Motorsports week at the San Diego County Fair

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Courtesy: San Diego County Fair

What's Motorsports Week at the San Diego County Fair?

It's a whole lotta engines atop a whole lotta wheels burnin' a whole lotta fuel in the Chevrolet Del Mar Arena.

The fun starts with a Demolition Derby, and ends with Monster Trucks

In between there are car shows, with local clubs bringing out their finest steel, extreme sports types atop beach buggies, dirt bikes, off-road race trucks...bull riding....

Wait a minute, since when did bull riding become a motor sport?  

They riding a mechanical bull?

No?  

Real ones?

Anyway, it's all free with fair admission.

Take a look (All events at the Chevrolet Del Mar Arena unless otherwise noted):

Demolition Derby & VIP Derby

June 28-29

Entertainment photo hours:

1p.m.and 5 p.m.

Demolition Derby features Open and VIP classes of competition. In the Open class on June 28, participants compete in qualifying heats before getting into the main competition, Last driver remaining wins a cash prize. Rules and entry information at  www.wgasmotorsports.com | 858-755-1161.  VIP class on June 29 features pre-selected drivers. Lots of smashing and bashing involved, with drivers are left stranded when their cars will move no more.

More information: www.wgasmotorsports.com | 858-755-1161

Tuff Truck Racing    

June 30

Entertainment photo hours:

1 p.m. and 5  p.m.

Street trucks and all-out off-road race trucks compete on a track of bumps and jumps. Fastest time wins.

More information: www.wgasmotorsports.com | 858-755-1161

Beach Buggy Racing  

July 1

Entertainment photo Hours:

1  p.m. and 5  p.m.

Light, shiny and fast would be the best description for a  Professional drivers race beach buggies on bumpy, jumpy track.

More information:  www.wgasmotorsports.com | 858-755-1161

Extreme Sports (Bulls, FMX, Monster Trucks & Transformers)    

July 2

Entertainment photo hours:

1 p.m.and 5 p.m.

High-energy extreme action sports.

The show opens with Professional Bull Riding.  Metal Mulisha  riders Jimmy Fitzpatrick and Scotty Stephens perform Freestyle Moto X maneuvers and back flips on their 250cc motorcycles. Later, Transformers Galactron and Reptar take over the arena.

World Champion Freestyle Monster Truck the “Bounty Hunter” and the “Iron Outlaw” wrap things up with a simultaneous freestyle monster truck exhibition.More information: www.wgasmotorsports.com | 858-755-1161

Antique Car Races

July 3

Members of the Horseless Carriage Club, Model T Club and other antique-car enthusiasts get together for the 93rd annual Horseless Rodeo. A collection of historic automobiles, some 100 years old, gather for two hours of crank-start auto races and antique car games.

History in motion.More info: info@sdfair.com | 858-755-1161

Monster Trucks, Transformers & Trophy Cars 

July 3-5, 2009

Entertainment photo Hours:

1 p.m and 5 p.m

Really, really, really big trucks, really, really, really big jumps...Monster trucks return for traditional end-of-the-Fair shows. Transformers take a bow to deliver a message of peace to the children of earth.Free Style Moto X riders saddle up  their 250-cc motorcycles, reaching heights of up to 80 feet in the air from take-off ramp to  landing ramp. Stunts feature such names as the Kiss of Death, The Can Can, the Nak Nak, 306 Back Flips, the Rock Solid and (the proverbial) more.