Street Fair and Car Show 2009The annual Twentynine Palms Street Fair & Car Show was held Friday, June 5, 2009, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event featured 50 car entries and more than 29 vendors. Live radio broadcast was provided by Z107.7 FM. Local band Deep 6 donated their time to play several sets for the crowd.
The 2009 Street Fair & Car Show was sponsored by the Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce, the City of Twentynine Palms, Z107.7 FM, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Bar-Sto Precision Machine, NAPA Auto Parts, Pacific Marine Credit Union, Marr Realty & Rentals, Deep 6 Productions, Holiday Inn Express, and Time Warner Cable.
The People’s Choice Awards went to:
Classic Car
1st Joe Ingram, 1963 Volkswagen Microbus
2nd Mike Ernst,1927 Ford Roadster
3rd Mark Hartl, 1950 Chevy Coupe
Modern Car
1st Jim Harris, 2005 Ford Mustang
2nd Richard Pruitt, 2004 Honda Civic
3rd James and Guinda Mooney, 1998 Chevy Corvette
Truck
1st Ken Tyree, 1956 Ford F100
2nd Twentynine Palms Fire Department, 2007 Pierce Enforcer
3rd Ben Tenbrook, 1941 GMC COE
Sport Bike
1st Elija Stewart, 1998 Yamaha Y2 250
Street Bike
1st Chico Badillo, 2009 SPC Trike
2nd Gary Daigneault, 2007 Triumph Rocket 3 Classic
3rd Stephen Packard, 2008 Can Am Spyder
The event also featured an “under construction” category, won by Jeff Dunn with a 1964 VW Bug; a “Mayor’s Choice” award, won by Bob Tenbrook with a 1941 GMC COE; and a “General’s Choice” award, won by Mark Hartl with a 1950 Chevy Coupe.
A big thank you goes out to all of our entrants, vendors, sponsors and volunteers. The volunteers for the event included Jim Woolsey, Joel and Sam McCrory, Debbie Gerlt, Curves for Women, Andy Patel, Govinda Arehalli, Rob Fleck, Tom Davis, and Scott Schultz. Clean-up was provided by the Twentynine Palms Fire Department Explorers.
The Chamber wishes to extend a special thanks to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center for use of its stage, and to George Collard for setting up electricity for the concert.
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