If you like trucks, go to the Super Chevy Show in Phoenix. At this year's show we saw a collection of the finest early-models, late-models, stock, custom, four-wheel-drive, and two-wheel-drive trucks and SUVs, not to mention some great El Caminos. If it wasn't at the Phoenix Super Chevy Show in March, it probably wasn't built yet. Of course, there were great cars ranging from early models to new Corvettes and Camaros. Phoenix is one of our favorite locations for photographing the car show entrants as well as feature cars for the magazine.
We definitely weren't disappointed this year, so look for some of those show cars in the pages of SUPER CHEVY magazine.
Nitro Coupes ran a two-for-one special, contesting the rain-delayed finals of Pomona on Saturday afternoon and winding up the Phoenix competition on Sunday. Defending '01 Champion Jim Nordhougen was in both finals, winning the Pomona title and then being Runner-up to Dan Nickelson on Sunday. These two teams took it down to the wire last season, and it's likely to happen again in 2002. Look for John Reynolds and his Nitro Coupe team to be back and running hard at the next Super Chevy Show in Memphis after their engine let go at Pomona.
Once again, we had lots of young Chevy fans enter their cars in the show. Winner of the Super Chevy Show Young Star Award, Tyler Kurth from Alta Loma, California, was standing by after the show on Sunday evening to get his beautiful '84 El Camino photographed for a possible car feature. When we told him it might take some time, he told us "That's okay, as long as you get me out of here in time for school tomorrow." That was the second week in a row we talked to a young person who drives his or her beautiful Chevy to high school. It makes us feel good about the younger generation.
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 Tom Ricks of Gilbert, AZ,...  Tom Ricks of Gilbert, AZ, has the biggest smile we saw all day. Maybe it's because we gave him an Editor's Choice Top Ten Drag Car award. |
 A genuine T-bucket with a...  A genuine T-bucket with a supercharged small-block. What else could we do but pick it as the Street Rodder Magazine's Outstanding Street Rod and give the award to owner Joe Cathell of Phoenix? |
 We'll be ready for one of...  We'll be ready for one of these if GM ever offers them. |
 James Schaefer, Phoenix, built...  James Schaefer, Phoenix, built this '65 Chevelle convertible to be a clone of a Z16 which was the original designation for the first year of SS 396 Chevelles. According to Schaefer, there were only 201 Z16s ever made, only one of which was a convertible. James tells us that convertible has been missing for years, so he built this exact replica from old photos and articles about the car. We awarded him an Editor's Choice Top Ten Show Car. Look for a feature story soon. |
 Amber Dolezal, a hometown...  Amber Dolezal, a hometown Chandler, AZ, racer, has campaigned successfully for several years but never received an Editor's Choice Top Ten Drag Car award. We took care of that. |
 Bill Gray's '37 convertible...  Bill Gray's '37 convertible is a local Chandler, AZ, machine and it was an "eye-catcher." |
 Kelly Post, another local...  Kelly Post, another local Chandler, AZ, Chevy fan, earned an Editor's Choice Top Ten Show Car for this stunning '67 Camaro with a 454ci big-block. |
 Mary Hendrickson of Lake Havasu,...  Mary Hendrickson of Lake Havasu, AZ, is the proud owner of this great '37 coupe. She's also proud of the Editor's Choice Top Ten Show Car award she received for her car. For those not familiar with Lake Havasu, it's on the Colorado river, is the home of London Bridge (the real thing), and is a hotbed of street rod shops. |