Desert drive: Wynn’s rally takes performance cars to Valley of Fire
The fifth annual Concours at Wynn culminated in Get Out and Drive, a high octane convoy through Nevada's most dramatic landscape. Led by automotive luminary Magnus Walker, Porsches and Lamborghinis navigated the winding roads of Valley of Fire State Park.
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The open road beckoned with red sandstone cliffs and switchback turns. What began at Wynn Las Vegas as the fifth annual Concours, a gathering of automotive machinery and passionate collectors, evolved into Get Out and Drive, a rally that channelled those assembled Porsches, Lamborghinis and other performance vehicles into a single, purposeful journey across the Nevada desert.
Magnus Walker, the British American automotive collector and driving force behind the event, led the convoy toward Valley of Fire State Park, where the landscape transforms into towering formations of weathered rock and rust coloured earth. The winding roads through the park offered precisely what such machines and their drivers crave: genuine curves, elevation changes and the kind of uninterrupted expanses where the relationship between car and asphalt becomes the only conversation that matters.
The rally format allowed the Concours philosophy to extend beyond the show field. Rather than the cars remaining static objects of study, they returned to their intended purpose: moving through space with purpose and precision. The desert backdrop, with its dramatic geological drama, provided a natural amphitheatre for performance driving.
Wynn Las Vegas positions the Concours as an annual fixture for automotive connoisseurs, one where the emphasis shifts between celebrating design and engineering heritage and the visceral experience of driving. The 2027 edition returns to the Las Vegas property from October 29 to 31, promising another convergence of collectors, enthusiasts and machines that represent decades of automotive excellence.
For those drawn to performance engineering and the particular thrill of driving genuinely exceptional cars through exceptional terrain, the Concours and its desert rally component represent an increasingly rare opportunity: time in the seat of machinery designed to excel, moving through landscape designed to inspire.
Imagery courtesy of Wynn Las Vegas (@wynnlasvegas).