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.
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.
Brad Sweet from Grass Valley, CA on the track in the #32 Great Clips Chevrolet Truck.
Brad Sweet from Grass Valley, CA is racing for the first time at Nashville Superspeedway. The 25 year old had a nice 15th finish his last race and hopes to keep his momentum going. He is currently in 17th place in the series points standings, one spot ahead of fellow NorCal driver Justin Marks of Rocklin. Here is a press release from Turner Motorsports about Brad and the race tonight.
Racing at ‘Music City’s’ Superspeedway a first for Sweet… This weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Nashville Superspeedway will mark Brad Sweet’s first start at the 1.33-mile track. The rookie driver hopes to build on his learning experience this season in the NCWTS by adding to his solid start thus far.
This Week’s Chevy Silverado… The No. 32 Great Clips Chevrolet Silverado team will bring chassis TMS-017 to the superspeedway for Friday’s 150-lap event. This chassis last saw track time at Martinsville Speedway where Sweet finished 15th.
Dirt Racing in Attica… Sweet, along with Kasey Kahne Racing, headed to Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio for the Attica All-Star on Saturday, April 8th. Sweet qualified 21st and finished second in his heat. This result landed Sweet in the A-Main Feature, where he finished in the 17th position.
Remembering Beau … This weekend at Nashville, Turner Motorsports’ three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series entries will carry decals honoring the life of former ARCA Series competitor and Turner Motorsports employee Beau Slocumb who lost his heroic battle with cancer last weekend. Slocumb made four ARCA starts in 2009, logging an impressive 7.0 starting average combined with a solid 11.2 average finish. The 26-year-old driver logged a pair of top-10 finishes over those four starts including a career-best fifth-place finish at Kansas Speedway. Slocumb began his career racing Legends cars and climbed the professional ladder through the late model ranks, earning 131 feature wins in Legends and late model competition, and eventually making his mark in the ARCA series. He is survived by his wife Jessica, parents Burke “Buster” and Jeanne, brothers Seth and Daniel and sister Maggie. Memorials can be made to the Ryan Newman Foundation, Hospice of Iredell County (N.C.) or Hospice of Central Georgia.
Got My First Real Six String… In hopes of bringing home the custom Gibson guitar trophy on Friday night, Sweet and his Turner Motorsports teammates will take a private tour of the Gibson Guitar Factory in Nashville on Thursday afternoon. The home of Gibson electric guitars, ‘Gibson USA’ was built in ‘Music City’ in 1974.
Turner Motorsports Driver Brad Sweet from Grass Valley, CA.
Brad Sweet had this to say about Nashville Superspeedway: “I’m looking forward to racing under the lights this Friday night at Nashville Superspeedway. I hope to build on the strong start to the season we have had. I’m hoping to quickly get a feel for the track when we unload and bring the Great Clips Chevy home with a solid finish.”
The Kroger 250 is the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race this weekend at the famous Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. The following is a press release about Northern California race car driver Brad Sweet from his team at Turner Motorsports. Qualifying can be seen on Speed TV on Saturday 7:30 to 8:30 am. The race is Saturday, 11:00am-1:30pm and again from 9:30pm-12:00am also on Speed TV.
The #32 Great Clips Chevrolet Truck driven by Brad Sweet from Grass Valley, CA.
No. 32 Great Clips Silverado Team News and Notes
Racing around the world’s largest paperclip a first for Sweet… This weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Martinsville Speedway will mark Brad Sweet’s first start at the famed .526-mile track. The rookie driver hopes to build on his learning experience this season in the NCWTS by adding to his solid start thus far.
This Week’s Chevy Silverado… The No. 32 Great Clips Chevrolet Silverado team will bring chassis TMS-017 to the half-mile Martinsville Speedway for Saturday’s 250-lap event. This chassis was run earlier this season at Phoenix International Raceway where Sweet finished 11th.
Crew chief Trent Owens has some laps under his belt at Martinsville… Veteran crew chief Trent Owens will guide Sweet around the southern Virginia-based track this weekend. Owens has some experience of his own behind the wheel at Martinsville Speedway, having competed in a NCWTS race in 2002, finishing 17th. Owens is off to a solid start himself in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this season with one win, three top-five and four top-10 finishes.
First Win… Turner Motorsports captured its first win in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Mark Martin and the No. 32 Dollar General Chevrolet. The organization is in its sophomore season of NASCAR competition and has already captured one win, one pole, along with 18 top-five and 38 top-10 finishes. Turner Motorsports has expanded from a two-truck NCWTS operation in 2010 to become the largest stand-alone multi-series team in NASCAR’s top-tier touring series, fielding three entries in the NCWTS and four entries in the NNS.
Brad Sweet on Martinsville Speedway: “I’m looking forward to racing at Martinsville this weekend. It’s an old-school, short track tucked in the south of Virginia with a lot of racing history. I hope to get up to speed quickly, qualify well, be competitive throughout the weekend and bring the Great Clips Chevy home with a solid finish.”
