Kenny McCarty of Groveland with the CAMBR Award and his '67 Chevelle






Brandon Schimmelfennig of Ceres won the Adult Pie Eating Contest






Cassy Marler of Greeley Hill won the Children's Pie Eating Contest






Best Sport bike Award went to an ’05 Honda VTX 1300 owned by Allen Armstrong.

Actually, Saturday, Aug 1^st turned out to be just a nice, hot summer day with temperatures staying below the three digit mark and refreshing breezes all day.  But the HOT cars, HOT Bikes and HOT sultry music heated up the action at Coulterville Park. 

Several thousand dollars was successfully raised for the Coulterville Stage Project building fund.  A great variety of cars and bikes vied for the various Show Your Chrome contest awards.  The winner of the first annual CAMBR (Coulterville America’s Most Beautiful Roadster) Award was a ’67 Chevy Chevelle owned by Kenny McCarty of Groveland.  It was a 427ci 500 plus HP, 4 wheel disc earth-shaker and it was HOT!

In the ’49 and Older class, 1^st place was a ’27 Ford Touring Convertible owned by Tony Atkission from Fresno.  2^nd place was a ’39 Pontiac Deluxe owned by Vincent Barr from Twain Harte..  In 3^rd place was a ’34 Ford Tudor owned by Ernest Hoff from Oakdale.

For the ’50 to ’80 class, 1^st place was a ’66 Chevy Corvette owned by the Diesels from Sonora.  2^nd place was a ’65 Chevy Pickup owned by Mike Branson from Hollister.  3^rd place was a ’67 Ford Mustang owned by John Zurilgen from Mariposa.

For the ’81 and newer class, 1^st place went to an ’07 Nissan 350z owned by James Lister from Don Pedro.  2^nd place was an ’87 VW Bus owned by Mike Brenner from Mariposa.

People’s Choice car winners included the Nifty Fifty Award for a ’56 Chevy Belair 510 owned by Steve Dunlap from Sonora.  The Favorite Ford Award went to Tony Atkission’s ’27 Ford Touring Convertible. 

In the People’s Choice bike classes, the Best Cruiser Award went to a ’00 Indian Silver Cloud owned by Les Simmerman of Manteca.  The Best Sport bike Award went to an ’05 Honda VTX 1300 owned by Allen Armstrong.  A ’99 SPCN Pan/Shovel owned by Jacob Forsmenn from Ceres won the Best Bagger award.

Disappearing Pies!

Two other proud winners of the day were Cassy Marler of Greeley Hill and Brandon Schimmelfennig of Ceres.  Both got seriously gooey by burying their faces in some yummy looking cream pies and slurping really, really fast.  Cassy won the children’s pie-eating contest and Brandon won the adult contest, with Brandon virtually consuming an entire 2 lb. pie in 60 seconds flat!

There were a whole host of other happy winners, with dozens of terrific prizes in the various raffles.  This included one lucky Mark Richesin from Don Pedro who won an $800 gift certificate to Gold Rush Honda Yamaha!

There was plenty of shade, great breezes and cool beverages available, so after checking out the wonderful variety of cars and merchandise on display by the various vendors, attendees were able to simply sit back and enjoy the rock and blues of Frankenstein59, Snake Oil, The No Borders Blues Band and The Joe Dollar Band.

Amy Vercnocke, President of the Shindig Committee said, “I could not have done it without the help of my committee, the generous sponsors and other donors, as well as the great volunteers who worked to make it all come together.  My thanks to each and every one:

Our sponsors included:

Event Sponsor: Allied Auto Stores/AC Delco

Platinum Sponsors: Coulterville Community Club, Gold Rush Honda Yamaha, Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce, Yosemite Bank

Gold Sponsors: Bischoff Custom Design, Fosters True Value, Greenous, Huff Electric,, Magnolia Saloon, Napa Auto Parts, Northside Signs

Silver Sponsors: Greeley Hill Market, Hurst Ranch, Mountain Sage Coffee & Tea

Our Volunteers Included: Joe Durkee, Robert Ellis, Gary Gallant, Debbie Jackson, Christine Laursen, Sam Lay, Jay Rohls, Brandon and Lisa Schimmelfennig, Jan and Don Sundberg, Scott, Andrew and Ethan Wachs.

Plus Our Hard Working Committee Members: Nick Drogowski, MaryAnn Huff, Steve Huff, Tom Love, Dale Silverman, Cherylann Schimmelfennig, Peter Schimmelfennig,

Article Credit: Dale Silverman