MOTOR NEWS
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AUG. 17
11TH ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE GEEZERS, gates open 9 a.m., time runs at 10 a.m., racing at 2:30 p.m., Kil-Kare Speedway and Drag Strip, 1166 Dayton Xenia Road, Xenia. Spectators $15; Old-time drags (’87 and older cars), $25; car show (any year) or to swap, $20. Cash awards, 50 Lowe’s goodie buckets, trophies to top 40 show cars and 10 elite. Classes: Quick 8 door cars; super stock/stock combo, sportsman, modified, nostalgia eliminators, Grandpa eliminators, top eliminator. Grand marshal Dave Middleton. Rain date Aug. 18. Ed Crowder, 937409-3087. www.kilkare.com
AUG. 18
KETTERING AMERICAN LEGION POST 598 CRUISEIN IN THE PARK, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 5700 Kentshire Drive. Free admission. Open to cars, trucks, motorcycles, old tractors & racing boats. If it’s powered, bring it. 937-433-9327.
AUG. 23-25
35TH TRANS AM NATIONALS, Holiday Inn, Fairborn. Trans-Ams from across the United States, cruise-in on Saturday evening in Tipp City. Car show, featuring 31 classes, on Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at hotel. https://tanationals.org/
BELLEFONTAINE HILL CLIMB REVIVAL, starts Aug. 23 at 11 a.m. with event registration and tour of American Honda Heritage Center, Marysville, registration elsewhere also; Aug. 24 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. registration and tech inspection of competition cars for hill climb, afternoon rallye and Sunday autocross; Aug. 25 7 a.m. autocross registration, course construction and tech inspection. 10 a.m. car show registration, downtown Bellefontaine. Awards begin at 2 p.m. Kurt Niemeyer, kurt@sportcarpreservationltd.com, 513-3041177. https://m.facebook.com/ Bellefontainehillclimb/
AUG. 24
BELLBROOK LIONS CLUB FESTIVAL CAR SHOW, registration 3 to 6:30 p.m., trophies 7:30 p.m., Sugarcreek Elementary School, 60 E. South St. All makes and models welcome. Free spectator admission, parking; $10 entry fee per show car; dash plaques to first 75 cars; top 30 trophies plus special Mayor’s Choice and Lion’s Club President’s Choice trophies; door prizes; free goodie bags; 50/50 drawing; show participants get 2 tickets for festival prize drawings of $10,000, $500, $250. Festival offers beer garden, food, games, bingo, kids’ rides. Co-hosted by Miami Valley Car Club. Ken, 937-3761511 or Wayne, 937-426-4519 23RD ANNUAL BOB POOL “ORPHAN” VEHICLE SHOW, registration 10 a.m. to noon, show until 3 p.m., 6880 Springfield Xenia Road, Young’s Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs. $5 vehicle entry donation. Featuring cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles and specialty vehicles from independent manufacturers that are no longer in business and “Big Three Orphans” such as Edsel, Desoto, Corvair, Oldsmobile, Plymouth. Every American and foreign make from Auburn to Yugo welcome to be displayed. “Feature Car” class to highlight Edsel and Chrysler orphans: Plymouth, DeSoto, Imperial. Co-hosted by Tri-State Chapter Studebaker Drivers Club and Wright Brothers Region Packard Auto Classics. Gary Grebner, 937-3612287, ggrebner@sbcglobal.net; Gerry Hasen, 937-426-5969, g.hasen@sbcglobal.net