April 22, 2018 - (Album1, Album2) - The Shelby County Cruisers held their third annual Spring Fling Car Show Saturday, April 21, 2018 in the Wulf parking lot in front of Ivan Smith Furniture.
The event was well attended with 53 registered vehicles in the show. The Best in Show trophy was awarded to Mike Burback for his 1932 Ford Coupe.
Leon Aldridge, Shelby County Cruisers Club President, expressed appreciation on behalf of the group to all who participated and attended the show.
"I just want to say thanks to everybody for coming today, for taking the time to come look at the cars. Thanks for bringing your cars, it takes everyone working together to make an event succesful and I think this one's been very succesful," said Aldridge.
Aldridge included all members of the club in bringing the event to fruition; however, he had one particular individual he wished to commen.
"The main person, the one who does this, engineers it, puts together and gets the least amount of credit is George Horton," said Aldridge. "This is the guy that really does it, he started it out, it's his concept. He's done it and I'm going to make sure that everybody knows how much work George puts into it. We thank you very much."
He also commented, Cindy Durham puts a lot of work into the program as well as many other members.
At that the awards ceremony comenced with Horton announcing.
Car Show Awards:
Kid's Ride-able Vehicle
Landry McSwain, Jeep
Kid's Choice
Dickie Gilchrist, 1969 Chevelle
Best of Show
Mike Burback, 1932 purple Ford Coupe
People's Choice
Dickie Gilchrist, 1969 Chevelle
Rat Rod or Unfinished Class
Winner - Terry McKenzie, 1949 Dodge pickup
Runner-up - John Stiles, 1966 Chevy C10
Sports Car Class
Winner - David Clark, 1980 Corvette
Runner-up - Dickie Gilchrist, 1975 Corvette
Sports Car Class - 2-seater through 1999
Winner - Glenn Williams, 1968 Corvette
Runner-up - Cindy Durham, 1996 Corvette Grand Sport
2000 & up Truck
Winner - TJ Hanson, 2008 Chevrolet Silverado
1973-1999 Truck
Winner - Michael and Dennis Stringer, 1984 Chevrolet Silverado
Runner-up - Dickie Gilchrist, 1989 Chevrolet Silverado
1972 & Earlier Trucks
Winner - David Meshell, 1951 Chevrolet pickup (received by Billy Meshell)
Runner-up - James Raymond, 1968 GMC
2000 & up Cars
Winner - Marlin Jones, 2019 Corvette Z06 (received by Vicki Hightower)
Runner-up - Tom Hughes, 2017 Ford Mustang
1975-1999 Cars
Winner - Tony Dior, black Cutlass
Runner-up - Jimmy Brooks, 1976 Corvette
1964-1974 Cars
Winner - Michael Meeks, 1967 Camaro
Runner-up - Ricky Smith, 1967 Camaro
1955-1957 Chevrolets
Randy Pearson, 1955 Nomad
Runner Up - Billy Neal, 1957 Chevrolet
1950-1963 Cars
Winner - Tommy Specter, 1953 Chevrolet Delivery Sedan
Runner-up - Leon Aldridge, 1955 Ford Crown Victoria
1949 & Earlier Cars
Winner - Mike Burback, 1932 Ford Coup
Runner-up - Joe Smith, 1935 Chevrolet
The proceeds from the show are to support the Shelby County Cruisers scholarship program to benefit students of high schools in the Shelby County area.
