June 13, 2018 FOUNTAIN VALLEY NEWS / EL PASO COUNTY ADVERTISER AND NEWS PAGE 23 One of the many vehicles participating in the Road Course Time Attack. NEWS PHOTOS BY GEOF CLARK AND MADISON WHITING/ MADISON WHITING PHOTOGRAPY Darin Santi, left, with his 1970 Ford Torino Cobra and his son, Jordan, with his 1972 Ford Maverick. They live in Colorado Springs. At left and at right: drivers wait for the green light to take their turn during Road Course Attack competition. Joe Godec from Colorado Springs with his1960 Plymouth Fury. Shane Gebbink from Elmwood, Illinois with his 1935 Ford. Track Manager Jared Thompson gives a high-five to one of the Kids Power Wheel racing contestants. Mark Dusovick from Pueblo West with his 1971 Dodge Challenger. Ron LaSavio from Pueblo with his 1939 Ford Deluxe. Rex Buell from Colorado Springs with his 1929 Ford Pickup Truck. John Rhodes from Colorado Springs with his1969 Plymouth Road Runner. PAGE 22 FOUNTAIN VALLEY NEWS / EL PASO COUNTY ADVERTISER AND NEWS June 13, 2018 PPIR Draws Large Crowd at Classic Muscle Show & Go Event The Classic Muscle Show & Go event was held recently at Pikes Peak International Raceway, just south of Fountain. The event featured a pre-1988 muscle car show fea- turing just under 300 vehicles It also fea- tured drag racing and oval cruising as well as a Road Course Time Attack, swap meet, burger and burnout contests. The event also featured Kids’ Power Wheel drag racing, live music, and camp- ing. Attendance for the two-day event was es- timated at nearly 3,000. “We were very pleased with the event,” said Dana Kahlhamer, Di- rector of Sales for PPIR. “Everybody seemed to One of the award-winning show cars on display at the event was was:”Imagine”a 2018 Don Ridler Award Winner, owned by Johnny Martin from Alamosa who is pictured enjoy themselves.” with his 1957 Chevrolet. He took home top honors at the 2018 Detroit Autorama, claiming the Ridler Award which is one of the biggest accolades in the industry. NEWS PHOTOS BY GEOF CLARK . Another award-winning show car on display was the world’s only “Plymouth Air Radial Truck” (pictured Track Manager Jared Thompson gives a high-five to one of the Kids Power Wheel racing below). Owners Gary and Alice Corns from Littleton are pictured inside the airplane-engine powered contestants. vehicle above. It’s a 1931 Plymouth Pickup PT81 with an old 1950’s plane engine. PHOTO COURTESY OF FRED GREENWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY.