Central Ohio Car Shows, Cruise-Ins, and Meet-ups for September 18 – 24, 2023

Monday (September 18):

• Southside Diner's Monthly Cruise-In - Mt. Vernon

Tuesday (September 19):

• No Events Found

Wednesday (September 20):

• Columbus Cafe Racers - Columbus
• Picktown Midweek Car Meet & Cruise-In - Pickerington
• Wednesday Night Cruise-In - Westerville

Thursday (September 21):

• Leon's Garage Bike Night - Marysville
• Jeep Night at Dalton Union - Marysville
• Der Dutchman Weekly Cruise-In - Plain City
• Lions & Cruisers - Springfield

Friday (September 22):

• Car Guys Sonic Friday Nights - Heath

Saturday (September 23):

• Chubby Hawaiian Grill Car, Truck, & Bike Show - Baltimore
• Kickstands & Coffee Saturday Meet Up - Columbus
• Still Electric Mods, Rods, & Classics - Columbus
• Burnzies Green Gable Cruise-In (2-6 PM) - Columbus
• Auto Smarts Radio Cruise & Ride: Columbus Auto Resale - Columbus
• Ed Anderson AMC Meet - Columbus
• Sons of the American Legion Car Show - Lancaster
• Red Brick Tavern Cars & Coffee - London
• MMC's Last Big Event of the Year - Marysville
• Urban Pineapple Car Show - Mt Sterling
• Columbus Cars & Coffee Meet at Esoteric - New Albany
• Mad River Armory & Range Cruise-In - Springfield
• Champaign County Pilots Assoc Car Show - Urbana
• John Hinderer Ford Car Meet - Washington CH
• Festival to End Poverty Car and Motorcycle Show - Westerville
• Cars & Coffee w/ Jake from State Farm - Westerville

Sunday (September 24):

• All Oldsmobile Car Show & Swap Meet - Columbus
• Cold Stone Creamery Cars and Cones - Columbus
• Shamrock Club Classic Car & Bike Show - Columbus
• 2023 FC Fall Cruise-In - Lancaster
• Last Sunday Bike, Truck & Car Cruise-In - Marengo
• North Hills Church of God Car Show - Springfield
• Sunbury Lions Club Country Cruise-In - Sunbury
• CC&C at Starbucks - Westerville
• James Miller Memorial Car Show - Wilmington

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NEWS AND NOTES

For those who may not know, George Burton passed away on September 6th. You may recognize him by his yellow Chevy SSR. He participated in lots of car shows around the area. George will be missed.

Der Dutchman Cruise-In:

The Der Dutchman Cruise-In was back in the 300s on Thursday evening. Attendance hit 330 cars to be exact.

On Saturday morning, attendance at the Coffee and Donuts Cruise-In broke the 100 mark.

When you allow yourself one cream-filled Long John donut per year, man do they taste extra good!

While the Coffee and Donuts cruise-in was going on, the C10 Club Ohio was having breakfast in the restaurant before embarking on its historic bridge cruise.

I managed to catch some of the C10s before they left the restaurant. Looked like they had a pretty good turnout for the cruise.

NAPA Friday Night Cruise-In:

Thanks to great weather, the Cruise-In at the NAPA store in Hilliard, Ohio had 60-plus cars roll through Friday evening.

The cars in attendance were a nice mix of classics, modern muscle, and imports.

I can't think of too many better ways to spend a Friday evening than hanging out with your car buddies.

Farrow's Hot Rods & Handlebars:

It was a wild scene Saturday evening at Farrow Harley-Davidson in Sunbury, Ohio. The Harley-Davidson dealership hosted its second Hot Rods and Handlebars event this season.

The band Phoenix Rising entertained the crowd with classic rock during the evening.

Food and refreshments were available from four food trucks located to the left of the stage. Plus there was a beer garden for adult beverages.

I can't give an exact number of cars and motorcycles that were in attendance since the window placards were not numbered. My best guess on the cars was somewhere around 130 to 150. All I can say about the number of motorcycles is there was a boatload of them.

If you wanted your motorcycle judged, there was a specified area you needed to park and register it. As for the cars, I have no idea how they judged them. The show officially started at 4 PM and all judging had to be completed by 5:30 PM. I spoke with someone who was at the show and he saw three people he assumed were judges doing a pretty fast walk by each car.

If your car was selected as a finalist for an award, this placard was placed on the windshield.

There were four awards for the motorcycles, 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, and Best of Show. There were a total of 10 awards for the cars. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for classic cars, modern cars (2000 and up), and Rabid's Choice plus a Best of Show

The Motorcycle Division winners:

The Car Division Winners:

Motts Military "Driving for Daisy" Car Show:

Dan "Boots" Longenette and the Auto Smarts Radio Team were in Groveport, Ohio on Saturday hosting the annual car show at Motts Military Museum.

The show had over 100 cars in attendance.

Dale Pearce's 1950 Chevy 3100 pickup received the Manager's Pick.

Honor Flight's Pick went to Frank Deering and his 2000 Corvette.

Best of Show went to the 1969 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi owned by Jim Bickel.

First Church of God Fish Fry and Car Show:

The First Church of God in Circleville, Ohio hosted its annual Fish Fry and Car Show on Saturday. From what I understand, the fish sandwiches are pretty darn tasty.

This year the show registered 68 cars. There were 29 trophies presented at the end of the show. These included Top 20, Pastor's Choice, Roger Fortner Memorial, Six Top Class (Chevy, Ford, Dodge, etc.), and Best of Show.

Here are the Top three award winners:

• Roger Fortner Memorial - 1967 Chevy Camaro - Owner: Leonard Cross or Croft
• Pastor's Choice - 2016 Ford Mustang GT 350 - Owner: Will Patterson
• Best of Show - 1950 Chevy Pickup - Owner: Charlie Benson

Here are some of the cars from the show:

Speak for the Unspoken Car Show:

The Mustang Club of Ohio hosted its second Speak for the Unspoken Car Show on Sunday. The show took place in Hilliard, Ohio.

Proceeds from the show went to Speak for the Unspoken which is a foster-based rescue group for dogs with special needs.

Once the roads dried from some early morning showers, the show registered around 160 vehicles.

One of the vehicles that registered was the 1985 Chevy Astro Van named Blastro. Built with a supercharged big block Chevy engine rated at 2000 HP, the owner claims it to be the fastest van in the world.

At around 2 PM, everyone in attendance got a chance to hear what a 2000 HP supercharged Chevy big block sounds like.

The Mustang Club of Ohio presented trophies to the "Top 40" along with 14 "Special" awards, a Runner-Up Best of Show, and a Best of Show.

Here are the "Special" award winners:

Runner-Up Best of Show went to Dan Gifford with a 1972 Oldsmobile 442 convertible.

Pete Lieb's 1962 Chevy Bel Air 409 received the Best of Show award.

Millersport Lions Club Car, Truck, & Bike Show:

The Millersport, Ohio Lions Club with the help of the Crossroads Events crew hosted a car, truck, and bike show on Sunday.

This show's "Spotlight" winner was Rick and Danielle Grogan and their 1936 Plymouth Coupe Hot Rod.

Nick Bradley's 1966 Dodge Coronet which was owned by his father and sat in a barn for 23 years received the Larry Bickers Daily Driver award.

The Best in Show winner was Jeff Wickham with his 1971 Chevy Monte Carlo SS.

Other Area Shows:

• Coughlin Chevrolet in Pataskala, Ohio held its 16th Annual Car Show on Saturday. The show had 312+ cars in attendance. Lots of Corvettes. The show included free registration, free t-shirts, and a free lunch of hot dogs and chips. Coughlin presented awards to the Top 100 cars. There was no best-of-show award.
• The Mid Ohio Cruisers Car Club hosted its September car show at the Burger King in Marysville, Ohio on Saturday evening. There were around 50 cars in attendance. Our friend, Kenny G., picked up a "Favorite 15" award for his 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat.

• Despite some early morning rain, the Toy Barn in Dublin, Ohio had another packed house of cars and spectators for its fall car show on Sunday morning.

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That's it for this week's News and Notes.

A big thanks to the following people for sending photos and info about this past week's events:

• Jeff Shankle
• Dave Bratton
• Dale Pearce
• Craig Grunkemeyer
• Frank Russel
• Kenny G.
• Tim Davidheiser

I hope everyone has a good week! Stay safe. Look for a new list of Central Ohio car events and a News and Notes report next Monday.