Chatsworth- March 21^st, 2010 marked the 3^rd annual B&M Hurst Car Show at their B&M Performance Chatsworth facility. Several hundred cars lined the surrounding streets and featured everything from classic cars to modern muscle cars and the specialty line of Hurst edition vehicles. Over fifty-five trophies were given for various classes. There was also a group raffle for car groups that brought over ten vehicles. Hurst and other vendors also donated various car products that were raffled away to the many car enthusiasts. Hot Rod TV made their way around the show and shot amongst the many first-class automobiles that were present.

The Hurst Show this year came on the heels of the LX Festival just the day before. It was a busy, busy, weekend for SCC. The LX Festival is huge for us as we are the “unofficial” hosts for the Challenger owners that are there and also the fact that it is a show that is put on by Dodge corporate. It’s a must for us to be at that one in large numbers. It just so happened that this year the Hurst Show was the next day. So be it. As I showed up at the meeting point I wondered how many people would show at this one the very next day. I always want us to show up in force where ever we go, but I was curious how that day would go. I could understand if people would have shined the Hurst Show off. The day before was very hot and there was no shade. We all were baked like a tray of brownies. I was tired and dehydrated. I felt like a piece of beef jerky. I was relieved to see the cars start pulling into the meeting place. I was really happy that the NCC guys who were at the LX Festival the day before also showed up to the Hurst Show. Mike and the gang are great guys and we were honored to have them with us. Dave did the pre-flight pow-wow and we were off to line up for the show.

As we pulled into the pre-staging line to enter the show there was a spectacular sight. A Hemi-Orange 1970 Challenger R/T lined up against the curb. It was owned by Mike V and his son was driving it. This car was in the second version of Vanishing Point and was in immaculate condition. Dave had the great idea of having this Challenger lead us in. It made for a very cool sight to see an original and classic Challenger bringing in the new Challengers. We ended up getting prime parking around the end of the street. It worked out really well for us.

After we shined ‘em up and set up our banners and ez-ups, it was time to enjoy the show. Other than the “Fling” Shows in Woodley Park twice a year, the Hurst Show has had the most old Mopar cars of any show we’ve been at. I loved seeing them around. Our Member Carl had his Challenger on display at the DC Performance booth. DC did his blower and it was great to see his car in the limelight. I also liked seeing the old Hurst packed cars, especially the Oldsmobile. Somebody’s dad in school had one of those and I remember thinking it was way cool back then!

As the show came to a close it was trophy presentation time. Last year we took home the Group Participation Trophy from this event. It still to this day is one of the coolest trophies we have in our trophy case. It’s truly unique. This year however we had some really good competition from the new Camaro Club that was present. They had a whole line of cars towards the other end of the show that looked like it either matched or exceeded what he had there. It was down to the wire who had more cars. I truly didn’t know. I remember one of their guys coming over and counting how many cars we had. It was that close! It turned out that we had one more car than they did and our name was called for the Group Participation Award.  Last year we won that trophy pretty handily. This year it was one car that made the difference. I think it’s great to have the competition with other car groups. Number one it’s all in fun, it pushes everyone to be better, and the car show and spectators benefit from it. I’m glad they were there.

Big thanks to B&M for putting on a kick ass car show. It was amazing to see the number of cars increase from last year to this year. And it’s only their 3^rd one! Also, big props to all the SCC Members who sucked it up and came to both shows that weekend. I know that was tough to do with your families and other obligations, but it was truly appreciated. Thank you to our partner NCC Members as well for attending with us. It’s going to be fun watching you be successful as you build your group. The two of us together will accomplish great things…