55th annual Majestics Car Club car show held in Regina | 24CA News
A staple of Regina’s occasion calendar was again this weekend because the Majestics Car Club held their 55th annual automotive present.
Car fanatics from throughout western Canada and the northern United States had been exhibiting off their finest wheels on the Viterra Trade Centre.
Milt Raddysh, a longtime member of the Majestics Car Club, and the coordinator of the occasion, stated his favorite half is the individuals behind the wheel.
“The best part is talking to the owner because the car has history, but the owner has a story about how the car was built, or how he acquired it and why he picked that car,” Raddysh stated.
The Majestics Car Club was based by a gaggle of Regina highschool college students again in 1962. Before having their first present in 1968.
Over 8000 guests made their method to the Viterra International Trade Centre for the present this weekend.
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Cars of all completely different makes and fashions had been on show.
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The present initially had solely 50 vehicles from Saskatchewan, however yearly it expanded in scope. In 2023, over 230 vehicles of all shapes, sizes and colors had been on show.
Raddysh stated over 8,000 individuals got here by the doorways over the two-day occasion in Regina.
As a nonprofit group, all ticket gross sales return into native charities.
“We try to pick a lot of local Saskatchewan charities,” Raddysh stated. “There are always people in need in Regina.”
A novel 1970 Dodge Charger RT Resto Mod can also be being auctioned off at automotive exhibits throughout Saskatchewan, together with in Regina this weekend to assist the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan.
The automotive valued at round $185,000, was donated by a gaggle of personal donors from throughout the province to Brayden Ottenbreit with Close Cuts for Cancer and the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan.
The automotive is touring throughout the province, and being raffled at each location, earlier than a winner is drawn on August 20.
Not solely is that this automotive raffle elevating funds for most cancers care in Saskatchewan, however the tour can also be permitting us to lift consciousness concerning the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan,” stated Nora Yeates, the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan CEO stated. “Every ticket purchased, every dollar donated, goes towards benefitting cancer patients in our province.”
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