The 2nd Woodbury Auto Show is set for Saturday, July 6, after an excellent debut in advance this summer season. And its organizer isn’t always even vintage enough to pressure.
Wesley Ross, a rising sophomore, commenced the Woodbury High School Auto Enthusiast Club this beyond school yr. As the membership’s president, he prepared the first Woodbury Auto Show, which happened May 25. With little extra than per week to place the display collectively, it changed into attended by way of more than 600 people, approximately a hundred and twenty of them college students, Ross said. Cars and motorcycles, 237 of them, filled the school’s parking zone.
The quick turnaround turned into aided with the aid of local automobile golf equipment, which includes CarQueenz, a Minnesota-primarily based all-girl car enthusiast institution. Founder Shelly Podany stated the high faculty membership took route nicely and “turned into very appreciative to us queens.”
“We love assisting corporations,” Podany stated. “Once I heard human beings doubting the display would be a fulfillment we simply needed to get involved and help.”
Ross’s passion for vehicles has been a whirlwind. It began while he turned into on the manner domestic from college less than six months ago and a Ford Mustang sped beyond his college bus.
“It wasn’t the car itself. However it changed into simply the look of the man in the driving force’s seat and just how happy he looked,” Ross said. “He had the top down, sun in his eyes, wind in his hair, and I guess simply searching at (him) and seeing the joy that came from this vehicle is a form of what sparked it for me.”
By organizing an automobile show, Ross noticed a possibility to sell the community even as additionally raising money for Woodbury High School’s automobile software. The college presently offers a few car publications. However, Ross said he wants to use the funds raised from the shows to begin an afterschool application to educate teens useful car-related talents.
As he nears driving age, Ross has been considering the form of the car he’d like to very own. It wouldn’t just be for himself, either, but for the full club to work on. Right now, the top contenders include a traditional Mustang or Chevrolet Camaro.
“I did not want to shop for something new and funky — I desired to shop for something old that needed a few love,” he stated.
Though the membership is still small, the success of the primary display introduced in new individuals, Ross said. He has massive desires for the presentation, and hopes for it to at some point attain the reputation of suggests hosted by using golf equipment like Minnesota Cars and Coffee, a car enthusiast organization with shows on the primary Saturday of each month at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake.
As a long way as what varieties of motors are welcome, the Woodbury High School Auto Enthusiast Club is open to everything.
“We’re an all-makes, all-models (show),” Ross stated. “No matter if it has four wheels, wheels, no wheels — if it’s something that drives your passion in the car region and you need to show the arena, then carry it out, and we’ll love to have it there.”