Here are the event details.
The web site for this event is: http://sacautoshow.com/
Event Details
Dates: October 21-23
Friday: 10 AM - 9 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 8 PM
Sunday: 10 AM - 6 PM
Load-in is on Thursday, load-out on Sunday at 6 PM
It looks like there will be a total of 10 shows besides the big, main, commercial show. Euro Sunday, Cal Auto Museum, Antique Motorcycles, and others will be exhibiting. They are calling us "Art of Racing". That should confuse and befuddle some folks.
Exhibit Space
We'll be showing over at the expo building again. To get to them exit I-80 Business onto Exposition Blvd and drive past the fair grounds. Turn south on Ethan Way and enter through gate 12, which is on the right, directly across the intersection with Hurley. Follow the road along the back of the facility and when it turns north you'll see our buildings. Unload in the parking lot and drive the car between the buildings and into our exhibit space. Check Google Maps to get a good visual on this.
We'll get the courtyard again, the big open space in the middle of everything, the first thing people see when they get to the show, the best spot in the place, unless it rains.
Admission and Parking
Last year we were given free tickets for admission. You actually have to go to their office to get them. I tried to get them to save you having to find them but that did not work.
We'll have to pay for our own parking. The people who handle parking are a different group from the event people.
Event Stuff
I'll bring pop-ups, tables, and chairs, and a cooler, maybe two, full of ice and drinks. Food and drink are also available at concession stands.
I'll bring extension cords. There are outlets nearby that we can use.
I'll bring drip pans because, you know. If you have some help me out by bringing yours. I don't have enough for every car.
I'll bring tools, too, because, you know.
I'll bring a laptop and speakers, maybe even a large monitor. We can play race videos, maybe even Nick and Jay's race wrap-ups if I can figure out how to download them. Internet access will probably be very limited.
Feel free to bring your own extras. Last year Gavin brought pop-ups and such, along with Christmas lights. That was really nice. Mike Kimball brought the Vanagan and staged his display, making it look like his paddock space, only cleaner and less desperate looking. Restart Racing (April and Gene) did much the same. Trophies and other items can make you look like Tony Stewart in the eyes of the kids.
Posters
I'm making each team a poster they can display on their car. These really help our visitors during busy times and when you are not around. I'll have extra prints made that you can keep or give to visitors. Check out the Team Tinyvette Facebook page to see what I've come up with so far.
Swag
I've got about 100 Lemons patches that we can give to the kids. I'll try to get a stack of stickers and such from Jay and Nick. Feel free to bring other items to give to the kids. Bent valves are always fun. I have boxes of old valves, valve springs, etc. Yea, junk, but real-race-car junk.
Activities
Of course the every-hour-on-the-hour firing up of the Belvedere is a must. Firing up Balto would be fun, too. Firing up the Tinyvette will just spray soot on people standing behind it, but hey, that can be fun.
Sunday services, Reverend CrazyMike's reading of passages from the Book of Haynes, should happen. Irredeemable lost souls and all that we are.
Media
TV shows generally do their thing at around sunrise on Saturday and Sunday. If you want to be included in that let me know. If/when I get a call about that I'll relay the message to you, but just so you know, it may involve setting your alarm for 4:30 AM.
The Cars
The list of cars we have at this time are:
Tinyvette
ReStart Racing's Ford Ranger
The TCT Porsche and Limo combo and possibly the Aqua Volvo
Homey Depot
Faster Farms Belvedere
Race Omega
Del Camino (canceled)
Avanti
Scrubby and/or Raisin with Vanagan
Model T GT
Jagvair (trailering down from Oregon)
FraidyCat Racing's V12 Jaguar
Super Snipe (possible)
Twelve is a lot of cars, but we could probably fit more in.
Mike