The
First Annual Veterans War Memorial Car Show Report!
July 18th,
2009
Well
the Veterans War Memorial Charity Car Show at the Chevrolet
Hall of Fame Museum is in the books! The show proved to be a major
success for the War Memorial and was great fun for all who attended!
All the proceeds went to help Bob Dondeville finish a memorial that
he built in a park in Mt. Zion. The weather helped to bring those
cars out and we had a fantastic showing. Not counting club cars, and
those vehicles that arrived late in the day after registration closed,
we estimate all in all that there were over 400 cars at the event,
with over 300 automobiles from all over the region registering.
There
were a number of events that took place to keep the massive crowd
entertained including a very emotional Military presentation by Bob
Dondeville, The Barber Shop Quartet, Model T rides, Pinewood Derby
Contest, burn out from Larry Bullock and his 1967 Bullock Garages
Camaro drag car and much much more!!
There
were 36 classes for this judged show with 3 trophies in each class!
There were also several specialty awards and those were some very
unique trophies! This turned out to be a first class car show with
great door prizes and give a ways from a lot of sponsors. Fat Boys
DJ Service was here spinning the tunes! Raffle Tickets and much, much
more made it a successful event!
Below
are some photos from the day!
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Some
views from our rooftop !!!
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Bob
Dondeville takes the stage for the Military
presentation!
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Chad
Watson, a veteran that lost his leg in the gulf war
and who's images appears on the memorial.
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Veterans
from all branches of service and from all
theaters of conflict stepped forward to be honored.
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Some
of our guests and entrants during the ceremony.
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The
Fox 106.7 broadcast live from the car show.
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Larry
Bullock doing a burn out in his 1967
Camaro Dragster.
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One
of the many trophies that were given out
during the day.
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We
have a lot of great sponsors that made this all possible and we want
to thank all of them. Please don't forget to support our sponsors,
listed below. We hope to have a bigger and better event for next year,
so watch our website as we start the planning and get it scheduled!
Also,
a big thanks to those who attended and entered their cars in our show!
LaVelle
Hunt
Chevrolet
Hall of Fame Museum |
South
Shores Automotive Services, Inc. |
Ripple's
Auto Body |
Building
Systems of Illinois, Inc |
Morgan
Distributing Inc. |
Original
Designers |
Creekmur
Mufflers |
Sliderz
Bar and Grille, Inc. |
Timbuktu
Saloon Inc. |
Billingsley's
Auto Service |
Billingsley
BP Amoco |
Ming
Auto Body |
Newell's
Auto Body, Inc. |
Fishers
Auto Repair & Sales |
Stephen
& Sarah Mixell |
Bodine
Environmental Services |
Auto
Glass Center |
Quality
Concrete & Excavating |
M
& M Motors |
Available
Used Auto |
Donnelly
Automotive |
Chris
Aubert |
Ron
Dunn |
Miles
Chevrolet |
Prairieland
Towing |
Wall
Street Embroidery/Silk Screening |
Staley
Credit Union |
Baum
Chevrolet |
Romano
Co., Inc. |
Stripmasters |
Decatur
Earthmover Credit Union |
Boarman's
Auto Sales |
121
Motorsports, Inc. |
Bruce
Harshman |
Signature
Salon |
Mac's
Custom Interiors |
Larry
Bullock Garages, Inc |
Decatur
Dental Care |
LaVelle
& Tracie Hunt |
Danny
Goad |
Bob
& Bev Dondeville |
Les
& Patty Aubert |
Dave
& Sherry Shoot |
John
& Marsha Norman |
Rick
& Christi Arthur |
Larry
& Nancy Bullock |
Mike
& Heidi Bullock |
Bill
Aubert |
Lonnie
& Carol Jent |
Ken
& Linda Murray |
Alan
Kroencke |
Dave
Corman |
Phyllis
Bodine |
Randy
Flaugher |
Misty
Hunt |
El
Corral Mexican Restaurant |
ICPC |
WalMart |
R-Kat
Inc. |
DBA
Pop's Place |
Shelter
Insurance |
Air
King, Inc. |
John
Norman |
Mid
America Motor Works |
Pastabilities |
Ruby
Tuesday |
Buffalo
Wild Wings |
Jackson
Family Dealerships |
Niantic
State Bank |
Main
Hanger Restaurant |
Texas
Roadhouse |
The
Little Theatre |
Rigdon
Glass |
B
& B Glass |
Jim
Green |
Nick
Platis |
Glass
Speciality |
Ted's
Garage American Classic Grill |
Monical's
Pizza |
Filippos |
DynaGraphics/Fast
Impressions Scott Bowers |
Dreamers
Diner |
Audio
Express |
HPR
Sullivan |
D
to Z Sports |
Kenny's
Ace Hardware |
Michael
Goss Custom Cabinets |
Krieger's
Sports Grill |
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