Hooker Car Show Winners Announced

With 226 registered classic cars, pickups and motorcycles, the 2011 Hooker Car Show was the largest one in the area this year. Surely the shine of the cars, trucks and motorcycles could be seen throughout the five-state area Saturday morning. And if they couldn’t see the shine, many people probably saw the hundreds of red, white and blue balloons that children released at the end of the show in memory of the events of Sept. 11, 2001 as a soloist sang “God Bless America.”

“Our goal this year was 200 registered vehicles,” said Linda Martin, event organizer. “We felt that exceeding that number was a great accomplishment. We also had a great crowd of hundreds of people attend the festivities.”

Many prizes were awarded during the car show. Below is a list of winners.

· $500 Public Raffle: Robin Metcalf of Hooker

· $500 Car Show Entries Raffle (2 prizes): Henry Mussman of Hooker and Joe Robertson of Meade, Kan .

· $100 bill awarded to car #200 in appreciation of his attendance and helping us achieve our goal of 200 vehicles to Wayne Wulfmeyer from Hugoton Kansas

· Car Show Quilt: Dixie Pickett of Perryton, Texas

· 1911 .45 Auto Pistol with Custom Engraved Logo: Jake Miller of Hooker

· Best in Show Vehicle: 1962 Chevrolet Corvette owned by Aaron Epp

· Best in Show Motorcycle: 1947 Indian Motorcycle owned by Kirby Perkins of Liberal Kansas

· Longest Distance to Van Honeman with a 2008 Smart Car from Tuscon AZ .

· Dealer’s Favorite by Stu-Emmert Chevrolet: Steve Chaloupek’s 1957 Chevy Belair

· Dealer’s Favorite by Hinchey Ford: Rick Fitzgerald’s 1940 Ford Convertible

· Dealer’s Favorite by Jay Musgrave with Chrysler Corner was Graham King from Clovis NM owner of a 1968 Plymouth GTX

Top 20 favorite vehicles, in no particular order:

· Gary Donley from Mooreland Oklahoma with a 1958 Ranchero

· Rick Fitzgerald from Liberal Kansas with a 1940 ford convertible

· Susan Fox from Plains Kansas driving a 1938 Chev. ½ ton PU

· Kimberly Chaloupek from Liberal Kansas with a 1957 Ford Thunderbird

· Eugene Higgins, Elkhart Kansas with a 1940 Ford PU

· Darrel Livesay from Guymon Ok with a 1934 Ford Street Rod

· Jake Brooks from Scott City Ks driving a 1937 Chevy Coupe

· Terry Burden from Hooker entering a 1962 Chevy Corvette

· Jim and Darla Waldrop from Laverne Ok with a 1958 Ford Galaxy Retractable Hard Top

· Darin Payne from Liberal Kansas with his 1950 Chevy Bel-Air Hardtop

· Mike Colantonio from Moscow Ks with a 1933 Ford Coupe

· Larry Weaver from Liberal Kansas with a 1957 Chevy 2 Door

· Gordon Winfrey from Plains Kansas driving a 1956 GMC Suburban

· Gene Davis from Liberal drving a 1934 Ford Coupe 3 Window

· Lawrence Maytum from Guymon drving a 1951 Mercury 2 Door

· Chuck Gill from Garden City Kansas driving a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria

· Micah Davis from Gruver Tx entering a 1971 Dodge Challenger

· Graham King from Clovis NM owner of a 1968 Plymouth GTX

· Kay Epp from Liberal Kansas driving a 1956 Chevy Bel-Air

· Mike Pitts from Dumas Texas a 1962 VW Beetle

Top 5 motorcycles, in no particular order:

· Paul Jenkins Harley Davidson Duo-Glide from Optima Oklahoma

· Jim Davidson 1977 HD Shovelhead Chopper from Fritch Texas

· Daniel McCann Hooker Oklahoma with a 1963 Cushman Silver Eagle

· SCCC/ATS Liberal Kansas with a 2005 Custom Built Chopper

· Martin and A.J. Gonzales from Dalhart Tx with a 2006 Harley Davidson Softtail Springer

This car show is made possible by the generous contributions of our sponsors: Hooker First National Bank, Poor Boy’s Instruments, Hooker Chamber and Chamber Gift Shop, Hooker Equity, Crop Production Services, Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Pizza on Broadway, Linda’s Flowers and Gifts, Mills Ideal, Liberal First National Bank, Thurman Wilson, Trippet, Kee and Trippet, Hooker Tag Agency and Tangi’s House of Realty, Northwest Line Construction, Dorchester Minerals, Liberal and Guymon Napa , Wireless Data, Panhandle Telephone and Martin Body Shop, Linda Hill Crop Insurance, Guymon Paint, and Body, Meisenheimer’s, Weaver’s Alignment, Hinchey Ford, Stu Emmert Chevrolet, and Chrysler Corner.

Special thanks goes to:

· The Hooker Senior Citizens for loaning us their buildings to use for registration

· Darrell Grandy and his bucket trucks to help put up and take down the speakers on top of the buildings. He loaned us the use of his 60-foot truck to take aerial pictures.

· The City of Hooker for helping us clean up downtown.

· The people of Hooker for opening up and welcoming the hundreds of out of town people that visited our fair city for the day.

· The Hooker Fire Department for loaning us tables and chairs.

· Juliann Graham, thank you for helping with publicity.

· Car Show Volunteers:

o Steve Walton, Mark Davis, Doug Toombs , Kent and Linda Martin, Dennis and Julie Martin, Mary Young, Dennis and Patty Moore, Jennifer Butler, Kirsten Lyon , Sandy Osborn, Mary Ann Honeman, Robin Loughridge, Susie Warren , Frank Vigil, Wendy Keith, Student Council members Dakota Witt, Sarah Kraft, Madison Witt, Lesley Avarado, Lakin Huckins volunteered to help with registration and Food Court. , Bobby Godfrey, Glen Bankston,