BOZEMAN, Mont. – Around 300 cars were on display in downtown Bozeman on Sunday for the 18th Annual Cruisin’ on Main car show.
Each year the Downtown Bozeman Association puts on this event to bring car lovers together to celebrate classic cars, trucks and motorcycles.
Eight-year-old James Deermin from Bozeman entered his 2017 rally cart that he built himself. He said driving it around gives him a thrill.
“Well I am kinda just like, well I gotta be really careful on this turn, it looks pretty hard, whoa okay I need gas, I need gas,” said Deermin.
Each year car spectators take a tour of the car before voting for their favorite. The winner of the People’s Choice Award gets to be on next year’s poster.
“Well, I just thought it would be really fun to see other new cars and have mine in it. And it would be fun to have a chance to win a trophy,” said Deermin.
Deemin had some tough competition this year. There were cars of all different brands and generations including a 1961 yellow and blue Hayward Ice Cream Truck, a hand-painted Harley Davidson, and a 1957 Chevy mobile home with a front bumper sticker that says ‘not a UFO’.
Owner David Soule says he built it out of a two-ton Chevy Truck back in 1981, and this is the first car show it has ever been entered in.
“We have only ever passed people on the road and we typically leave them looking like, oh what was that,” said Soule. “So it’s fun. We have met so many people today that have said ‘I saw you in Yellowstone’, or ‘Yeah, yesterday you were on 191’. It is amazing but it is fun to share back because I built it for my personal comfort and then our comfort and now for people to have fun with it. It’s just great.”
Around 7,000 people packed onto Main St. to celebrate. All of the winners from the show are listed below.
1st Place Ford – 1977 Ford Bronco. Drew Russell
1st Place Chevy – 1957 Belair Nomad, Chad Randash
1st Place Mopar – 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, Jenna Gassett
1st Place Pontiac – 1966 Pontiac GTO, Jeff Farve
1st Place Oldsmobile – 1971 Oldsmobile 442 Convertible
1st Place Original/Survivor – 1969 Chevrolet Camaro 228 RS, Matt Roller
1st Place Antique – 1928 Chrysler Imperial 80L, Derek Johnston
1st Place Street Rod/Custom – 1959 Cadillac Series G2, Dark Horse Customs
1st Place Muscle Car – 1965 Shelby Cobra, Rocky and Marina Sykes
1st Place Truck – 1966 GMC Pick-Up, Wade Dooley
1st Place Motorcycle, 1974 and Older – 1968 BSA Spitfire MKIV, Jerome Jessop
1st Place Motorcycle, 1975 and Newer – 2017 Harley Road King, Brian Clevenger
1st Place Special Interest – 2017 Morgan, Jim Syth
1st Place Import – 1970 Porsche 911, Gary Kachadurian
1st Place Best 2000 – 2012 Camaro, Scott Johnson
People’s Choice:
- 1st Place – 1951 Chevy Pick-Up, Heidi Walters
- 2nd Place – 1977 Ford Bronco, Drew Russell
- 3rd Place – 1965 Shelby American Cobra, Curt Porteus
Best in Show:
- 1st Place – 1934 Ford Woodie Wagon, Peter Bronken & Family
