2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
December 20, 2022
2022 was a busy year at Finish Line Auto Club facilities. We hosted 37 exclusive events between Westlake Village and Costa Mesa, ranging from cars & coffee, monthly member cocktail parties featuring exclusive guest speakers, larger car shows (Porsche Event & Art of Automobiles) and annual holiday dinner. See the highlights below:
Costa Mesa
Member Cocktail Party’s
One of the many benefits of being an owner at Finish Line Auto Club are the social events. Each month we hosted a member cocktail party featuring live music, hors d’oeuvres and prominent guest speakers to share their views, insights and experiences in the automotive collector and motorsports world. Featured guest speakers included:
- Patrick Long– World Champion Factory Porsche Driver
- David Lee – Prominent Ferrari Collector and Chairman of Hing Wa Ling Lee Group.
- Mathew Malamut – RM Auctions
- John Hennessy– Hennessey Automotive
- Bruce Meyer – Car Collector & Petersen Automotive Museum
Cars & Coffee
The Finish Line Cars & Coffee in O.C. has become one of the most exclusive & anticipated gatherings of automobiles in Southern California. Each month well over 100 unique cars show up for a special gathering of great people, tasty coffee and exceptional vehicles. In 2022 we featured specific marques each month that covered virtually every make & model.
Finish Line Westlake also hosted a series of more intimate cars & coffee events that ranged 30-50 cars. Many of the garage owners opened their garages to our guest for a more special experience. Thank you to our generous sponsor Bumper 2 Bumper provided coffee & donuts.
Children’s Hospital Orange County “CHOC” and Marines – Toy Drive
Finish Line Auto Club, in partnership with The Oppenheim Group OC hosted its second annual toy-drive at Finish Line Costa Mesa and it was a big success. Over 1,500 toys were collected over a two-week period and donated to these two very worthy organizations. Special thanks to the Oppenheimer Group for their hard work and efforts on this great event.
Holiday Dinner Party
We brought 2022 to a close with the second annual Finish Line Auto Club owners holiday party at Finish Line Orange County. The owners enjoyed specialty cocktails and appetizers along with live entertainment and a beautiful sit-down dinner. Following dinner, the party turned into a garage crawl with the group moving from garage to garage enjoying after dinner drinks and desert while spending time in many of the highly decorated and curated garages.
Weekly Drives
Since its grand opening in 2017, FLAC WLV owners have organized weekly spirited drives through some of LA’s most famous roads and canyons. Each week a different automotive theme and era is scheduled, so there is always new eye candy on hand.
McLaren Artura at Finish Line
Finish Line Auto Club was proud to host McLaren of Newport Beach with the debut and 3-day test drive of McLarens new hybrid sportscar the Artura.
A Special Guest
We are excited to have hosted one of the world’s best at Finish Line Auto Club in April of this year. Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas spent the day doing a photo & video shoot and interviews for one of his key sponsors. It was a great opportunity to get to know this highly accomplished F1 driver on the biggest stage in motorsports.
Other Special Guest
Chip Foose
Barry McGuire
Finish Line – Costa Mesa Update
Phase I -Sold out!- Phase I consist of 32 units totaling 80,000 ft.²
Phase II. We are proud to announce that Phase II has now been approved! This second phase will consist of 9 additional garage spaces totaling 23,000 square feet, bringing the total project to 41 garage spaces and over 103,000 square feet. This new phase will feature a highly amenitized outdoor rooftop lounge with bar and lounge seating, firepits and front row views of the John Wayne Airport. We are currently taking reservations now for the opportunity to be a part of Finish Line Auto Club, phase 2.
Westlake Village
PORSCHE EVENT
Finish Line Auto Club & Rusnak Automotive Group hosted its 4th Annual Porsche Event in May of this year. FLAC owners opened their garages to welcome over 350 Porsche’s and enthusiast for this coveted event. Rare Porsche’s were everywhere, including multiple Carrera GT’s, 918 Spiders, racecars and every era and variant of Porsche. There was great food and drinks flowing on this warm summer day! Look for details on the 5th Annual Porsche Event scheduled for May 7th, 2023.
Art of Automobiles
Some of the finest automobiles in the world were on display at the Art of Automobiles Event on April 9, 2022. Over 200 cars were on display, featuring early to late models of street and race cares, including Ford, Ferrari, Bugatti, Porsche and virtually every other brand was represented. Many of the highly coveted and collectable cars were displayed in the interior driveway “The Gallery” space.
Finish Line Auto Club- Westlake Village
We recently announced the expansion of Finish Line Auto Club Westlake Village. “Phase III” will consist of 12 new garages totaling over 36,000 square feet, including the addition of a new 5,000 square foot roof-top club house. The expansion will bring the total project to 40 garages totaling over 87,500 square feet.
This new addition will be possible by tearing down the adjacent office building, allowing us to create our original vision of a single purpose collector car storage facility on the site. We are very excited about the opportunity to add a highly designed and amenitized clubhouse and roof-top patio to this location. This clubhouse will take many of the features of our Orange County clubhouse, such as members bar, wine cellar, game tables and coffee bar, and the patio will have fire pits and various outdoor seating areas.
Timing for completion of the project is estimated for 4th quarter of 2024.
Calabasas
FINISH LINE - Special Events
We broke ground on Finish Line Calabasas on June 1, 2022. After 11 years of design and entitlements the project is well underway! All grading is complete and the extensive retaining walls have been completed as of year-end. The target completion date is December 2023. We intend to release the information on availability and pricing in the next 60-90 days. Visit www.FinishLineAutoClub.com and @FinishLineAutoClub on Instagram for updated photos and information.
Finish Line Auto Club- Calabasas
We broke ground on Finish Line Calabasas on June 1, 2022. After 11 years of design and entitlements the project is well underway! All grading is complete and the extensive retaining walls have been completed as of year-end. We have been slowed down by the much needed rain, so we hope to be back on track in the next 60 days. The target completion date is First-Quarter 2024. We intend to release the information on availability and pricing summer of 2023. Visit www.FinishLineAutoClub.com and @FinishLineAutoClub on Instagram for updated photos and information.
Palm Desert
Market Place
SCAN & DOWNLOAD
FINISH LINE AUTO CLUB APP
Finish Line Auto Club has released its brand-new mobile app, exclusive to the FLAC owners. This app is be a great way to connect the owners together, even when their away from their garages. The new app features Special Announcements, Calendar of Events, Featured Collections, Preferred Vendors, Owner Directory, Collection Management and the exclusive the Finish Line Market Place. There are a wide variety of features that will help owners stay engaged in Finish Line Events and with each other, as well as simplify the management of their collections. The new App is now available for owners to download.
Finish Line Apparel
We are excited to release our new Finish Line Auto Club hats! Currently we have five different styles and colors for men & women with the Finish Line Auto Club logo. We additionally offer Finish Line coffee cups. Get yours through the website (www.FInishLineAutoCLub.com), Instagram and Facebook (@FinishLineAutoClub ).
Finish Line Members Corner
Hypercar Invitational – Members of Finish Line Auto Club Costa Mesa and Westlake Village attended the 2nd annual Hypercar Invitational in Monterey in June 2022. This fantastic event offered invited guest to high-speed air strip runs and 2 days of track time at the famed Weather Tech Raceway – Laguna Seca. Visit @hypercar_invitational
Ramshorn Rally
The Ramshorn Rally 2022 was comprised of 30 air cooled Porsche’s with the newest being 1989. Last years rally started and ended in Whitefish Montana. Over 1,200 miles were covered with sops in Lake Louise, Jasper, Salmon Arm and Nelson, Britsh Columbia.
The Glaciers and mountain passes were both majestic and photographic.
There were five Finish Line owners that participated in this rally, driving 911’s, 911 RS and 930 Turbo’s.
Garages at Finish Line
Many of the garages at Finish Line Costa Mesa are finally completed and are absolutely incredible. The attention to detail and creativity is incredible. Each garage reflects the owners unique taste and compliments the unique assortment of vehicles and art displayed there. Check out a few of the recent completions, and more on the website
Message from our
General Manager:
Kenny Santos
2022 Year in Review
2022 was our first full year at Finish Line Auto Club – Costa Mesa. We started off the year strong with selling out of all units and have welcomed 29 new owners to the Finish Line Auto Club family. The beginning of the year was busy with owners designing and finalizing plans and were eager to begin the construction process. Seeing first concepts, renderings and drawings of each unit, and waiting for the units to be finished, became the high points over the year. There were teasers of full size racing simulators, golf and arcade simulators, honeycomb lights, massive tv’s and theater style surround sound systems….even an electric grill and mist fireplaces. Costa Mesa was going to have it all and we couldn’t wait to see what owners had up their sleeves. Come by for a visit during our Cars & Coffee event to see what amazing things our owners have done.
Each month started with a themed Cars & Coffee car show, where one-of-a-kind cars filled the center drive and overflowed into the back parking lot to capacity. Our Cars & Coffee event quickly became the #1 Saturday morning Cars & Coffee event in all of Orange County. We also had special coordinated events showcasing Mercedes Gullwings, Italian classics, and Porsche and European sports cars. We weren’t your everyday Cars and Coffee event. Car enthusiasts came from all over southern California to escape the reality of everyday life to enjoy unique one-off cars, friendships, coffee and sweet treats. Many owners would open their units and showcase their collection in their fully renovated spaces, creating a museum-like environment where attendees can view a variety of car collections and unique garage designs. Cars & Coffee for 2023 will be no different, starting the year off with Vintage Trucks.
We also hosted the first annual Art of Automobiles, featuring some of the most rare race cars, sports & classics, which was a big success and a real treat for all of our invited guest..
The clubhouse became the venue of the year hosting a variety of company and owner events. With the capacity of hosting up to 150 attendees, the clubhouse became the perfect spot to host a party. From anniversaries, to birthday parties, corporate meetings and sit down dinners, the clubhouse was home to many events where friends and family spent the evening dancing, eating and partying the night away. FLACCM also hosted monthly Cocktail nights where owners could partake of delicious appetizers paired with themed cocktails and live music. Owners and their guests could rub elbows with some of the car world’s elite. Patrick Long, world champion race driver and Luft founder, Matt Malamut of RM Sotheby’s, John Hennessey of Hennessey Performance, Bruce Meyer “The Car Guy”, and Tour de Force & O’Gara were some of the guest speakers who shared their success stories via a Q&A segment hosted by Tony Principe, Co-Founder of FLAC. Stay tuned for 2023’s special guests.
The year came to an end with our 2nd Annual Cars & Coffee Toy Drive hosted by Finish Line Auto Club – Costa Mesa, Westcord and The Oppenheim Group. Our toy drive was so popular that we had to host two separate toy drives in the month of December where we collected over 1,000 new and unwrapped toys , which were donated to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County “CHOC” and Marine Toys for Tots. A huge thank you to the local car community for their donations and we look forward to hosting our 3rd annual Cars & Coffee Toy Drive at the end of 2023.
In the upcoming 2023 year, the possibilities at Finish Line Auto Club – Costa Mesa are endless. We look forward to starting phase 2, adding 9 additional units, plus a rooftop patio with bar lounge overlooking the John Wayne Airport. We’ll have plenty of events and more cars for you to enjoy in the upcoming year. A huge thank you to everyone that made our first full year a memorable one. We look forward to having you ride along with us in 2023.
Kenneth Santos
General Manager
Finish Line Auto Club Costa Mesa
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