NO RAIN AND A HIGH OF 70 RESULTED IN A VERY BIG CROWD TODAY AT
THE VINTAGE TORQUE FEST IN MAQUOKETA. THE AWARD PRESENTATIONS
WERE DONE THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO ONCE, THEN
AGAIN...YOU CAN READ ON THE JACKETS, THE NAMES OF THE CAR CLUBS
THAT WERE HERE AND PRESENTED AWARDS.
TONIGHT, THE CRUISE OUT AT THE 61 DRIVFE-IN THEATRE BY FEST
PARTICIPANTS AND A DOUBLE-FEATURE MOVE UNDER THE STARS.
MORE PHOTES BELOW.
DENNIS VOY

THIS IS "THE MAN" OF
THE VINTAGE TORQUE FEST, JOHN WELLS.....
....HELPING PRESENT THE
AWARDS FOR THE TOP OR
FAVORITE CARS AT THE SHOW.
THERE WERE ABOUT A DOZEN
CAR CLUBS FROM AROUND THE
MIDWEST.....KANSAS CITY,
APPLETON AND MORE....AND
EACH HAD A UNIQUE CAR-THEME
TROPHY TO PRESENT.
JOHN ANNOUNCED THAT
PLANS ARE NOW IN THE WORKS
TO HAVE THE SHOW IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN NEXT YEAR, THE FIRST WEEKEND IN MAY.
DENNIS VOY

RICHARD CURRENT OF THE
MAQUOKETA CAR CLUB
ON STAGE THANKING
EVERYONE FOR COMING.

THE VOLUNTEER HALL OUTDOOR THEATRE AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS WAS A POPULAR
PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
A BIG CROWD THIS AFTERNOON
AND THE SHOW WRAPS-UP
TONIGHT.

ENJOY SOME MORE PHOTOS TAKEN AT VINTAGE TORQUE FEST THAT IS
STILL ON AND ENDS AROUND 9 OR SO TONIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
IN MAQUOKETA. IF YOU GO, JUST $5 A PERSON, BE SURE TO GO INTO
PEARSON CENTER AND SEE THIS $275,000 JEWEL. DON'T FORGET
TO CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS AT LEAST ONCE TO ENLARGE THEM .
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN TODAY.
IT IS NOON AND IT HAS BEEN CLOUDY MOST OF THE MORNING, BUT STILL
NO RAIN.
DRY WEATHER (FARMERS NEED IT) STARTS TOMORROW FOR A FEW DAYS OR MORE.
DENNIS VOY

TEN BANDS WERE LINED UP FOR TORQUE FEST....THIS ONE
PLAYED FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE
STAGE OF VOLUNTEER HALL.

SOME CARS ACTUALLY GO OUT ON THE TRACK AND TAKE
A SPIN.

YES...YOU CAN GET A VINTAGE
HAIRCUT AND SHAVE AT
TORQUE FEST!

COULDN'T HELP BUT
TAKE A PHOTO
OF THIS SHARP BLACK
PICK-UP.

VINTAGE TORQUE FEST
HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN...
AND GOOD FOR MAQUOKETA.
THANKS TO JOHN WELLS OF
BETTENDORF FOR BRINGING
IT TO OUR CITY.
HOPE IT COMES BACK NEXT YEAR...BIGGER AND BETTER!

DENNIS VOY