SVGTO/Freysinger Pontiac All Pontiac Show The SVGTO All Pontiac Show is now in the club archives.Saturday, September 15th, 2007 turned out to be a better day for a car show than anyone could have hoped for. The morning started off with questionable skies, but by first light, the rain had cleared and the cool breeze was drying out the roads nicely.Doug arrived at Freysinger’s about 7:30 to begin the set up. The staff at the dealership had graciously cleared the lot for our show, so that was one less thing we needed to do. Much to our surprise, they had also set up a portable signboard to welcome us.As the GTOs began to arrive, we set up registration tables and hung our club banner. The majority of the cars began to arrive between 8 and 10, and by noon there was a show field of 27 cars, shined up and ready for inspection. Though the show heavily favored GTOs, other Pontiacs took spaces on the show field, from Grand Prix, LeMans, G6 and a beautiful 55 Catalina.Capital Concessions was on hand to keep the hungry well fed. I would like to personally thank Lou Pirnik for providing the food. As the day continued, all the entrants inspected the cars and cast their ballots for the winners. There were plenty of onlookers who stopped by to peruse the beautiful Pontiac hardware on display. The staff of Freysinger Pontiac spent plenty of time inspecting the goods, some of which may have originally been purchased there.Millard Freysinger, the owner of the dealership and his staff were on hand to choose the Dealer’s Choice Award winner. Bob Reigel and John Maddux provided live music, which kept everyone entertained.
With all the ballots in the box, we set about to tabulate the winners.
The winners are as follows: (click each for photo)
Brent Lehman 69 GTO Judge – Dealer’s Choice
10 Best Winner’s
Brent Lehman 69 GTO Judge
Joe Frattarolli 66 GTO Custom
Clayton Miller 06 Pontiac G6
John Maddux 68 GTO
Kyle Miller 05 Cyclone Grey GTO
Matt Natale 05 Torrid Red GTO
Rich Slarb 67 GTO
Ron Green 55 Catalina
Russ Esenwine 70 GTO
Ron Frye 06 Brazen Orange GTO (no photo)
About 2:30, we began the awards presentation. Doug opened the presentation by thanking all those who participated in the organization and participation of the event. Marion Anderson was on hand to thank everyone and the club for our support.The awards were presented to all the winners and photos of the winner’s cars were taken so I could print them on their award certificates.Brent Lehman’s stunning 69 GTO Judge was given the Dealer’s Choice award by a wide margin. Brent literally completed the restoration the night before the show and all those attending rewarded his efforts. Joe Frattarolli’s customized 66 GTO was a close second. This car had to be seen to believe. The level of detail was amazing.After the award’s presentation, we drew the 50/50 raffle drawing. The winner of the drawing took home $70. Coincidentally, the Freysinger dealership, this year, is celebrating it’s 70th year in business.The show raised $200 dollars for MJ Anderson Loving Care Inc. As the day wound down, the cars were packed up, the show area cleaned up, and all the Pontiacs began to filter out and go home. Though we would have liked to see a larger crowd, it turned out to be a very successful show. Had it not been for the rainy morning, I’m sure we would have had a bigger turn out.
Congratulations to all the winners and a big Thank You from all of us at the Susquehanna Valley GTO Tigers!
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