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The Southern AZ Panteras, and our sister club, the Fun Italian Automobiles of Tucson (FIAT) club have prepared this event listing for our members and friends.

2015 was a great year for us. We had a lot of fun, and held events monthly. We look forward to more excitement this year. Here is a link to last year's excitement and events...

Southern AZ Panteras 2015 "Year in Review"

Here is our list of events for 2016. We will be updating this thread with detail planning as we progress through the year. Also listed are also are some of the major events in the southern AZ area. Items in purple are the "Focus Events" that we are planning, or have done.

All events have been suggested by our members. We do have a couple of open events (listed as TBDs) and dates are subject to change.

We hope you all can participate - all are welcome to join us!

January;
09 - Cars & Coffee – La Encantada Mall Tucson, AZ
23 Track Day @ Arroyo Seco Raceway – Deming, NM
23 Il Giro di Phoenix - Phoenix AZ
29-30 Collector Car Show - Tubac, AZ

February;
13 - Cars & Coffee – La Encantada Mall Tucson, AZ, and then..
13 - Cruise to Casa Grande Ruins!
20 – SAACA Car Show – Oro Valley, AZ

March;
03-06 -- Midnight at the Oasis – Yuma, AZ
05 - '69 LeMans Viewing Party

08 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ
23 - NEW EVENT Shelby GT-350 Track Event! POCA MEMBERS ONLY!!!

26 - Cruise through Rio Rico, with the AZ Cobra Club!
26 -- Canyon Del Oro High School Car Show – Tucson, AZ

April;
12 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ
16 -- 32nd Annual SVCC Spring Car Show – Sierra Vista, AZ
16 -- 8th Annual DM50 Car & Classic Motorcycle Show - Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ
22-23 -- Alpine Up through Clifton & Back (overnight trip)

May;
10 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ
11-15 -- POCA Fun Rally – Las Vegas, NV
21 -- Spring Wine Country Cruise – Wilcox, AZ

June;
14 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ
11 -- Picnic Run to Parker – Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

July;
09 -- Mt Lemmon Run – Summerhaven, AZ
12 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ

August;
09 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ
20 -- Concourso Italiano – Monterey, CA
27 -- Antonio's Metal Craft Tour, Phoenix AZ

September;
03-06 -- SCCA Clifton Hill Climb – Clifton, AZ
13 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ
17 - Karts & Crafts on 17 September 2016
23-25 -- Run to Pines – Pinetop, AZ

October;
11 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ
15 -- Tucson Classics Car Show @ St. Gregory's – Tucson, AZ
AND tour of Vintage Exotics and Dinner at Barrio Brewery After the Show!

15 -- Cars in the Park – Sierra Vista, AZ

November;
08 – AZ POCA monthly meeting – Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Scottsdale, AZ
12 -- Crown Concepts Tour and Show – 3930 W. Costco Dr., Tucson AZ!
19 -- Fall Wine Country Cruise – Sonoita/Elgin, AZ!


December;
10 -– AZ POCA Christmas Party – Phoenix, AZ
17 -- Tucson Auto Museum, Lunch & 2017 Planning – Tucson, AZ
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January 29-30 Collector Car Show - Tubac, AZ


Our first big event. We have good support from the Phoenix AZ POCA - it's a "Big Time" slate of POCA leadership!

  • Bill W (AZ President)
  • Ken and Rosalie D
  • Richard K & G (AZ Treasurer)
  • Steve R.

    We had a nice turnout from our Phoenix members. And another fun event goes into the books!

    Here's a Link to the Event
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    Mark your calendars for our next event - a cruise up to Casa Grand Ruins in Coolidge on Saturday 13 February!

    We are hoping the Phoenix Crew may want to come down to join us for lunch and car display action, if you guys are up for a ride.

    Here's the outline of the event:

  • Meet up at the Tucson Cars & Coffee event. Plan to depart at approximately 10:30 AM.
  • Travel to I-10 via Ina Road.
  • Take I-10 north past Picacho Peak to AZ-87/AZ-287. (If there is interest in staying off the highway and taking the frontage roads instead we can certainly do that!)
  • Head north on AZ-287 into Coolidge and Casa Grand Ruins National Monument
  • Spend some time at the ruins. Note - there is a fee to access the ruins.
  • Re-gather and head into Florence for a bite to eat.
  • Return via AZ-79 to Oracle Junction and then AZ-77 through Oro Valley and into Tucson around 3:00 PM.
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    The Southern AZ Panteras, and the FIAT Club are hosting a run from Tucson (Vail) towards Nogales on Saturday, 26 March.

    Wives, and enthusiasts invited.

    Our BASIC route is shown in the picture below.

    • PLEASE RSVP BY 3/20 - It's Mandatory for this one!

    My plan is to coordinate a stop at Rick P.’s “Duval Body and Paint” in Green Valley, and see the progress he has made on his Group 4 Pantera conversion.

    After that, we just blast home.

    It will be a great trip. And you don’t have to bring your supercar if you don’t want, but it sure is a blast to drive them! The weather should be awesome!

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    A couple of my good friends have come together (in the perfect storm) to host a viewing party for the 1969 Lemans Race.

    As we all know, the GT-40s (under the guidance of John Wyer) finished 1969 as 1/3, with the winning car, piloted by Jackie Ickx / Jackie Oliver edging out the Porsche by ~100 meters.

    We will be chowing down on French cuisine, and listening to “behind the scenes commentary” by the guy who made it happen – the chief engineer of the Gulf Wyer racing team - John Horsman.

    Invitation Only.


    It will be super-awesome.

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    Thanks, Rick - we will be in touch, and we plan to stop by.

    EXCITING NEWS ON NOGALES RUN

    I just spoke with the Cobra Club president.

    The Cobra Club are planning a run from Tucson to Sonoita at the same time as our trip to Nogales!

    We are hoping to meet them and drive together to Sonoita.

    Here's one of the cars planning to go...

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    Final Plans...

    We have arrangements with the Mountain Hi Lodge on the east side of Alpine for Friday 22 April.

    Note: Picture Taken in the 50's!



    Meals:

    Friday Breakfast & Meet-Up - Vail Steak House Cafe & Diner (menu) on the I-10 frontage road in Vail, AZ (Breakfast @7AM, depart @8AM)

    Friday Lunch - Bring your own to have at a roadside table or pullout between Morenci and Hannagan Meadow.

    Friday Happy Hour & Dinner - Bring a hors d'oeuves to share and a side dish to share at dinner. We were discussing a Bar-B-Que (steaks or burgers) at the hotel

    Saturday Breakfast - Bear Wallow Cafe in Alpine, Arizona
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