Cruise Nights

What are Cruise Nights? Cruise Nights are local car shows or car gatherings sponsored by local car clubs and area restaurants. They are normally held in the parking lot of the sponsoring restaurant in the afternoon or evening, on Saturdays or Sundays from March or April through October or November. Sometimes area auto dealers and auto parts houses sponsor them also.

A small fee, usually from $10 to $20, is charged for each vehicle shown. Cars, trucks and motorcycles are entered into classes that can range from the type of vehicle (chevy, ford, sports car, custom rod, ie) or the year the vehicle was built. Vehicles can range from your daily driver to custom jobs that are only driven to shows or on weekends. Judging is normally done by the contestants, but also can be done by judges and can be subjective. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Awards, usually trophies or plaques, are given out to 1 S\ 2nd, and sometimes 3rd place winners in each class plus sometimes best of show or other special awards. Dash plaques and other goodies are usually given to all entrants, and some shows have raffles and other giveaways.

Even if you don't want to enter your car, Cruise Nights are a lot of fun to go see,

and will bring back fond memories of your younger days when you went cruising on Saturday night in your 69 Camaro. I hope to see lots of new-cruisers this year at the local Cruise Nights, so go to the calendar on this site and look and see which one is close to you and GO CRUISIN!! !

Curt Troster - Cruise Night coordinator