From timeless classic automobiles to sleek new designs, car owners from all over Orange County rolled into CdM’s pool parking lot for a community exhibition. This year marked the third annual Car Show for the school and did not disappoint. With 72 cars hitting the road to join the show and some notable faces in the crowd, CdM’s committee of students put on a memorable show this year.
The event first began when former ASB President TJ Rokos and a crew of Monty Crane, Michelle Nguyen, and many more forged it into being. Now a junior, Nguyen shares that, unlike the event’s other founders, she is “not a car fanatic at all and yet, the car show is still [her] favorite event of the year!”
The event routinely takes place each year on a sunday morning in late March, though, this team has been roadmapping its development for months. With endless phone calls, dozens of emails, and the help of CdM community favorites like Moongoat and Optima, the lot was filled with vendors. Handing out coffee, donuts, and hotdogs, members of the community took snacks for the road as they perused the isles of vintage Cadillacs, Mustangs, and Ferraris. Car enthusiasts eagerly purchased CdM Car Show souvenir T-shirts and took a peek inside some one-of-a-kind automobiles.
This year, the Car Show had some legendary visitors: the Gurneys. With a longstanding heritage in such a high-speed industry, the Gurneys brought a showstopper that nearly knocked the tires off fellow automobile enthusiasts. “That 2019 Ford GT that won best overall car had to have been my favorite car of the entire show,” says car extraordinaire who’s owned over 15 different cars in his life, Robert Perry. Reading the placard in front of the car Perry could see its importance not only to the car connoisseur community but to the CdM community as well: “It was only natural that famed Ford driver Dan Gurney, part of the driving duo who raced to victory at the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans in a GT40 MkIV, should receive one of these rare commemorative vehicles.”
Race cars have that certain allure. They not only have that too fast too furious appeal but provide an opportunity for the imagination. Even being in their line of sight feels like a scene…Vin Diesel saying “for family” and hopping in the car to save the world one-quarter mile at a time.
For car showgoer and freshman Callum Kelley Hickey, the 2019 crimson-colored Chevy Corvette caught his drift. So after his sister had performed in the jazz band he took his opportunity to take pictures alongside it, starstruck by its mechanical beauty.
Classic cars on the other hand shape how much growth the automobile industry has achieved and how much more they can advance in this age of refinement. Winning for best classic car Mandy Browning, owner of the yellow 1960 ACMA Vespa Piaggio 400, shares that she just “imported her from Leone France on Thursday, which [she had] been waiting for since December.” With a two-stroke engine three-speed manual transmission and suicide doors, Browning calls her newfound zest of life “Mimosa” so that she can commemorate the previous owner who had her for over twenty years and had given her that name.
The CdMHS community is grateful to ASB’s community outreach and event organizer team: Will Oldakowski, Will Chavez, Andrew Rabin, Ryan Mehrali, Maxwell Tran, Charlie Hileman, Michelle Nguyen, Owen Clark, Megan De Marinis, London Mott for all the hard work and drive they put in to make this event cross the finish line. Another big thanks goes out to all the drivers who participated, Moongoat, Optima, Jazz band, cheer, and drumline!
