Fleet Week San Diego And The Coronado Speed Festival Are Back

fwcsfFleet Week San Diego is a yearly event that honors our brave men and women of the military, and celebrates our military with events and entertainment throughout several weeks beginning August 30th, and ending November 21st. There are plenty of events that are great for the whole family, with tours of battleships, the famous Miramar Air Show (the same base featured in Top Gun) and various breakfasts, luncheons, and dinners, as well as an enlisted golf tournament.

fw50thBut for the gearheads in all of us, the favorite part of the festivities has been the Coronado Speed Festival happening this weekend, September 20th & 21st at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) near San Diego, California. The Speed Festival is an amusement park for people who love the automobile, with vintage and classic racing going on all weekend, the pit crew challenge with military personnel, tours and static displays of some of America’s best fleet of military vehicles and ships, and the US Navy Leap Frogs team will be joining us on Sunday.

fw06And not to sound like a late-night infomercial – but wait, there’s more! And more there is. How about the collector car show, hosted by JBA Speed Shop, the car corral staffed by the Mopar Club of San Diego and the SoCal Shelby American Automobile Club. If checking out all of the incredible musclecars from America don’t get you, Robby Gordon’s Formula Off-Road Super Trucks will be there, as well as Red Bull’s Aaron Colton and his sportbike freestyle show.

We have it on good authority that the car show winners from Saturday will be able to take a victory lap around the track. So if you’ve got a worthy musclecar and you want a chance to cruise around the track and show off your ride, be sure to come down and enter it in the show!

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As we said, it’s great fun for the whole family, and is free to all active duty military and their direct dependents. For non-military, the festivities and racing are just $25 for either Saturday or Sunday, or if you come for the whole weekend the reduced entry fee for both days is only $35 per person, with children under 12 gaining free admission with a paid adult.

We will be there covering the racing and the car shows again like we did last year, and we expect to see a lot of Mustangs at this show. But we’re just as excited to get out and watch some of these old girls hitting the track again. We’ll bring it back and share it with you if you don’t have the opportunity to attend. Otherwise, we’ll see you at the Race at the Base!

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Michael Harding

Michael is a Power Automedia contributor and automotive enthusiast who doesn’t discriminate. Although Mopar is in his blood, he loves any car that looks great and drives even faster.
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