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Love cars? Do you have a beauty you enjoy showing off, or do you just like to look, dream, and drool? If so, you won’t want to miss the 2017 Davie County High School and SkillsUSA Auto Tech Car Show at Trailers of the East Coast, 418 Interstate Drive, Mocksville, on Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
Davie County High School Auto Tech Car Show
Car show proceeds will benefit Automotive Technology and the SkillsUSA Chapter at Davie County High School. Space constraints require us to limit the car show to the first 120 cars to register on the day of the show. Car show registration is from 8 until 9:30 AM on show day.
NASCAR Goodies on Display
In conjunction with the car show, Trailers of the East Coast will have a Team Penske NASCAR race car transporter open for walk-throughs/brief tours.
Action Express Racing, Mustang Sampling, Austin Dillon #3 & More Attractions Planned
The Mustang Sampling show car #5 Corvette will be on display as will the Austin Dillon #3 show car. Details on additional family friendly car show attractions are still being finalized.
Voting, Classes & Awards
Judging will take place from 9:00 until 11:00 AM with awards presented at 12:15 PM. Entry fee for show cars is $15. A panel of judges will select the top three in each class while show attendees will vote on People’s Choice awards and Trailers of the East Coast staff will select the Sponsor’s Choice Awards.
Cars will compete in the following classes:
General Motors: Early to 1975, 1976-1981, 1981 to present
Ford/Mercury: Early to 1975, 1976-1981, 1981 to present
Chrysler/Mopar: Early to 1975, 1976-1981, 1981 to present
Euro, Exotics, Imports, Trucks, Tractors
Special Awards – Built by Automotive Students at Davie County High School
There will be special awards for Best of Show, Best Interior, Best Paint, Best Engine, and Sponsor’s Choice. The special awards are built by the students in the automotive classes at Davie High School.
Hotdogs, chips and drinks will be available for purchase. The rain date for the car show is June 4th.
Davie High Automotive Technology and SkillsUSA
All proceeds go to students enrolled in SkillsUSA for competition to win scholarships to jump-start their careers.
Each quarter, there are on average 44 students enrolled in Davie High’s Automotive Technology program taught by Seth James. On average, there are 20 students enrolled in level 2/3 are preparing for careers in the automotive industry.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel by providing educational programs, events and competitions that support career and technical education (CTE) in the nation’s classrooms. The organization serves more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations.
For more information about this event, please call Seth James at (336) 751-5905 ext. 4084.
