48th Annual Antique Auto Festival
The annual Eureka Springs Antique Automobile Festival, September 7th & 8th, 2018, celebrates its 48th year with a new, larger venue: the Great Passion Play. Set against the Ozarks’ spectacular autumnal colors, this premier event is the longest running car show in the Ozarks, featuring hundreds of restored classics, hot rods, street machines, customs, rat rods, muscle cars and rare trucks, all competing for more than 25 judged awards.
Enjoy free admission, music, vendor displays, food trucks, gift shop, art museum and Passion Play restaurants. The awards ceremony is followed by the traditional Parade of Show Cars, traveling through historic downtown Eureka Springs.
With the support of the Ford Galaxie Club of America, private collectors and regional car clubs, event organizers expect record turnout in this year. The new Passion Play venue provides wonderful photo ops, housing the largest Christ statue in the US, a section of the famed Berlin Wall, a world-class art museum, trolley service to downtown Eureka Springs and plenty of free parking. RV/camp sites and vendor display space available.
A portion of event proceeds will benefit Eureka Springs ECHO clinic, a non-profit organization serving the healthcare needs of community members and Carroll county residents.
The tax-deductible car registration fee is $25. Vendor display spaces are $50, or $75 for spaces equipped with electricity. Click here to register online or download registration form here. Return by mail (address listed below), email to gescocevents@gmail.com, or fax (479) 253-5037. Parade-only passes are new this year and available for only $10.
If mailing in your registration form, send to:
GESCOC
Attn: Events
PO Box 551
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
Enjoy free admission, music, vendor displays, food trucks, gift shop, art museum and Passion Play restaurants. The awards ceremony is followed by the traditional Parade of Show Cars, traveling through historic downtown Eureka Springs.
With the support of the Ford Galaxie Club of America, private collectors and regional car clubs, event organizers expect record turnout in this year. The new Passion Play venue provides wonderful photo ops, housing the largest Christ statue in the US, a section of the famed Berlin Wall, a world-class art museum, trolley service to downtown Eureka Springs and plenty of free parking. RV/camp sites and vendor display space available.
A portion of event proceeds will benefit Eureka Springs ECHO clinic, a non-profit organization serving the healthcare needs of community members and Carroll county residents.
The tax-deductible car registration fee is $25. Vendor display spaces are $50, or $75 for spaces equipped with electricity. Click here to register online or download registration form here. Return by mail (address listed below), email to gescocevents@gmail.com, or fax (479) 253-5037. Parade-only passes are new this year and available for only $10.
If mailing in your registration form, send to:
GESCOC
Attn: Events
PO Box 551
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
Event Schedule
Friday, Sept. 7th
2:00pm - 5:00pm - Early car registration at Passion Play, free food for entrants and Sunset Cruise participants
5:00pm - 6:00pm - Sunset Cruise Poker Run Around Beaver Lake, fee is $10 per car with a 50/50 split of the pot to the entrant with the best poker hand
Saturday, Sept. 8th
7:30 a.m. - Breakfast available for purchase on-site through the Great Passion Play
8:00 a.m. - Pre-registration for show cars
9:00 a.m. - Gates open to the public & car judging begins
3:00 p.m. - Awards presentation
4:00 p.m. - Car parade through downtown Eureka Springs
2:00pm - 5:00pm - Early car registration at Passion Play, free food for entrants and Sunset Cruise participants
5:00pm - 6:00pm - Sunset Cruise Poker Run Around Beaver Lake, fee is $10 per car with a 50/50 split of the pot to the entrant with the best poker hand
Saturday, Sept. 8th
7:30 a.m. - Breakfast available for purchase on-site through the Great Passion Play
8:00 a.m. - Pre-registration for show cars
9:00 a.m. - Gates open to the public & car judging begins
3:00 p.m. - Awards presentation
4:00 p.m. - Car parade through downtown Eureka Springs
Judging Categories
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1. Best of Show
2. Best Engine 3. Best Paint 4. Best Interior 5. Chamber of Commerce Choice 6. Participant Favorite 7. Directors Favorite 8. Ford Galaxie 9. Rat Rod 10. Street Rods 11. Pre War Stock Class (pre 1945) 12. 1945 to 1985 stock 13. 1945 to 1985 Modified 14. 1986-1999 Stock 15. 1986-1999 Modified |
16. 2000-2017 cars
17. Best Vintage Muscle 1964-1972 18. Best Vintage Muscle 1973 -2000 19. Best Muscle 2000+ 20. Foreign All Years 21. Trucks Stock 22. Low Riders All years (cars and trucks) 23. Trucks Modified 24. Special Interest???? 25. Work in Progress (Drivable) 26. Best 4 Wheel Drive 27. Best Race Car 28. Best Costume 29. Valve cover Race adults 30. Valve Cover Race Child |
New This Year: Valve Cover Racing & Best Costume Contest
Valve Cover RacingRemember the Pine Wood Derby? Replace that chunk of wood for a valve cover from your favorite project car and compete for a trophy, door prizes and garage engineering bragging rights at the Ozarks’s first Valve Cover Drag Racing Show Down. Kids and adults compete on a two-lane gravity track based on the rules provided here. Be creative, feed your inner gear head imagination and get ready to race. Unlike NASCAR, NHRA and Indycar … the trophy goes to the designer with the better brain, not the bigger wallet.
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Best Costume ContestDisplaying your favorite car is not the only way to enjoy the Ozark’s longest running automobile celebration. Whether it’s a zoot suit, bellbottom blue jeans or crew cuts, use your imagination to win fun door prizes, trophies and bragging rights in the event’s new Best Costume Contest. Sign up for the contest at the registration table on Saturday between 9:00am and 2:00pm.
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"THIS SHOW IS INCREDIBLE"
Great cars in a great town is what this show is all about!
