Event Coverage kkoa leadsled in salina ks.

anyone going to the 35th anniversary event july 23-26?

 

On the always must do list. Will be there.

 

I'm going to try and make it!

 

Oh Yeah! Been waiting a whole year. I see your from Lakin, fire me a pm sometime.

 

That will be on my to do list!

 

2nd on my list right after the HAMB drags.

 

We are planning on attending on our final leg of our journey back to California!

 

Should be there, probably in the 2 door it's got a/c

 

I haven't decided for sure yet, but am considering...

 

Im going, hope its not as hot as last year. Very good car show.

 

Any tips on a good place to stay?

 

I am only about a hour and 1/2 from Salina, so I dont spend the night. Motels go quick so you need to call early. Good luck and enjoy the show

 

Joe, here is rundown on most of the motels in Salina. http://www.tripadvisor.com/SmartDeals-g39045-Salina_Kansas-Hotel-Deals.html Lots of feedback on all of them.

 

Can't wait.

 

Thanks Mr48chev, looks like the Sleep Inn where I got reservations has some decent reviews.

 

☆will be there X3

 

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I'll be there in the 50 Buick custom.

 

Count me in...Think I will drive the yellow deuce this year since it has AC and leave the roadster home.

 

Long range forcast has 97 deg. as a popular number for that week.

 

From kkoa website:
35th KKOA Leadsled Spectacular, current advance pre-entries are indicating another record breaking attendance.
As of this posting, this is the 11th straight year in a row, since moving the Leadsled Spectacular to Salina Kansas in 2005, that the event is breaking the previous year pre-entry count, BIG-TIME. ...
...from 600-+ in ’05, to 1,986 entrants last year, 2014.
Can’t leave out mentioning the fantastic hometown hospitality support Salina residents dish’s out! They feel they’re hosting the super bowl of hotrodding. The unbelievably beautiful, tree-shaded, 26 acre Oakdale show park, and the kool cruisin’Santa Fe Ave. Plus, an original 1950’s nostalgia drag strip, the retro million dollar Steifel Theater where we stage our R & R Spectacular Concert. And, can’t forget chowin’ down a sack of burgers at Salina’s famed landmark, the famed Cozy Inn…yum,…yum.

Cruisin’ in from California, super kustomizers, Bill Hines, Keith Dean, and usually we can count on Alex Gambino, will lower the lid on a ’57 Ford Ranchero at the KKOA Godzilla Garage, on the grounds of Oakdale Park. This is the Ranchero that’s currently being cloned as the kool kemp featured on the cover of the October 1958 Custom Cars Magazine...
...The West Coast’s go-to-gl*** man, Paul Rick, aka: “The Gl*** Bender”, is coming to the Spectacular to cut the gl*** for the Ranchero just mentioned, and he’ll be coin’ it on site, after his kustom pals finish the metalwork.
...Paul, started his hotrodding career working on a drag racing team, before turning to auto gl*** work for the next 54 years. After more than a half-century he's done work for some of the biggest names in kustomizing! ****, and Keith Dean, George Barris, Bill Hines, Gene Winfield, ...Plus, Paul is one of the (9) nominee’s up this year for a possible induction into the KKOA Hall of Fame.

 

Is Friday a good day at the park? My brother-in-law is coming in from California and Friday is the only day we have to make it out.

 

Yes friday is good, then the races after the show, I'll be there with 5 other cars from Lincoln, Ne in my 1938 Plymouth pick-up as usual.

 

Yes. I like Fri, getting parked early put a lawn chair out & watchin cars cruise in...sounds & motion are more fun. By Sat the park starts to get more packed & much less driving until evening.
Friday ( I think it's Fri.??)...afternoon-evening Run-What'yaBrung Drags on old Runway East side of town.

 

If they are expecting more cars this year they really need to open up more of the park.