Weekend Driver San Diego

Great cars at the GoodGuys meet in Del Mar, March 31, 2012.  

First car in the door says Del Mar beach… a 42 Ford woodie.

One-eighth mile street drags are returning to the Qualcomm Stadium parking lot Friday night as good folks from RaceLegal hold their regular meets. From the group’s website: RaceLegal.com, the safer and sanctioned track alternative to illegal street racing, was developed with one goal in mind. Saving the needless loss of young lives to an illegal [...]

If you’re an off-roader, I’m told that this is the weekend for you to head out the Truckhaven Hills, just north of Ocotillo Wells, east of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. It’s the 50th annual Desert Safari from the Tierra Del Sol Four-Wheel Drive Club. Read more»

If you’ve got some time this weekend, head down to Qualcomm Stadium for the annual Big Three Parts Exchange, which is running through tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 26). Taking up about half of the massive parking lot, the exchange has everything from rusty fenders for a ’23 Model T to owners manuals, cars for sale and [...]

A nationally recognized, nonprofit program designed to curb illegal street racing could shut down by month’s end unless it finds a new sponsor or gets a reduction in fees, its leader said. Since 1997, RaceLegal.com has attracted 120 to 200 racers for its twice-monthly meets on the four-lane, eighth-mile strip on the west access road [...]

Cruisn’ Grand is one of the great cruise nights in Southern California. From April to September, classic cars, hot rods and anybody else cruises down Grand Avenue in Escondido. This Sunday, Feb. 19, there’s a fundraiser to support the program. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., cars cruise in the daylight. Go to their website [...]

Set the alarm and get up tomorrow morning for the monthly JBA Performance Cars and Coffee, dawn (6:35 a.m. according to the almanac) to 10 a.m., 5675 Kearny Villa Rd. It’s great fun, with the guys and gals bringing out their hot and historic vehicles for a show and shine… and maybe a burnout or [...]

Nuts4Cars is putting on its Muscle Car Mania show, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 11, Girard Avenue between Silverado and Prospect avenues, La Jolla. The San Diego Police Officers Widows and Orphans Fund is the beneficiary. American (and European) Street Kings, all V-8s and larger, including Mustang, Cobra, Camaro, Corvette, Firebird, GTO, [...]

Head out to the car club gathering starting at 9 a.m. this Saturday, Feb. 4, at the HomeTown Buffet, 390 West Main Street in El Cajon. The King Pins club is in charge and I don’t know who’s attending, but it’s on the schedule for just about every car club in Southern California, from hot [...]