Muscle Car 1000 selects Northern California adventure to benefit HeRO

The 4th annual “Muscle Car 1000” – the most luxurious collector car adventure in America – has chosen Northern California as its once-in-a-lifetime experience location. Approximately 40 muscle car owners will drive their vintage vehicles 1000 miles, over 5 days, from San Francisco through Yosemite, Tahoe, Sacramento, Napa – for drag racing on Infineon Raceway (Sears Point) – and Half Moon Bay. Half of the proceeds are donated to Hunger Relief Organization (“HeRO”,) a charity whose goal is to end world hunger. Ticket prices for this journey are $6,450.

“About 50% of the experience is the thrill of getting on the road, and on the track, with 40 other fellow muscle car nuts,” says Muscle Car 1000 founder, Chris Hoskins. “But the other 50% is about what happens out of the cars – access to unique venues, winemaker dinners every night, seeing your car on display. Muscle Car 1000 combines raw automotive excitement with luxurious living.”

Muscle Car 1000 defines eligible cars as: 1964-1973 American Muscle Cars (think GTO, Roadrunner, Barracuda); 1955-1973 Corvettes; and 1962-1967 Cobras. Not seen as symbols of luxe living when they were new, vintage muscle cars fetch a pretty penny from collectors, such as Hoskins himself.

“I created Muscle Car 1000 because there was nothing like it – a really fun car rally that caters to the upscale lifestyle. That last part was my wife’s idea, and it was a good one!”

Not only does Chris donate half of the prodceeds to HeRo, but he is the founder of HeRO, a wonderful organization to feed the hungry. Thanks to Muscle Car 1000, that goal is on its way to being realized. Last year, HeRO opened 7 feeding centers and 1 infant malnutrition center, all in Honduras. Hoskins plans to use money from Muscle Car 1000 to open additional feeding centers.

He notes, “Muscle Car 1000 is making a real difference in one of the world’s poorest countries.”

This year’s Muscle Car Itinerary (October 5-9, 2008) is as follows:

Day One: Cars on red-carpet “concors d’elegance” display at Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco; harbor cruise dinner

Day Two: Police escort Muscle Car 1000 caravan through San Francisco; drive to Yosemite; alfresco dining at historic Awani Hotel

Day Three: Drive backroads to Lake Tahoe; stay at Squaw Valley Resort; dinner by the waterfalls

Day Four: Drive to Sacramento – lunch on the Capitol (potential Governor visit); on to Napa, dinner at Stag’s Leap cave

Day Five: Drive to Sears Point for drag racing and lunch at Infineon Raceway; on to Half Moon Bay for closing night ceremony at Ritz-Carlton

To participate: Muscle Car 1000 is so popular with participants from the previous four years that only a few spots remain. So if you have an eligible Muscle Car and are interested in learning more or signing up, just go to MuscleCar1000.com.

The entry fee, which covers participant plus a guest (riding in the same car), includes all event-related hotel stays and meals. Gas is on you, as is getting your car to the kick off location (San Francisco), and home from the final destination (Half Moon Bay).

ABOUT MUSCLE CAR 1000
Chris Hoskins founded Muscle Car 1000 in 2003, and as the name implies, it is a rally whereby muscle cars drive 1000 miles. Unique to Muscle Car 1000: the rally combines powerful muscle car driving with premium living, to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Hoskins, who also founded Hunger Relief Organization (HeRO), a charity whose mission is to end world hunger, gives 50% of the proceeds to HeRO. Any donations go 100% to HeRO. In 2007, HeRO opened 7 feeding centers and 1 infant malnutrition center in Honduras.

Chris Hoskins – Profile
Chris Hoskins was born and raised in Orange County, California. In 1972, at the tender age of six, his grandfather, Edward Hanlon, took him for a ride in his 1965 Pontiac GTO. As they pulled out onto Harbor Boulevard, Grandpa Hanlon mashed his foot into the accelerator. In that moment, as the delightful scent of gasoline fumes wafted up through the cockpit, Chris was baptized into The Muscle Car Generation. Today, Chris is Chairman of the Muscle Car 1000, the most luxurious collector car adventure in America.

In 1984, as a freshman at Cal State Fullerton, Chris began his real estate career by persuading a dozen fraternity brothers to invest in an old, beat-up, 6-unit apartment building. Today, he owns and manages a $45,000,000 real estate portfolio that includes apartment communities, business parks, retail properties, wineries and light industrial (self storage) properties throughout the western United States.

As a graduation present to himself in 1990, Chris joined a mountaineering expedition to the Himalayas. That experience, and other adventures through developing countries, inspired Chris to found HeRO (The Hunger Relief Organization), a 501(c)(3) non-profit company committed to ending world hunger by coordinating the efforts of other non-profit associations. It is Chris’ belief that through Public Awareness and Transparent Accountability, we can end world hunger in our lifetime. HeRO currently feeds and educates over 1150 children through seven (7) feeding centers in Central America.In 1998, Chris began writing an entertaining golf guide called Point Your Johnson at the Ball – Simple Steps to Better Golf. The primary goal was to create a lighthearted “How To” manual that was both amusing and informative. As a result, Point Your Johnson at the Ball – Simple Steps to Better Golf is filled with techniques that are fun, creative and often outrageous. Look for it in stores in early 2009.

After a wine tasting trip to Napa Valley in 2000, Chris developed a unique business model to process grapes and store wine barrels for small wine makers. Today he owns “The Crush @ Paso” in Paso Robles, CA and “Napa Custom Crush” in Napa Valley, CA.

In 2003, Chris graduated from the Orange County Sheriff Department Reserve Academy and became a sworn peace officer. He is currently an active member of the Search & Rescue unit and the Harbor Patrol unit.During a trip to Central America in 2006, Chris acquired a call center business that catered to Latino customers living the United States. Amplia International is currently headquartered in Costa Rica, and serves over 50,000 customers throughout the US. Today, Chris lives in Newport Beach, California with his wife Michelle, and their sons Michael, Jon and Daniel.