To The Mountain - BURNING ROSE
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We've had lots of fun going to some S.F. Bay Area and Monterey Bay Area car events, too. We've met some fun and interesting folks and have seen some wild cars and more!
Joining me along on this fun ride is Mike Malament of FISH EYE FILMS who is my co-producer and production manager, Susan Hennessy who is my production assistant and keeper of the websites, and Mark Blaskovich who makes intermittent appearances as my technical advisor and the entire math team. Together we have a great time at the events and bring them to you. THere is nothing scred here. We take a look at the cars and tell you just what we think! We interview the car guys and just have an all around good time.
We now have a whole bunch of clips of the CAR GUY CHANNEL from YouTube. Click on the links and see what you think!
On Thursday, November 20, 2008 we hit the road! Destination: Canepa Design in Scotts Valley. "WOW!" That just aboiut sums up what we saw! You name it, they do it! Lots of fun, a great group of guys , and cars to die for! But....you'll have to wait for CAR GUY CHANNEL episode 22 to see what we mean!
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American Metal 2008 on Sunday, July 20 over at San Jose Harley-Davidson proved to be another blockbuster car and bike event! The weather was perfect, the two bands and the barbecue were terrific and the cars and bikes were completely AWESOME!
We appreciate everyone who entered a car or bike and just came out that day to look and be a part of it all! We had over 20 awards for the bikes and cars and even crowned Miss Leila of ODC Magazine Miss San Jose Harley-Davidson. Thanks to our buddy Sean from ODC Magazine for the nice pictures and to Rich Sieve, too.
We had a hot time at The Monterey Festival of Speed May 16,17,and 18. We set up camp with Greg Dunham and his Dream Big Monster Cycle, Sean and the group from Off Da Chain Magazinee, Bubba from San Jose Harley-Davidson, The Raiderettes Meena and Serena, and the guys representing the US Army! What fun we had!
The weather was great, the races were fantastic and we even sold a few cars with the Kruse Auction! We saw some great vintage race boats, filmed some events and gave the old slingshot a work out all while listening to Burning Rose.
Once again it was a Car Guy Channel road trip and time for the GOODGUYS SHOW in Pleasanton. We headed out there on Saturday, March 29, 2008. We were greeted by our good buddy, John Drummond.
We had a great time meeting up with lots of car guys showing off their Street Rods in the building. All of the colors of the rainbow were there, it was like looking at car guy candy! A real treat for the eyes!
We stopped and chatted with Bernadette from Arlen Ness Motorcycles and she graciously showed us around the bikes on display. You just gotta love the innovativness of these bikes!
We stopped by Roy Brizio Street Rods and Dave gave us the tour around their latest creation. They do some great rods! They are always fun and always different.
Then it was lunch time and we ran into Jason at Bud's Fat Burgers! That burger is a meal in itself! We were fat and happy after that. If you have never had one, you absolutely must! Yeah, the line is long, but there is a good reason why! You could always grab a beer for your wait in line - kind of like the cocktail hour, but you better finish up before you get your burger because you will definitely need both hands for that monster!
Time for shopping at the swap meet. It is always aisles and aisles of all kinds of stuff! Some new, some used, sometimes just what you are looking for! We are always on the look out for those illusive parts to finish up our own cars. We had some good luck and found some needed parts. We always bring a shopping cart or wagon, it is the only way to shop!
Off to look at the cars for sale. They had quite a selection if you were in the market that day, you might find what you are looking for. If you were not in the market, then you had a great time just admiring each one. There was something to suit everyone, and everything on sale if the price is right!
We love the Goodguys! Can't wait to go back again.
On February 23, 2008 we took the crew up to Altamont Motorsports Park. We had heard about a very worthwhile and interesting safe-driving program for teens that they put on there and we wanted to go and check it out for ourselves. The monthly class is presented in collaboration with the Tracy chapter of the national Get Real Behind the Wheel organization, which is dedicated to promoting parent and teen driving accountability and community awareness of safe driving technologies designed to save lives.
First there is a moving film presentation for both the parents and the teens. It shows the unfortunate consequences that can happen to anyone who drives but does not keep full attention on the road. It was a very sobering presentation. We then met the man responsible for the Tracy chapter of Get Real Behind the Wheel, Ken Ucci. Ken lost his teen-aged son, Mike, who was a passenger in an automobile accident.
Deputy Scott Sylvester of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office along with another officer gave valuable input telling us all what is new regarding the law and driving and then they followed up with a question and answer period until all questions were answered. We learned that it is against the law for any passenger or driver to be smoking in a car with any passenger or driver under the age of 18! You won't get pulled over for it, but you will get cited if you happen to be pulled over for another reason.
Then there is the fun part that everyone came for - driving on a racetrack! Now don't think the kids are going to be driving racecars! No, you bring your mom or dad and the family car. Nevertheless, driving on a racetrack IS COOL!The teen drives and Mom or Dad can be the passenger. It is just a controlled situation and they have the good sports from Altamont Motorsports Park out there holding up the STOP signs to practice stopping and yielding to traffic. We actually thought it might be cancelled to to the horrendous rain and wind storm that was supposedly coming our way. Nope! The driving school happens rain or shine. They, at Altamont were actually excited because the track would have big puddles and the road could be slippery. These are some real life situations that are better felt on the racetrack under controlled circumstances than met with surprise on the highway.
Of course, what is Car Guy Channel without Mike getting into the act, himself? We had great cooperation with Deputy Sylvester who was a good sport and more than happy to play along. We cleared the track for a few minutes and had some fun....you'll see!
Thanks to everyone at Altamont Motorsports Park for being more than hospitable to Car Guy Channel and our antics! We haven't met nicer people! It is really a great place and they have lots of fun events lined up. Check out the teen driving school. The teen doesn't even need a driver's permit and the class is free! You can't beat that price! Check out www.altamontracing.com to see everything they have to offer.
We also got up close and personal with the Bugatti Veyron. If you have the need for speed and $1,700,000.00 plus burning a hole in your pocket, you may just want to consider this baby.
Then it was back on the road and up to the Cow Palace for the San Francisco Rod, Custom, & Motorcycle Show courtesy of George Hague. They put on one heck of a show with something for everyone there. The beautiful show cars and bikes were really something to see and we ran into our old buddy Greg Dunham who owns that crazy Dream Big motorcycle which is the largest in the world. Check it out at www.monster-cycles.com.
On November 21, 2007 we hit the road and went up to San Francisco for the 50th Anniversary of the San Francisco International Auto Show and get a close up view inside the ropes of all of the cars before it opened up to the public. We got to see all of the new cars and see what all of the makers are doing this year.
As soon as we walked in the door, we were in awe of a great line up of street rods! We met Leonard Lopez of Dominator Street Rods. He gave us the grand tour of his rods. Check him out at www.dominatorusa.com.
Going green seems to be the thing to do. We met up with car designer Rick Woodbury of Commuter Cars Corporation. His new car is called Tango. It is the same width as a Harley and seats 2 people; one in the front and one in the back. It goes 0 - 60 in 4 seconds so it has some pep to it too. For more information go to www.commutercars.com.
We also got a good feel for what Toyota is doing at their exposition at the mobile hybrid experience "Highway to teh Future". It was a very cool exhibit and Mark Ulbrich was extremely informative and gave us a great tour of their exhibit.
Of course we also were wowwed by the Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Vipers, Porsches, and Jaguars. Don't miss that show!
On November 11, 2007 Veteran's Day the crew headed up to Pleasanton to The Goodguys car show and had a great time. It was a special event as Operation Second Chance was putting on their Soldiers Second Chance Tour concert with Ray Stephenson to benefit our war heroes coming back from the war with signigicant injuries. We were able to talk with Paul and Georgia Cantrell who were able to pull of the concert at the Goodguys show at the last minute. It is a great cause and it was a wonderful addition to the Goodguys show. We also got to talk with Ray Stephenson about the cause as he is a regular performer with them. We also met up with John Drummond who heads up the Goodguys show. He is a great guy and is very representative of the Goodguys meaning that they really are good guys! An event like this one with cars, music, and the people there is really hard to beat!
The Car Guy Channel crew loaded up in Mike's 1955 Bel Air on the morning of September 9th, 2007 heading to Laguna Seca for Cherry's Jubilee. Mike's film and audio guys Mike Malament (Fish Eye Films) and Mark Ornsteen (Brain Child Audio) and Production Supervisor Mark Blaskovich joined Mike and his Car Gal Susan to film the event for the Car Guy Channel. Cherry's Jubilee is a special car event in that the proceeds benefit the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.
We had a great time at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds at the GOOD GUYS Swap Meet and Car Show on Saturday, August 25, 2007. We met a lot of nice folks and spent some time with the Blastolene Brothers from Santa Cruz and Oregon. If you haven't seen the cars that they build, then stay tuned! Also spent some time with Roy Brizio Street Rods, and Diego at Total Cost Involved Chassis.
If you have seen us filming your car, chances are it will make it to the show. DVDs are available for purchase for the weekly episodes.
