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Chipman Car Crafters Show and Shine surpasses expectations BY JOHN MATHER “It was the best ever.” That’s how Chipman Car Crafters president Dave Gray summed up the 21st annual edition of the show and shine that took over the streets of Chipman June 4. “We had 400 plus cars at the show,” said Gray, a day after the event. “We shut our registration down at 350 vehicles and that was at 10:30 in the morning. “And they just kept coming in with cars and we just told them to find a parking spot.” He said organizers felt they hit 5,000 in attendance. The perogy supper was successful, the Fire Department hamburger stand sold out of hamburgers by 2:30 and the seniors were really impressed with the numbers that came to their pancake breakfast.” While the organizers didn’t get the name of the 50/50 draw winner, the person with the winning ticket did walk home with $1,890. Gray said the drop-in entry fee which was totally voluntary will result in “a generous“ donation to the local food bank. Oil King Services was a major sponsor of the event and at the awards ceremony, Gray presented them with a special plaque. In addition, the Village of Chipman was thanked for supplying the venue and Mayor Morris Langevin and Councillor Shana McIntyre accepted on behalf of the community. At the swap meet held on June 3, at the Chipman Agricultural Grounds, the event was twice the size of the year before. “We had double the number of ven-
400 vehicles, 5,000 in attendance
Chipman Car Crafters president Dave Gray presents the trophy for the Best in Show at the 21st Annual Show and Shine to Stuart Macdonald for his 1952 Chevy pick up. The show held June 4, featured more than 400 vehicles and a crowd estimated to be around 5,000. More photos Page 4 dors we had in the first year,” said Gray. Prizes were awarded for both first and second places in a variety of classes. In the Muscle Cars 1969 and older, Reg Richer from St. Albert won for his 1969 Chev Camaro RS, and Ken Kalakalo from Edmonton took home second place for his 1969 Chev Camaro R/S S/S convertible. In the category for Muscle Cars from 1970 to 1989, Jason Puk from Fort Saskatchewan won first place with his 1978 Pontiac Trans Am and Marvin Tallas from Lamont won second place
for his 1974 Plymouth ‘Cuda. In the Muscle Car 1990 and newer, first place went to Len Zimmerman from St. Albert for his 2006 Shelby Hertz GTH and Peter Sitzler took home second place for his 2006 Ford GT. In the category of Antique Vehicles from 1949 and older, Neil Musgrave from Two Hills won first for his 1928 Ford Pick Up, and George and Lovette Woytovicz from Sturgeon County received the second place trophy for their 1936 Pierce Arrow. In the Classic Vehicle class from 1950 to 1959, a 1952 Mercury M1 owned by David Hetsmud from Viking
won first place, while the second place trophy in class was won by Glenn Saive from Sherwood Park for his 1955 Chevy Nomad. In the Classic Cars 1960 to 1969, Debbie Zawaduk from Smoky Lake won with her 1967 Chevelle Malibu, and Arden Okerstron from Ardrossan won second place for his 1960 Corvette. In the Classic Cars 1970 and newer class, Harvey Von Semmler from Edmonton won for his 1987 Pontiac Firebird and Fred Theilman took home second place for his 1972 Buick Skylark. In the Street Rods class, Gord MacLennan from Edmonton won for his 1926 Hudson while Glen Ferko of Ardrossan took home second place for his 1947 Plymouth P15 convertible. In the Convertibles category, first place was won by an exhibitor named Richard from Uncas who showed a 1956 Chevy Belair, and Richard Heitman of Tofield took home second place for his 1957 Ford Skyliner. In the Pick Up trucks category 1972 and older, first place was awarded to Ricky and Cheryl Coles for their 1972 GMX C-10 Pick Up and second place went to Larry Degan. For Trucks 1973 and newer, Jerry Heibert from Fort Saskatchewan won for his 1976 GMC Sierra and second place was won by David Themien for his 1983 Chevy C-10. In the last Imports category, Kevin Hachkowski was the first place winner while Sherwood Park’s Ken Davison won for his 1957 Morris Minor. The best in Show Vehicle was a 1952 Chevy Pick Up owned by Stuart Macdonald.