And the finale of all of this car show goodness – which turns out to be probably the least exciting posts because there are more people than cars and most of you just want to see cars.
The guys had asked if I wanted to help judge this year for the Honour Roll awards and I reluctantly agreed. Not because I didn’t want to do it, but because I knew just how many hard hitters come out to this particular show. Judging a full lot of cars to come to a conclusion of the top 15 cars is more difficult than you think. The way we approached it this year was to ensure that it was fair game – despite what some might think. If you have a car that is one of the top builds, have little or no changes but have won in the previous years – we made a unanimous decision not to judge you. We really wanted to make sure that the fresh builds had a chance against the more seasoned builds.
The group also raised a huge $5,500 to put towards the Calgary Humane Society. It’s not only the show that gets bigger, but the amount raised as well – this is AMAZING. Good job everyone… Let’s get to this conclusion…
As I neared the end of my round and got back to the tent, a few cars that were parked on the sideline – Jackie’s Tundra.
Alex’s other car – MDX on TE37’s… Everything is modified in his house.
Nick’s GTR
Also a few extras below that I missed adding for some reason… It must have gotten mixed up in my FlickR when I was re-organizing…
The aggressive track set up Integra…
GTI on VIP Modulars
GTI on Work VS-XX’s
Ron’s R32 GTR on bronze Work Meister S1R’s
A chameleon wrapped STI
A super sick Tourer… Also another one of my show favourites…
Flared Mazda3
Eric’s S15
And getting back to the view from the tent.
The hard working team that helped all that came to the tent that day…
I got them to turn around for a quick shot – Nat, Barb, JC, Diana, and Cindy. Good job guys!
Not too far from the tent was Rich DJ-ing for the crowd. It does help that there’s some music playing as background music while you’re walking around.
Cool shirts this year
Rich playing an all-time classic… Clarity – by Zedd. Brought tears and memories to my eyes…
Out of no where, I heard a bunch of laughing and I look over to see Errol on the ground holding his family jewels. Not knowing why, I ran over and took pictures first and asked questions later…
Turns out that Alex whipped him with his microfiber cloth and hit right on the mark. Poor Errol…
Everyone getting ready to start handing out awards and calling names for the raffles…
Jimmy from VEX was MC again…
The crowd awaiting the good stuff…
I didn’t have names, but this lucky winner got the first prize – a GoPro Hero 4, battery and memory card sponsored by Urban X.
Errol bought a whole load of tickets (as well as a bunch of others) and ended up winning and Apple iPad Mini 3 sponsored by Bag Barn.
Errol scrambling to find the winning ticket in-between all his others…
Another individual won Haute AG’s prize consisting of a Low Profile jack, socket set, and ratcheting wrenches.
Aldo also ended up putting a bunch of money in and ended up winning the Apple watch sponsored by Speed Options… I wish I got it with my one ticket… T_T
All smiles with his win.
Hard to really take a pic of all the people. There was a bunch way back and to the left…
This lucky dude won the prize with $1000 off an air set up/install from Bag Barn.
Corey still working his butt off…
Next up were the winners of the Honour Roll…
First up was Tommy Daraseng and his BMW M3
Next was Chico Aguilar and his gold wrapped, Varis-equipped Evo X MR.
Matt Dower and his green and bagged GMC pick up…
Kevin Nguyen and his blue 1991 Skyline GTR
Greg Pock (this is not Greg) and his black Rocket Bunny RX7
Jeff Lange and his impeccable 1986 Corolla GT-S (the one that has been restored close to mint)
Jessie Joe Curtis and his 2006 Subaru WRX with an aggressive track set up.
Quincy Yuen and his Varis Widebody Subaru STI Hatch
Reggie Mah and his Varis x Rocket Bunny FRS
Sebastian Prucnal with a red 1989 BMW 325i Wagon
Curtis Rider (this is not Curtis) and his 1981 VW Caddy Rabbit Pick up
Adam Merrill and his 1992 VW GTI
Last but not least, Curtis Cooper and his purple S15.
Missing in this list is Noel Eggers and his ’98 240SX.
As well as Michael Boulanger and his mint ’94 Mazda RX7
That’s a wrap for Sunday School coverage! Another good year in the books. I really hope that next year is even better… I’m already looking forward to it! Thanks for the awesome show everyone!