Resident 'rodders' enjoy Rod Run
Second annual Rod Run draws more than 1,000 people to see rolling treasures.
Resident 'rodders' enjoy Rod Run Second annual Rod Run draws more than 1,000 people to see rolling treasures. Check out this story on thespectrum.com: http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/mesquite/2014/09/01/resident-rodders-enjoy-rod-run/14931973/
Therresa Worthington Published 12:15 p.m. MT Sept. 1, 2014
Mesquite resident Jake Noll's 1958 Chevy was one of 144 cars in the Boulder City Cruisin' Association and Eureka Casino Resort's Rod Run Labor Day weekend. (Photo: Therresa Worthington / Desert Valley Times )Buy Photo
Mesquite resident Sandra Ramaker and her husband Doug took advantage of the Eureka Casino Resort's Rod Run last weekend and put their car — a 1957 Chevy 150 — into the show with 112 other rolling treasures.
The Rod Run, hosted by the Boulder City Cruisin' Association, is in its second year and is popular among vehicle enthusiasts, including the Ramakers.
Daryl Caven and Joe Refner, Boulder City Cruisin' members, said nearly 1,000 people, some as far as Northern Utah, had showed up to admire the vehicles between Friday and Saturday.
"We are having a good time," Caven said.
Visitors had a chance to buy raffle tickets for prizes and the "rodders" were entered to win a car hauler valued at $9,000, he said. A silent auction also had visitors and rodders alike vying for things, including a big screen TV.
Caven and Refner said they are looking forward to showing off whatever comes next year, too.
"Everyone here at the Eureka is great," Caven said.
Sandra Ramaker said she and Doug don't usually show their car.
"Ours is an everyday car," Sandra said. "It's not typically a show car, but now and then we do put it in one."
The couple likes the smaller Rod Run versus bigger car shows, she said.
"The covered parking helps, we can sit with our cars out of the sun," Sandra said. "And they have 24-hour security so you don't have to worry about your car when you leave it over night."
The Ramakers were excited the Eureka brought back the Rod Run, saying they enjoyed it last year and hoped they'd see it again.
The couple is part of the Moapa Cactus Cruisers, and have been since they found out about the club after moving to Mesquite, Sandra said.
"We had found out about the cruisers at an event called 'So Long Summer,'" she said.
The two love cars and hope to see more locally, she said.
"The Rotary will be having one in November at the ball drop, we are looking forward to it," she said.
Mesquite Rotary Club member Jake Noll also entered his 1958 Chevy in the Rod Run.
"I wasn't here last Labor Day weekend," he said. But he wanted to have fun with it this year.
He admitted to an ulterior motive during the awards ceremony for the Rod Run.
"I wanted to get more interested in the Rotary car show, at least double" he said. "But I think I may have gotten way more than that interested in coming."
The Rotary Golf Ball Drop is scheduled for Nov. 1, and will feature not only a car show but a chili cook-off, live music and several non-profit organizations will put on a carnival at the same time, he said.
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