CruZin' Magazine Event Index

A visual index of the Northwest auto events CruZin' covered this issue, both online and in the print magazine. Check it Out!

From the Staff

By David Marin & The CruZin' Staff

OK, you can stop with the phone calls and the e-mails, the CruZin' Calendar of Events is here, right in the middle of this magazine -- eight pages, hundreds of events, all of which have been verified by phone, e-mail and/or snail mail. But, know this, while every effort is made to make certain listings in the calendar are correct, there will be glitches. The glitches occur, generally, because events change their dates after our calendar has been printed. The bottom line is, the calendar comes to you with this "disclaimer". Call ahead and verify what is happening, and when it's happening. Read More!

A Quarter Century of GOODGUYS Good Times

Photos by Bob Roseberry, , Brian Curtis & David Marin
Story by Bob Roseberry

We are going to talk about "records" here, justified or not, but it's real easy to try looking for records at any show. Goodguy's is no exception. Read More!

"No Veteran Forgotten" Rolls Through Sedro -Woolley

Photos & Story by Brian Curtis

What a wonderful day! The sun was shining, the grass was green, at least where you could see it between the rows of awesome cars and trucks at the "No Veteran Forgotten" Show & Shine held at Riverside Park in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. Read More!

Big Rock Brings On Those Crazy Days of Summer

Photos & Story by Kathe Muromoto

Another great show in Duvall, Washington, opened, June 2, 2012, with an overcast day. I couldn't help but hear Nat King Cole in my head, "Bring back those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer". Of course, the barbecue grill with the brats certainly helped keep that song stuck in my head. Read More!

Tri-Cities' 'Cool Desert Nites' Rolls with Thunder

Photos & Story by Jerry England

The always interesting Cool Desert Nites event rolled into Tri-Cities, June 21-23, 2012, and featured a pair of Mother Nature visits in the form of rumbling thunderstorms that tried and failed to dampen the participation or the enjoyment. Read More!

Toledo Lions Club's Classic Car Show Does It Again

Photos & Story by Gregg A. Pohll

Visitors to the Toledo Lions Club Classic Car Show had to be impressed by more than the weather on Saturday. All over the grounds at Toledo Middle School were 315 classic cars and hot rods from throughout Western Washington and Northwest Oregon. Ron Smith started the show in conjunction with the local Cheese Day festival in 2001 and continues to be instrumental in sustaining the event. The key is to procure sponsors for all of the trophies that the show provides, making it one of the largest shows in the region. Read More!

Midnight Cruizers 1st "Rod Fest" Rocks Aberdeen

By Dan Dugas

If you remember "back in the day", and most of us do, you'll remember the Midnight Cruizers and their highly regarded show at Rainbow Falls State Park. That event went on for something like 35 years before the State messed things up and the show closed down. Read More!

Genesee, Idaho, Like Mayberry, Celebrates Small Town Life

Photos & Story by Annette Barton & Sandie McCollum

Genesee, Idaho - Even with occasional downpours, winds and threat of hail, this annual show went on as usual. Organizer Charley Rennaker, an energetic soul with an extreme passion for all things auto, did a great job getting volunteers together, gathering sponsors including Pacific NW Farmers Cooperative, Roach Construction, Wilbur-Ellis and the McGregor Company for registration cards, trophies and door prizes and then making the day enough fun for all to bring cars from all over the region on a day only fit for ducks! Read More!

Eagle River Custom Car & Cycle Show

Photos & Story by Suz Troutner

Eagle River, Alaska -- Well, except for the construction work in the parking lot and the crummy weather, 2012 was another amazing year at the Henry J. McDonald Ice Arena. Promoter Derek Snelson's Eagle River Custom Car & Cycle Show offered up more "new" eye candy than ever before. Read More!

Flashback -- Hot Day & Cool Show in Bend

Photos & Story by Bob Roseberry

Bend, Oregon is in the high desert volcano country, surrounded by ranches, rivers and volcanic peaks. Not far from Flashback's Friday "prefunction" at Smolich Motors is Pilot Butte, itself an ancient volcanic cone. From the top, the near and far horizon is dotted with a myriad of cones, as well as mountains like Bachelor and the Sisters. Bend itself is a full service small city still aware of its ranching heritage, but clearly in the modern world as well. It's full of trees, the Deschutes River and assorted parks, one of them Drake Park, right on the aforementioned River, which is where the main event of the Flashback Cruz takes place. Now that we have reacquainted you with the City of Bend, what about the show itself? Read More!

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