17th Annual Downtown Hutchinson Rod Run and Classic Car Show 2024

17th Annual Downtown Hutchinson Rod Run & Classic Car Show
• October 4–5, 2024 •

Rod Run This Weekend
Posted Oct 03, 2024 5:00 AM
NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Jim Gruver with the Downtown Hutch Rod Run is looking forward to the 17th annual event Friday and Saturday. Registration on Friday begins at noon.

"Everybody comes in a little different this year," Gruver said. "We are not pre reserving any parking spots so a couple of options. People can come in go where they want to park walk back to the registration and register or they can just get in line at registration."

More than half of the cars are there both days, though Saturday is the larger day and had almost 300 cars last year.

"The big thing on Friday is 6:00 p.m. is our annual cruise," Gruver said. "Everybody takes out leaves the event and a lot of them just drag up and down Main. A lot of them just go different places in town. It's kind of open to whatever they want to do. We have a little cruise route up and down Main, that back in the day used to be Sandy's a restaurant down there on North Main and that's kind of the turnaround spot and coming back, but the other thing that goes along with that this year is we are doing a poker run which will go to five different locations. Anybody that comes to the and signs up at the rod run that day can be registered and join the the poker run also, and there's a $500 cash prize for that poker run."

The parking spots do not hold from one day to the next, so registration at 8 a.m. Saturday will be important for those that want the best spot on the busiest day, and there will be plenty of trophies given away Saturday, as well.

"We've kind of slimmed it down a little bit now from what we used to," Gruver said. "I think we are at 26 different classes right now and each one of those classes then is divided up into different years, so number of trophies is I think 50 some different trophies."

Below is the schedule of events for the Rod Run.

Friday October 4th

7:00 a.m. to noon - Vendor/ Sponsor Set-up

Noon – Vehicle registration starts (16 E Ave A), Public Access Begins, Park Show Cars

Noon - 10:00 p.m.-THE PIT STOP- Craft Beer & Food Truck area opens @ 1st & Main

Noon - 10:00 p.m. FAB 4 Display (Ave A & Main St.)

Noon - 8:00 p.m. KS Masonic Lodge Raffle- 42 Packard Convertible ( Ave A & Main St.)

Noon - 8:00 p.m. Army National Guard (Ave A Main to North)

2:00 p.m. National Anthem

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Car Judging Starts (On an As Ready Basis) * Registration closes at 5:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. – Rod Run Cruise - Drag Main or join the Poker Run to Kansas State Fairgrounds.

7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – James Pitts Band (1st & Main St.)

7:30 p.m. Movie in the Park (at dark) @ DCI Park 2nd & Main

10:00 p.m. Rod Run Event Ends (Overnight Security)

Saturday October 5th

8:00 a.m. - Noon Vehicle Registration

8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. National Guard Display- (Ave A & Main)

8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. KS Masonic Lodge Raffle- 42 Packard Convertible (Ave A & Main)

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. THE PIT STOP- Craft Beer & Food Truck opens @ 1st & Main

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Fab 4 display (Ave A & Main St.) 9

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Walk to end Alzheimer's - Hutchinson @ DCI Park

9:00 a.m. Sherman Street Emporium (Open for Business- West of Main 1 1/2 blocks)

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Kids Zone @ DCI Park/2nd & Main Street

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Kids Monster Ball Pin Up Contest

11:00 a.m. Pinewood Derby (Pizaacos Parking Lot)- Troop 313)

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Ladies Pin Up Show

1:00 p.m. Toy Depot Drags – Bring your Match Box Racers! (Avenue B & Main St.)

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Hutch Brewfest (East of Main on 1st St.)

5:00 p.m. Trophy Presentations – 1st & Main stage (50/50 Raffle)

6:00 p.m. Burnout Competition Ave A & Main

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. – George Sanders Band

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