....A GREAT SUCCESS....
514 vehicles, four thousand spectators
Perfect Weather, Perfect Surroundings

Blood Sweat and Gears "Back To The Sixties"
7th Annual Bobby Fisher Jr. ($ winners)
Memorial Car Show (
Sept 8th,2002)
benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation & local charities.


The 2002 judged show; $1500 in cash awards presented.
Plus 1
33 trophies in 40 classes and we gave $8455 to the
Illinois Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  In 2004 we gave another $1160 of the 2002 car show money to Illinois Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

We started an IVCC scholarship fund with a $1000 contribution,
and gave money to six local service organizations listed below.


Large 50/50 drawing (the 2002 winner got $3670.00)

Show held at Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, IL

Net profits from the 2002 car show were donated to:
Northern Illinois Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Auto Dept. scholarship; Illinois Valley Community College
Police car Defibrillator fund; Spring Valley, Illinois
Catholic Services Organization; Peru, Illinois
Volunteer Ambulance Service; Utica, Illinois
Ambulance & Fire Dept; Oglesby, Illinois
IL Valley Food Pantry; LaSalle, Illinois
assorted orgs.; Princeton, Illinois

Directions: at the intersection of Interstates I-80 and I-39
in North Central Illinois, go South two exits (I-39 exit 54);
conducted by Blood Sweat and Gears car club
.

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