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Pontiac Southern Nats 2011 – Race Day

The American Performance & Classic Car Show

at Sewell Buick GMC

AutoRama 2012 was a super successful event.  With a total of eight gorgeous cars in the DAPA display the camaraderie was wonderful.  Rob Bender did a great job of arranging the cars to make the display color coordinated.  With cars ranging from a 1939 Sedan belonging to Tom & Judy Rivers to a couple of 1979 TransAm’s, one belonging to Kevin Skaggs and the other belonging to Cathy & Guy Larson.

Included in the display were a 1955 Starchief (John & Colleen Darling), a 1958 Chieftain (Frank & Brenda Moren), a 1969 GTO (Rob Garrett), a 1970 Lemans (Dan Grace) and “Tweetie”, a 1972 Formula (Lee and his daughter Jennifer Green).

With the weather cooperating for move in it made for a smooth and stress free set-up.  Also the addition of corner brackets to the stanchions, using Tommy Rivers’ idea and Frank Moren’s “manufacturing”, the ropes surrounding the display held up very well against the spectators.  The DVD, which was used during the weekend and produced by John Bily, was a huge success.  It was almost a moot point until Frank “found” the club’s TV/DVD player hidden in his garage… right where he left it after last year’s AutoRama.

As far as how everyone placed… does it really matter?  We had such a great time that we all were WINNER’s in our minds.  Never-the-less we all walked away with a plaque.  The three newest participants really seemed to enjoy themselves and we all would like to see more “newbies” at the next AutoRama.

The Photo Album can be viewed here: AutoRama 2012

Write up compliments of Frank & Brenda Moren

We Are The Champions!

Date	Member	Car	Event	Award
2015 Paradise TX Show	Huelyn Duvall	’66 GTO	60’s Car	Mayor’s Choice
2015 Garland Labor Day Parade/Show	Frank and Brenda Moren	’58 Chieftain	50’s Car	First Place
2015 Garland Labor Day Parade/Show	Bob Cook	’09 GXP	2000’s Car	Class Award
2015 Garland Labor Day Parade/Show	Robert and Laura Garrett	’69 GTO	60’s Car	Mayor’s Choice
AutoRama 2015	Ricky Bowen	’77 Trans Am	1973-1978 Restored	First Place
AutoRama 2015	Joe Cain	’09 G8 GXP	2002-2012 Conservative Hardtop	Class Award
AutoRama 2015	Keith Davidson	’68 Firebird 400	1968-1972 Restored	Second Place
AutoRama 2015	Robert and Laura Garrett	’69 GTO	Competition Stock	First Place
AutoRama 2015	Chris and Cathy Horn	‘02 Trans Am	1993-Present Restored Convertible	First Place
AutoRama 2015	Frank and Brenda Moren	’58 Chieftain	1958-1967 Restored	Second Place
AutoRama 2015	Larry Rawlings	’09 Solstice	2002-Present Domestic Sports	First Place
AutoRama 2015	Rick Thiessen	’79 Trans Am	1979-1985 Altered Restored	Third Place
Nov 8, 2014	Joe Cain	2009 G8 GXP	END OF SEASON GM Car & Truck Show	Best In Class
Oct 18, 2014	Joe Cain	2009 G8 GXP	Caddo Mills Motor Club 5th Annual Benefit Show	1st Place – 80’s and up car
October 18, 2014	Rob and Laura Garrett	1969 GTO	O’Reilly Auto Parts Rockin’ Fall Show	2nd Place – 60’s Modified
September 1, 2014	Bob Spurrier	1956 Chieftain Wagon	Garland Exchange Club Labor Day Show	Top 20 Award
September 1, 2014	Rob and Laura Garrett	1969 GTO	Garland Exchange Club Labor Day Show	Top 20 Award
July 26, 2014	Todd Bradford	1969 Firebird	8th Annual Statewide Remodeling Show	Class Winner: Convertible
July 5, 2014	Brian Donahue	1969 GTO	Bass Pro, Grapveine	1st Place
July 5, 2014	Rick Thiessen	1979 Firebird	Bass Pro, Grapevine	Class Winner
April 11, 2014	DAPA	Everyone	Heights Car Show	Club Participation Award Club Participation Award Heights Car Show 2014
March 1, 2014	Richard Bush	1964 GTO	Horsepower For Kids Show	1st Place – 60’s Class
February 16, 2014	Jack Ammons	2011 Solstice	Autorama 2014	Restored Convertible 2009-2011
February 16, 2014	Todd Bradford	1969 Firebird	Autorama 2014	1st Place – Custom Convertible
February 16, 2014	Russell Chase	1968 Firebird	Autorama 2014	Restored 1968-1972
February 16, 2014	Keith Davidson	1968 Firebird	Autorama 2014	Restored 1968-1972
February 16, 2014	Rob and Laura Garrett	1969 GTO	Autorama 2014	2nd Place – Competition Stock
February 16, 2014	Frank and Brenda Moren	1958 Chieftain	Autorama 2014	2nd Place – Restored 1958-1967
February 16, 2014	Bob Spurrier	1956 Chieftain Wagon	Autorama 2014	1st Place – Restored 1945-1957
February 16, 2014	Rick Thiessen	1979 Firebird	Autorama 2014	2nd Place – Restored 1979-1984