While in the middle of running the 19th annual Great Pottsville Cruise In & Car Show on Saturday, cruise Chairman Jerry Enders was already planning the 20th.
On Sunday, he said it's expected to be another one-day event, slated for Aug. 10, 2013.
While Enders said Saturday he believed there were between 500 and 600 vehicles at Saturday's event, on Sunday he said "we had over 400 to be realistic. None of us really got to count them all, but that's phenomenal for the first time for a new venue."
This year, cruise organizers scaled down the event from four days to one, and they eliminated events like the traditional Sunday continuous closed-course rolling cruise through Pottsville. The one-day event contained 12 hours of activities, including an open cruise through the county, the "Open Cruise & Raffle Run."
That open cruise will be part of the 2013 cruise, Enders said.
"This year, the raffle run went really well and we're planning on adding more stops for next year. There were about 30 people who did all 30 stops, and more than 75 who did 25 or more," Enders said.
Enders said he's also hoping to develop a publication, "a commemorative magazine," a look back on the 20-year history of the cruise.
"We're also looking at expanding the downtown venue," Enders said.
The event is traditionally a fund-raiser for Pottsville Lions Charities, which supports local nonprofits. The profits from Saturday's event are still being calculated, Enders said.
Trophy winners included:
- Best of Cruise Overall, sponsored by Schuylkill PLUS! Magazine: Rodney Updegrove Jr., Tremont, 1949 Pontiac Tin Woodie.
- Lions President's Award, Best of the 1950s, sponsored by Lipkin, Marshall, Bohorad & Thornburg: Terry Lee Brown, Germansville, 1957 Chevy Belair 2 Dr HT.
- Mayor's Award, sponsored by Lipkin, Marshall, Bohorad & Thornburg: Dave Matthews Stevens, 1938 Ford Standard Coupe.