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NEWS AND NOTES

What a difference a week makes. Last weekend's beautiful weather saw many shows set attendance records. Thanks to scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast this weekend most events had lower than expected turnouts. At least Sunday stayed dry for most of the afternoon.

Der Dutchman Cruise-In:

Thanks to the threat of rain, only 163 cars turned out for this week's cruise-in. There were only a few very light sprinkles during the evening. Not enough rain fell to require any wipedown of the cars.

This 2000 Lincoln Stretch Limo Town Car - Pzazza Series receives this week's Der Dutchman Unique Vehicle Award.

At the end of the cruise-in, Wayne Nisly announced the First Annual Outdoor Sing-Along scheduled for September 21 at the Der Dutchman Oak Grove. Wayne encourages cruise-in attendees to bring their cars and walk over to the event.

Cruisin' For Our Vets (Mike Mallow Memorial) Car & Motorcycle Show:

The Gordon Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Dealership in Washington Court House, Ohio was the site of the 3rd Annual Cruisin' For Our Vets (Mike Mallow Memorial) Car & Motorcycle Show on Saturday.

The Southern Ohio Buckeye Bikers hosted the show. All proceeds benefit Central Ohio Veterans. The show is also a memorial to Mike Mallow, a local veteran and avid motorcyclist who passed away from cancer in 2022.

This year the show registered 54 cars and twenty-plus motorcycles. The cars and motorcycles were divided into classes. There were 10 classes for the cars and seven classes for the motorcycles.

Each class had awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Along with the class awards, there were specialty awards for Veterans Choice Car, Veterans Choice Bike, Peoples Choice Car and Bike, Rat Class Choice, In Memory of Mike Mallow, Best of Show Car, and Best of Show Bike.

Steve Elam's entire rig received the In Memory of Mike Mallow Award. Steve also received awards for Custom Bike, Vintage Bike, and 2nd place in the truck class.

Peoples Choice Car/Truck/Jeep went to Larry and Libby Williams with a 1969 Chevy Chevelle.

Peoples Choice Motorcycle went to the 2003 Harley Davidson Sportster Custom Chopper belonging to Zack Sedlmeyer. Zack's bike also received the Veterans Choice Award for Motorcycles and 2nd Place in the Custom Motorcycle Class.

The Veterans Choice Car/Truck/Jeep Award went to Quinten Waits with a 1953 Chevy 3100 Pickup.

Karen Young's 1937 Chevy Sedan received the Best of Show Award for the cars/Trucks/Jeeps. The car also picked up 1st Place in the 20s - 30s Class.

Best of Show for the Motorcycles went to the 1952 Harley Davidson 45 Flathead Chopper owned by Jerry Mullins.

Here are more photos from the Cruisin' For Our Vets Car & Motorcycle Show:

Son of Amvets Post 1776 Red, White, and Cruise:

On Saturday, the Son of Amvets Post 1776 in Logan, Ohio hosted its Red, White, and Cruise.

There were 26 registered cars.

Dr. Ron Rogers received the Top Mopar Award for his 1968 Dodge Charger.

Best of Show went to the 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback owned by Ken and Thelma Farmer. Yep, it's the same Ken and Thelma Farmer whose 1957 Ford Fairlane was the featured car on last week's post.

St. Elizabeth Festival Car Show:

Unfortunately, late afternoon and evening showers in the area hurt attendance at the St. Elizabeth Festival Car Show on Saturday evening. Only 20 cars attended the show.

Here are some of the cars that turned out despite the rain.

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Der Dutchman Thursday Cruise-In

The Thursday evening cruise-in at the Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City, Ohio had another excellent turnout with 269 cars.

This week's cruise-in "Unique Vehicle Award" goes to the 2008 Ford F-450 4x4 8-door pickup of Andy and Kim Matyac. According to the owner, the truck's powerplant is a twin-turbo diesel making well over 700 horsepower.

39th Annual Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show & Cruise-in:

The Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show & Cruise-in took place Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Metro Place in Dublin, Ohio. After Goodguys, the Arthritis Show is the second largest car event in Central Ohio. The unofficial attendance numbers I have for this year are approximately 350 cars registered for Friday's open cruise-in and just over 500 cars for the class judging on Saturday.

Dave Bratton's 1937 Ford Convertible was the featured car on this year's six-foot trophy presented to the Top 50 cars during Friday's open cruise-in. Dave and Lou Koester sponsored the trophies this year.

Here are a few of the local Top 50 winners:

  • William Brown - 1979 Ford Mustang Pace Car
  • Scott McPherson (aka Galaxy Mac/Cadillac Mac) - 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
  • Mike Coughlin - 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500
  • Scott Mayo - 1968 Chevy Camaro
  • Dave Bratton - 1937 Ford Convertible
  • Mark Mitchell - 2004 Chevy SSR

One of the thrills for me was having the opportunity to see three 1963 split-window Corvette coupes all in the same weekend.

As luck would have it, a line of heavy thunderstorms roared through Central Ohio around 4 PM on Saturday. If anyone has information on the storms and the awards presentation on Saturday please post it in the comment section.

I did manage to take close to 170 photos from the show on Friday and Saturday before the rains hit. CLICK HERE if you want to see more cars and scenes from the 39th Annual Arthritis Classic Car Show and Cruise-In.


Speaking of thunderstorms, they impacted most if not all the Saturday evening shows and some of the Sunday ones as well. The show at the Dub Pub was postponed for the second week in a row and is now rescheduled for September 18. The Riverside Dairy Car Show was also postponed and will be rescheduled for another date.

Woodward Dream Cruise:

I know Michigan isn't anywhere close to Central Ohio. And for a lot of folks in Ohio, the sheer mention of the state causes a burst of expletives spewing forth from their mouths. But Dan "Boots" Longenette from Auto Smarts Radio and our good friend, Jeff Shankle, made the trip to that state up north this weekend for the annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

Jeff, bless his heart, "tagged" me on the 456 photos he took from the cruise and posted to Facebook. I went through all 456 and picked my favorites to share with everyone. Hope you enjoy them.


That's it for this week. Hopefully, we can get out of this pattern of rain on the weekends.

A big thank you to Jeff Shankle and Dale Pearce for sharing their photos from this past weekend.

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