Sons of AmVets holds 17th annual car show

By Max Von Gries
Posted 6/15/22

The Sons of AmVets Squad 107 held their annual car show in Richmond Sunday afternoon to help raise money for their local homeless shelter.

The show included over 35 different classes of cars, …

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Sons of AmVets holds 17th annual car show

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The Sons of AmVets Squad 107 held their annual car show in Richmond Sunday afternoon to help raise money for their local homeless shelter.

The show included over 35 different classes of cars, trucks, and motorcycles that were all on display. Food and beverages were offered, and there was even a 50-50 raffle that spectators could enter their names into.

Prizes for the raffle included cash and gift cards to local car shops. The grand prize winner of the raffle donated all the money back to the Sons of AmVets shortly after winning it.

Cars that were submitted into the show were judged based on their class, with the top three cars in each class winning trophies.

Earlier in the day, Richmond had received heavy amounts of rain which made it very difficult for some people to make it to the show. At least three people called in and said that the rain was making it too difficult to drive and be in attendance.

Luckily, the rain stopped, and the show was still able to continue with over 30 entries that would later be judged.

The award for “Best Original Car” went to Pat and Randa Coleman, who brought their 1969 Chevy Malibu.

Dennis Murray, commander of the 107th squad, is in his second year of helping with the car show. Murray was worried about the weather but in the end, everything worked out well.

“It takes a lot of man hours from a lot of people, so when we saw that there was potential for bad weather, we got a little worried,” Murray said. “We hold this event because it’s just a whole lotta fun to be at. Lots of cool looking cars, food and drinks and a bunch of people who care for their community.”

Murray later had the tough decision of picking out a car to win the “Sons Commander Award”, which was the last award handed out. Allen Hufford was the recipient of the award, and the winning car was a 1972 Nova.