Cruise Night brings 2K people to downtown Boyertown event

Building A Better Boyertown hosts successful 11th annual Cruise Night July 28

Vehicles filled downtown Boyertown for Building A Better Boyertown’s 11th annual Cruise Night on July 28.

“We had about 2,000 people at the event, and this was our best attended Cruise Night ever,” said Emily Jones, Assistant Main Street Manager, Building A Better Boyertown. “Having The Fifty Fives preforming and Free Will Brewing Co. hosting a beer garden really added to our 11th year.”

Building A Better Boyertown’s Promotions Committee sponsored the 11th Annual Cruise Night, which was originally scheduled to be held July 21, but rain pushed the event back a week to July 28.

“Our volunteers, committee and community came together and it was a perfect day,” said Jones. “We tried to nudge the event towards the families and casual car lovers, as well as our amazing show participants. We’re grateful it was such a great event!”

Linda Wanzel, Emma Nester, 6, Mason Nester, 3, and Todd Nester attend Cruise Night every year because as Mason said, “We love cars.”

Joe Lewis of Barto attended Cruise Night for the first time with his 2015 Dodge Challenger because he “likes to talk to people.”

Held from 4 to 9 p.m., Cruise Night featured historic vehicles, show cars, trucks, local artisans and businesses, music, and food.

For the first time, Cruise Night featured live music; The Fifty

Fives Band, a rockabilly group from Dover, Del. performed.

Cruise Night takes place on North and South Reading Avenue from Second to Fifth Street as well as in the parking lots of St. John’s Church, Good Shepherd Church, The Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, the Borough and the lots of BB&T Bank.

Winners were as follows:

Best of Show: Vaughn Skoog, 1976 Auburn Buttan.

Antique: Perry Rodgers - Blade 1931 Ford Model A

Best of 50s - Flip Reppert - 1957 Chevy

Best of 60s - Tom Cramsey - 1965 Dodge Coronet

Best of 70s - Steve Kemerer - 1972 Ford Pantera

Best of 80s - Matt Levengood - 1987 Grand National

Best of 90s - Tom Madaconi - 1997 Corvette

Street Rod - George Sweeney - Ford Roadster

Muscle Car (pre and including 2009) - Dean Marstellar - 1967 Plymouth Hemi

Modern Muscle (post and including 2010) - Robert Hen - Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat 2016

2 Wheel Truck - Betsy Rose - Pickup Ford 1935

4 Wheel Truck - Joseph Slavinski - 1942 Dodge WC54 Ambulance (WWII)

Rat Rod - Kim Halterman - 1929 Ford Rat Rod

Import - Dennis Graber - Green Beetle (‘67, ‘68, ‘69)

Kid’s Choice - Ron, Joanie and Sammi Heidenreich 1957 Ford Thunderbird

JESI YOST — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA The 2018 Boyertown Cruise Night Best of Show went to Vaughn Skoog for his 1976 Auburn Buttan. Teresa and Vaughn Skoog are the fifth owners of this 1976 Auburn Boattail Speedster. The couple has owned the car for just two months. Custom built in the early 70s for a doctor’s wife, the Speedster was ordered with a pale pink exterior and a hot pink interior.

JESI YOST — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Linda Wanzel, Emma Nester, 6, Mason Nester, 3, and Todd Nester attend Cruise Night every year because as Mason Nester said, “We love cars.”

JESI YOST — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Roman Rhude, 2, of Boyertown parks his ride along side of cars on Reading Avenue, Boyertown, during the 11th Annual Cruise Night on July 28.

JESI YOST — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Building A Better Boyertown hosted the 11th Annual Cruise Night on July 28.