Car Enthusiasts
The Car Enthusiast group meets to discuss past and present changes to automotive styles, features, and advancements. We also take Rally Drives, have Poker Runs, and just enjoy each other’s love for automotive history. Our events also include local trips to car shows and other automotive related venues.
We meet in at Round Table Clubhouse Pizza, 2960 Treat Blvd. Concord, CA (corner of Treat and Oak Grove) @ 1:00 PM. Arrive a little early to get your food and drink ordered prior to the meeting. Meetings last about an hour. Come join us and see what Car Enthusiasts is all about.
Round Table Pizza Meeting Room
2960 Treat Blvd.
Concord, CA
Chairman: Chick Lowry
Clowry2845@gmail.com
925-932-4886
Asst. Chairman: Tom Hodgson
tomehodgson1945@gmail.com
925-818-1533
Scroll down to see event schedules, reports and photos:
March 2026
Car Enthusiasts have had some disappointing results in trying to execute our CE outings this year. Personal scheduling in January, the bad weather conditions for a drive to Sacramento in February and the unavailability of a venue to allow us to visit a great car collection in March, have made getting started difficult.
Well, it’s time to have some FUN. The 2026 CE Poker Run will take place on Saturday, April 11th. We will start at NOON this year from the south end of the Sun Valley parking lot in Concord. An automotive theme quiz will provide some interest as we gather to begin the event.
Fourteen CE members have shown interest in participating in this year’s event. Most participants will be Co-Ed bringing spouses, or friends along to help with navigation. Singles can also play the game, but you will need to behave safely with your phone.
A $5 entry fee will create the POT and awards will be made for the most correct QUIZ ANSWERS and the BEST 5 Card Poker Hand during a lunch following your checkpoint visits. You will be provided a clue to find the 1st, of 8 checkpoint locations, and after locating it, answering an automotive based question, you will draw a card from the deck to create your 5-card poker hand. You will then receive the clue for the next checkpoint. You must obtain all 8 cards to be eligible to win the poker hand. Quiz awards are open to all attendees who play that game. The clue received at the 7th stop will direct you to the luncheon location to collect your 8th card, awards and some social time with fellow CE members, significant others and guests. Definitely a Co-Ed event.
The event should conclude by about 4:30 PM. The route this year utilizes local parks as you decipher clues to find the checkpoints. Not a difficult task, as Google is always there to help you have some fun. Come have a good time with your fellow CE members and friends. If you get lost, there will be a phone number to call for help.
Please respond quickly so reservations can be made for lunch and to allow me to create all the materials required to make it happen.
Happy Motoring…
The next CE meeting will be Tuesday, April 7th, at 1 PM. We will meet in at Round Table Clubhouse Pizza, 2960 Treat Blvd. Concord, CA (corner of Treat and Oak Grove). Arrive a little early to get your food and drink ordered prior to the meeting. Meetings last about an hour. Come join us and see what Car Enthusiasts is all about.
If interested in joining the Car Enthusiasts Activity, please contact Chick or Tom as noted below.
Activity Chair – Chick Lowry – Clowry2845@gmail.com
Assistant Chair -Tom Hodgson – tomehodgson1945@gmail.com
February 2026
Car Enthusiasts are having a tough time getting things rolling for 2026. Meetings are moving forward well but our outings and events are having a tough time with member schedules not synchronizing with scheduled events and unfavorable weather, causing us to cancel them due to unsafe driving conditions. We old guys need to behave safely. Our February trip to Sacramento will need to reschedule for sometime in the future.
March should get back on schedule with two opportunities. One to visit a private Car Collection on Wednesday, 3/18, located in San Pablo or a visit to the California Historical Radio Society Museum on Saturday, 3/21 in Alameda. Our group will decide on which one at our March meeting. Both are great selections.
The annual Poker Run as moved to Saturday, April 11th with a later-in-the-day start time of noon. It will find an approximately 2-hour path through the local area as usual, ending at a local restaurant (you’ll need to make the run to get the clue as to where it is located), where good food and drink will be accompanied with awards for the best poker hand and bragging rights for quiz participants. Come join us in the fun. Contact Tom or myself to be included. A $5 entry fee funds the prize winners.
The next CE meeting will be Tuesday, March 3rd, at 1:00 PM. We will meet at the Round Table Clubhouse Pizza, 2960 Treat Blvd, Concord, CA (corner of Treat and Oak Grove). Arrive a little early to get your food and drink ordered prior to the meeting. Meetings last about an hour. Come join us and see what Car enthusiasts is all about. If interested in joining the CE Activity, please contact Chick or Tom as noted below.
Activity Chair – Chick Lowry – Clowry2845@gmail.com
Assistant Chair – Tom Hodgson – tomehodgson1945@gmail.com
January 2026
Work continues on the 2026 Car Enthusiasts Event Schedule. We have many ideas and a survey of the monthly possibilities are being evaluated. We will again have the Annual Poker Run, at least two Rally Drives and are looking for another Travel Venue to visit. Selections for each month will be determined by our February meeting date.
January slipped away due to full CE member schedules. We had planned to visit the Silicon Valley Auto Show. Too few participants made cancellation of the event necessary.
Check out future newsletters for event venues you might want to join in the fun.
The next CE meeting will be Tuesday, February 3rd, at 1 PM. We will meet at Round Table Clubhouse Pizza, 2960 Treat Blvd. Concord, CA (corner of Treat and Oak Grove). Arrive a little early to get your food and drink ordered prior to the meeting. Meetings last about an hour. Come join us and see what Car Enthusiasts is all about.
If interested in joining the Car Enthusiasts Activity, please contact Chick or Tom as noted below.
Activity Chair – Chick Lowry – Clowry2845@gmail.com
Assistant Chair -Tom Hodgson – tomehodgson1945@gmail.com
December 2025
Fourteen Car Enthusiasts and guests attended the Branch 8 “Winter Gala” Holiday celebration. This was the 1st year we required two tables to seat our members. The event was special this year as the Branch change the format up making it a dinner rather than a mid-day luncheon. One of our two tables managed to win a couple of raffle items. Our folks had a really good time.
Planning is underway for 2026 events. A note has gone out asking members to save Friday, January 9 to attend the Silicon Valley Auto Show at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The event runs from 10 AM to 8 PM but we will be visiting from +/- 11 AM to about 3 PM including a late lunch at a local restaurant. Full details will be provided at our 1sy monthly meeting. Plug the date into your calendars now. Entry cost is $14 per person. Carpooling will be available.
Our January meeting will also be the planning meeting for the remainder of 2026 so please plan to attend.
The next CE meeting will be Tuesday, January 6th, at 1 PM. We will meet in at Round Table Clubhouse Pizza, 2960 Treat Blvd. Concord, CA (corner of Treat and Oak Grove). Arrive a little early to get your food and drink ordered prior to the meeting. Meetings last about an hour. Come join us and see what Car Enthusiasts is all about.
If interested in joining the Car Enthusiasts Activity, please contact Chick or Tom as noted below.
November 2025
Nineteen Car Enthusiasts and guests took an excellent Rally Drive on October 30th taking us through the back levee roads of the delta, visiting the peat farmlands, and crossing the Sacramento River and Steamboat Slough via auto ferry’s enroot to the Historic Town of Locke. We lunched at Al the Wop’s famous restaurant enjoying each other’s company. When you completely take over a restaurant it takes a couple of hours to get everyone fed. After lunch each member was on their own to drive home and rejoin the urban interface once again. Everyone had a terrific outing. There will be more of these drives next year. Watch for them and come along.
At the November CE meeting we got a start on the event planning for next year. We will include the annual events like an international auto show, rally drives, the poker run, the local car shows and at least one traveling event with an overnight stay or two. I will have an event schedule prepared for approval by the January meeting.
Our CE dinner for 2025 failed to find the minimum number of members required to have a catered event at the Parkview Clubhouse as we did last year. Member schedules just couldn’t find a date/time where we could all gather together. Instead, we will meet at Tom and Connie Hodgson’s home on Thursday, December 4th for drinks of choice and hors d’oeuvre to share with the group and celebrate the 2025 Car Enthusiasts Activity.
Sixteen CE members and guests will attend the Branch “Winter Gala” on Monday, December 8th. This is the first year we will require 2 tables to seat our group. All are looking forward to an enjoyable evening together. See ya there.
The CE group wishes you all a Merry Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!
Twenty-six will be Car Enthusiasts Activity 11th year together, a new decade ahead to have fun.
THERE WILL BE NO CE MEETING IN DECEMBER.
The next CE meeting will be Tuesday, January 6th, at 1 PM. We will meet in at Round Table Clubhouse Pizza, 2960 Treat Blvd. Concord, CA (corner of Treat and Oak Grove). Arrive a little early to get your food and drink ordered prior to the meeting. Meetings last about an hour. Come join us and see what Car Enthusiasts is all about.
If interested in joining the Car Enthusiasts Activity, please contact Chick or Tom as noted below.
Activity Chair – Chick Lowry – Clowry2845@gmail.com
Assistant Chair -Tom Hodgson – tomehodgson1945@gmail.com
Event photos:
Annual Poker Run on July 2025
Calaveras Trip – August 2024
Last updated0 3/25/2026 by MLF
