Lots of Corvettes and Mustangs at Coffee and Cars this morning at JBA Performance Center in Kearny Mesa. Throw in a DB7, a BMW Z3 coupe, an immaculate first-gen Lightning, a Monster Miata and there was plenty to talk about and look at while munching on donuts and sipping a hot cup of Joe. It may seem crazy to watch the sunrise on a Sunday when you could be sleeping in, but where else can you share stories about running Mach 2 in an F4, spinning twice on the same day running over 200 mph at Bonneville, drag racing a split window against a 413 Dodge, a stuck throttle in a turbo Porsche and much more. Big thanks to all who attend and make Coffee and Cars cool. See you Sunday January 9th!

On Wednesday afternoon June 23rd JBA co-sponsored Dragster Nite at the Steakhouse Stake Out at Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse on Mission Gorge Road. Somehow we found a way to get out of moving our shop for a few hours to hang out with a bunch of drag racers. We brought down Fenn’s Vega drag car and Tucker’s old split window. The special guest was Don Prudhomme and he was as friendly as can be. He made a point of walking around the whole show and talking with folks, posing for pictures and signing autographs. Even though he’s earned superstar status in drag racing, at this show he was just another gearhead checking out the cars. One of the funny things he said about his driving career was “I’ve been on fire from here to New York .” See the attached pictures for more of the story. -bt