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7th Annual Sturgis Camaro Rally

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This year's Sturgis Camaro Rally was? the best year yet. Everything ran smooth, having implemented? a new registration system through ProQueue that helped check people in and helped with judging for the show and shine. A big thank you to the really great volunteers on ?the committee that keep the wheel turning and are always ready to jump in when needed.

A new event was added ?this year: a Slot Tournament in Deadwood, SD at the Mineral Palace along with a scavenger hunt through Deadwood.

?The rally had its highest attendance in the drag racing and autocross events, and over 300 cars were in attendance throughout the four-?day rally. A great group of Camaro owners attended, with 306 cars registered (the majority of them being 5^th gens).

? ?States represented were?: ?TX, OK, TN, CO, NY, CA, SD, MT, ND, WY, ID, MN, IA, WA, OR, NC, WI, IL, NE, KS, UT, IN, MI, PA, GA, OH, and Canada.

More noteworthy results are: ?
-Loud Pipes Contest Winner was car #543 Mark Everhart from Aurora,? CO – 1994
-Loud American Best of Show went to #365 Jami Igo from Gillette,? WY – 1967 RS Coupe
-Longest distance award went to Brian Ellis for 1,880 miles

Drag Racing Winners:
Pro Class
1^st – Chris Fiester
2^nd – Scott Mettler
3^rd – Roy Madsen

Street Class
1^st – Bryan Wenger
2^nd – Bryan Lum
3^rd – Dillon Gentry

Fastest ET- Arriana Nelson. 1985 Camaro. 5:72 124 MPH

It was an ?awesome year for us at the strip with a great car count, packed stands and ?great comments from participants. We planned for 60 cars to race and we were happy to see the count surpassed that number; over 80 cars raced.

July 2017

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