Lastest News on Coronado Vintage Races

[John Straub]

Mark your calendars for September 26 & 27 - The 12th Annual Coronado Speed Festival is just 9 days away! Here is the latest news of what to expect at this year's event! It is sure to be bigger and better than ever. We look forward to seeing you there.


Celebrity Guest Racer
Adam Carolla To Race At The Coronado Speed Festival


The San Diego Fleet Week Foundation & The Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) are excited to announce that there will be a celebrity guest racer at the Coronado Speed Festival on September 26 & 27. Adam Carolla will be racing a 1973 Datsun 610 during race number 5 – the 1959 to 1966 Production Cars race group. Be sure you are in the grandstands at approximately 3:00pm on both Saturday and Sunday to see comedian, Adam Carolla, tear up the runway at the Coronado Speed Festival. This is a race you won’t want to miss.

Adam Carolla

Like many other celebs, Adam’s love of cars is nothing new. While growing he drove a beat up Datsun pickup while he worked as a carpenter. He tried to fix up a Datsun Z-car in his driveway but he didn’t have the time or money back then to do the job properly. Now Adam’s garage includes BRE replica Datsun 510 and RS replica Porsche 911, a MINI Cooper S, a Nissan 350Z and an E46-chassis BMW M3.


The 1st Annual Coronado Village Parade
Get A Sneak Peak Into What’s To Come At The Coronado Speed Festival


This year’s Coronado Speed Festival kicks off with the 1st Annual Coronado Village Parade on Thursday, September 25, featuring a sampling of our race participants. Come to Coronado to check out the competition.

The parade will leave Naval Air Station, North Island (NASNI) at 5:30 p.m. At the Car Parade you will get a sneak peak look at the cars that will be racing in the Coronado Speed Festival as they cruise through Coronado from NASNI to Isabella St. Be sure not to miss the 1st Annual Coronado Village Parade.


Do You Have The Need For Speed?
More Than 30 Of The Most Famous Vintage Stock Cars Will Compete At This Year’s Coronado Speed Festival – Group 9


The Coronado Speed Festival and Historic Motor Sports Association are proud to announce that over 30 of the most famous Vintage stock cars will compete at the Coronado Speed Festival in Group 9.

The cars racing over the course of the two day weekend, September 26-27, are genuine retired stock cars from the NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing circuit, which were raced by famous drivers. At this year’s event, we have over 30 of these vintage cars competing on an active runway at Naval Base Coronado, some of more notable cars racing are:

· DALE EARNHART’S #3, GM GOODWRENCH 1995 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: To be raced by Gary Sousa
· JEFF GORDON’S #24, 1993 DUPONT CHEVROLET LUMINA: To be raced by Steve Schoellhorn · BILL ELLIOTT’S #9, 2002 DODGE INTREPID: To be raced by Jim Philion
· Bill Elliott’s #94, McDonald’s 1994 Ford Thunderbird: To be raced by Steve Barber · Jimmy Spencer’s #12, Meineke 1993 Ford Thunderbird: To be raced by David Goodell
· Bobby Labonte’s #18, 1999 Interstate Battery Pontiac Grand Prix: To be raced by Russ Romer

These drivers will suit up to bring fans a high-powered show, demonstrating skillful mastery of both speed and movement. Practice for race 9 will take place on Saturday at 11:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., qualifying is scheduled for 4:40 p.m., practice again at 11:10 a.m. on Sunday and the big event, the final race, will take place at 4:25 p.m. on Sunday!

Get Your Tickets

You can reserve your tickets at: http://www.fleetweeksandiego.org/coronadospeedfestival/. Tickets are $25 in advance/$35 at the gate for a one-day admission and $35 in advance/$45 at the gate for a two-day admission.

To keep up with the most up-to-date news, find The Coronado Speed Festival on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coronado- ... 2162230182. Also, find HMSA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/HMSAUSA.