The PACIFIC REGION was formed in 1975 as the Bay Area Charter of the Ferrari Owners Club. In 1989 the PACIFIC REGION left the FOC and affiliated with the Ferrari Club of America.

The first meeting of the PACIFIC REGION was held in Sunnyvale with 35 prospective members in attendance. Ernie Mendicki " lost the toss of the coin" and became the first President while Howard Ashmore was the Chairman of the new Board of Directors. Today there are 600 members in the region which extends north to the Oregon border from Fresno in the South. The Reno area is a member of the region. Clearly, the PACIFIC REGION is the most active of the 15 regions of the FCA. Monthly, there are one or more social events, a ride and drive or a tech session. The Board of Directors meets once a month for dinner at the home of one of its members. All club members are welcome to attend the board meetings.

Time has established many traditions within the club. The George Critchfield Memorial "Delta Dash" in January inaugurates the New Year. March features a St Patrick’s drive and dinner produced by Gil Lucero, while May features a Spring Spectacular produced by Bill Schworer, now in its 18^th year.  From its second year of existence the club has held an annual picnic during the month of July. The club has for many years been intimately involved with the "happening" at the Monterey Historics.  Each year the club Vintage Concours has been a large part of the Concorso Italiano during that weekend with over 300 Ferraris on display or being judged. The Hill Climb at Virginia City, held in September, is now in its 37^th year. This 3-day event is one of our most popular events and is always sold out. The road from Silver City up to Virginia City is 5 miles long and normally 80 Ferraris and Shelby’s drive the hill for 2 full days with a celebratory banquet on Sunday night. November always features the annual meeting and election of officers and directors of the board for the ensuing year. December invariably features the very popular Holiday party.

Additionally, we have tech sessions each year, almost monthly a one day ride and drive on back country roads, several concours, winery tours, track events and other social functions. In the recent years many of the new members drive F430's, 360 Modena's,  and 550/575 Maranellos. Many of the older cars have retired to their garages and when they appear it is a delight to every one to see them on the road.

FERRARI PACIFIC, our monthly newsletter is edited and published by Steve Souza, and this publication keeps members informed of coming events and reports of those concluded while also providing fun articles related to our interests.

Members of the PACIFIC REGION were instrumental in the events at Monterey in 1984 that honored the Ferrari marque. The PACIFIC REGION hosted the Annual Meet of the Ferrari Club of America in Monterey in 1994. The PACIFIC REGION hosted the Annual Meet again in 2004. There were over 1000 Ferraris at the Meet.

The PACIFIC REGION is well represented at the national level.  Currently Gil Lucero is the Regional Director and President of our PACIFIC REGION, and represents us with the FCA.  Ed Gilbertson who has been the National Preservation Chairman and the head of judging for national concours events passes on his legacy to form the structure of future concours.  Tish Thinesen is our Director of Concours.  John Hurabiell serves as the National Legal Chairman

What is particularly noteworthy about the PACIFIC REGION is the level of involvement and commitment of its members to each other and to honoring the Ferrari marque as it was meant to be honored - on the road.