The 24th Annual Lane Automotive Car Show and Cruise-In will take place May 25-26, 2012. It's Free for participants and spectators! The location is Lane Automotive, 8300 Lane Drive, Watervliet, Michigan 49098.
Open Header Cruise - Starts at 5:00 P.M.
Open up those headers for a parade style cruise to kick off our Cruise Night! Our Sixth Annual Open Header Cruise will pick up where we left off last year... and we hope to again increase the number of participants. We will be running the same cruise route as last year, starting in Coloma, and heading to the north side of Watervliet before turning south and rumbling to Lane Automotive. We're hoping for 125 cars, and would be really happy if even more showed up! Follow the links below or call 269.463.0202 for further information.
Cruise-In - 5:00 P.M. To ??
Fire up the hotrod, low rider, rat rod, show car, vintage cruiser or muscle car and cruise on into Lane Automotive! The Cruise-In features great food concessions and live music by Al Giganti and Lou Brule And Friends.
Extended Showroom Hours
The Lane Automotive Showroom will be open until 8:00 P.M.
Show Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
We expect approximately 1,000 show cars for this year's event. Plus the following:
• Goodie Bags to the first 500 participants on-site!
• Dash Plaques to the first 1,000 participants on-site!
• Door Prizes all day for participants and spectators
• Music by Frank's DJ Service, Inc.
• Manufacturers' reps on hand for Technical Advice
• Great Food Concessions
• Nitro-Fueled Noisefest - At Noon!
• Vintage Dragsters and Funny Cars
• “Hot Rodders Of Tomorrow” Engine Builder Challenge
• No. 14 Mobil 1 Chevrolet On Display
Chassis Dyno Challenge - Both Days
The Dyno Challenge time slots are limited, so register soon. A $30 entry fee is required and will be donated to Relay For Life. Once registered you will be notified via email as to your date and time slot. The Dyno Challenge dates are May 25 and 26 (during the Lane Cruise-In and Car Show). Dyno Challenge Sponsors: Lane Automotive, Moroso, Competition Engineering, B&M, Hurst, Flowmaster, Professional Products, Hypertech, Joe Gibbs and Eibach. The Dyno Challenge registration link is listed below.
We have posted the Car Show Specials Sale. Prices are effective May 14th through May 31st, 2012. Check them out on our Car Show Specials Page.
Car Show Sign-Up - Register your show car.
Open Header Cruise Sign-Up
Open Header Rules And Route Map (332k PDF)
Dyno Challenge Sign-Up
Dyno Info And Rules (147k PDF)
Photos And Videos of the show are available:
Photo Galleries
Nitro Noisefest Video Clips
In spite of every curve that Mother Nature could possibly throw our way, the 2011 Lane Automotive Cruise Night and Car Show were outstanding successes. Thanks to the hundreds of show vehicle owners and thousands of spectators, who all braved the threatening weather and came here with no guarantee of a parking place, we aptly demonstrated that everyone could shine without the benefit of the sun.
Thankfully, the rain held off until the events were over, but the skies were heavily overcast both Friday night and Saturday. Approximately 120 cars took part in the Open Header Cruise which wound its way through downtown Coloma and on to Watervliet and Lane Automotive. Thanks to everyone who made it through the construction on M-140 without a mishap. Nary a complaint was heard. We even managed to schedule a wedding on Friday night!
Saturday dawned wet and dark, but the show cars began to arrive before dawn, promising a great turnout even though the weather did not look good. It was obvious by as early as 8:00 a.m. that the show would be a winner. The final count on show cars put us near the 900 mark.
We extend great big THANKS to all who participated, or who came out to attend the show as spectators! Once again, all of our loyal car show friends showed us that the weather cannot deter them from having a good time.
The success of our Cruise Night and Car Show events depends heavily upon the blessings of local governmental bodies as well as many outside service organizations.
We are grateful to Watervliet Township, the City of Watervliet, Coloma Township and the City of Coloma and their police departments for granting us permission and clearing the way to conduct our annual Open Header Cruise.
We also greatly appreciate all the efforts put forth by the Berrien County Sheriff's Department, the Berrien County Sheriff's Posse, the Berrien County Road Commission, the Michigan Department of Transportation, Medic One and Watervliet Lakeland Community Hospital to assure that our car show traffic and our show attendees could enjoy themselves in a completely safe and secure manner. Without any one of these organizations, the show would have not turned out nearly as well.
Congratulations to all of the teams! You are all winners with the knowledge you have gained.
| Rank | School | Time | Sponsor |
| 1 | Belvidere North Hs, IL |
30:02 (28:02*) | Motive Gear |
| 2 | Elkhart Area Career Center Team #2, IN |
31:54 (29:54*) | Hawk Perf. |
| 3 | Elkhart Area Career Center Team #1, IN |
35:55 | Autometer |
| 4 | Coloma Com. Schools, MI |
48:32 | Proform |
| 5 | Lakeshore HS, MI |
79:07 | Be Cool |
| 6 | Dowagiac Union HS, MI |
80:43 | Hedman |
| 7 | Niles HS, MI |
111:40 | Aeroquip |
| 8 | Elgin HS, IL |
120:00 | Royal Purple |
| *"Race to Perfection" receives -2:00 minute bonus. Team must have no penalty minutes. |
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Everyone had a good time checking out what their car could pull! Here are the top performers:
Car Class Winners
1st - Bryant Goldstone, 1970 Chevy Chevelle, 1,300 HP!
2nd - Nino Porpigila, 1985 Pontiac Trans-AM, 776 HP
3rd - Kyle Kline, 1995 Chevy Camaro, 750 HP
Truck Class Winners
1st - Dave Martin, 2006 Chevy Silverado 2500, 782 ft./lbs.
2nd - Brian Dwan, 2005 Chevy Duramax, 626 ft./lbs.
3rd - David Milnickel, 2006 Ford F250, 572 ft./lbs.
