The 2011 California Automobile Museum Car Cruise

The 3rd Annual CAM Car Cruise, hosted by the California Automobile Museum (CAM) was Saturday, August 6th on Fulton Ave in Sacramento. Since we live nearby, I grabbed my son, Ryan and a camera and headed over to see the cars. At 4pm the long line of cars left Sac State and cruised to Fulton Avenue where they had blocked off the street so the cars could just line up and park right in the middle of the street. We got there right about 5 when most of the cars were already lined up. It was hot, but not as hot as usual for August in Sacramento. We walked along from Marconi Ave. all the way to El Camino and back. We were impressed with the variety of the cars participating. There were everything from Model T’s to Ferrari’s (I had never seen 6 in one spot in my life). There was also 2 bands playing in 2 different locations on either side of Fulton. Fulton Avenue is or was, known as Auto Row in Sacramento, so there were automotive businesses all along the way with their own car displays including brand new Fiats from Fiat of Sacramento. Here are a few of our favorites:

1935 Ford Coupe owned by Bob Taylor from Sacramento, CA.

 

1948 Mercury Convertible owned by Dave Petersen from Granite Bay, CA.

 
1955 Pontiac Fire Chief owned by Bob Lindberg from Grants Pass, OR.

 
1958 BMW Isetta 300 owned by Ken and Lorrain Mullin from Sacramento.

NASCAR & Grand-Am Announce Super Weekend at the Brickyard

It was announced today, that beginning in 2012, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Brickyard 400, would be accompanied by races in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series on Friday and the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Saturday. It gives the opportunity to race at Indy to a whole new group of drivers. Here is a video of the announcement. Scott Pruett from Sacramento, talks about his experiences at the Speedway.

Joey Hand From Sacramento Nearly Wins the Triple Crown

No. 56 BMW M3 GT driven by Joey Hand from Sacramento, CA.

Sacramento native Joey Hand nearly became the first driver to win the triple crown of sports car racing in the same year. Earlier this year Joey teamed with fellow Sacramentan Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and Graham Rahal to win the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Later, with his BMW Team Rahal Letterman Lanigan teammates Dirk Müller and Andy Priaulx, he won the prestigious 12 Hours of Sebring. Then a week ago, at the world-famous Circuit de la Sarthe in Northwest France, Joey Hand with BMW Team RLL finished third in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was his first time at the track and he was a quick learner as he drove the final stint and crossed the finish line securing a podium finish for his team. Joey is the current points leader in the American Le Mans Series GT Class. Next on the schedule is the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut on July 8-9.

Joey talks a little about racing at Le Mans and the rest of season in the following short interview: