Central Ohio Car Shows, Cruise-Ins, & Meet-Ups for September 3 – 8, 2024

If you'd like to be notified by email when a new posting appears, click the Subscribe link at the top. This is a non-profit website. Rest assured your email address will NEVER be sold to marketers. There's no risk of more spam mail in your inbox if you subscribe.

NEWS AND NOTES

Thanks to the Monday Holiday, News and Notes is reporting an extra day of car events this week.

The threat of rain on Saturday canceled one event and postponed another. Some of us experienced NO rain at all while others got drenched. The Delaware area appeared to be the hardest hit with rain on Saturday. The humidity finally subsided on Sunday and especially on Monday to bring out big attendance figures for events on those days.

Der Dutchman Cruise-In:

90-plus-degree temperatures kept cruise-in attendance to 161 cars on Thursday. The food shack got so warm that they stopped selling food at 7 PM.

Only four cruise-ins are remaining this year. The last one is September 26 so time is running out if you haven't made it to one this year.

Zucchinifest Car Show:

The annual car show that's part of the Zucchinifest in Obetz, Ohio took place on Friday evening.

This year the show was sponsored and hosted by Automotion.

Proceeds from the show went to benefit Mighty Hero Homes whose mission is to provide permanent housing for ALL United States veterans.

Taking place around the stadium at Fortress Obetz, the show registered 124 vehicles.

Because of the association with the Zucchinifest, the show attracted hundreds of spectators.

Big Gus from the TV show Tatto Nightmares presented the awards. There were awards for the Top 20 plus nine "Special" awards and a Best of Show.

There was no announcement of a time or place for awards so many of us missed the start of the presentation. The awards were not displayed beforehand so no one knew how many awards there were or what they looked like until the presentation.

Starting with the Mayor's Choice it went to Tootie Slone with a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner.

Here are the other "Special" Award winners:

Not only was Brenda Andrix's 1948 Chevy pickup Gus's Choice but it was also selected Best of Show.

Brenda's husband, Steve, is usually labeled as the owner of the truck but in reality, it is titled in Brenda's name so it's officially her truck.

Hometown Heroes Car Show:

Previously called the Mechanicsburg First Responders Car Show, the name was changed to the Hometown Heroes Car Show this year. Despite the name change, the show still took place in downtown Mechanicsburg, Ohio on Saturday of Labor Day weekend.

This year the show registered 77 vehicles.

Dale Pearce's 1950 Chevy 3100 pickup received the Best GM Award.

Runner-up Best of Show went to Dr. Ron Rogers and his 1968 Dodge Charger.

Bob Kirst's 1946 Ford Coupe took home the Best of Show honors. This is the second time Bob's Ford has been picked Best of Show at Mechanicsburg. It also received the award in 2021.

The River Church in a Barn Rally Cruise-In:

The River Church in a Barn off of Rt 42 in Delaware, Ohio hosted its 22nd Annual Rally Cruise-In on Sunday.

Registration was free and your car number was included in the door prize drawing. There was also a 50/50 raffle.

There was a worship service at 10 AM with music from the RiverBarn Band.

After the worship service, everyone could enjoy free hot dogs, popcorn, sno-cones, and water.

This year's Rally had 64 cars and motorcycles in attendance. Cars were selected by "People's Choice" voting. There were awards for the "Top 15" cars, trucks, and motorcycles, Silver and Gold Rubber Duckie awards for the Jeeps, and Best in Show.

Here are the Jeep Rubber Duckie winners:

Here are twelve of the "Top 15" winners as voted on by the people:

The Best of Show award went to Allen and Mary Slater with a 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible.

As is the tradition of the River Church in a Barn Rally Cruise-In, anyone is more than welcome to do a burnout leaving the Church.

Our Home New Albany Car Show:

Our Home New Albany Senior Center held its 2nd Annual car show on Saturday. Originally scheduled for June 22nd, the event was rescheduled to August 31st because of the heat.

Thanks to the threat of rain showers on Saturday there were only 16 cars in attendance.

This 1940 Studebake won the $300 gift card top prize.

The second place prize of a $200 gift card to an auto detailing company in Newark, Ohio went to this 1966 Charger.

All Pontiac Indian Uprising Car Show:

The GTO Association of Central Ohio hosted its 40th Annual All Pontiac Indian Uprising Car Show at Quaker Steak & Lube on Polaris Parkway in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday.

The show registered 64 Pontiacs. Counting the cars that didn't register, the total attendance was over 70 cars.

Jim Sradeja shared some photos he took at the show.

Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival Car Show:

Hosted by the C-Town Cruisers the Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival Car Show had a large turnout on Sunday with 197 cars.

Kenny G. and Neil Thomas picked up Top 50 Awards. Best of Show went to the 1956 Ford Crown Vic belonging to Carl and Hazel Lynn.

Crossroads Car, Truck, & Bike Shows at Earthworks Cafe at Newark Station and West Church Social:

It was another busy weekend for Frank Russell and his Crossroads Events team. Both shows on Saturday and Sunday took place in Newark, Ohio.

On Saturday they were at the Earthworks Cafe at Newark Station for its monthly show.

Jeff Tolley's 1964 Cadillac Coupe de Ville received the Veterans Owned Vehicle Award.

Newark Station selected Dennis Begin's 1987 Citroen 2CV6 Special as Best in Show.

West Church Social was the location for Sunday's show.

Ken Wilson and his 1986 Ford Mustang Convertible received the Veterans Owned Vehicle Award.

The 1968 Chevy Corvette belonging to Jim Bickel took home the Best in Show honors.

Next weekend the Crossroads team will be hosting shows at the Chubby Hawaiian Grill in Baltimore, Ohio on Saturday and the Lewis Center Wings & Rings on Sunday.

Dublin AM Rotary Classic Car Show:

The 6th Annunal Dublin AM Rotary Classic Car Show set an attendance record on Sunday with 143 registered cars.

Here are the vehicles that received "Special" Awards:

The Best in Show Award went to Anthony Dilliard with a 1955 Chevy Bel Air.

American Legion Canteen Post 144 Labor Day Car Show:

Shaun "Big Dawg" Sanders and the C-Town Cruisers were back at the American Legion Post #144 on South Hight Street to host the annual Labor Day Car Show on Monday.

The show registered 71 cars with probably another dozen in attendance that did not register.

The were trophies for the "Top 40" plus trophies for Best Truck, Most Patriotic, Most Potential/Rat Rod, and Best of Show. There would have been a Best Bike trophy but no motorcycles registered.

Shaun outdid himself on the Most Patriotic trophy. It was very unique and heavy.

The Most Potential/Rat Rod award went to Dan Basye with a 1937 Packard 120 C.

Dan Varner's 1991 Dodge Ram pickup was selected Best Truck.

The 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat belonging to Kenny G and Sue received the Most Patriotic Award.

The 1942 Chevy Special Deluxe of Shawn Freels was picked Best of Show.

My favorite car of the show was Bob Hassan's 1958 Pink Cadillac 62. Us Cadillac owners stick together. 😎

This coming weekend the C-Town Cruisers will be in Grove City on Saturday and at The Point on Main Sports Bar on Sunday.

Motors for Music Labor Day Car Show:

The Logan High School Chieftain Stadium was the location for the Motors for Music Labor Day Car Show.

Proceeds from the show benefit the band program at Logan High School.

The show on Monday registered 123 vehicles.

Rod Scott's 1958 Dodge D-100 Sweptside pickup received the Best of Show Award. According to the flyer Rod also took home $250! Explains the big smile on his face.

UPDATE: Rod did indeed receive a $250 cash prize as part of his Best of Show Award and he generously donated it to the sousaphone section of the Logan Band.

Pap's Labor Day Bash:

Pap's Rod Shop hosted its 4th Annual Labor Day Bash on Monday at the Evans Family Ranch in New Carlise, Ohio.

The event had more than 500 cars in attendance and raised $5800 for someone battling cancer.

As you'll see from some of the photos Jeff Shankle took at the event, there was quite a collection of vehicles in attendance.

That's it for News and Notes from this Holiday weekend.

Here are the people that contributed to this week's list.

• Dale Pearce
• Jeff Shankle
• Jim Sradeja
• Frank Russell
• Chad Herrick
• Bryan Mauger
• Kevin Foust
• Kenny G.
• Steve Andrix
• Lou Charobee

I can't say enough how much I appreciate the help the Central Ohio car community provides in putting together these reports each week. I couldn't do it without the community's help.

Stay safe out there. I hope to see you at a future car show or cruise-in.