Festival on Wheels Car Show

09/10/2026

The annual Pinstripe Art Auction to benefit the Festival on Wheels/ Tom Ciolek Scholarship Fund raised $8805 this year! Just an amazing event. Thanks to all who helped by painting or buying this amazing art!

09/09/2026

The 49th Annual Festival on Wheels held this past Sunday was treated to some great weather and over 318 registered entries. The quality of the entries was over the top and the one that stood out the best ended up being a 68 Cadillac owned by Andy Rodgers. This twin turbo, candy apple painted, leather interior, lowered ride was a perfect pick for sure. This car will be featured on next year’s 50th Anniversary t-shirt and all our promotional materials. After grueling high temps the previous 2 days the sky was slightly overcast and brought the temps down to a manageable level. Hopefully everyone got a chance to see the collection of fine autos on display.
Special Award winners:
Top Veterans Will Caldwell-2015 Challenger, Steve Kreider 29 Ford
Under 21 Chevy Barnes 71 pickup
Clark Woodruff Memorial- Richard Johnson 23 T bucket
Danny Lefler Memorial-Pebbles Schneider 55 pickup
Glen Guy Memorial- Courtney Chandler 65 GTO
Jack McCarty Memorial- Neally Shoup 60 Ford
Street Rod Class
Butch Latchford 32 Ford
Steve Kreider 29 Ford
Dan & Marla Deener 33 Plymouth
Grant Ferguson 36 Ford
Gary Eaton 32 Ford
Street Machine Classes
Ken & Lisa Stek 51 Mercury
Rick Stevens 57 Ranchero
Thad Sommers 67 Mustang
Kenny Bowling 67 Camaro
Felicia Wilson 65 Mustang
Ron Wade 62 Nova
Gary Deyo 70 Road Runner
Rick Brown 70 AMC Rebel
Kenny Bell 72 Cutlass
Shawn Sidders 85 Camaro
Scott Farr 2011 Challenger
Chad Schneider 2000 Camaro
Original Classes
Dennis Hicks 58 Ford
Tracy Bourgeois 55 T-Bird
John Wibbell 65 Chevy
Scott Frey 68 Charger
Jerod Hill 70 Plymouth
Paul Smith 70 Plymouth
Kevin Johnson 2004 Chevy
Danny Nylin 2011 Dodge
Original Truck class
Dale Harris 28 Chevy
Trucks & Van class
Gary McCarty 61 Chevy
Michael Beckham 56 Chevy
Alan Robinson 63 Ford
Sheene Logan 77 Chevy
4x4 class
Wyatt Homer 66 Chevy
Broderick Bush 78 Ford
Chevy Barnes 71 Chevy
Custom Class
Clifton Carle 36 Ford Truck
Corvette class
Don Heckenberg 60 Corvette
Pro Street class
Bryan Finch 71 Monte Carlo
Special Interest class
Ken McWhorter 1937 Oliver race car
Motorcycle class
Rick Nelson 2018 Harley
Chad Dutton 2017 Harley
Import class
Brian Shipman 68 Volvo
Overall Best Engine- Bruce Latchford 32 Ford
Overall Best Interior-Gary Woodrum 66 Chevelle
Overall Best Paint- Ken Stek 51 Mercury
Overall Favorite- Andy Rodgers Monmouth, IL 68 Cadillac DeVille
A huge shout out to all our sponsors, volunteers and everyone who helped promote this year’s show….next year will be the 50th Anniversary and hopefully we can make it the biggest and best ever!
thanks to Bryan Brown for the photos

09/06/2026

Again we want to let you know all entrants will still enter off the hwy as in years past. Just follow signage and our volunteers as they will guide you in.

09/04/2026

after 40 plus years we were told we had to change the way we normally set the lots up for the show. You will still enter off the hwy lake in the past and then follow signage and our volunteers as they direct you in to your proper lanes. Remember they are volunteers, save your complaints for me! I'm unfortunately the idiot in charge. We are setting up a few pop ups for people to use for eating the meals they get from our vendors and also will have a large shaded area after registration is over to take a break in.

08/31/2026

It's amazing how stories can spread and unfortunately with the wrong info...to set the record straight we are having the car show this year at the same location as in the past, the only major change will be where the tent, stage and vendors will be located. The entrance roadway will still enter off the highway as in past years but will enter into the show lot at a new location. There will be signage and workers helping to direct you. We really need to stress that you must only enter where we direct you and you need to follow the route to the tent area. Please do not just pull in and park where you want, we have put a lot of time in trying to make this a safe and easy process.

08/27/2026

Again I apologies for anyone trying to reach us by phone...Frontier still hasn't addressed the issue and cancelled our work ticket last week as they were resolving the issue...NOT! so after an hour with tech support they are putting us down for next Tuesday...it's kinda like Russian Roulette on getting through so if you can't please leave an email message at [email protected] Again I apologize!

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08/24/2026

If you have been trying to call us about the car show unfortunately our Frontier phone service has not been working properly the past few days so please direct all questions by email to... [email protected]

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08/22/2026

if you are interested in pre-ordering a shirt from this year's show they are $15 youth -xl and $18 2x-4xl Please don't order on here submit your order by email to... [email protected] To guarantee your order please place it by Aug. 28th

08/22/2026

A few changes in classes but awards will still be the same in totals...Street Rods are combined but will still get as many awards total as in past years. Other classes have been combined to help even out award breakdowns. This has been determined by tracking total entries in each class over the past 5 years to adjust to the trends. Again there will still be the same total of awards as the classes had in the past.

08/22/2026

Several new sponsors have jumped onboard this year and we are adding more prizes to the Saturday night Poker Run in addition to the best hand! Come in Saturday after the Hamilton show and get registered in and take a cruise through our town and try your luck at the Poker Run. Several of our supporting businesses would love to see you. New this year is both Saturday and Sunday activities will take part on the show grounds site across from the Grape Festival activities in the State Park. Lots to do in Nauvoo Labor Day Weekend!