With a full day of events planned from 10am to 10pm the late March weather was very unpredictable this weekend. The morning started off with snow on the ground, but by the time the gates opened the unpredictable weather gave us a clear blue sky. With the clear sky and the warm sun the line to get in was over 100 cars around 1:00.
We have confirmed the dates for our 2010 Drift Cross schedule. For the people not familiar with the RSW Drift Cross series, it is unlike anything we’ve seen in our area. We have one track that utilizes both autocross and road course types of driving simultaneously. This caters to both types of drivers who are used to driving tight, slower tracks as well drivers who are used to driving wider, faster courses. We will also be teaming up with the SCCA organization for a couple of our dates in June and August. The SCCA events will be a slower course with more cones to add more turns. They will provide a higher level of competition along with instruction for those who need it.
This is the most affordable way to get behind the wheel on the road course at Sandia Motorsports Park.
We dropped in for the annual Supernationals car show on the opening day. The Supernationals car show is New Mexico’s largest car show and 2010 is celebrating the 18th year.
After the action packed day of off road racing the final event was the truck class. With a 20 lap 2.5 mile course the whole city of Albuquerque ended up with a haze of dust.
The 2009 Subaru Rally Team USA Show-Car Program is making a pit stop at the Garcia Subaru dealership here in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 19th, 20th, and 21st. Head out to the dealership to take a close up look at what the Subaru Rally Team is all about and gets some hands on with a real rally car.
Garcia Subaru is located at 8100 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110. continue reading »
The 2nd Annual SWMS Monster Mash
We stopped in at the Southwest Motorsports(SWMS) event to see a few cars on the road course this weekend (October 29th-31st) at the Sandia Motor Speedway in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event was very successful and even the RSW member Carlos M. took home a first place trophy on his shifter kart. The SWMS organization is primarily vintage, but as you can see in the photos they have a wide range of vehicles that show up.
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We had the chance to stop by and take photos of the 250+ cars at the Hooters Halloween Show. With a record attendance for the 2009 season this event was packed. It was great to see a few cars from last weekends Hot Rod Rumble at Albuquerque Dragway. This event marks the last event of the 2009 Hooters show season.
Some video from a previous Thursday night RacingSouthwest.com meet. This is from 2007 at the Dion’s restaurant on Paseo/Wyoming.
Thanks to forum user Swirlone for recording this.
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Sandia BMW in Albuquerque, New Mexico sponsored one of the final SMRI weekends for 2009. The sold out event brought a BMW factory rider to unveil the new BMW S1000RR at Sandia Motorsports Park. The event had 75 participants ranging from first time riders to a very large expert group.
Our friends and local Albuquerque business would like to invite you to a celebration car show and BBQ to celebrate the one year anniversary of the store being open.
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