The Malad Classic Car Show filled Main Street on Saturday, as hundreds of people made their way into town for the annual first weekend of the June event.  This year marked an impressively large, round-numbered benchmark, 35 years.  The show was as fantastic as always, with a mix of local and out of town car owners competing in a range of categories for a trophy made by Malad’s own Kristi Christofersen.

In addition to celebrating 35 years, the show was also one to remember as a celebration of America 250, the Oneida Quilt Guild show, and the Dyno on hand from Boost for Therapy and Bearded Burnouts, which kept a crowd at KC Oil all afternoon to watch horsepower testing.

Although the pride in taking home a trophy is significant, most of the participants in the Malad Classic seem to be more interested in being among fellow car enthusiasts than the prize itself.  Still, prizes never hurt!

A list of category winners is as follows: People’s Choice, Valerie McBride (1930 Ford Model A); Bike, Braxden Kaufman (1966 HD Custom); Young Guns (18 and under), Rasp Carter (1982 Chevy Caprice); Limited Production, Ed Hutchinson (1966 Ford Cobra); Factory Stock, Daniel Bybee (1966 Ford F-100); Tri-Five, Bret Feller (1955 Chevy Wagon); Rat Rod, Ross and Laura Kidman (1934 Ford Pickup); Modern Muscle, Scott Conley (2002 Pontiac TransAm Firehawk); Traditional Custom, Larry Hansen (1970 Chevy K10); Modified Classic, Shane Price; Spirit of the Car Show, Cheyenne; and Best of Show, Richard Baker (1934 Ford 3 Window Coupe). 

Richard Baker places his Best in Show trophy down next to his 1934 Ford Coupe.

The Malad Classic also gave a public forum to others who were looking to tell people about their own projects and community concerns.  Included were Lon Colton and Shanci Dorius, representing Oneida County’s America 250 committee, the Quilt Club (which featured an patriotic America250 quilt selection), the Fair board annual fair raffle, and more.

Right across the street at KC Oil, there was a steady crowd all day for “Dyno Days,” which was a joint production of Broderic Braegger with Boost for Therapy and locals Allen Nimer and Jacob Hardy with Bearded Burnouts.  Over the course of the afternoon, contestatnts were given a chance to test their car against the field and against the “house” vehicles for bragging rights and cash.  Contestants each got 2 chances for $80 to get an accurate number for their vehicle’s maximum HP and lock in the top number of the day.  There was also an open contest against the 800 HP vehicle for additional prizes.  While the cars only moved the distance onto and off the testing rig from the parking lot, there was nevertheless a captive audience on hand all day, and more events are planned in the region.

While all of the car-based excitement was underway, the Quilt show took place inside the Senior Center, which was a cool break from the very warm weather outside.  The quilts were, as always, fantastic and skillfully made.   

Young Gun Rasp Carter

Toni and Steve Werk displayed their collection of car insignia’s and ornaments, Kristi Christiphersen, Mountain Momma’s Groomers, food trucks, and other local businesses were also on site to keep the day busy and entertaining. 

Once again, the Malad Classic Car Show was a great success, and a marquee event on Malad’s calendar.

Ed Jones holds the flag to honor veterans.

 Other awards were handed out by Ed and Wendy Jones during the event as well, including the Vandelay Industries and Family Choice awards.

We received reports from the Dyno event that local Todd Toone was the winner of the $500 prize for the highest HP Natural Aspirated Class, and “a fellow named David from Idaho Falls” won the $500 in the Power Adder Class.

Special mention should be made of a presentation of flags and other items to all the veterans who were in attendance at this year’s Car Show, which had both banners and celebrating America 250 as a backdrop.  

In addition, the America 250 table presented a raffle winner with a Malad America 250 T-shirt at the top of every hour.