Bug-a-Palüza 2023 Results!
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| 1. Beetle Early – Stock 1949-1957 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st Place | Kerri Carlson | 1954 Type 1 L227 Strato Silver Blue |
| 2nd Place | Ed Beard | 1951 Beige Beetle |
| 3rd Place | Mike Turner | 11957 Beetle Coral Red |
| 2. Beetle Early – Custom 1949-1957 | ||
| 1st Place | Clay Poole | 1956 BEETLE POLAR SILVER |
| 2nd Place | Astol Rodriguez | 1957 Beetle Blue |
| 3rd Place | Bill Miller | 1956 Beetle Green |
| 3. Beetle Mid – Stock 1958-1967 | ||
| 1st Place | Steve Hersker | 1960 VW Beetle Red |
| 2nd Place | Phillis Christopher | 1966 Volkswagen Green/White |
| 3rd Place | Maurice McDonald | 1960 Beetle Dark Blue |
| 4. Beetle Mid – Custom 1958-1967 | ||
| 1st Place | Cate Culp | 1967 Beetle Pink/Ivory Pearl |
| 2nd Place | Blake Parson | 1960 Beetle Blue |
| 3rd Place | Rodney Culp | 1963 Beetle Red |
| 5. Beetle Late – Stock 1968-1979 | ||
| 1st Place | Tony Ortiz | 1973 Beetle Light Blue |
| 2nd Place | Stacy Beeler | 1971 Super beetle Chrome yellow |
| 3rd Place | Hannah Howard | 1968 Volkswagen Beetle Blue/White |
| 6. Beetle Late – Custom 1968-1979 | ||
| 1st Place | Stefan Schutte | 1970 Beetle Green |
| 2nd Place | Glenn Young | 1974 Beetle Blue / Black |
| 3rd Place | Logan Decker | 1972 Beetle Blue/white |
| 7. Super Beetle – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Bruce Eanes | 1971 Super Beetle Elm Green |
| 2nd Place | Corey Litchfield | 1973 Super Beetle Yellow |
| 3rd Place | Kayla Mihalcik | 1972 Super beetle Marina blue |
| 8. Super Beetle – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Patrick Turner | 1975 Super Beetle Red |
| 2nd Place | Rick Casey | 1973 Volkswagen Blue Shark |
| 3rd Place | Ramon Amador | 1972 Super bettle Orange & Black |
| 9. Beetle & Super Beetle Convertibles – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Shelli James | 1971 Beetle Convertible red |
| 2nd Place | Bill Snider | 1979 Super Beetle Cabriolet Triple Black |
| 3rd Place | Alisdair Kinloch | 1970 Convertible VW Beetle White |
| 10. Beetle & Super Beetle Convertibles – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Tim Lovvorn | 1968 Convertible Blue |
| 2nd Place | Juan Waited | 70 Convertible |
| 11. Type II Campers | ||
| 1st Place | Serafin Jovet | 1970 Westfalia Campmobile Vintage Pearl White with Stripes |
| 2nd Place | Mike Turner | 1971 Type 2 camper Ivory |
| 3rd Place | Jonathan Norton | 1969 Volkswagen Westfalia Type 2 Bus Blue and white |
| 12. Type II Transporter & Truck Early | ||
| 1st Place | Matthew Tolbert | 1961 Double cab Sealing wax red |
| 2nd Place | Chad Walker | 1966 13 Window Deluxe Bus Lotus White |
| 3rd Place | Lee Hicks | 1959 Volkswagen bus Green |
| 13. Type II Transporter & Truck Late | ||
| 1st Place | George Walcott | 1979 Transporter II Teal / White |
| 2nd Place | Paula Knuckles | 1978 Transporter bus Pink |
| 3rd Place | Kierstyn Viola | 1974 Transporter Red&White |
| 14. Type II – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Sidnei Hartof | 1971 Vw bus /camper van Pearl/ red |
| 2nd Place | Tom Griffith | 1971 Bus Patina – white |
| 3rd Place | Brent Fortwengler | 1970 Type2 Most of them |
| 15. Type III & Type IV – Stock and Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Chris Carson | 1965 Type 3 Variant Velvet Green |
| 2nd Place | Mike Turner | 1971 Type 3 squareback Ruby Red |
| 3rd Place | Yancy Galyon | 1972 Square back |
| 16. Thing – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Oramae Layton | 1973 VW Thing Whote |
| 2nd Place | Mike Turner | 1774 Thing Orange |
| 3rd Place | Durant Arrington | 1973 thing white |
| 17. Thing – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Astol Rodriguez | 1974 Thing Turkis |
| 2nd Place | Justin Gilbert | 1973 Thing Orange |
| 3rd Place | Julie Iles | 1974 Thing Red |
| 18. Karmann Ghia Coupe – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Steve Sands | 1966 Karmann Ghia Red |
| 2nd Place | Sam Suddarth | 1964 Karmann Ghia Blue White top |
| 3rd Place | Tony Callahan | 1969 Karmann Ghia Tangelo Orange Pearl |
| 19. Karmann Ghia Convertible – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Jack Denton | 1968 VW Karmann Ghia Convertible White |
| 2nd Place | Jimy White | 1971 Ghia Green |
| 20. Karmann Ghia – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Bruce Johnson | 1967 Karmann Ghia Orange |
| 2nd Place | Rafael Centeno | 1970 Karma ghia Grey |
| 3rd Place | Ariel Justiniano | 1971 Karmann ghia Blue |
| 21. Rail Buggy – Street | ||
| 1st Place | Axel Ortiz | 1969 Beetle Rail Buggy Green |
| 2nd Place | Mac McDonald | 1967 Rail buggy Black and. Red |
| 3rd Place | Kathy Haun | 1969 Railbuggy Blue |
| 23. Baja & Off-Road | ||
| 1st Place | Jeremy Edwards | 1965 Beetle Baja Bug Blue |
| 2nd Place | David Pugh | 1973 Volkswagen Beetle l White, Yellow, Black |
| 3rd Place | John Brannon Critchfield | 1985 Volkswagen Type 183 (Iltis) Black |
| 24. Dune Buggies | ||
| 1st Place | Randy Scoggins | 1965 Dune Buggy Red |
| 2nd Place | Rick Swafford | 1968 Meyers Manx Orange |
| 3rd Place | Richard Brodeur | 1967 Dune Buggy |
| 25. Trikes | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Pingetzer | 2001 Trike Shop Road Hawk Redish |
| 2nd Place | Troy Hixson | 1969 Trike black |
| 26. Beaters | ||
| 1st Place | John Robertson | 1958 Vw.bug Black |
| 2nd Place | Eric Bowman | 1972 Bug White |
| 3rd Place | Ron Hillman | 1963 Beetle Red |
| 27. Hood Rides | ||
| 1st Place | Eddie Colon | 1958 Ragtop Bug Blue |
| 2nd Place | Benjamin Cross | 1962 Volkswagen Patina |
| 3rd Place | Anthony Lawson | 1965 Type 1 White |
| 28. Volks Rods | ||
| 1st Place | Joe Middleton | 68 Volks Rod |
| 2nd Place | Stacy Rinehart | 1964 volksrod pickup black |
| 3rd Place | Raul Cisneros | 72 Beetle flat black |
| 29. Special Interest | ||
| 1st Place | William Dickey | 1968 Beetle Porsche lizard green. |
| 2nd Place | Sheri Snider | 1995 Porsche 911/993 Cabriolet (Air Cooled) White |
| 3rd Place | Ricky Walker | 2020 Volkspod Scooter (see scooter in attached picture) Panama Beige |
| 30. Kit Cars | ||
| 1st Place | Donald Hood | 1969 Berry mini t bucket Brandy wine |
| 2nd Place | David Basil | 1937 Jaguar SS100 Beige |
| 3rd Place | Matt Densmore | 72 Kit car Green |
| 31. Radical Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Shane Helms | 1972 Type 1 Custom Blue |
| 2nd Place | Francisco Hernandez | 1976 brasilia |
| 32. New Beetle | ||
| 1st Place | Roxanne Hillman | 2017 Beetle Dune Convertible White |
| 2nd Place | James Hartline | 1998 New Beetle Red |
| 3rd Place | Bobbijean Kisselburg | 2013 Beetle / convertsble Gray/ black top |
| 33. Mk1-Mk2 Jetta/Golf/Rabbit/GTI | ||
| 1st Place | Jimy White | 1991 Cabbie Burgandy |
| 2nd Place | Douglas Kirchhofer | 82 Rabbit Truck Yellow |
| 3rd Place | Christopher Allen | 1981 Volkswagen Orange pearl |
| 34. Mk3-Mk4 Jetta/Golf/Rabbit/GTI | ||
| 1st Place | Jimy White | 2007 Jetta Yellow |
| 2nd Place | Juan Guerrero | 2001 Vw golf Green with black |
| 3rd Place | Elizabeth Nelms | 2001 Cabrio Green |
| 35. Mk5-Mk6 Jetta/Golf/Rabbit/GTI | ||
| 1st Place | Richard Rabbett | 2007 Jetta Yellow |
| 36. Corrado/Scirocco | ||
| 1st Place | Brian Stewart | 1987 Scirocco GTX Tornado Red |
| 2nd Place | Kelly Willich | 1988 VW Scirocco 16v Black |
| 3rd Place | William Pranger | 1987 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v Tornado red |
| 37. Passat | ||
| 1st Place | Heiko Vavris | 1984 Quantum GL5 Biscaya blue metallic |
| 38. Vanagon/Eurovan | ||
| 1st Place | Gregory Walter | 1980 Vanagon Westfalia Blue |
| 2nd Place | Alex Bizzell | 1984 Vanagon Westfalia Harvest Moon Beige/Campella White |
| 3rd Place | Nick Wilson | 1991 Vanagon Synchro Westfalia Flash Silver Mettalic |
| 39. Current Production | ||
| 1st Place | Michael Medlin | 2015 Volkswagen CC Silver |
| Best Paint – Air-Cooled | |
|---|---|
| Cate Culp | 1967 Beetle Pink/Ivory Pearl |
| Best Paint – Water-Cooled | |
| Richard Rabbett | 2007 Jetta Yellow |
| Best Interior – Air-Cooled | |
| Clay Poole | 1956 BEETLE POLAR SILVER |
| Best Interior – Water-Cooled | |
| Jimy White | 1991 Cabbie Burgandy |
| Best Engine – Air-Cooled | |
| Serafin Jovet | 1970 Westfalia Campmobile Vintage Pearl White with Stripes |
| Best Engine – Water-Cooled | |
| Douglas Kirchhofer | 82 Rabbit Truck Yellow |
| Best of Show – Air-Cooled | |
| Steve Hersker | 1960 VW Beetle Red |
| Best of Show – Water-Cooled | |
| Roxanne Hillman | 2017 Beetle Dune Convertible White |
| Best Show Car Display | |
| Bert Knupp | 1971 Type 1 Police Sedan Green and white |
| Best Camp Site | |
| Gregory Walter | 1980 Vanagon Westfalia Blue |
| Best Sound System | |
| Ramon Amador | 1972 Super bettle Orange & Black |
| Engine Sound Off (Air-Cooled) | |
| Noah Voils | 1969 Bug Green/white |
| Engine Sound Off (Water-Cooled) | |
| Cody Wilson | 2013 Beetle– (Fender) edition Black |
| Oldest VW in Attendance | |
| Ed Beard | 1951 Beige Beetle |
| Longest Distance Award | |
| Juan Gutierrez | 1979 Transporter Tail from Joliet, IL |
| MST’s Choice | |
| Ariel Justiniano | 1971 Karmann ghia Blue |
| Ladies’ Choice | |
| Mary Nelson | 1973 Volkswagen Beetle White and Turquoise |
| Club Participation Award | |
| Knox Dubz (45 members) | |
| Transmission Giveaway | |
| David Copeland | |
| Front Beam Giveaway | |
| T. Houghton | |
| 50/50 Raffle | |
| Pete Gasser | |
