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Posted by Keith in Washington on Saturday, August 08, 2009 at 20:24:28 :

Today we are still at Hot August Nights in Reno. Today they have the final "Show and Shines" and judging. My wife and I got a late start today. We got set up in Sparks and dusted the truck and sat down under a nice tree. We had been there about an hour and this golf cart pulls up with a couple of guys and a bunch of Hot August Nights people. They walked up and asked where is the owner of this truck? I said I am right here. One person asked me Have you won anything? I replied "No, not today". She then said you have now. Then this guy walks up with a ribbon that is 3 feet long and they introduced him as the Mayor of Sparks NV. He said congratulations you are the winner of the Mayor of Sparks award. OK I said and we talked for a few minutes then the Hot August Nights People took over. They asked if I will be around at 8 AM Sunday for an award and will I be available for the parade at 10PM. I look at my wife and we said OK (We were going to leave at 3 PM Saturday to get home as we have guests there and my son flew in from Tokyo today).

When it all sunk in here is what happened today. First 32 ribbons are awarded. The 32 are picked from the 6,000 cars at the show. Those 32 cars get an award and lead the parade through Reno on Sunday morning. The award that I won according to people here is one on the major ones and my truck will be the 4th vehicle in the parade.

To say the least I was shell shocked for awhile. First I was really pleased to win the Best Mopar Truck award on Thursday. Especially since it is my first year in the show. But to win the award I got today was a pipe dream that I thought could never happen especially in my first year. To be one of 32 selected out of 6,000 is unreal.

I have attached a link to a couple of pictures. I will be loading more later. Needless to say we will be home late but my son said it was OK.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89392&id=533534667&l=dd54df3ccf



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