because so and so is going to be there,'\" Radowicz said.Many of the drivers call California home, but others are from all over the world, including Japan, Switzerland and England."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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