Today was our annual Sunshine Festival car show. The festival was named in honor of a past governor of Louisiana, and his version of the famous song, "You Are My Sunshine." Most of you probably know that was Governor Jimmie Davis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckKeQNCyPBU
Our town is small & nearly 50 miles from Monroe, the biggest city in our area. So, the show is small, compared to the big shows I read about. We had exactly 100 vehicles in the show.
And our merry little band of area Pontiac guys if very small. We've all known each other for a long time. And most of us have raced together. There were 5 Pontiacs at the show. 4 of 'em have been attending area shows for several years now.
The only '69 Bird at the show was "The Red Bird", named that for obvious reasons. The owner is known by most as "Wild Bill". We go way back. We raced together on the strip & the dirt track. He's owned the car for a long time. It's won quite a few show awards.
TJ took one shot of some appropriate "Pontiac attire", as she called it.
There was only one 2nd gen there. We call the owner "Tab". I've also raced with him on strip & dirt. For a period of time Tab, Wild Bill, and I raced dirt at the same tracks. I think that was somewhere in the 1986-87 time period.
Anyhow, when we all get together at a show, we have plenty of old memories to talk about.
