RENO, NV (Sept. 21) — This weekend car groups celebrated the end of summer with a weekend full of events.  Great weather set the stage for all of them. • Saturday began with the Impala Car Club hosting the 5th Annual Show to help Forever 14. The site was the Sun Valley Community Center. Impalas Car Club president Kevin Bland said, “It’s great, couldn’t ask for a better turn out. I think we’ve over 100 cars to help raise money for the cause we’re doing this for, which is teen suicide prevention. Unlike many events this car meet has a

RENO, NV (SEPT 14) — Great weather set the stage for many car meets in our region as well as a couple of races. • The second Saturday of the month is when Nevada Vintage Euro meets. Location is by the Starbucks at the Summit Mall.  All three founders, Jonas Goldsmith, Rachel Micander and Trevor were on hand with their BMW Sedans. Asked Goldsmith about the group and he named the other two founders of the group. Asked about the group Goldsmith said, “We’re not going to hold anybody to a standard, we like vintage European cars but anybody that

RENO, NV (Sept. 7) — Once again the weekend was a flurry of car meets plus some racing in our region. And Sunday was a triple header for car meets here in Reno. • Reno Jeeps & Coffee started the day off. Not a bad turn out although it’s never huge. This time someone drove their WW II Jeep to the meet that happens close to the Human Bean Coffee Stand at the corner of Longley Lane and South McCarran. While there Charles Doyle, who heads the group, announced a change in the schedule. “I started out at once a

RENO, NV (Aug. 31) — August ended with a flurry of car meets in our region. This was a great way to end the final full month of summer. • Saturday afternoon is when Hot Rod Nights has another Car Show @ Sonic. Location is on South Virginia. While there wasn’t a huge turn out there were a variety of cars lined up in the parking lot. One of them owned by Dan Gates is very different from when it was built. “We’re looking at a 1947 Morris 8 Series E. I can tell you what the 8 means. Morris

RENO, NV (Aug. 24) — As August is winding down there is a flurry of events and meets. It’s a busy time for race and car fans. • Saturday got started with the Cars and Stripes car, truck and motorcycle show. It all happened at the parking lot in front of the Sportsman’s Warehouse. There was a huge variety of cars and trucks on display.  Several rows in the parking lot were full of all types of vehicles. One unusual car was an early post war BMW. There were very small and at one time sold in America. Before lunch

RENO, NV (Aug. 17) — A week after Hot August Nights departs and there are car meets all over the place. They range from Minden to Fallon as well as Reno and Sparks. • Two groups got Sunday rolling. Over by the Human Bean Coffee Stand, on the corner of Longley and South McCarran, Reno Jeeps & Coffee held its second meet of the month.  Not far away, by the Human Bean Coffee Stand at the corner of Keitzke and Moana Lanes, there was another meet. This is where Reno Cars & Coffee met. As usual there were some contrasts.

RENO, NV (Aug. 10) — This past week Hot August Nights took over the Reno/Sparks area. Today there was a huge parade and trophies were handed out. During this time there were also two very different events happening on Sunday. One of them was the month’s first Sparks Cars & Coffee meet. While the turn out was a bit lower than normal, probably due to the heat and the end of HAN, it was still pretty good. As usual there was quite a mix of cars including two Corvettes from different generations. One if front engine while the other was

SPARKS, NV (July 27) — Sparks Cars & Coffee had its second meet of the month. Location as usual was near the Starbucks off of Disc Drive. Once again variety is part of any show like this One interesting comparison was a T-Bucket parked next to an import. One of the exotic cars came with a racing history. That was the Ford GT-40 owned by Larry Cooper. The original version of this car was used by Ford to win at Le Mans. Asked about it he said, “It’s not an original, its called a Continuation. Under a license they’re allowed

RENO, NV (July 20) — This was a busy weekend for car, cruise and racing fans. There were all kinds of events going on in our area.   • One highlight on Saturday was the Cars & Cream meet at Handels. They make homemade ice cream and this meet may have draw the largest turnout of all. There were all types of cars including a very small one used by the son of the white car’s owner. There were so many cars and trucks they filled up at least three rows of the parking lot.  One highlight was two Lamborghini’s

RENO, NV (JULY 13) — Despite the record setting heat it was a busy day here in Reno. There were two car meets plus a function that brought bike clubs together for a charity event aimed at helping disadvantaged kids that needed school supplies. • Things got rolling around 10 a.m. when Sparks Cars & Coffee met at the Starbucks off Disc Drive.  In addition to groups of Corvettes one had its top in the halfway position . This allowed people to see where it was stored.  Over on another row were a couple of cars from the Midnight Riders

RENO, NV (July 6) — The July 4th weekend ended with two meets plus a cruise-in on Sunday afternoon. It ended a very busy weekend for the car and jeep crowd. • Reno Jeeps & Coffee got things started by the Human Bean Coffee Stand located at the corner of Longley Lane and South McCarran. As usual things got off to a slow start then other Jeep owners started joining the group. Many compare what they’ve done to their Jeeps plus going over a few things that have been causing the owners some problems. Lately some Jeep owners have been

RENO, NV (June 22) — Great weather set the stage for the second Sparks Cars & Coffee meet this month. While the turn out was great it was a bit reduced from the last time. Between the Rodeo and so many meets I’m guessing some wanted to just relax this time. One exotic that got a lot of attention was a gray 2025 Lamborghini Hybred. Still had the V-12 gas powered motor but ahead of that was the electric motor. The owner said when its started the car is quiet. Another car that gathered a lot of attention was a rather

RENO, NV (June 19)— Running a bit behind due an unexpected, short hospital stay. So the preview will be a bit shorter than usual. CAR MEETS: This weekend the car fan buffet is overflowing. Not much regional racing but a lot to see as we head for the 4th of July weekend. • This weekend there is no Fernley Friday Night Cruise. And the Saturday cruise sponsored by the Rustoration Garage in Fallon has been canceled as they are getting for a car show when the local rodeo starts. • Saturday gets going at 10 a.m. when the Arbors Longest

RENO, NEVADA (June 15) — Great weather set the stage for a trio of car meets plus one that moved to Moon Rocks in the afternoon. • Reno Jeeps & Coffee started things by the Human Bean stand located at the corner of South McCarran and Longley Lane. At first there were a few then the number grew. • Not far away Reno Cars & Coffee had its second meet of the month. Location was by the Human Bean Coffee stand located at the corner of Moana and Keitzke Lanes There were at least a couple of exotics on hand.

RENO, NV (June 9) — Nice weather and should be a good week ahead. First of all an announcement. Had back surgery in April that led to about 7 weeks in an extended care facility here in Reno. Had no access to this site but now am back. Hope to get going again although don’t have the endurance to report races but am working on that. CAR MEETS: • Sparks Cars and Coffee had their first meet of the month Sunday. Location was by the Starbucks off Disc Drive. Good weather meant a good turn out. Since I was unable