The 30th annual Heartland Cruise Car Show will be June 19 and 20, Father’s Day Weekend.
Tommy Nabors started the event when he was the president of the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce as a fundraiser. The event stayed within the chamber for about 25 years before it transitioned to being managed by the Weatherford Rotary Club. Now, the event helps fund the D.A.R.E. program for Weatherford Public Schools.
The 2-day long event will begin Friday, featuring the car cruise. The welcome party begins 6 p.m. Friday and the cruise will be from 7:30-9 p.m. The main part of the cruise will be along Main Street. Nabors said there usually is about 225-275 participants from Oklahoma and surrounding states.
All day Saturday will be the car show. That day’s activities will be hosted at Rader Park. There will be live music by the band Relentless, craft vendors, kid’s activities, food trucks and burnout and loud exhaust contests.
The event is free to the public, and there is a $25 registration fee for participants. Registration can be completed online at www. heartlandcruisecarshow.com or a registration form can be picked up at the Weatherford Daily News at 118 N. Broadway.
All contests are participant judged and, in addition to winning contests, $1,000 will be dispersed amongst participants randomly. Contest winners receive $50 and a plaque, made and donated by Cedar Canyon Treatment Center. Nabors said he has visited
Nabors said he has visited with city officials to make it as safe an event as possible in light of COVID-19. People have the option of watching the cruise from inside their cars, and the event being outside makes it safer as well. Nabors and city officials agree it is time for the City of Weatherford to resume to “some sense of normalcy.”
Nabors said he isn’t sure what to expect of the cruise this year due to COVID-19. In recent years, the 2-day event has had a great turnout and raised about $12,000, which helps fund the WPS D.A.R.E. program.
Nabors said, “We get tremendous support from the community.”
He suspected the turnout this year could be slightly less than in recent years, but still very good.