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The 2nd Annual O’Reilly’s Autofest was a huge success!
Presented by Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureauand and
The Promotion Company/Family Events
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau and The Promotion Company/Family Events kicked the event off with a media lunch on Wednesday, January 2nd and the excitement began.
We want to thank all of the participants and spectators for attending.
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau and The Promotion Company/Family Events kicked the event off with a media lunch on Wednesday, January 2nd and the excitement began. Here are some of the highlights!
Autofest 2008 was the year for prestigious show cars from all over the United States.
These national-winning vehicles joined the event on a “display only” basis and were very well received by everyone that attended this year.
- 1935 Roadster built by Roger Burman from Iowa. This beautiful car was selected as the 2006 Ridler Winner, 2007 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster, 2007 GoodGuys D’Elegance and Most Beautiful Streetrod .
- 1967 Ring Brothers Mustang owned by Doug and Flo Hoppe also from Iowa. The award winning Mustang received the 2006 Ford Design Award/SEMA, 2006 others Shine Award/SEMA, 2006 Detroit AutoRama Outstand Engineering and 2007 GoodGuys Street Machine of the Year.
- 1938 Chevrolet Coupe owned by John and Elaine Boyce from Nebraska. This beautiful Coupe received the GoodGuys 2006 Street Rod of the Year and 2006 Rod & Custom Magazine Rod of the Year.
- 1954 Mercury owned by Gil and Janet Losi from Murrieta, California. This eye-catching Mercury received the 2007 GoodGuys DelMar Boyd Coddington’s Pro’s Pick and DelMar Ford in a Ford Award, 2007 Best of Show-LaVerne, California, 2007 NHRA Museum Award and 2007 GoodGuys Custom Rod of the Year Finalist.
- 1941 Willys Truck built by Steve Legens from Martin, Tennessee. The Willys Truck was a 2006 GoodGuys Truck of the Year Finalist, 2006 Riddler Great 8 Finalist, NSRA Pro’s Pick 2006 and 2007, GoodGuys Boyd’s Pick 2006 & 2007 and NAPA Trick Truck 2007.
Judging was not an easy task due to the caliber of street rods, muscle cars, customs, trucks and motorcycles competing this year.
Entertainment was high on our priority list for this year’s show. Popular with everyone was the band Crisis who rocked the house on Saturday afternoon with their Classic Rock…Preserved music. Kids 5-12 years old had the opportunity to “make a model and take it away,” and everyone decided to test their skills as a NASCAR driver on a racetrack with radio-operated cars that was provided by Ozark Entertainment.
Bob Chandler, creator of the original Big Foot monster truck, was on hand to sign autographs and talk about how the truck was designed. Of course everyone snapped shots of Big Foot all weekend.
Check out the event photos to see these beautiful cars. We hope to see you next year. Detailed information regarding next year's show will be available in the near future. Again, many thanks to all, Carol.
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