Celebrating Black History Month With Motoring While Black

The question often arises: what do you like doing with your cars? What qualifies as a good “car day” for you? Are you into Club Racing? Do you like autocrossing? Are car meets your thing? Do you like wrenching in the garage? Do you like long drives through twisty roads? Or do you simply enjoy a quality, reliable, sporty car for your transportation needs? Host Rashod Bacon’s 1969 1600 is queued up for the start of the Black History Month Rally. All of those work for me, but, as Saturday approaches, I typically start to think of which car meets I’ll attend. That can be to see friends, see cars, get coffee and food (Hello, Good Time!), and sometimes buy stuff from vendors (I see you, DieCast Support Group). But this weekend, I appreciated another aspect of a car-derived activity—learning. I went on the Motoring While Black Black History Month Rally in downtown Los Angeles. Bacon having a blast in his BMW 1600. [Photo by Matt Schwartz.] The Motoring While Black brand is the brainchild of Rashod Bacon. I met Rashod through various car events and activities and admire his automotive and community-driven enthusiasm. He is a member of many...