California Festival of Speed set for this weekend at Fontana

What has become one of the most anticipated special car weekends of the year, the California Festival of Speed is set to once again take over Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on April 11-12.

The annual event is a two-day, total immersion experience for fans of great road cars with Saturday given over to the wonderful world of Porsche automobiles and Sunday's agenda's set to celebrate the full range of euro/supercars in all of their power-packed glory. More than  10,000 fans visited the event last year and the organizers feel that the crowd will double for this year's Festival of Speed.

"The word is out," said event manager Martin Lipp. "This event presents a full weekend of two of the best car days ever, with more attractions, more variety, and more of the people who really know these wonderful machines."

Porsche of San Diego is the title sponsor for this year's event, "We're very excited to be involved with this great event," said Joe Allis, president of the dealership located near Highway 15 in Mira Mesa. "We've seen this weekend grow in attendance and prestige and we're very much looking forward to this year's show."

Saturday's menu will include an incredible array of Porsche-centric attractions like Porsche new car test drives, a Pirelli GT3 Cup race, special parking "corrals" for each of the various Porsche models, a Porsche swap meet, a concours d'elegance, the chance to take some exciting parade laps right on the Speedway, a wide-ranging vendor's row with over 50 companies displaying, the latest electronic driving simulators, and a special preview of the new Porsche Experience Center now being built by the manufacturer in Carson, Calif.

On Sunday, April 12, all the of above Porsche attractions will all be there and the Festival will add what has become the largest super car event in the Southwest. Sponsored by HRE Wheels, over 1000 exotic Eurocars are expected to roll in to Fontana from all points of the compass. Internet Brands will sponsor special club corrals for marques like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Jaguar, Ferrari, Maserati, Maybach, Bentley, Lamborghini, Corvette, McLaren, Aston Martin and many more.

Sunday's Eurocar swap meet will be of special interest to fans and aficionados alike. There's really nothing like a stroll by table after table of glittering parts and pieces of some incredible machines, all laid out, each with an interesting story (and maybe a bargain price) behind every one.

The 2015 California Festival of Speed at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana is two full days of exotic automotive excitement and entertainment...a multi-faceted attraction that has something for everyone who loves stirring motorcars.

There's no admission charge for either day of the 2015 California Festival of Speed and parking is $10 per car (the parking ticket is good for both days).

Visit www.calfestival.org for more information