MACUNGIE, Pa. — More than 1,500 hot rods, antique and classic cars are filling Memorial Park in Macungie for the 47th Wheels of Time, bringing car enthusiasts and families together.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s part of American heritage… car culture started in America and spread throughout the world,\u201d said Former Wheels of Time President Ken Martin.<\/p>\n
Among this year’s attractions is a piece of Hollywood history: The car driven by Vin Diesel in the first Fast & Furious movie.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was the famous race at the end with the train tracks coming through and that’s pretty much its fame,\u201d said John Sbrigato, who owns the car.<\/p>\n
Fans also had the opportunity to meet actor Luis Da Silva, who played Diogo in the Fast & Furious franchise.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing everyone and their passion for their cars is what keeps our community thriving,\u201d Da Silva said.<\/p>\n
Steve Darnell of Vegas Rat Rods was also there to meet fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cComing from Vegas, Southern California, where there’s a lot of custom cars. Lots of car culture over there; it’s unbelievable, but it’s a real eye-opener to sit on this side of the country because these guys are not a joke,\u201d Darnell said.<\/p>\n
Organizers say the event is about more than the cars. They describe the community as a family and a brotherhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the participants has told me that this is a brotherhood. We do things together, we all get along,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n
Along with the cars, the three-day event features music, crafts and other activities aimed at making the show a family-friendly experience.<\/p>\n
And the event also gives back to the community. Organizers say they have donated more than $1 million to charities throughout the Lehigh Valley over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MACUNGIE, Pa. — More than 1,500 hot rods, antique and classic cars are filling Memorial Park in Macungie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,805],"class_list":["post-275040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-lehighvalley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}