Car Crazy in Tidewater Virginia: Local Tidewater Virginia Car Happenings

Time to Get Ready for Show Season

UPCOMING SHOWS ETC.

Sat Apr 4 - Vettes at the Beach 14th Annual All Corvette Cruise-In, Sat Apr 4, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Landstown Commons Shopping Center, 3300 Princess Anne Rd, Virginia Beach. Beachcombers Corvette Club's Annual All-Corvette Cruise-In for Relay for Life. Contact George Smith at (757) 717-7149, or blucorvett@aol.com / http://www.beachcomberscorvetteclub.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=608&&Itemid=40

Sat Apr 11 - Chapter-L, “The Iron Clad Wings” Tax Day Bike, Car & Truck Show, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm, Seven Cities Biker Church at 414 S. Battlefield Blvd in Chesapeake. This year, we hope to have a bigger and better show than last year. Medals will be awarded to class winners along with special awards going to Best Paint, Best Chrome, Best Engine, Pull Over Award, and others. We will also be awarding Best in Show awards. We will have games, sell 50/50 tickets, have a DJ, and food vendors. Please put us on your calendar for some fun and relaxation before Tax Day hits. Web Site: www.gwrraval.org / Email: zbon@cox.net

Sat Apr 11 - 16th Annual Williamsburg British & European Car Show, Chickahominy Riverfront Park, 1350 John Tyler Highway (Rte. 5), Williamsburg. Open the 2015 car show season and visit beautiful Colonial Williamsburg Virginia for the 16th Annual Williamsburg British Car Club British and European Car Show at Chickahominy Riverfront Park next to the intersection of the James and Chickahominy Rivers. Camping available thru James City County. Featured marque is MGA in honor of its 60 year anniversary. registration form on website - $20 pre-registration now thru April 1st, $25 day of show. http://www.wmbgbrit.com/ show contact – Roy Gavilan, rgmgb65@hotmail.com, 757-637-5902.

Sat Apr 11 - 2015 Finish The Race Spring Car & Motorcycle Show, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm, on the grounds of Calvary Temple Church. This is an event for enthusiasts of all ages. Held on the grounds of Calvary Temple Church there is something for everyone. Come on out and show off your Car or Motorcycle or just enjoy strolling the grounds and admiring the over 200+ vehicles and motorcycles expected to show up. All makes and models welcome. Free trailer parking. FREE registration. FREE admission. Lots of food and other vendors! Kids zone with games and activities for young and old. Dash plaques for the first 100 Cars to arrive! Car Awards: Top 10 and Top 25 Best of Show Best Interior Best Paint Best Engine Top 5 for Trucks Top 5 for Imports Top 5 for Late Models (1989 and newer) Top 5 for Exotics Motorcycle Awards: Top 15 Best of Show Best Paint Best Engine Pre-registration available on-line at www.finishtherace.org or www.eventbrite.com. Registration on day of event opens at 10:00 am.

Sat/Sun Apr 11/12 - Virginia Hot Rod and Custom Car Show, Hampton Roads Convention Center, 1610 Coliseum Drive, Hampton. The Virginia Hot Rod and Custom Car Show is a celebration of Hot Rod Culture focused around classics, customs, pro-street and motorcycles. This event will feature a vendor alley, have celebrity appearances and more! For more information, please email Brad Hoffman at brad@live-wire-media.com or call 410-213-9473. For Vendor Information please contact Brian Riley at brian@live-wire-media.com. Web Site: www.vacarshow.com / Email: natasha@live-wire-media.com

Sat Apr 18 - Grassfield Marching Grizzlies First Annual Car, Truck, Motorcycle Show, 9 am - 3 pm, The show will be held Grassfield High School , 2007 Grizzly Trail, Chesapeake. All makes and models of Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles. Goodie Bags and dash plaques to the first 100 registered vehicles. $15 entry fee before April 14, 2015 and $20 day of show trophies as well as specialty trophies given. Sponsor a trophy class for $40 and receive acknowledgement on the trophies, and over the PA day of show. Proceeds benefit the Grassfield Marching Grizzlies Bands. Concessions, DJ, door prizes, raffles and other activities at the show. Contact Terri Aebel (757) 410-3213 or terriaebel@cox.net for more information.

Sat Apr 18 - 11th Annual Spring Dust-Off Car Show, Landstown Commons Shopping Center, 9 am - 3 pm, 3300 Princess Anne Rd, Virginia Beach. One of the largest classic car and truck shows in the Hampton Roads, presented by Virginia Chevy Lovers who are proud supporters of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Open to All Cars & Trucks 25 years & Older. Pre-registration $20, Day of show $25. Registration 9 am to Noon, Awards at 3 pm. Come see the cars, support and great cause, and enjoy the door prizes. For Information contact John Herbert 421-0749 or blkpwdrfrm@cox.net

Sat Apr 18 - The Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers Car Club of Gloucester Daffodil Car Show, 9 am - 3 pm, with registration ending at 12 pm. This show takes place the weekend following Gloucester County’s Daffodil Festival. Early registration is $15 and $20 the day of the show. Trophies are awarded for the top five in GM, Ford, Mopar, Imports, and trucks. Also awarded are the next 25 vehicles, as well as other special awards. Winners are selected by participant voting. For further information, contact MPCC on our email address or web page. We look forward to seeing you there!!! Web Site: www.mpccofgloucester.com. Email: middlepeninsulaclassiccruisers@cox.net.

Sat Apr 18 - 51st Anniversary Mustang Celebration Spring Car Show, Cavalier Ford Lincoln, 9 am to 3 pm, 1515 South Military Hwy, Chesapeake. Open to all cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, etc. Admission, $20 plus 2 cans of food. Proceeds to go CHKD, Oasis Food Ministry Come out & Join the Fun!! Web Site: www.mustangcluboftidewater.com/schedule Flyer Link:www.mustangcluboftidewater.com Email: hottrod6@aol.com / mct@mustangcluboftidewater.com

Sat Apr 18 - Portsmouth Spring Tuner Fest, nTelos Wireless Pavilion, with 757iLLEST.com, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, 16 Crawford Circle, Portsmouth. Open event in an amazing location. Spend the day with 757iLLEST.com and Grindin’ Gear at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion for an unforgettable car show. 65 Awards will be given out, including the Top 40 and 25 special awards. Be sure to check out the B-Boy Exhibition Battle in the preferred lot, hosted by the BOCA Crew! Portion of the proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association “Heart Walk” through our Team “757iLLEST car club”. Promo Girls will be there! Helping to run a nice show. We will have an impartial Guest Judge to score the event. This event is open to all makes and models of transportation. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, and pedal bikes. We will have facility provided concessions, DJ’s, and beer will be sold for consumption in the Preferred Parking Show area (no personal alcohol will be allowed at his event.)

Sat Apr 18 - Wounded Wheels Car Show, Fantom Works, Show starts at 9am, Judging is 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, 2400 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk. Wounded Wheels is a 501C3 dedicated to bringing together disabled heroes and discarded classic cars. This show is to raise not only money but awareness. awards and raffles will be at 1 pm. It will be a family event and will be carnival themed. We have a limited number of entries, so make sure to register soon!! For any other question please feel free to contact Mallory @ operations@woundedwheels.org or by phone 757-609-0507. We look forward to seeing you!!

Fri/Sat Apr 24/25 - Tidewater Street Rod Association’s 43rd Annual Colonial Williamsburg Rod Run, Colonial Williamsburg Visitors Center, Williamsburg. The rod run is open to 1972 and older Cars and Trucks. Show and Shine, swap meet, NSRA Safety Inspection, games, poker run, BBQ dinner Friday evening, cruise Friday evening. Info: www.tsra-va.com for registration form or contact Ron Buchanan 757-852-5875. Email questions to cwrr@tsra-va.com. Web Site: www.tsra-va.com

Sat Apr 25 - Hampton Roads Autobody Association’s 4th Annual Car Show, Khedive Shrine Center, Reg at 9 am, Show opens at 10 am, Judging at 2 pm, with Trophy presentation at 3 pm, 645 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake. Proceeds support the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program,www.WeAreVirginiaVeterans.com. Registration is $20.00. Multiple classes and trophy for club with biggest percentage of participation. Sponsorship and vendor spots are available. Please call Carol Dail 757.286.4354 or Aubrey Wilson 757.561.8457 for more information. Web Site: www.hraa.net Email: hraa4you@gmail.com

Thu Apr 30-May 2 - AACA Eastern Division National Spring Meet Virginia Beach. Registration Deadline is April 11, 2015. Activities begin on Thursday, April 30 and the SHOW DATE is Saturday May 2, 2015 and it will be held at the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo. Activities include car corral, vendors, car show and other activities. Please see the flyer for additional information. POC Meet chairperson - Linda Pellerin. http://www.aaca.org/images/meet_brochures/2015_Eastern_Spring_VA_Beach.pdf

Sat, May 9 - 7th Annual Shake, Rattle & Roll Spring Car Show, Historic Downtown Suffolk, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Main Street, Downtown Suffolk. Registration for Show Vehicles 7:30-10 am. Free admission; Vehicle Entry Fee $25. This festive Main Street event honors the racers, records and fans of the ol' quarter-mile concrete track at Suffolk Airport. Show begins at 10 am with awards presented at 2 pm. Music, food, vendors and hoola-hoop contests. Live music. Pre-1975 vehicles only. 757.514.4130

Sat, May 9 - 6th Annual Project Lifesaver Car Show, Warhill High School, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, 4615 Opportunity Way, Williamsburg. Brought to you by the James City County Police Dept. and the Classic Cruisers Car Club. The show is open to all vehicles (cars, trucks and motorcycles) (old to new) anything and everything is welcome! Registration is just $10 and a canned food item. There will be music, food, police displays, vendors,50/50 and of course the famous raffle table. Please call Officer Todd Dill at 757-603-6025 if you have any questions. All proceeds go to the Police Dept.'s Project Lifesaver program and the canned food goes to the Salvation Army food pantry. www.ccccofva.org Email: todd.dill@jamescitycountyva.gov

Sat, May 16 - Town Center Corvette & Porsche Classic Car Showcase, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Town Center, Central Park Ave, Virginia Beach. Joint Car Show w/Beachcombers Corvette Club & First Settler's PCA. Join your friends at the Corvette & Porsche Showcase on the closed streets surrounding the Fountain Plaza at Virginia Beach Town Center. Show hours will be 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Pre-Registration is $20 per vehicle/$25 day of the show. Each entry will receive a custom dash plaque. A portion of the proceeds will benefit several local Virginia Beach charities. All Pre-Registrations must be received by May 8th. Get the Reg form at www.beachstreetusa.com and then click on the Virginia Beach Town Center link. For more information call: 757-491-SUNN (7866)

Sat, May 16 - Super Chevy Show, Virginia Motorsports Park, 8018 Boydton Plank Road, N Dinwiddie. The event features Drag Racing, Car Show, Vendors, Swap Meet and Car Corral. RV Spots Available. For further information, email swallace@vmpdrag.com or call 804.862.3174. Web Site: www.SuperChevyShow.com / Email: swallace@vmpdrag.com

Sat, May 16 - Round Up In Smithfield IV, hosted by Peninsula Mustang Enthusiast and The Town of Smithfield, VA. This is a mustang only car show. Preregistration cost is $20.00 or $25.00 day of show. Pre-registration will open on March 1, 2015 so don’t forget to pre-register as we only have limited spots available. All proceeds from the show will benefit Beyond Boobs. THIS SHOW WILL BE RAIN OR SHINE. Visit the website www.peninsulamustang.com for more information and registration. Web Site: www.peninsulamustang.com / Email: bobcat16@cox.net

Mon, May 25 - 9th Annual Summer Bash Memorial Day Car, Truck & Bike Show, sponsored by Shorty’s Diner, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, 627 Merrimac Trail, Williamsburg. RAIN OR SHINE. The event is free to the public and is open to ALL makes, models, and years of vehicles. Day of show registration is a $10 donation for all vehicles, and is open from 9:00 am to noon, with participant judging beginning at noon, and the awards presentation beginning around 3:00 pm. There will be goody bags, dash plaques, music, a 50/50 raffle, and GREAT food. Top 50 awards will be given as well. ALL money raised will go directly to the Gathering of Mountain Eagles to benefit our local wounded veterans and their families! Web Site: www.facebook.com/pages/Summer-Bash-Car-Truck-Bike-Show/188787974503545 Email: r.craig.ham@gmail.com

WEEKLY/MONTHLY MEETS/CRUISE-INS

Sat - 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 Sat - (Apr 4) Virginia Beach Cars & Coffee is a gathering of car enthusiasts the first Saturday each month from 7:00 - 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 courteous to the businesses in the shopping center and leave the lot at 9 am promptly. http://carclubcouncil.info/cars_and_coffee.pdf orhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/115284668486129/

2nd Sat - (Apr 11) 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/

3rd Sat - (Apr 18) Williamsburg Cars & Coffee, 8 - 10:00 am, The Coffeehouse, 5251 John Tyler Hwy, Williamsburg. C&C ~ Williamsburg is an informal gathering of people with a passion for automobiles. Come on out and share a cup of coffee with the enthusiast you met last month… or plan to make new friends to compare your mods with next month! http://www.carsandcoffeewilliamsburg.com/

Every Sat - Cars, Coffee & Chocolate, sponsored by Simply Fresh Café, every Saturday morning 8 am -10 am Town Center, 180 Central Park Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. Parallel street parking or surface lot parking directly across the street from the host. Parking is in the shadows of The Cosmopolitan Apartments for pleasant summer mornings. All makes & models welcome. Contact Bobby Sharon bobcat16@cox.net (757) 404-1406

Thu Apr 2 - Dairy Queen Cruise-Ins, every Thursday Night Starting on April 2nd and ending on Halloween Night “Trunk-R-Treat”, Saturday, Oct. 31st. Dairy Queen, Portsmouth Blvd. (Across the street from Cavalier Ford), Chesapeake, VA. Contact: Ray Hinman, Cell: 757-672-9081 for more info!

Fri Apr 3 - Smithfield Lions Cruz-In: 1st, & 3rd Fridays of every month, April 3rd - Oct 16th, Sentara/St. Luke’s Urgent Care Facility, 20209 Sentara Way, Carrollton. $2 donation at gate for show cars, spectators free. Food available from Bubba & Frank’s bar-b-cue, car enthusiast vendors, 50’s - 60’s music provided by Lion Tom Norris, “featured car clubs” at every show. Show sponsored by Starr Motors, Sentara Health Network and AVES. Reserved parking spaces are available for the entire show season for $25 each. Contact Lion Tim Marinelli: smithfield.lions@verizon.net, 757-371-6061

Fri Apr 10 - Daniels Performance Group Friday Night Cruise-In, 2nd and 4th Friday, April thru October 6 - 9:00 pm, Isle of Wight Industrial Park, 20128 IWIP Road, Rte. 10, 3 Miles outside Smithfield. Food available, Music provided and Leashed Pets welcome. (757) 356-1156 or email info@danielsperformancegroup.com

Sat Apr 11 - Saturday Night Cruise-in at Landstown Commons Shopping Center, at the corner of Princess Anne Rd & Dam Neck Rd. Come join us Saturday nights for fun, friends, cars and music. Dash plaques to first 50 on field. This cruise-in brings in 130+ cars. Coupons given out for shopping center merchants. There is a $2.00 fee per vehicle. Spectators free. All proceeds go to charity. Event time 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Contact John Herbert at blkpwdrfrm@cox.net or call 757-377-7144 or Rob McPherson at robertmc1958@gmail.com or call 757-553-2012.

Sat Apr 11 - The Classic Cruiser’s Cruise-in takes place every Saturday night from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM beginning April 11 thru October 17. We will not hold a cruise-in on July 4. Our location is Heritage Square Shopping Center, 4318 George Washington Hwy, Grafton, VA. It is open to all years, all makes, and all models. If it’s cool, bring it. It is only a $2.00 donation to show your vehicle. There is no admission fee for spectators. All cruise-in donations are donated to charity. It is a great place to listen to some great tunes played by our DJs, look at some great rides, see your old friends, and make some new ones. For more information about our club, go to www.ccccofva.org or Classic Cruisers Car Club on Facebook, or you can contact Allen Hunt 757-868-6900, alofptown@verizon.net or Blair Armbrister 757-877-4911, my98fordf150@verizon.net.

Sat Apr 25 - Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers Car Club “Let’s Talk Cars” Cruise-In, 5:30 pm, The Main Street Shopping Center, 6882 Main Street, Gloucester. Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers Car Club would like to you to join us on Saturday nights April to October 2015 for our “Let’s Talk Cars” Cruise-In. It starts around 5:30 pm and continues till about 30 minutes after dusk. Admission is $1.00 or more! Come out and join us! For further information: mpccofgloucester.com or middlepeninsulaclassiccruisers@cox.net

AUTO CROSS(AX, or SOLO)/HI-PERF DRIVERS EDUCATION(HPDE)/TIME TRIALS/CLUB RACING/ROAD RALLY

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