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Car Cruise
by T De Herrera, published on August 1, 2010 at 7:46 AM
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The 2nd Annual CAM Car Cruise happened Saturday, July 31st, beginning with staging and voting at the California Automobile Museum and followed by a street cruise and car show event in Midtown. Most of the car show styles were represented by rat rods, lowriders, jalopies, muscle cars, experimental cars, and woodies and beemers.
Sitting at a sidewalk venue sipping Midtown Red, I saw the cars coming down J Street accompanied by the SPD. The sun was moving lower in the western sky and the chrome and polished finishes on the autos were sparkling. I quickly moved into the shade and watched the cruise. Memories of Sacramento from my teenage years returned, when J Street was a cruising spot and muscle cars, lowriders, and motorcycles would cruise the grid. My memories aren't vivid enough to recall if any of the cruisers then were as polished as the cruisers that were rolling in the street Saturday.
The SPD did a great job of directing traffic and keeping the cruise moving to the parking area between J and L streets. I roamed around and took some pictures and admired the shiny steel. Music was in the air from at least three bands at strategic points in the cruise parking area, and the crowd was diverse. There seemed to be a cruiser theme which included stuffed animals, cats, rats, dogs, and some unidentifiable. This was a great car show, and Sacramento and Saturday was better because of it. Peace.
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Another viewpoint is the cars were moving too too fast just able to catch them in a blink of an eye.
The. The bands were terrific just awesome, but unfortunately not many viewers and the same for the cars. The crowds were very small. More marketing must be done thru the net and early flyers to promote this event. This could be our "HOT AUGUST NIGHTS" if done right and could bring mucho business to local downtown and midtown businesses. A marching band in front of the parade of cars would slow them down so we could all see them better. Having them on display on the side streets from 22nd -25th was way cool, and wish there had been more cars. I actually thought that all the guys that were taking their cars to "Hot August Nights in Reno were going to stop here in Sac do our parade stay over night then proceed onto Reno on Sunday to be there for start of Reno's Hot August Nights on Monday, but I don't think that happened, but could if promoted right I believe. I want to thank all who put this awesome event together as even though it could have been much better it was still a thrill for all of us lucky enough to see the parade of cars and get to wave to the people in the cars "all smiles" of admiration for their beauty and view the cars on the side streets and watch and listen and even dance to the fantastic bands who probably were not paid but volunteered their time for us. Thank all of you for making our downtown and midtown sparkle Saturday night.