Blackhawk County Street Machines Car Show 2010
May 2, 2010 at the Isle of Capri Casino, Waterloo, IA

The Blackhawk County Street Machines held their 2010 Springfest Car Show at the Isle Casino in Waterloo, Iowa. This was a nice change from having it in downtown Waterloo since there was a lot of room to work with and it was quite easy getting around. This year there was a record turnout of 426 cars, which is over one hundred more than the previous years. There were more Turbo Regals than ever since Keith and Doug brought their fine examples of American iron. You will find pictures of their clean rides in the slideshow to the right. It was a lot of walking to see every car, but it was well worth it.

My Turbo Regal ended up taking first place in the class "Street Machines 1983 to Present" and we received a very nice trophy to add to the collection at the shop. Keith got third place with his 1985 Grand National in the same class. His car is such a fine example of a restoration gone completely right! I am not sure how Doug placed since a lot of us hightailed it home to beat the rain.

Again, I think this show was run very well. Awards got a late start, but I don't blame them since there were well over a hundred more ballots than any other year. The only suggestion I have is to turn the speakers down a bit. It is plenty easy to hear the announcer anywhere at the show, so I didn't think we needed to be blasted out of our chairs every few minutes. (Our car was staged right next to the announcing area)

I think next year I am going to bring the 1996 Mustang Cobra. It is a pretty nice car and I think it would do ok in the Stock Mustang class. I haven't seen a cleaner original '96 around, so I think I will enter both cars as long as I don't keel over from getting TWO cars ready to show.