FAQs - Awards

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - AWARDS

Question:    

Our most popular question that we get constantly is "who builds your awards"?

Answer:    

You'd think it might be a group of people, but the plain and simple answer is it's just one person, our Show Coordinator, Steven Schultz. He came up with the idea years ago and does a new design every year creating each and every trophy himself in his shop. He spends most of the year building them and starts designing the next year's show trophies right after the current show ends. All time and materials are donated by Steven, who is also a Graphic Designer. He designs all of the creatives from the dash plaques to the flyers and the t-shirt to boot. He is also a Web Developer having designed this website and the one for the town. And of course he is the Show Coordinator. He spends the whole year planning, designing, creating, fundraising, getting sponsors, securing raffle and silent auction donations, and more. All of this is done on his own time and many times on his own dime for one reason only, to execute and bring you the best car show possible. Everything you see from the show layout, the community building set-up, the music program, etc., is all Steven. However, he relies heavily on his 50 or so volunteers on show day to execute all tasks of the show.

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QUESTION:    

What time is the awards ceremony start?

ANSWER:    The schedule of awards is as follows:

(Note: The awards will take place in front of the Community Building)

2:00pm:   Awards Distribution Begins (could begin as early as 1:45pm)

2:30pm:   The Awards will conclude around 2:30pm. Immediately following the awards ceremony, the drawing for our 50/50 Raffle will be held and once the winner is announced, the show will conclude.

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QUESTION:    

How will I know if I won an award?

ANSWER:    

We will announce all of the winners one-by-one during the scheduled awards ceremony. If you are not present and had to leave early, we will contact you within 72 hours following the show to arrange a way to get it to you. You can also have a friend accept it on your behalf if you will not be present for the awards.

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QUESTION:    

Is this a Judged Show or a Participant’s Choice Voting?

ANSWER:    

This is a Participant Choice voting event.

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QUESTION:    

I don’t like Participant Voting Shows. How is yours different?

ANSWER:    

Yes, we are well aware of the pros and cons of participant voting vs. judged shows. This has been a long time debate amongst car enthusiasts for years. We may not have perfected participant voting, we have developed a specialized process to make our participant voting the fairest it can be. If you are a participant, we ask that you do not vote on your own car. If you are part of a car club, we prefer that you do not vote on other club members cars. If you do, we have a way to check this on the backend when we tally the votes. If we discover straight club voting, we reserve the right to cap the club cars to no more than 25-30% receiving an award or eliminate that group from winning an award at all.  Such situations are a group's action at an attempt to sweep the awards for their group and/or improve their chances for an award. We view this as unfair play and a lack of integrity on the part of any club or group that attempts this. Therefore, we urge that everyone abides by this process so as not to waste any of your votes and to remain eligible for an award.  

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QUESTION:    

What kind of awards do you have?

ANSWER: 

All of our awards are designed and handmade for our event. They take a good part of the year to create. Starting in 2026 we have to cut back the awards slightly due to existing time constraints.  We will have more than 60 awards that will be given out each year. Below is a sample list of our awards which could change each year. Any changes would typically be to the Specialty Awards.

Top Awards

1) Top 50 Cars & Trucks

2) Top 3 Tractors

3) Top 4 Motorcycles & Side-by-Sides

4) 5-7 Specialty Awards (TBD)

5) "Best of Show" - We have a special award for the vehicle deemed as the "Best of Show" winner.  We no longer use the winning participant's vehicle(s) in the design work effective with the 2026 show. The 2025 show winner was last show this was offered.  

6) You never know what else we might include

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QUESTION:    

How does your award presentation process work?

ANSWER:    

Our awards process is as follows:

•   Participant voting sheets must be turned in by 12:00pm. This gives you a good few hours to vote on your favorite vehicles. Those folks that arrive after registration closes at 9:30am assumes the risk of their vehicle not receiving votes.

•   By no later than 2:00pm we will start announcing the awards.

•   We will announce on the PA system at least 5-10 minutes before the award's start time.

•   Award winners will be announced one every 20 seconds. Winners will collect their awards and get their photo taken when they arrive to collect their award inside the Community Building. This ensures a steady and expedient flow of the presentation process.

•   For the photos, we will attempt either a group photo of five winners or do them individually. These will be taken inside as your collect your award.

•   For the Specialty Awards, these will be awarded outside in person with the prominent town employee who is tied to the award as the presenter.  Example: The Police Chief will present the "Police Chief's Pick" award, etc.

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