My Business

The Carolina Camaro Club and Hendrick Motosports sponsored a car show at the Hendrick Motorsports Complex on Saturday. I had no idea until about 8:30 a.m. when my Dad called to let me know the Shriners were providing the concession stand for the show. I thought about it for a few minutes and decided it would be nice to drive over to Hendricks and suprise my Dad since he hasn’t seen the car after paint yet. Fortunately I didn’t have much to do and Hendricks was only about 15 miles away.

I threw on some clothes went out to the garage and wiped the dust off the car. I remembered that I still haven’t put the chrome ignition shield back on yet so I gathered it up and got it installed. I’ve never entered a car show before so naturally I was a little excited to get over there. So within about 45 minutes of getting ready I was on my way.

The Carolina Camaro Club hosts car shows quite regulary but the Christmas time show is a special one. The club is awesome about working with Charity programs such as the Shriners Hospitals for burned and cripled children. What originally started as a Camaro show quickly turned into a big size car show for all. The entry fee was either $10 donation to the charity cause or a new toy that would be collected and taken to the Shriners hospital.

When I arrived there were already over 200 cars checked in. In fact, I was #216. I had called Dad and told him to pay my entry fee when I was about 5 minutes away. He wasn’t sure I was coming so that was a little susprise. Once in the gate I was directed to the top lot of the Hendrick Motorsports Complex. Man, were there some nice cars here. Next thing, I learned was at the car shows you just park, set up and wait. The bigger the show the longer you wait. Fortunately it was a nice fall day and the weather was great.

My Dad and my Father-n-law also came out. They were both very pleased with the outcome of the paint job and the overall car. We all had a good time, chatting and walking around looking at al the cars.

The judging and awards started a little later than expected due to the large turn out of cars. I was really curious to see how the judging worked and to see what was said about my car. I feel pretty good about it now especially after receiving complements on the car all day long. Little did I know I would win my first car show trophy for Best of Class. A totally unexpected award and I am very appreciative.

Hendrick Motorsports donated some really unique trophies to be given out to all of the Best of Class Winners. These were made from clutch disc that were used in one of the Hendrick stable of NASCAR race drivers that includes Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson who just won his first Nextel Championship. The cool thing about these trophies, is they are totally unique. Not just some plaque of tin trophy you can buy anywhere. A big thanks to Rick Hendrick for providing these.

I did take quite a few photos of some of the other cars in the show and they are loaded on the gallery. Please take time to check them out. Hope you enjoy.

That’s all for now.

JF