Photo taken by Tinou Bao

The North Bay has a lot to offer car aficionados – both young and old – whether you’re into cheering from the stands, taking hairpin turns on your own, or just admiring new and vintage vehicles.

In Sonoma County, the Infineon Raceway is home to an amazing motor-sports industrial park of more than 65 businesses, including car preparation and restoration and vintage car storage, not to mention the nearly 340 days of high-speed racing a year. And for those who want to take part in the action themselves at Infineon, there’s the Jim Russell Kart Racing and Driving School. Kart racing is open to kids 8 and up while the school is open to drivers 14 and older (Highway Survival courses are offered for teens and adults).

Driven Raceway, also in Sonoma County, in Rohnert Park, is great for indoor Kart Racing. This is an ideal place to take the family, whether it’s a rainy day, or hot, hot, hot outside. With both kids and adult Karts available, everyone can have fun. If you really get into it, you can even race in their leagues. And if the kids get bored of Dad’s need for speed, there is an arcade, a mini-bowling alley, and even black-light mini golf.

Several towns in the North Bay also host classic car parades or car shows, including the Marin Sonoma Concours d’Elegance, the Tiburon Classic car show and Corvettes at the Castle in Kenwood.

Are you a car or racing fan? What’s your favorite event?

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Posted by:  Frank Howard Allen Realtors