Pod Rods - Amelia Island Concours news, a winning classic motorcycle and a ... - Florida Times-Union
This weekend’s Pod Rods checks in on a local classic motorcycle team, a very big local concours, and fuel-sipping news about the Hellcat. Augustine resident Norm Nelson and the Jacksonville Historic Motorcycle Society’s 1928 BMW R-52 motorcycle took a run down the famed Bonneville Salt Flats as the Cannonball Motorcycle Endurance Run across America heads toward the final stop on... But part of HMS Team 23’s Thursday stop in Elko Nevada was interrupted by a huge thunderstorm that didn’t damage the vintage motorcycle. “The day started with a small climb out of Elko, nothing our machine couldn’t manage, and nothing compared to the Rocky Mountains several days ago. More good news – as of late Thursday, Nelson and “Schatzi II” are in second place behind Hans Coertse’s 1924 Indian Scout, after starting out against more than 100 classic motorcycles in the competition. -- More than 400 classic, hot rod and specialty cars and trucks and an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 fans flocked to Saturday’s First Coast Car Council “Cruisin’ to the Creek” Car Show and Community Festival at Trout Creek Fish Camp on Florida 13 in... The car council’s 28th annual fall show raised an estimated $18,000 for its charity, The Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville. The Ronald McDonald House Choice Award was Bill Soman’s 1954 Chevrolet Corvette, while the annual Times-Union Award went to Fred Losco’s two-tone. Source: jacksonville.com
