It’s time to tune up your wine barrel race car and head to South Coast Winery January 17th for the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival barrel races. The new track through South Coast Winery offers a slight downhill curve, and a few twists and turns that will make the races exciting.
These are people-power race cars where one person drives and the other pushes or pulls the vehicle. Race cars come in all shapes and sizes. Motorcycles, chariots, airplanes and ambulances have raced previously. Prizes will be awarded for both looks (show offs) and speed (serious racers). All barrel racers will receive a pair of one-day Festival tickets. The top three show offs and top three serious racers will receive a pair of weekend combo tickets and an early bird campsite code to pre-register for either a full hook-up or dry campsite at the Festival. This is ahead of the mass registration on March 1, 2016. Winners are responsible for full payment of the campsite.
Race car registration can be found on the Festival website at www.tvbwf.com or at the Festival office, 41755 Rider Way, Temecula.
Spectators can watch the races free, Sunday, January 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will also be a meet and greet with the race car drivers and engines after the races in the courtyard at South Coast Winery.