Classic cars from across Texas and beyond will gather for the three-day Coastal A\u2019s & Rods event featuring auctions, games and awards. \n<\/p>\n
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The 33rd Annual Fun Run Car Show is returning to Corpus Christi this Memorial Day weekend, bringing hundreds of classic cars together to raise money for local charities.<\/p>\n
The event is hosted by the Coastal A\u2019s & Rods Car Club and has been a Coastal Bend tradition for more than three decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Organizers said classic car owners from across Texas and other states are expected to attend the three-day event at the Holiday Inn Corpus Christi Airport Hotel on Leopard Street.<\/p>\n
According to organizer Bob Stoldorf, the show has previously attracted nearly 300 vehicles and still regularly brings in around 200 classic cars and trucks each year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt they come in mainly Texas, but we actually get cars from out of state too,\u201d Stoldorf said. \u201cWe still draw 200 cars.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event helps support several local charities throughout the Coastal Bend, including pet shelters, the Coastal Bend Food Bank and wounded warrior organizations. \u201cWe try and divide it up and give a pretty goodly amount to everybody and help out,\u201d Stoldorf said. \u201cNothing goes out of the Corpus area.\u201d<\/p>\n
The show officially begins Saturday at 8 a.m., but registration and early activities start Friday afternoon. Events throughout the weekend include a silent auction, games, door prizes, a cruise to Snapka\u2019s Drive Inn and awards presentations.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Organizers said the silent auction will take place inside the hotel lobby and end Saturday afternoon. To purchase tickets, call .\u00a0<\/p>\n
The event is free for spectators, although donations will be accepted. Organizers are also encouraging more vehicle owners to register. Only cars and trucks model year 2001 and older are eligible to enter the show. Motorcycles will not be included in this event.<\/p>\n
Stoldorf said the event will continue rain or shine. \u201cAbsolutely, we\u2019re going to have it no matter what,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Classic cars from across Texas and beyond will gather for the three-day Coastal A\u2019s & Rods event featuring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-301446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}