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Here's how our season went. Every trophy goes on the shelf in my garage for a month and then
home with the member who earned it. The plaques stay in the garage. Thanks to every member who
got up at four in the morning to load in, and to every wife, husband and kid who sat under the
club canopy all day in the heat.
| Show | What we brought home |
Spring Lowrider Showdown
Salinas
Sunday, April 25, 1999 |
Best Paint: Gregory Vazquez, '63 Impala
Best Hydraulics: Eric Alvarado, '64 Impala SS
2nd place, '60s Street: Bruce Llanos, '62 Impala
Twelve of our cars came, and it rained until noon. Greg dried his roof with a beach towel.
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Cinco de Mayo Car Show
downtown San Jose
Sunday, May 2, 1999 |
Best Interior: Stephen Medina, '63 Impala
1st place, Bomb: Michael Estrada, '51 Fleetline
Mariachis, folklorico dancers and the best tamales of the year. Michael cried a little when they called his name. So did the rest of us.
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Lowrider Show
county fairgrounds, Hollister
Sunday, June 13, 1999 |
3rd place, '60s Street: Larry Casarez, '61 Impala bubble top
A small show and a good one. The kids spent the whole day at the snow cone stand.
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Summer Heat Car Show
Stockton
Sunday, July 18, 1999 |
2nd place, Single-Pump Street Hop: Eric Alvarado, 38 inches
1st place, Convertible: Sammy Salguero, '61 Impala
105 degrees. Eric broke a ball joint on his third hop and fixed it in the parking lot before the drive home. The man who beat him did 41 inches. Next year.
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Central Valley Classic
Fresno
Sunday, August 8, 1999 |
Best Interior: Stephen Medina, '63 Impala (twice in one year!)
1st place, '70s Custom: Jeffrey Borrero, '79 Monte Carlo
3rd place, G-Body: Kimberly Escamilla, '81 Regal
The longest drive of the year, three hours each way with the cars on trailers. Worth it.
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Bay & Valley Picnic Show
Watsonville
Sunday, August 29, 1999 |
2nd place, '60s Full Custom: Cleveland Cortes, '64 Impala
Mine. Second to a '63 from Salinas with engraved chrome on everything but the tires. I'm saving up.
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Fiestas Patrias Car Show
San Jose
Sunday, September 19, 1999 |
Best Club Participation: Dulce Vida, sixteen cars
1st place, '80s Custom: Lisa Luevano, '87 Cutlass Supreme
For Mexican Independence Day. We parked sixteen cars in one long row, every hood up, every family under one canopy. Proudest picture of the year, when the film comes back.
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Still to come
| Sunday, October 10 | Fall Classic, Modesto. Caravan leaves at 6:00 a.m. sharp from the gas station by the freeway. Larry has the entry forms. |
| Saturday, December 11 | Christmas Toy Drive Cruise. See the home page. |
Trophy count, 1999
| Shows entered | 7 |
| Trophies and plaques | 14 |
| Most cars at one show | 16 |
| Broken parts fixed in parking lots | 5 |
| Kids who fell asleep under the canopy | all of them |
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