Off-Road Desert Racing Roars into Balboa Park

 

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Automotive Museum presents Dune Buggies and Desert

 

Racing from now through July 24, 2006. 

 

The rugged and untamed terrain of the desert is the backdrop for the history of

 

some of the most challenging automotive triumphs of the century.  This exhibit features

 

vehicles and motorcycles owned by several of the desert racing giants from the San

 

Diego area, including Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, Corky McMillin, Joe Crawford, Greg

 

MacDonald, and Bruce Meyers, a renowned boat builder who used his skills to create the

 

first fiberglass dune buggy (which is on display).  The show also features memorabilia

 

and other items and artifacts pertaining to the sport.

 

            The San Diego Automotive Museum is open 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily (the last

 

admission is 4:30 PM).  Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (65 and over), $6 active duty

 

military with ID, $3 children ages 6 – 15.  Children under the age of 6 are admitted free of

 

charge. 

 

       

The museum is located at 2080 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park.  Phone (619) 231-

 

AUTO (2886).  Website is www.sdautomuseum.org .

           

The San Diego Automotive Museum is funded, in part, by the City of San Diego

 

Commission for Arts and Culture.