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Published on Leave a comment on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events for September 21 – 27
  • 1959 Corvette
    Owner: Unkown

Here are the Central Ohio car events for the last full week of September.

News and Notes:

I participated in my first "Judged" show of the year yesterday at The Point on Main restaurant. The show, hosted by the C-Town Cruisers, registered 70 cars. Best of Show honors went to Dennis Miller and his 1937 Chevy Sedan.

Dan "Boots" Longenette and the Auto Smarts Radio crew entertained a packed house on Saturday at the Columbus Auto Resale lot in Grove City. The show registered 112 vehicles. This 1946 Ford Coupe belonging to Bob Kirst took Best of Show.

This week will mark the last cruise-ins of the season for Der Dutchman, Southside Diner, Crosstown Creamery, and Grace Chapel Church.

Events are still "trickling" in for the last two months of the season. Check out the Save the Dates for 2020 page for a list of shows and cruise-ins through the end of the year.

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Published on 2 Comments on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events for September 14 – 20
  • 1953 Ford Sunliner Convertible
    Owner: Tom Lamb

Here are this week's Central Ohio car events. Saturday has a big lineup to choose from.

News and Notes:

Last week the Ohio Department of Health told Der Dutchman it had to cancel its weekly cruise-in. Despite the notice, 304 cars showed up last Thursday. Just like last week, there will be additional restaurant parking at the farm and food available. There will again be no registration or door prizes at the end of the evening.

UPDATE: Just received a text from Wayne Nisly. The health inspector was at Der Dutchman today. He gave the okay to register cars, serve food, and give out door prizes.

Congrats to Chris Kraner and his 1970 Ford Torino GT for taking Best of Show at the Auto Smarts Radio Ten Pin Alley show in Hilliard on Saturday.

On Friday evening, the Advance Auto Parts/Creative Towing show in Marysville raised $140 for the Milford Center Food Pantry. This month's award winners were Bill Mullins with a 1934 Ford Coupe, Glen Frisby with a 1955 Chevy, and Bob Roush with a 1967 Mercury Cougar.

I'm still updating the Save the Dates for 2020 page. Check out this page for a complete list of car events through the end of the season.

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Published on 7 Comments on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events for September 8 – 13
  • 1951 Chevy Suburban
    Owner: Steve Beals

Here are this week's Central Ohio car events.

News and Notes:

Not only is the Der Dutchman Cruise-In setting big attendance records this summer, but so is Columbus Cars & Coffee at Lennox Town Center. They are reporting on their Facebook page that more than 500 cars turned out this past Saturday morning!

Speaking of big attendance, Big Dawg and the C-Town Cruisers had 190 cars show up for their Labor Day car meet at the American Legion Southway Post 144 in Columbus. Our very good friend, Russ Annis, and his 1967 Chevy Chevelle SS took Best of Show honors.

The Performance Classic Car Show Cruise-in scheduled for October 11th in Delaware, Ohio did not receive approval from the Delaware County Board of Health to hold the event so it has been canceled.

I reported last week that the Empty Pocket Cruiser's Trunk or Treat show had been canceled because the Hilliard Presbyterian Church decided not to host the show due to Covid-19. Well, this week the City of Hilliard has decided Trick or Treating is okay so the Church has changed its mind and will host the show. Everyone will have to wear masks and gloves and pass out candy directly to the children per the Hilliard trick or treat mandate.

I'm still updating the Save the Dates for 2020 page. Check out this page for a complete list of events through the end of the season.

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Published on 5 Comments on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events for August 31 Through September 7
  • 1956 Mercury Medalist
    Owner: Marvin Sayler

Here are the Central Ohio car events for the first week of September including Labor day.

News and Notes:

I received an email from a reader that the Canal Events Center in Canal Winchester has closed. For now, I've removed the Bike and Sights and Sunday Cruisin' At The Canal events from the list. If anyone else can confirm the closing, please let me know in the comments.

The Empty Pocket Cruisers have canceled their Trunk or Treat car show scheduled for October 10 at the Hilliard Presbyterian Church. Covid-19 has led the church to determine that they no longer want to be the host for the show.

The cooler, less humid weather this past weekend helped boost attendance at a bunch of events.

The Bob Pool "Orphan" Car Show at Young's Dairy in Yellow Springs, Ohio had more than 80 cars participate. Marty Ruiz was kind enough to share his photos from the event.

Seventy cars showed up in downtown Rushsylvania for the Mike Hamilton Memorial Cruz Night on Saturday.

The Culp Lake Show in Springfield, Ohio had 300 cars on Sunday. This was more than double the number of cars that participated last year.

And finally, the Cars and Cones Ice Cream Cruise-In off of Polaris Parkway in Columbus had more than 160 cars stop by Sunday afternoon.

Unfortunately, I removed more events this week from the Save the Dates for 2020 page than I added. Despite the cancellations, September is still going to be a busy month.

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Published on 1 Comment on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events for August 24 – 30
  • 1954 Pontiac Starchief
    Owner: Dave Kessler

Here are the Central Ohio car events for the last week of August. Only three more months left to the season.

News and Notes:

The Der Dutchman Cruise-In in Plain City set another attendance record Thursday evening with 401 cars! They might just hit 500 before the season is over.

On Saturday, Steve and Nancy Kidwell's 1938 Chevy took the Best of Show award at the O'Reilly Auto Parts show in Canal Winchester.

The Best Truck award went to Jeff Shankle's 1950 Ford F1 Pickup.

Big Dawg and the C-Town Cruisers registered 108 cars Sunday at the VFW Post 8794 show in Whitehall. The 1955 Chevy Bel Air belonging to Joe and Sue Schutt took Best of Show honors.

Some more events were added to the Save the Dates for 2020 page this week. As of this moment, September is going to be a busy month.

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Published on Leave a comment on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events for August 17 – 23
  • 1969 Volkswagon Squareback
    Owner: Sam Randazzo

Here are the Central Ohio car events for this week. This weekend was suppose to be the alternate dates for the Arthritis Foundation Classic Car Show so there's not much on the schedule. Of course, that could change as the week progresses.

News and Notes:

The Der Dutchman Cruise-In in Plain City had another great week of attendance with almost 300 cars.

It was one of those rare weeks where there were no shows to remove on the Save the Dates for 2020 page. Surprisingly, there were a good number of events added. The big news is Colo's Classic Car Show at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has been announced for Saturday, October 3.

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Published on 11 Comments on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events August 10 – 16
  • 1948 Chevy 3600 Long Bed
    Owner: Dave Clark

Here are the Central Ohio car events for this week.

The Canal Events Center in Canal Winchester changed up their schedule this past week. The Friday night cruise-in has been moved to Sunday afternoons and the Wednesday night Bike & Sights moved to Friday.

Not sure what the plans are for the Mid Ohio Cruisers and their show this month at Burger King. I'll update this post as soon as I have any information.

News and Notes:

In case you haven't heard, Der Dutchman set a new attendance record last Thursday with 327 cars. The previous attendance record was 243 vehicles set on September 12th of last year.

The Empty Pockets Cruisers had their best attendance for their rescheduled Armed Forces show. They registered 189 cars on Saturday. Kevin Foust took the Best of Show honors.

And Finally, Big Dawg and the C-Town Cruisers registered 58 cars at the Sunday Cruisin' at the Point on Main show. Congrats to Joe Messano and his 1966 Mustang Fastback for picking up the Best of Show award.

The Save the Dates for 2020 page is still be updated regularly. I added a few events as well as deleted a few events this week.

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Published on 4 Comments on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events For August 3 – 9
  • 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Convertible
    Owner: David Beavers

Here are the Central Ohio car events for the second weekend of August.

Events will likely be added or canceled as the week progresses, so check back often for updates.

News and Notes:

Between the virus and weather this past week, I don't have much to report. Two shows scheduled for this weekend, the Hosanna Lutheran Car Show in Pataskala on Friday evening and the Purple Door Car Show in Grove City on Saturday have both been canceled.

My primary computer took a big dump Saturday afternoon. Damn thing won't even power on. As has been my luck this year, both Apple stores in Columbus are closed because of the pandemic. Earliest I can get the computer into a repair center is Thursday as a walk-in. I mention all this as a warning that updates may not be as timely as usual this week.

The Save the Dates for 2020 page is still be updated regularly. Unfortunately, there were more cancellations last week then additions.

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Published on Leave a comment on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events For July 27 – August 2
  • 1963 Pontiac Bonneville Limo
    Owner: Todd Brenneman

Here are the Central Ohio car events for the last week of July and the first weekend of August.

I wouldn't be surprised if a few of the shows scheduled for Saturday or Sunday are canceled by the end of the week so check back often.

News and Notes:

Here are some highlights from this past week's events:

  • Der Dutchman registered 93 cars at its weekly cruise-in on Thursday.
  • On Friday evening, 78 cars turned out for the London Strawberry Festival Car & Motorcycle Show.
  • The Black Wing Shooting Center Summer Blast Car Show had more than 100 cars in attendance. The Best of Show award went to Bill Erlenback and his 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible.
  • The 1959 Chevy El Camino belonging to Ralph Carle picked up Best of Show honors at the Makeup Date Cruisin The Point On Main Car Show hosted by the C-Town Cruisers.
  • The Cars and Cones Ice Cream Cruise-In had its best attendance yet with more than 140 cars showing up during the 90 degree afternoon.

This past week the Save the Dates for 2020 page had as many new events added as were canceled.

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Published on Leave a comment on Upcoming Central Ohio Car Events for July 20 – 26

Here are the Central Ohio car events for the last full week of July. Hard to believe we're halfway through the season.

Just a reminder to check back here often as this list will most certainly change as we move through the week.

News and Notes:

Of course the big news last week was the cancellation of the Arthritis Foundation Classic Car Show and Cruise-In that was scheduled for August 20-22 in Dublin, Ohio. A few more significant shows also ended up on the chopping block thanks to the Governor's mass gathering orders. These included the Annual Buckeye Ranch Car Show in Ashville, The Cruisin with the Cops Car Show in downtown Bucyrus, The Charitable Open Car Show in Sunbury, and the Dublin Am Rotary Classic Car Show scheduled for September 6 in Dublin, Ohio.

Despite the cancelations, there were a few additional shows announced last week. The biggest of these being the USA Days Car Show in Centerburg, Ohio scheduled for September 13.

To view the most up-to-date list of future and ongoing Central Ohio car events, log on to the Save the Dates for 2020 page.

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