Bug-a-Palüza 21 Results!
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| 1. Beetle Early – Stock 1949-1957 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st Place | Jerry Gowin | 1957 Beetle Black |
| 2nd Place | Francisco Flores | 1957 Sedan Coral Red |
| 3rd Place | Kerri Carson | 1954 Volkswagen Beetle Strato Silver |
| 2. Beetle Early – Custom 1949-1957 | ||
| 1st Place | Labron Holland | 1951 bug yellow |
| 2nd Place | Ronnie Blake | 1957 BEETLE OLIVE |
| 3rd Place | Astol Rodriguez | 1957 Beetle Blue |
| 3. Beetle Mid – Stock 1958-1967 | ||
| 1st Place | Tammy Richter Jones | 1965 Type I Bahama Blue |
| 2nd Place | Maurice McDonald | 1960 Beetle Indigo Blue |
| 3rd Place | Raymond Driggers | 1966 Beetle blue |
| 4. Beetle Mid – Custom 1958-1967 | ||
| 1st Place | David Carr | 1958 Euro bug Pearl white |
| 2nd Place | Todd McWherter | 1962 beetle ocean mist blue |
| 3rd Place | Dale Terrell | 1960 Type 1 Blue/gold |
| 5. Beetle Late – Stock 1968-1979 | ||
| 1st Place | Luis Domenech | 1970 beetle Red |
| 2nd Place | Linda Ferguson | 1974 Standard Beetle Dark Cherry |
| 3rd Place | Jacob Walcott | 1974 Beetle Red |
| 6. Beetle Late – Custom 1968-1979 | ||
| 1st Place | Paul Torp | 1974 beeetle pink |
| 2nd Place | Scott Ostrow | 1976 Beetle Anthracite |
| 3rd Place | John Owens | 1974 Beetle Tan,with orange accents |
| 7. Super Beetle – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Bruce Eanes | 1971 beetle green |
| 2nd Place | Pamela Wilson | 1971 Super beetle Blue |
| 3rd Place | Kayla Mihalcik | 1972 Super Beetle Marina Blue |
| 8. Super Beetle – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Paul Torp | 1971 super beetle green |
| 2nd Place | Patrick Turner | 1975 Super Beetle Red |
| 3rd Place | Maria Lyles | 1972 Super Beetle Seafoam Green & White |
| 9. Beetle & Super Beetle Convertibles – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Brent Fortwengler | 1970 Convertible Standard Bug Red |
| 2nd Place | Bill Snider | 1979 Super Beetle Convertible Black |
| 3rd Place | Art vonWerssowetz | 1977 Super Beetle Convertible |
| 10. Beetle & Super Beetle Convertibles – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Bruce Paul | 1969 Beetle Convertible Tan |
| 2nd Place | Paul Torp | 1970 beetle convertible green |
| 3rd Place | Tom Wilson | 1971 bug conv. red |
| 11. Type II Campers | ||
| 1st Place | Beverly Ogle | 1969 VW Westfalia Multi |
| 2nd Place | Lukas Howlett | 1973 Westy Orange |
| 3rd Place | Marilyn Jenkins | 1973 transporter camper red |
| 12. Type II Transporter & Truck Early | ||
| 1st Place | James Steele | 1964 VW Doublecab Mango Green |
| 2nd Place | Mark Phillips | 1962 single cab truck cream and bronze |
| 3rd Place | Henry Lewis | 1964 Vw Bus Red and White |
| 13. Type II Transporter & Truck Late | ||
| 1st Place | Kierstyn Viola | 1974 Bus Multicolor |
| 2nd Place | George Walcott | 1979 Transporter II Teal and White |
| 3rd Place | Joey Johnson | 1974 bus orange and black |
| 14. Type II – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Brian and Amanda Koontz | 1969 Volkswagen Type II Bus Multi-colored |
| 2nd Place | Sandra Denton | 63 volkswagen double cab truck red and black |
| 3rd Place | Bill Cunningham | 1973 VW Bus Bright Green |
| 15. Type III & Type IV – Stock and Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Tim Hardesty | 1966 Squareback White |
| 2nd Place | Chris Carson | 1965 Variant Velvet Green |
| 3rd Place | Clay Poole | 1964 notch white |
| 16. Thing – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Jason/crystal Sullins | 1974 Thing Orange |
| 2nd Place | John Copen | 1973 Thing Blue |
| 3rd Place | Cindy Breeden | 1973 Thing Orange |
| 17. Thing – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Jason Brissel | 1973 Thing Dark Green |
| 2nd Place | Julie Iles | 1974 VW Thing Red |
| 3rd Place | Misty Rini | 73 Thing 181 Minty green |
| 18. Karmann Ghia Coupe – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Larry Aultman | 1974 Karmann Giha Red |
| 2nd Place | Cindy Breeden | 1972 Karmann Ghia Coupe Blood orange |
| 3rd Place | Deannah McAvoy | 1969 Karmann Ghia Blue with white top |
| 19. Karmann Ghia Convertible – Stock | ||
| 1st Place | Nelson Young | 1969 Karmann Ghia Red |
| 2nd Place | Jack Denton | 1968 Karmann Ghia Convertible white |
| 20. Karmann Ghia – Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Les Harrison | 1963 Karmann Ghia Convertible Black |
| 2nd Place | Eric Leclaire | 67 Ghia Convertible custom |
| 3rd Place | David Strickland | 1971 Kharman Ghia Teal |
| 21. Rail Buggy – Street | ||
| 1st Place | Michael Pool | 2018 Rail Buggy Neon Green |
| 2nd Place | Pete Hardy | 1972 RAILBUGGY BLUE |
| 3rd Place | Kathy Haun | 1964 Rail buggy Blue |
| 22. Rail Buggy – Off-Road | ||
| 1st Place | Kenneth Thacker | 1969 Vw rail buggy Orange |
| 2nd Place | Jeremy Gortney | 1972 VW RAILBUGGY RED |
| 3rd Place | Eric Bowman | 1968 Rail Blue |
| 23. Baja & Off-Road | ||
| 1st Place | Jeremy Edwards | 1965 Beetle/Baja Blue |
| 2nd Place | Rick & Patricia Rivers | 1971 Baja Bug Blue |
| 3rd Place | Floyd Dixon | 1971 Baja Green and black |
| 24. Dune Buggies | ||
| 1st Place | Rick Swafford | 1968 Meyers Manx Orange Flake |
| 2nd Place | Stefan Schutte | 1964 Dune buggy blue |
| 3rd Place | Lee Pryor | 1972 buggy red |
| 25. Trikes | ||
| 1st Place | Troy Hixson | 1969 Beetle Black |
| 26. Beaters | ||
| 1st Place | Cody Pennington | 1976 Beetle Mostly green |
| 2nd Place | Denise Lansford | 1969 Beetle Rust |
| 3rd Place | John Oneal | 1965 Type 1 beetle Green |
| 27. Hood Rides | ||
| 1st Place | Anthony Tarrence | 1967 beetle Patina |
| 2nd Place | Kirk Wilburn | 1960 Beetle Black and red |
| 3rd Place | Patrick McGuire | 1966 Beetle Sea blue |
| 28. Volks Rods | ||
| 1st Place | Linda & Alton Odum | 1958 Blue |
| 2nd Place | Bubba Roberts | 59 Beetle Black and Green |
| 3rd Place | Travis Jarrett | 1973 Beetle Black |
| 29. Special Interest | ||
| 1st Place | Kale Carter | 72 Go Kart White |
| 2nd Place | Robert Huffer | 2018 VW Bus Go-Kart Blue and White |
| 3rd Place | Larry Melton | 1973 Homemade Grey |
| 30. Kit Cars | ||
| 1st Place | Rob Raulerson | 1978 Puma gte Rosso Corsa Ferrari red |
| 2nd Place | Cary Garrett | 1957 Porsche 356 replica Red |
| 3rd Place | Tony Sanderson | 1982 LondonRroadster Brown/Beige |
| 31. Radical Custom | ||
| 1st Place | Gregoire Blachon | 2007 Boxeer bug prototype White green |
| 32. New Beetle | ||
| 1st Place | James Hartline | 1998 Vw beetle Red |
| 2nd Place | Ellen Tunstall | 2008 New Beetle Convertible Yellow |
| 3rd Place | Rick Conner | 2008 New Beetle SE convertible Red |
| 33. Mk1-Mk2 Jetta/Golf/Rabbit/GTI | ||
| 1st Place | Dean Eidel | 1981 Caddy Green |
| 2nd Place | Mikel Palmer | 1986 GTI Black |
| 3rd Place | Money Eberhardt | 83 Rabbit Convertible Triple White |
| 34. Mk3-Mk4 Jetta/Golf/Rabbit/GTI | ||
| 1st Place | David Mann | 2004 R32 Black |
| 2nd Place | Mohammad Hindawash | 2003 20th GTI Black Magic Pearl |
| 3rd Place | Elizabeth Nelms | 2002 Cabrio Green |
| 35. Mk5-Mk6 Jetta/Golf/Rabbit/GTI | ||
| 1st Place | Roy Cowan | 2013 VW GTI Grey |
| 2nd Place | Steve Marr | 2008 R32 Blue |
| 3rd Place | Kimberly Buchanan | 2012 Golf Teal and white |
| 36. Corrado/Scirocco | ||
| 1st Place | Brian Stewart | 1987 Scirocco GTX Tornado Red |
| 2nd Place | Christopher Klanica | 1988 Scirocco Red |
| 3rd Place | Robert Uiterwyk | 1982 Volkswagen Scirocco Red |
| 37. Passat | ||
| 1st Place | David Mitchell | 2018 Passat GT Gray |
| 2nd Place | Pat Sills | 2014 Passat Opera Red |
| 3rd Place | Zachary Johnson | 2007 Passat Black |
| 38. Vanagon/Eurovan | ||
| 1st Place | Craig Smith | 1985 Vanagon westfalia weekender Nutmeg Rapror liner |
| 2nd Place | Kyle Gonzalez | 1981 Vanagon Westfalia Assuan Brown |
| 3rd Place | Tiffany Eberhardt | 1985 Vanagon Nevada Beige |
| 39. Current Production | ||
| 1st Place | Tony Ortiz | 2013 Beetle Red |
| 2nd Place | Brandon Loveland | 2015 GTI Tornado Red |
| 3rd Place | Brian Burger | 2017 Sportwagen MK7 Golf 4 motion White |
| Best Paint – Air-Cooled | |
|---|---|
| Brian and Amanda Koontz | 1969 Volkswagen Type II Bus Multi-colored |
| Best Paint – Water-Cooled | |
| Dean Eidel | 1981 Caddy Green |
| Best Interior – Air-Cooled | |
| David Carr | 1958 Euro bug Pearl white |
| Best Interior – Water-Cooled | |
| Dean Eidel | 1981 Caddy Green |
| Best Engine – Air-Cooled | |
| Les Harrison | 1963 Karmann Ghia Convertible Black |
| Best Engine – Water-Cooled | |
| Dean Eidel | 1981 Caddy Green |
| Best of Show – Air-Cooled | |
| James Steele | 1964 VW Doublecab Mango Green |
| Best of Show – Water-Cooled | |
| Dean Eidel | 1981 Caddy Green |
| Best Show Car Display | |
| Kierstyn Viola | 1974 Bus Multicolor |
| Best Camp Site | |
| Kale Carter | Camper with fireplace, record player, and built-in bar |
| Best Sound System | |
| Mark Phillips | |
| Engine Sound Off (Air-Cooled) | |
| Sam Bunker | 1967 Beetle Yellow |
| Engine Sound Off (Water-Cooled) | |
| Jamie Loven | Rabbit Truck |
| Oldest VW in Attendance | |
| Labron Holland | 1951 bug yellow |
| Longest Distance Award | |
| Linda Alcon | Over 1200 miles from Kentucky to Florida to Bug-a-Palüza |
| “It’s Your Coal Truck” (David Johnston Memorial Award) | |
| Denise Lansford | 1969 Beetle Rust, decorated with chalk by Bug-a-Palüza attendees |
| Ladies’ Choice | |
| Beverly Ogle | 1969 VW Westfalia Multi |
| Club Participation Award | |
| Knox Volks Motor Club | |
| Engine Giveaway | |
| Mike Waters | |
| Air Conditioner Giveaway | |
| Kenneth Robinson | |
