SoCalZ's are going to start the year off right with a drive through Orange County California.
This is an annual event put on by Bench Racing ( part of the group at Cars & Coffee Irvine that we attend ) that we have attended for 4 years. We start off in Irving at Bench Racing and they pass out drive directions. It is generally different every year so the route is unknown until that morning show up with a tank of gas and what ever you need. I have been looking for a meet point with restrooms and coffee and have not found one due to it being NEW YEARS Day ( even McDonald's does not open till 10:30). So the meet point will be a parking lot near Bench Racing so we can roll in as a group. Bench Racing will be only a mile or so away and their restrooms will be open. We will meet at the parking lot at 7:30 and leave the lot by 7:45 and arrive at Bench at 8:00. The drive ends about 2 hours later at a place where they serve food.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=33.686644,-117.854937&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=16&sll=33.686764,-117.855964&sspn=0.007677,0.013797&ie=UTF8&z=16
Quote from Bench Racing
January 1st 2010 The 7th Annual “Tour d’Orange”. Now an Southern California tradition for many and arguably the first car event of the New Year. Meet at the corner of Fisher and Redhill in Costa Mesa. Meet at 8:30 AM, maps at 8:45 AM, DEPART AT 9 AM. There is no formal notice besides this. All cars welcome. Please pass this notice to your respective car clubs and like minded enthusiasts.
Shots by Bench Racing last year
http://rides.webshots.com/album/569461336WLSVZi
My pics from last year
This is an annual event put on by Bench Racing ( part of the group at Cars & Coffee Irvine that we attend ) that we have attended for 4 years. We start off in Irving at Bench Racing and they pass out drive directions. It is generally different every year so the route is unknown until that morning show up with a tank of gas and what ever you need. I have been looking for a meet point with restrooms and coffee and have not found one due to it being NEW YEARS Day ( even McDonald's does not open till 10:30). So the meet point will be a parking lot near Bench Racing so we can roll in as a group. Bench Racing will be only a mile or so away and their restrooms will be open. We will meet at the parking lot at 7:30 and leave the lot by 7:45 and arrive at Bench at 8:00. The drive ends about 2 hours later at a place where they serve food.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=33.686644,-117.854937&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=16&sll=33.686764,-117.855964&sspn=0.007677,0.013797&ie=UTF8&z=16
Quote from Bench Racing
January 1st 2010 The 7th Annual “Tour d’Orange”. Now an Southern California tradition for many and arguably the first car event of the New Year. Meet at the corner of Fisher and Redhill in Costa Mesa. Meet at 8:30 AM, maps at 8:45 AM, DEPART AT 9 AM. There is no formal notice besides this. All cars welcome. Please pass this notice to your respective car clubs and like minded enthusiasts.
Shots by Bench Racing last year
http://rides.webshots.com/album/569461336WLSVZi
My pics from last year
