Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Tractors & Wagons Highlighted Festival Shows

 

October 12, 2022

The Blaine County Cruisers held their annual Car Show October 1st at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. The Car Show took place to the west of the Commercial Building where the Chinook Rod & Gun Clubs Annual Gun Show was taking place at the same time.

Loren Skoyen with the Blaine County Cruisers was pleased with this year's turnout, "I thought everything went really well. We had 41 total entries, and everything went really well. Those entries varied wildly, from a 1927 Model T to a 2018 Tesla Electric. There was certainly something for every kind of car fanatic out there.

Car Shows, like a lot of 'Shows' nowadays in small communities , are a lot alike and more about the camaraderie than about winning a trophy, "I think it's good for people to get out and see each other," said local car enthusiast Terry Townsend. "Everybody builds them and to have a car show, they get out and see each other, visit and talk."

Allen Pula with the Blaine County Cruisers mention how the car show originally took place uptown on main street and explained the benefits of having it at its current location, "The car owners like the location better in the grass. They don't have to worry about kids going through with their bikes or roughhousing. They aren't being disrespectful or anything, just being kids, and the owners seemed to cringe a lot whenever they would pass by. Down here at the fairgrounds we don't have an issue with that." Pula went on to echo the thoughts of many in attendance, as well as those who partook in the festivities uptown, "It's about getting together, pulling out lawn chairs and visiting, not so much about winning anything.

In a late addition to the Sugarbeet Festival, a Tractor and Farm Equipment show was held up town in front of the Blaine County Wildlife Museum and a handful of tractors, trucks and equipment were on display. "I feel like with the lack of notice for the tractor show, the number of entries was actually better than I excepted," said Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce President Daniel Dahl.

Among the entries was a 13 horsepower Stickney Engine built in 1912. Weighing in at 4,475 pounds with a 16 inch piston and 1,100 pound 50 inch flywheels the unit was fully operation and running during the show. These engines were originally used to run corn shellers, grind feed, saw wood and run small threshing machines. Used all over the farm and in factories it was revolutionary in its prime.

Another interesting entry was an old, refurbished wagon belonging to Larry Billmayer. The origin of the wagon is unknown other than the fact it has been on the family farm for decades. Larry's parents Jim and Helen Billmayer farmed the homestead and Helen remembered her dad hauling 50 bushels of grain on the wagon. Fourth, fifth and sixth generations of the family now live on the farm. Larry decided to refurbish the wagon recently, taking it to an Amish Community in Minnesota and just got it back a week ago. All the iron, wheels and axles are original, and the wheel bearings are leather.

 
 

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