National Car Show coming to city
Hundreds expected to take part in OK Mustang Centennial Car Show
Stacy Barnes
“Boy do we have a surprise coming to Mustang.” That’s what Steve Hendrix, Centennial Show Chairman for the Oklahoma Mustang Club told Chamber members Thursday. He was referring to the Oklahoma Centennial Mustang National Car Show headed for the city in April.
Hendrix said the group expects 450-600 cars to fill Mustang’s Town Center next year as Mustang owners come from across the nation to participate in the show. Organizers say they are expecting the show to be big because it is being held in the city of Mustang.
“It’s going to be a madhouse, but it’s going to be a good madhouse,” Hendrix said, warning that police may be working overtime. “A lot of them want a ticket to put in with their memorabilia that says I got a ticket from Mustang, Oklahoma.”
Mustang played host to a national car show once before in 1994, but Hendrix said most of the nationals are awarded to coastal cities.
“Everyone in the world wants to host one of these shows. It’s based in Florida and they do them mostly on the coasts,” Hendrix said. “But when they started looking closely at us, they said ‘yes.’”
He reported that some of the group’s members had wanted to have the car show in Bricktown, but were overruled.
“Where would be a better place to have this than Mustang, Oklahoma?” Hendrix asked.
The Oklahoma Centennial Mustang National Car Show is a three-day event where Mustang lovers from all across America will drive into the city to exhibit their Mustangs and network with others who share their interest. Special events, like a Friday night Indian Powwow and a potential poker run are in the works to help keep the participants within the city limits, Hendrix said.
Hendrix and Jim Campbell, the OMC’s network communications officer, said the show will be a boon to the city’s economy and that the response is already promising even though the club has not yet officially begun to advertise. The OCM has promises from other Mustang clubs in the US to come to the show.
“Mustang’s Across America came through a couple of years ago and they are going to drive from Washington, through California to Mustang for the show,” Campbell said. “We have about 100 to 150 cars already committed and they’re talking about getting a group together on the east coast.”
Visitors will stay at the Clarion Hotel and Hendrix said the opening of Highway 152 will give them a “straight shot into Mustang.”
Hundreds expected to take part in OK Mustang Centennial Car Show
Stacy Barnes
“Boy do we have a surprise coming to Mustang.” That’s what Steve Hendrix, Centennial Show Chairman for the Oklahoma Mustang Club told Chamber members Thursday. He was referring to the Oklahoma Centennial Mustang National Car Show headed for the city in April.
Hendrix said the group expects 450-600 cars to fill Mustang’s Town Center next year as Mustang owners come from across the nation to participate in the show. Organizers say they are expecting the show to be big because it is being held in the city of Mustang.
“It’s going to be a madhouse, but it’s going to be a good madhouse,” Hendrix said, warning that police may be working overtime. “A lot of them want a ticket to put in with their memorabilia that says I got a ticket from Mustang, Oklahoma.”
Mustang played host to a national car show once before in 1994, but Hendrix said most of the nationals are awarded to coastal cities.
“Everyone in the world wants to host one of these shows. It’s based in Florida and they do them mostly on the coasts,” Hendrix said. “But when they started looking closely at us, they said ‘yes.’”
He reported that some of the group’s members had wanted to have the car show in Bricktown, but were overruled.
“Where would be a better place to have this than Mustang, Oklahoma?” Hendrix asked.
The Oklahoma Centennial Mustang National Car Show is a three-day event where Mustang lovers from all across America will drive into the city to exhibit their Mustangs and network with others who share their interest. Special events, like a Friday night Indian Powwow and a potential poker run are in the works to help keep the participants within the city limits, Hendrix said.
Hendrix and Jim Campbell, the OMC’s network communications officer, said the show will be a boon to the city’s economy and that the response is already promising even though the club has not yet officially begun to advertise. The OCM has promises from other Mustang clubs in the US to come to the show.
“Mustang’s Across America came through a couple of years ago and they are going to drive from Washington, through California to Mustang for the show,” Campbell said. “We have about 100 to 150 cars already committed and they’re talking about getting a group together on the east coast.”
Visitors will stay at the Clarion Hotel and Hendrix said the opening of Highway 152 will give them a “straight shot into Mustang.”
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