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  1. July 29th, 2012 03:59 PM #11
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    This is from KJ's FB page on Thursday.....

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    "Days go by fast, flew into Sacramento on Tuesday morning, hit SanFrancisco yesterday with the kids, took them to a couple of places. Ate at Pietro's #1 on Cernon Street in Vacaville, CA -- Awesome food if you are in the area, stop by."
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  2. July 29th, 2012 04:16 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Liggett View Post
    I'll admit that I haven't watched NHRA on TV in a while, but today was watching a bit of the qualifying in Sonoma. I saw Pro Stock driver Kurt Johnson's ride sponsored by Pietro's #1. That is a family owned Italian restaurant in nearby Vacaville, CA.

    Is this something new these days? Or, has this been going on for a while.

    I also noticed the Professor Warren Johnson's car was unsponsored.
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  3. July 29th, 2012 06:17 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Monk View Post
    Vacaville, Ca...........where American Graffiti was shot?
    No. It was shot in Modesto, I think.
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  4. July 29th, 2012 06:17 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by slightlywickedchick View Post
    This is from KJ's FB page on Thursday.....

    Kurt Johnson
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    "Days go by fast, flew into Sacramento on Tuesday morning, hit SanFrancisco yesterday with the kids, took them to a couple of places. Ate at Pietro's #1 on Cernon Street in Vacaville, CA -- Awesome food if you are in the area, stop by."
    I agree that Pietro's has great food. Ate there when I lived in Vacaville.
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  5. July 29th, 2012 06:36 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Liggett View Post
    No. It was shot in Modesto, I think.
    It was about cruising McHenry Blvd in Modesto....it WAS filmed in Vacaville...
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  6. July 29th, 2012 08:36 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chassisman View Post
    It was about cruising McHenry Blvd in Modesto....it WAS filmed in Vacaville...
    I don't know where as the old part of downtown is like three blocks long.

    According to Wikipedia it was mostly shot up in Petaluma. Some shots were in Richmond, Novato, San Rafael, Sonoma and even on Van Ness in SF. No Vacaville. The high school sock hop was shot in Mill Valley. Funny how all those towns surround his current Skywalker Ranch HQ.
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  7. July 30th, 2012 03:05 PM #17
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  8. July 30th, 2012 04:09 PM #18
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    KJ isn't alone in getting local places to sponsor him. A LOT of teams run local sponsors per race, you just don't see the decals much among all the others. It is really common to see a local Holiday Inn, or other hotel. The Pedregons did it forever on the west coast with Vegas hotels as well.

    Of course the biggest "local" sponsor out there right now is the Mountain View Tire entry of Vincent Nobile. Mountain View Tire is a local Goodyear tire chain out here in my neighborhood. They compete with Discount Tire and America's Tire (same place, different states) as well as all the other tire chains. There are 30 or so locations. The Mitsos who own it are awesome. Totally nice normal people who live about 3 miles from us. Nick and his sons really run the business and you'll see them at different locations depending on when you go in.

    Not exactly the same as a small pizza joint, but still a local family owned business which is way cool.
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