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StumbleHenderson hosts classic car show downtown this weekend
Free show features live entertainment with a performance tonight by Aaron Tippin
Duane Newman works on the engine of his car for the Roaring Engine competition at the 10th annual Super Run Car show this weekend in downtown Henderson.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 | 4:21 a.m.
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The Super Run Classic Car Show is parked all across downtown Henderson, bringing in all ages...and bonding all ages.
Classic tunes and classic cars are taking over Water Street in downtown Henderson this weekend for the 10th annual Super Run Car Show.
People are gathering at the show, 200 South Water St., to display their classic cars and for competitions.
The show, which kicked off Thursday at The District at Green Valley Ranch, runs from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday in downtown Henderson. It is free for spectators.
For a detailed schedule of events, go the city of Henderson’s Web site.
Some of the competitions include the Burn out, Roaring Engines and Next Generation.
Michael Loman, 21, said he is competing in the Next Generation for the second year in a row. Last year, Loman won second place with his 1971 yellow Maverick.
“I’ve grown up building cars that are twice my age bracket,” said Loman, who builds cars with his father.
Other participants also work on cars with their families. Denise Wasson-Martinez and her father, Bill Wasson, built a 1941 Chevrolet Corvette together.
Bill Wasson said he bought his daughter her dream car and she helped him fix it up.
“It’s not normally a father and daughter fixing up a car,” Denise Wasson-Martinez said. “We’re part of the Old Farts Racing Team, and the men say their wives and daughters don’t want any part of it.”
The father and daughter finished the 1941 car on her 41st birthday. She said she wanted the classic Corvette because the model has always fascinated her.
While some are displaying their cars, others are shopping. Idaho native Jan Custer said she was on vacation and happened to see a Super Run Car Show commercial on television.
“We’re car nuts, so when we’re not in the casinos we’re going to be here,” Custer said.
Custer said she has two hot rods in Idaho and is shopping for another one.
Some cars on display are for sale and others are permanently off the market.
Roger Nitti said he has been offered $20,000 for his 1965 Ford Mustang Junior but won’t sell it. Nitti said he inherited the car from his father and plans to pass it on to his son.
“This car was in the 1967 Tournament of Roses parade,” Nitti said. “Now I bring it out here to show and give kids rides up and down the street.”
Nitti said only 600 of this particular model were made before Ford stopped manufacturing them in the 1970s.
Nicole Johnson, a city spokeswoman, said the show attracts more than 100,000 people from around the country over the four days of festivities.
The show also has drawings, giveaways and free live entertainment. On Friday, Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real kicked off the concert at 7 p.m. The Jan and Dean Show, featuring Dean Torrence, also performed.
Today, Third Town will play at 7 p.m. and country music star Aaron Tippin will take the stage at 8 p.m.
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Fun stuff. My wife and I very much enjoyed reliving the past yesterday. American Graffiti all over again.
Wow, I'd love to see a 1941 Corvette. What a very rare machine it would be. I don't think Zora Duntov would have let it out of his sight. In fact, I'd trade my `04 roadster straight across for it. I'll bet Denise is plumb fascinated with it.
I'm wondering if Denise and her father finished the car on her 61st birthday, not her 41st.
Check photo 10 of 11. That's Denise's "Vette". It is a beautifully restored '41 Chevy.
It might have been nice for some. But it was way to many cars and people in too small of a venue. The impact to local residents and families was negative at best. Could not get in and out of our own neighborhoods. Drunks all over the place. People racing cars through the neighborhoods. The concerts were so loud, I live 4 streets over from water street and we could not even hear or own tv's much less a conversation. Would not be allowed to happen in Anthem or Highlands. Crap on old the neighborhoods, and forget what and who made Henderson. I am now convinced that the prosperity of Henderson occured in spite of Henderson's Leadership not because of it, just lucked out and was where builders wanted to build.