No. 196,963 with a Bullet: Wheels of Change Motors to Hayward Historical Society

Posted 11-13-09. In the sales race between Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue and my Wheels of Change: From Zero to 600 MPH, The Amazing Story of California and the Automobile, the former vice presidential candidate is inching ahead. Her book is No.1 on Amazon, while mine is ranked 196,963. Nevertheless! Wheels of Change continues to motor along quite nicely, and last night close to 30 people in my old hometown of Hayward turned out for a scintillating talk and discussion about cars and car history at the Hayward Area Historical Society on Main Street. Here are some candids of people who attended, and remember to click the jump button to see all the pictures, particularly the last one:     

From left, Carl Steward, Mark Croghan, Joe Joseph, Kevin Nelson (some guys never grow up), and Max Lateiner

Diane Curry, archivist at the Hayward Area Historical Society who helped me with some of the research on Wheels of Change for the old, now long-gone racetracks, the Oakland Raceway and Oakland Stadium

Carl Blincoe

Hank Nelson tweaks the nose of Abe Lincoln, who sat stone-faced through my entire talk and never said a word, so he deserves what he gets.