UPCOMING TIDEWATER VIRGINIA CAR HAPPENINGS

For me, May is the official start of Summer! Now if only my little convertible was ready to whisk me around with the wind in my hair…

MEETS

Friday Nights - The Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers have Friday night cruise-ins every Friday! Come on out to our Friday Night Cruise-in and register for the Saturday Blast for the Past show for $15 pre-registration fee! If you can’t make it Friday night, we hope to see you on Saturday!
http://carclubcouncil.info/Friday_Nights.pdf

Friday Nights - Smithfield Lions Friday Night Cruz-Ins, 1st, 3rd & 5th Friday, April thru October 6-9pm. St. Lukes Rt 10/32 & 258 Brewer’s Neck Rd.
(757) 371-6061. $2 donation to show car (benefiting Lions Charities), Food, Music, Featured Vehicles & Cornhole.
Season passes available: $25

Friday Nights - Daniels Performance Friday Night Cruise-In, 2nd and 4th Friday, April thru October 6-9pm at Charlie Daniels Racing, 20128 IWIP Road Rt 10, 3 Miles outside Smithfield, (757) 356-1156 or email info@danielsperformancegroup.com
http://carclubcouncil.info/2014_Evnets/2014_Cruise_In_Flye_CDr.pdf

Saturday Nights - Landstown Commons Saturday Night Cruise-Ins, Every Saturday night from 4:00 til 9:00 PM. Landstown Commons Shopping Center, 3300 Princess Anne Rd., Virginia Beach, Va.
These will be held in the same area as last year (Behind Finn McCools). We’ll be having discount food coupons from the restaurants in the shopping center for all participants. Come out and enjoy the camaraderie of getting together with other car enthusiasts!!
Sponsored by member clubs of CCCHR

Cars & Coffee: Are you normally busy on Saturdays with a list of honey-do’s or family commitments? Well that’s perfectly fine because you can be back home before your spouse is even up. Enjoy your car hobby and still enjoy the rest of your day.
Originally started in Irvine, CA at a strip mall on the PCH, the Cars & Coffee idea has steadily spread to various areas across the country. Here in Tidewater Virginia, we have the great Mid-Atlantic coastal region, we have plenty of sports cars in the area, and we have plenty of coffee shops so it seemed a logical fit. This is an informal hangout for mature car enthusiasts who enjoy an early morning drive and a cup of coffee.

1st Saturday - Virginia Beach Cars & Coffee is a gathering of car enthusiasts the first Saturday each month from 7:30 - 9:00 am to talk cars and share a cup of coffee at La Promenade Shops, 1860 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 in the West Hilltop area of Virginia Beach, which features ample parking and BEAN THERE COFFEE on location. Please be curious to the businesses in the shopping center and leave the lot at 9:00 am promptly. http://carclubcouncil.info/cars_and_coffee.pdf orhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/115284668486129/

2nd Saturday - Newport News Cars & Coffee is a gathering of car enthusiasts the second Saturday each month from 8:00 - 10:00 am to talk cars and share a cup of coffee at AROMA’S, 706 Town Center Drive, Newport News, VA 23606. https://www.facebook.com/groups/385990664766049/

SHOWS

Saturday, 3 May - Z ODYSSEY, hosted by the Tidewater Z Car Club. At POMOCO NISSAN, 1134 W. Mercury Blvd., Hampton, VA 23666.
Show is open to ALL and any year Datsun Z, Nissan Z, Infiniti G series vehicles regardless of condition! There will be many trophies, door prizes and more. FREE for spectators! Day of show registration from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, Awards at 4:00 pm. Registration per vehicle, $25 before April 25th, $30 after and day of show (entry fee includes event T-shirt, adult sizes only M, L, XL, or XXL).
For Information contact: Todd, call 757.851.8098, or email zfixers@cox.net; or Mark, call 757.620.0934, or email Mark4460@cox.net
https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10201843937202800&set=p.10201843937202800&type=1&theater

Saturday, 3 May - The Rollin’ Coal Drags and Truck Show at Virginia Motorsports Park, 8018 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA 23803. The event features Drag Racing, Truck Show and Vendors. For more info, call 804.862.3174. 
Web Site: www.VirginiaMotorsports.com
Email: swallace@virginiamotorsports.com

Saturday, 3 May - 4th Annual LCPL Cody Childers All Wheel Car/Truck & Cycle show at the Chesapeake Center for Science and Technology (VOTECH), 1617 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, VA. The Body Shop class will be selling lunch, drinks and goodies as a fundraiser for their program. All proceeds go to care packages we mail to honor Cody, a 19 year old Marine KIA in Afghanistan. Registration will open at 10 am and show will run 11-3 pm. Rain date is May 4th Sunday. Registration cost $25 and will include a “All Wheels” T-shirt and Goodie Bags. We will have raffles that day also. Awards for Best in Show, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Places. Call Jeff Stewart at 757-286-3536 with any questions. It’s a Great event for a Great cause. Please join us. 
Web Site: www.wecaremarines.com
Flyer Link: http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/0/3/5/4/0/5/webimg/743287307_o.jpg
Email: childersx5@aol.com

Saturday, 3 May - Holiday Trav-L-Park, Open Motorcycle, Car, Truck & Golf Cart Show. 1075 General Booth Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23451. 
Entry fee: $15.00 Registration 12:00pm-4:00pm. Trophy Awards 5:00pm. Professional Judging by G.S Grifana Carshows, Inc. 
For more information email: gsgrifanacarshow@verizon.net or call Greg Grifana at (703)864-8488.

AUTO CROSS (AX or SOLO)

Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) - Old Dominion Region. The Old Dominion Region (Number 63) is part of the Southeast Division (SEDiv), which consists of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Our Region includes all of the cities in the Hampton Roads area as well as several surrounding cities. We primarily host two types of events: Solo (Auto Cross) and Road Rally. www.odr-scca.org
Schedule (Date/Event/Location):
May 04/Solo/Pungo Airfield
June 01/Solo/Pungo Airfield
July 06/Solo/Pungo Airfield

Tidewater Sports Car Club (TSCC) -Founded in Norfolk Virginia in 1953, Tidewater Sports Car Club (TSCC) has a strong foundation within the local Hampton Roads autocross community and surrounding areas (140+ club members in 2009). 
Our autocross season runs from March through November with events taking place on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month. We usually host a novice autocross school early in the season on the Saturday before our Sunday event. This is a great opportunity for new participants to get involved with autocross.
Our club is not solely structured around autocross. TSCC is, as the name implies, a car club, supporting the enthusiast. Car shows, social gatherings, and community involvement are just a few of the extracurricular activities in which TSCC participates. 
We host a charity event at least once a year where all the proceeds from the event are donated to a designated charity. Since 2005, we have donated over $20,000.00 to various local and national charities.www.tidewatersportscarclub.com
Schedule (Date/Event/Location) 
May 17 / Test & Tune* 
May 18 / AX / ACU-4 (LCAC ramp, Joint Base Little Creek) 
June 14 / Cone Clinic* 
June 15 / AX / ACU-4 
July 20 / AX / ACU-4

DRIVERS EDUCATION

National Auto Sport Association (NASA). NASA Mid Atlantic increases track time for HPDE (High Performance Driver’s Ed) Drivers!! In response to overwhelming feedback from our participants NASA Mid Atlantic offers even more of its award winning HPDE program to all HPDE Drivers. Starting March 22-23 at VIR NASA will increase the number of on track sessions each HPDE group receives from 3 to 4. More time. More opportunity to have more fun on track!!!!
www.nasaracing.net
Schedule (Date/Event/Location)
2-4 May / HDPE / VIR
6-8 June / HDPE / SPR
18-20 July / HDPE / VIR

Porsche Club of America (PCA) - First Settlers Region. The Porsche Club of America First Settlers Region desires the comfort of good friends and good conversation, and we praise to a fault the world’s finest automobile. With those attributes, our club has grown to over 600 Active Members throughout Virginia. We race each other, show our prized possessions, conduct rallies, autocrosses and tours. The Club sponsors driver education, restoration and technical sessions. We know our Porsche, or Porsches if we’re lucky, inside and out. Our Newsletter, Horizontally Opposed, which tells our stories and provides an insider view to everything Porsche.www.fsrpca.org
Schedule (Date/Event/Location)
16-18 May / DE / VIR

RACING

Virginia International Raceway (VIR) - Recently chosen as one of Car & Driver’s Top 6 tracks in the nation, Virginia International Raceway is a multi-purpose road racing facility, located on the Dan River between Danville and South Boston, Virginia. VIR hosts a wide range of professional and amateur auto and motorcycle racing and track events, and is well established as “America’s Motorsport Resort.”
Events: 
27-28 May/Stock Car Open Test Days/ See the biggest names in stock car racing as they test in preparation for NASCAR’s road race circuits.