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Streeter's Blowout Rod Run in Blackwell
"Cimarron Starlite Cruiser Car Club" member Jim McLaughlin took his outstanding Dodge Dakota RT to Blackwell USA this
Saturday June 21 to enter the Streeter's Car Club Blowout Rod Run. The Streeter's have been hosting this annual event
for 21 years.
Folks in North Central Oklahoma always look forward to this annual Blowout Rod Run and the great classic cars and trucks
which it attracks to the Blackwell community. One hundred eighteen great vehicles registered at this years event.
Jim's Dodge Dakota RT was selected 'Ladies Choice' of this years event, which just goes to show you there is "Something
About a Pickup Man"!
Thank you Jim for attending and passing out flyers for the Perkins Car Show September 27.
| Jim's Dodge Dakota RT |
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| Ladies Choice at Streeter's Blowout Rod Run |
| Jim's Dakota 5.9 RT |
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| Cimarron Starlite Cruisers |
BLACKTOP MOTOR SPORTS CLUB GETS STARTED IN STYLE
Blacktop Motor Sports Club held their first auto
show Saturday June 14 at the Stillwater Elks Lodge. The newly formed club is
keeping the long tradition of having a car show at the Elks Lodge location that had been hosted by the Stillwater Timer’s
Car Club.
It was a good day with a very welcomed south breeze
that kept the shade of the pecan grove very pleasant all day long. Fifty-three
vehicles registered for the show along with ten host vehicles that were also on display for everyone’s enjoyment.
| BLACKTOP MOTOR SPORTS FIRST CAR SHOW |
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| ELKS LODGE STILLWATER OK USA |
Blacktop Motor Sports used a participant ballot,
awarding trophies to the top ten cars, top ten trucks and top five motorcycles. They
gave special awards such as, best paint, best engine, best interior, hard luck story, most miles traveled and of course best
of show.
There was a good variety of vehicles on display
including a large number of very nice fifties and sixties models that are the classic car folk’s favorite years. Foreman
Harley Davidson brought their traveling motorcycle history display. This is a
very nice collection and display of early American Motorcycle History. Tommy
has done a very nice job of display and showing some truly great American Classics for the public to see and to remember.
| Foreman Harley Davidson Display |
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| CLASSIC VEHICLES, SHADE AND FOLKS |
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The Cimarron Starlite Cruisers were well represented
at the show. Dan Turner displayed his 71 GMC Custom pickup, Dave Lester displayed his 54 Studie, John Dragoo displayed his
55 Chevy, Gary McCubbin displayed his mom’s 76 Cadillac and Shelby Lauener displayed his Trans Am. Gary McCubbin is
also a member of the Blacktop Motor Sports Club where he worked the registration desk for the show.
The Guthrie Flashbacks
Car Club brought several of their great rides to the show. Joe Hurley's 55 Chevy, Dennis Doughty's 60 Impala, and Dale
Blair's 58 Pontiac were on display for the classic car folks to enjoy.
Noal and Katie
Sinn brought their newly restored 62 Corvette. What a great restoration for this American Classic.
| Noal and Katie Sinn's 62 Corvette |
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The Cimarron Starlite Cruisers would like to thank
the Blacktop Motor Sports Club members for hosting such a nice show and providing the public another chance to see part of
American Automotive History on display.
| GARY AT WORK! |
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| GARY WORKING, NOW THAT'S A GOOD THING! |
CRUISERS ATTEND AREA CAR SHOWS
| Dragin Masters' Route 66 Blowout |
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| Sapulpa Oklahoma USA |
Memory Lane Car Show in Enid
Cimarron Starlite Cruiser, Jim McLaughlin drove his Dakota 5.9 RT to Enid on June 7 to attend the driving
down Memory Lane Car Show hosted by the Enid Civitan Club. The event was held
at the Garfield County Fair Grounds.
The Enid Civitan Club is a local group that promotes
the city of Enid and host several activities during the year that draws folks to the city. The past weekends events included
Craft Booths, Vendors, Food Booths, Remote Control Car Races, Garden Tractor Pulls,
Pinewood Derby Car Races, and the Memory Lane Car Show.
Over sixty cars competed
for awards such as: Best Motor, Best Paint, Best Mustang, Best Mopar,
Best Hot Rod, Best Corvette, Best Pickup, Best Unfinished, Best pre-1954, Best 1954 to Present and of course Best of Show. Jim’s Dakota was selected Best Mopar.
Jim passed out flyers for the Perkins Car Show,
which will be held September 27. Good job, Jim!
Skiatook High School Car Show
Cimarron Starlite Cruiser, Dave Lester
drove his 54 Studebaker Starlight Coupe to Skiatook to attend the Skiatook High Schools 3rd Annual Car Show, which was held in the old Walmart parking lot in Skiatook on June 7th. Dave says that
the public turned out great to support this fund raiser for the Skiatook Schools. The Skiatook Public School's personnel and
the students provide the work force for the show.
Several classes for judging were offered such as:
Best Original Car/Truck, Best Modified Car/Truck, Best
Sports Car, Best Street Rod, Best Off-road, Best Unfinished
Project, People's Choice and Best of Show.
Dave's 1954 Studebaker Starlight Coupe was awarded:
Best Modified, People's Choice, and Best of Show. Great Day Dave!
Dave passed out flyers for the Perkins Car Show which will be held September 27.
Route 66 Blowout Car Show Sapulpa
Cimarron Starlite Cruisers,
Dan Turner drove his 71 GMC pickup and Shelby Lauener drove his Pontiac Tran Am to the annual Route 66 Blowout Car Show held in downtown Sapulpa on June 7th.
This is a huge undertaking
for the Dragin Masters Car Club.
Over 280 cars and trucks register for this annual event. Another 100 or so show quality cars, show up just bring folks
to attend is huge citywide event. Sapulpa Main Street gives way
to a festival atmosphere with Arts and Craft Fair, Children’s Activities, all kinds of Food and Drink Vendors and a
Salsa Tasting Display. Also, the many great businesses in downtown Sapulpa are open that should cover the desires of
any shopper.
The Dragin Masters’
members do a good job of taking care of the many aspects that are required when putting on a large event. They have several
teams of judges that start judging the vehicles at 10:00am. The Dragin Masters offer
45 different classes for judging, which draw vehicles of every description to this wonderful automotive event. The awards are always first class, Frankhoma Pottery fires these great one of a kind collector plates
that are second to none. This year the Dragin Masters gave away 135 of these truely unique awards. This is a must attend auto
show!
Dan Turner’s 1971 GMC Custom pickup was a TOP THREE award winner in 1966 to 1979 Stock Truck category.
Dan and Shelby handed out over three hundred flyers
for the September 27 Perkins Car Show.
| Dragin Masters' Route 66 Blowout |
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| Sapulpa Oklahoma USA |
Flashbacks Cruise to Perkins
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| Heading East on Oklahoma Hwy 33 |
On a warm
Oklahoma evening in May what better way to spend the evening than with good folks, great fellowship, and classic cars. The Flashbacks Car Club from Guthrie cruised over to Perkins Thursday May 29, to join
the Cimarron Starlite Cruisers for an enjoyable evening of friends, food, and classic car talk.
| Flashbacks Car Club |
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| Cimarron Starlite Cruisers Car Club |
The Flashbacks, Tom and Diana Barton drove their 59 Chevy, Dennis and Sharon
Doughty drove their 60 Chevy, Joe and Penny Hurley drove their 55 Chevy and Don Reipe drove his 38 Olds over to the Buffalo
Hill Steak House in Perkins USA. The Cruisers, Jon and Judy Bartram drove their
68 Pontiac Lemans, John and Kay Dragoo drove their 55 Chevy, Dan Turner drove his 71 GMC Custom and Shelby and Donna Lauener
drove their Pontiac Trans Am Convertible and joined the good folks from Guthrie for this enjoyable evening.
| Buffalo Hill Steak House |
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| Perkins USA |
| Buffalo Hill Steak House |
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| Perkins Oklahoma USA |
After dinner and lots of good conversation we loaded up and drove over to the construction site of
the new Oklahoma Territorial Plaza to look over the old gasoline station on Kinder-Wells Boulevard.
| Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Construction Site |
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| Don's Olds is an eye catcher! |
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| Heavy Thought Taking Place! |
Penny Hurley brought her camera as usual and took several pictures of the evening's activities. Thanks!
Penny for sharing you pictures with us.
| Baffulo Steak House Perkins USA |
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| Buffalo Hill Steak House |
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| Friends and Food and Fun!!! |
The Cimarron Starlite Cruisers appreciate the Flashbacks Car Club for helping to make this a truly wonderful Thursday
evening in this great Country of Ours, USA.
Studebaker Driver's Open Car Show
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| Central Oklahoma Studebaker Drivers Club |
The Cimarron Starlite Cruisers traveled to Del
City May 17 to attend the annual Studebaker Driver's Open Car Show. We were blessed
with a great day and a whole host of great classic cars and trucks.
We left Jalopy’s Drive In, Perkins at 8:45am
due to waiting on the cows tail, David Lester. John Dragoo in his 55 Chevy, lead us down Hwy 177 to Hwy 62 then to Sooner
Road to SE 29th to the Oklahoma Country Music Hall of Fame facility in Del City.
Dan Turner drove his 1971 GMC Custom short bed pickup. David Lester drove
his 1954 Starlight Coupe Studebaker. Shelby Lauener drove his 1995 Pontiac Trans Am.
We arrived at the show site about 9:45 am and the parking lot was already full and of course being a Studebaker sponsored
show they put the Dave and the Starlight Coupe up front with the other Studies and sent the rest of us to the back forty.
This is a great venue with very good food beginning
with a big breakfast available until 11:00am and then they bring out the BBQ for lunch. The
President of the Studebaker Driver’s Club gave our Perkins Car Show a very good pitch that we sincerely appreciate. The Cimarron Starlite Cruisers donated a free registration to the Perkins Car Show
for a Door Prize, which was won by Johnny Hewett, of Choctaw and a member of the Central Oklahoma Classic Chevy Club. The awards ceremony went smooth with Dan winning with his GMC and Dave winning with
the Starlight Coupe.
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On the trip home we went to I 35 and made our
way North to the Braum’s in Guthrie. We stopped at Braum’s to refuel
with some of that great Braum’s Ice Cream. We were able to make the trip
home after the ice cream stop to finish a great day of tire kicking with some of Oklahoma’s best Classic Vehicle Folk’s.
We are truly Blessed!
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| D'Marios' Pizza Perkins Oklahoma USA |
May 1 Cruisers’ Meeting
Twenty Cimarron Starlite Cruisers’ Car
Club members met Thursday May 1 at D’Mario’s Pizza. D’Mario’s
Pizza has a very nice meeting room that will accommodate about twenty to twenty four folks.
There was an update on the 2008 Perkins Car Show and committees for various needs of the car show were announced.
New club member Jim McLaughlin
was introduced and Jim gave us a brief history about himself and his love for classic vehicles. Welcome to the Cimarron Starlite
Cruisers Car Club, JIM!
After a great Italian meal and club update
meeting we went to the new Oklahoma Territorial Plaza to view our future meeting facility.
This 50’s service station is being refurbished and we as a club will try to be as much help as possible in getting
the facility read for the plaza. The station will be a true 50’s and 60’s
era facility.
The Oklahoma Territorial Plaza will be a great
feature for the City of Perkins and the surroundings communities. The plaza is located on five acres at 750 N Main Street,
just south of the intersection of Highway 33 and US 177. Many of the features
are getting into place such as the Water spray Park, children’s play ground, the One-room Schoolhouse, the Service Station,
a log cabin which was built in 1904, twelve foot statues of Chief Notchimine and Pistol Pete, a barn which will house farming
equipment from the past and much more.
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