Tim Newey, Author at NorCal Car Culture

Motorsports on TV This Weekend: April 30 – May 1, 2011

All times are Pacific Time.

AMA Supercross from Salt Lake City
Sunday: 9:00 – 10:00am on CBS, 3:00 – 4:00pm on SPEED TV.

Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown
Sunday: 10:30 – 12:00pm on SPEED TV.

Global RallyCross race from Irwindale
Sunday: 2:00 – 4:00pm on ESPN2.

Izod Indy Car Series: Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Brazil
Qualifying, Saturday: 3:00 – 5:00pm on Versus.
Race, Sunday: 9:00 – 12:00pm on Versus.

Lucas Oil Series Off Road Racing from Phoenix, Arizona
Sunday: 10:00 – 11:00am on CBS.

Mobil 1 The Grid
Saturday: 4:00-4:30am on Speed TV.
Saturday: 6:00-6:30pm on KVIE.

NASCAR Raceday
Saturday: 2:00 – 4:00pm on SPEED TV.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from Richmond, Virginia
Race: Saturday, 4:00 – 8:00pm on FOX.

NASCAR Victory Lane
Sunday: 5:00-6:00pm, 9:00-10:00pm on Speed TV.

NHRA Drag Racing from Baytown, Texas
Qualifying: Saturday, 3:00 -5:00pm on ESPN2.
Eliminations: Sunday, 4:00 – 7:00pm on ESPN2.

Pirelli World Challenge at Long Beach
Saturday: 11:30 – 1:00pm on Versus.

Racer TV
Sunday: 12:00 – 12:30pm, 12:30 – 1:00pm on Versus TV.

Speed Center on Speed TV
Saturday: 1:30 – 2:00pm, 8:00 – 8:30pm.
Sunday: 4:00 – 5:00pm, 8:00 – 9:00pm.

Toyota Pro Celebrity Race from Long Beach
Sunday: 12:00 – 12:30pm, 11:00 – 11:30pm on SPEED.

Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain
Sunday: 6:00-7:00pm, 10:00-11:00pm on Speed TV.

The NorCal Car Show season has begun!

From now until about October, there are multiple car shows, cruises and swap meets in Northern California each and every weekend. Here are some of the events taking place this weekend with links to their websites:

The 26th Annual Grass Valley Car Show is Saturday from 10:00am to 3:00pm in downtown Grass Valley.

This Saturday, the Bombshells are putting on a Rockabilly and Hot Rod Festival in Brisbane (near South San Francisco).

The Snowball Rally a vintage car Rally from Sacramento to North Shore, Lake Tahoe takes place Saturday and Sunday.

This weekend is the 62nd Annual Fair Oak Spring Fest presented by the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce with a Show-N-Shine on Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Howard Kirkland and his well known Old Yeller G.M.C.

The Kirkland Ranch Truck Show at 11125 Courier Rd in Plymouth is put on by the Central Valley American Truck Historical Society.

On April 29th – May 1st in Auburn, CA. is the 9th Annual Gold Country Spring Speed Weekend 2011 put on by the F.A.S.T. NorCal.

Pacific Coast Dream Machines is Sunday, May 1st at the Half Moon Bay Airport from 10am – 4pm.

Spring Turlock 2011, a collector car and parts swap meet is Sunday from 6am to 4pm at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds at 900 N. Broadway, Turlock.

The 18th Annual Benicia Classic Car Show is Sunday, May 1st from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the Waterfront in Historic Downtown Benicia.

If anyone has information on upcoming events, shows or races please email me at:
tnewey@norcalcarculture.com

NorCal Drivers Racing Highlights: April 22-24, 2011

There wasn’t a lot of racing last weekend, I assume because it was Easter Sunday. Also Saturday night, the World of Outlaws race in Oklahoma was postponed due to rain. The USAC Western Classic Series race in Anderson, CA was also postponed because of rain. But there was some racing on Friday and Saturday including NASCAR Truck Series and Nationwide Series in Nashville, USAC National Midget Series in Dodge City, Kansas and the DIRTcar Western All-Stars Late Model Series and the ASCS races in Hanford, CA.

Bryan Clauson, originally from Carmichael, CA "NorCal Driver of the Week"

Our “NorCal Driver of the Week” is Bryan Clauson originally from Carmichael, CA but he now resides in Noblesville, Indiana. Bryan raced in the “Duel at Dodge City”, 2 races on back-to-back nights in the USAC National Midget Series. In the first race on Friday night he led the last 19 laps of the 30 lap event on the 3/8 mile dirt oval to get the win. Saturday in the 40 lap race, Bryan used the same formula for success and led the last 19 laps again and captured his second win in 2 nights.

Other NorCal drivers racing in Dodge City were:
Kody Swanson who had a 10th and 5th place finish and is now 5th in the points standings.
Kyle Larson from Elk Grove came in 19th and then 10th on Saturday. He is now in 10th position in the Midget standings.
Tanner Swanson from Kingsburg, CA finished 13th and 11th and is in 8th place in the season standings.

Matt Crafton from Tulare, raced at Nashville Superspeedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series coming in 6th place. It is a tribute to the closeness of the competition that a 6th place finish drops Matt a spot in the points standings to third, 4 points behind the leader, teammate Johnny Sauter.

Bobby Hogge IV from Salinas won the 2nd race in the DIRTcar Western All-Stars Late Model Series at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA. Richard Papenhausen from Chico is the current points leader.

Tommy Tarlton from Fresno won the inaugural race of the ASCS Southern California Region last Saturday in Hanford.

Bryan Clauson from Carmichael, CA on the track in the USAC Midget Series.