CRUISE NITE 2012 Activities
April 15, 2012
| WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 | ||
| 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM | Old Town “Picnic-style” meal at Knights of Columbus Hall, $5/person. | |
| 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Classic Car Tour of area Assisted Living & Nursing Homes Contact: Jim Barth (308)-234-2986. | |
| THURSDAY, JULY 19 | ||
| 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Get Together Show & Shine at Midway Chevrolet. Oldies Music. Food & drink available. | |
| 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Billie McGuigan with “Rock Legends” (6 piece live band) at The Merryman Performing Arts Center, 225 West 32nd St (308)-698-8297 for tickets. | |
| FRIDAY, JULY 20 | ||
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11:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Miss America 2011 at Hilltop Mall. |
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5:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Kick-Off BBQ and Show & Shine at Great Platte River Road Archway. Oldies Music, Food & Drink available. Miss America to be present. |
| 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM | Classic & Collectible Car Auction. Buffalo Co. Fairgrounds. Rusty Rhynalds, Auctioneer. (308)-832-7407 | |
| SATURDAY, JULY 21 | ||
| 8:00 AM – Noon | Registration for Show & Shine. “The Bricks” (Downtown Kearney Center) $10 fee in advance at www.Motortopia.com or Cruisenitekearney.com: $15 Day of show | |
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9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, on “The Bricks” signing autographs. |
| 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Eagle Riders Bike Show & Shine, Eagles parking lot & street in front of Eagles. $10 per bike. Contact: Ron Callam (308)-440-0841 | |
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Noon – 4:00 PM | Show & Shine, “The Bricks”, featuring Miss America 2011, Fascination Car (1of 5) Pete’s Patriot drag car, 2 jet drag cars, & more. |
| Noon – 3:00 PM | Southeast Community College/Milford (Engine Build Competition) at 1:00 PM And 2:30 PM on “The Bricks”. | |
| Noon – 11:00 PM | “Carstock”-numerous live bands at MONA parking lot, featuring “Flipside” at approx.. 8:00 PM. | |
| Afternoon | Dunk tank across from Downtown Fire Station. Proceeds to Nebraska Firefighters Museum | |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Cruise Nite Parade. “The Bricks” | |
| 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM | Burnout Contest. Graham Tire Co. (Graham Tire, 5708 2nd Ave West) | |
| 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM | “Street Grudge Racing” and NAPA “Quick Race” Kearney Raceway Park – East of Kearney | |
| SUNDAY, JULY 22 | ||
| 7:15 AM – 9:30 AM | 10K Race & Kids Race. Downtown – “The Bricks” Contact: Dave Brandt (308)-293-1479 | |
| 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Drag Races & more at Kearney Raceway Park Contact: Al Simmons (308)-750-2049 | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM | Christian Prayer Service at (Kearney Raceway Park) | |
| 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Time Trials & qualifications at (Kearney Raceway Park) | |
| 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Drag race eliminations at (Kearney Raceway Park) | |
| 10:00 AM – Noon | Restoration Service (Song & Prayer) MONA parking lot. Done by Impact Kearney | |
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Noon – 5:00 PM | Barbeque at Classic Car Collection. Food & Drink available. Served By 1848 Venture Crew Special reduced rates Wed.-Sun. Special feature cars to see. |
Cruise Nite 2012!
August 4, 2011
July 18th-22nd is Cruise Nite Kearney Weekend for 2012
Save the Dates: July 18-22, 2012!
Customarily, Cruise Nite events are held the third weekend in July (Wednesdar thru Sunday). Every year in July, the CNAC (Central Nebraska Auto Club) encourages anyone who wants to relive the memories of the “Good Ole Days” along with the love of the classic cars to come and enjoy in the fun.
Behind the entire event is a philanthropic desire is to raise money for numerous charities in the Kearney Area. Among the charities that have benefited from Cruise Nite are: Buffalo County Red Cross, Salvation Army, United Way, Flight for Hero’s, Make A Wish Foundation, Goodfellows, Jubilee Center, City of Kearney Police Department and scholarship for students in Automotive Tech.
We will be accepting online registrations in the near future, until then you can re-live the 2011 event by visiting the Photo Gallery pages.
Meet Miss America, Teresa Scanlan
March 5, 2012
Come meet and visit with Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan.
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Miss Scanlan will appear in person: | |||
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Friday |
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| Hilltop Mall | 11:00 am - | 3:00 pm | ||
| Archway Monument |
5:00 pm - | 7:30 pm | ||
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| Downtown on the Bricks |
9:00 am - | 4:00 pm | ||
| Buy a picture of Miss America and have it autographed by Teresa. Teresa Michelle Scanlan, is the current Miss America beauty pageant titleholder from Gering, Nebraska. Teresa was named “Miss Nebraska” in 2010, subsequently winning “Miss America” in 2011 and becoming the youngest Miss America since Bette Cooper in 1937. | ||||
Cruise Nite fast and furious at Kearney Raceway Park
July 16, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
By KEVIN HERVERT Hub Staff Writer
KEARNEY — Kearney Raceway Park turns into a working car show Cruise Nite weekend.
Al Simmons, Kearney Raceway Park manager, said this weekend will be bigger and better than all of the Cruise Nite weekends before.
He said NAPA quick races have grown in popularity since they began two years ago. [...read the complete story at the Kearney HUB]
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Barth’s 1947 Mercury coupe reminds him of old times
July 15, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
By RICK BROWN Hub Staff Writer
KEARNEY — Jim Barth heard some great advice while he was searching for a classic car.
“I looked in the weeds at a few old cars,” he said while sitting on the front porch of his home in Kearney, admiring his 65-year-old car. “The guys kept telling me it was smarter to find one that was already restored.”
Barth expanded his search to old car magazines and discovered one he liked. It was a 1947 Mercury coupe with 76,000 miles originally owned by a doctor in Williamsport, Pa. [...read the complete story at the Kearney HUB] Read the rest of this entry »
2012 Cruise Nite Sponsors
April 11, 2011
| Cruise Nite Kearney would not be possible without the help of our corporate sponsors. Please help support Cruise Nite by showing them your support. Click on their logo scrolling across the bottom of this page to visit their website. Please tell them “Thank You for supporting Cruise Nite Kearney” when you are in their businesses. |
24th Annual Cruise Nite Kearney is in the books!
March 26, 2011
Read some of the local media coverage of our 24th Annual Cruise Nite
Brad Kernick, president of Nebraska Auto Club’s Cruise Nite steering committee
Cruise Nite packed with people, shiny cool cars
Monday, July 18, 2011
By RICK BROWN Hub Staff Writer
KEARNEY — “We hit it out of the park.”
That’s how Brad Kernick, president of Nebraska Auto Club’s Cruise Nite steering committee, summed up this year’s event.
“I think our steering committee did a good job. They were well-organized, and I think we got the word out to people by distributing flyers to numerous car shows,” Kernick said about the reasons for the success of the 24th-annual Cruise Nite. “We were in some national publications, too.”
Kernick said all of the Cruise Nite events succeeded. The Show and Shine Saturday in downtown Kearney attracted 550 vehicles, about 10 percent more than last year. Even the new events, such as the classic car tour to area nursing homes, met expectations. [...read the complete story at the Kearney HUB] Read the rest of this entry »
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