Cruising Season 2026

Well, hello everyone, and welcome to Cruising Season 2026. I want to start off by asking for some help. We have a large amount of readers and I’m sure each of you know folks that may have a business or possibly you have a business of your own. We are always looking for new advertisers, so if you are a business owner or know a business owner that might see the benefit in advertising in this publication, Please get in touch with us. Our rates are incredibly reasonable and we have around 15,000 readers. Add that to over 100,000 hits online and you have the beginning of an excellent marketing program.

Now, if you happen to be in a car club or are involved with any other organiza- tion that is putting together a car show or cruise; we are an excellent alternative to printed flyers. As an example, just 200 color-printed flyers cost in the neighborhood of $100. Now you have to circulate those flyers yourself at various car shows and venues prior to your event. Multiply that by however many flyers you choose to print and circulate…the cost can get out of hand.

A full page ad in the Car Show & Cruise Guide is only $410 (if you’re a nonprofit that rate is just $325, and most show flyers can be converted into a 1/4 page which is only $125) Given the circulation numbers that I mentioned previously, you can see the economic benefit to giving us a try. Get in touch with Dave or myself if you have any interest in putting together an advertising program.

Getting into our upcoming events…

We are proud to be participating in the Bel Air Town Derby on May 17. It is a Soap Box Derby race that will involve over 30 teams from various civic organizations and businesses in the Harford County area.

You’ve seen our entry at the East Coast Indoor Nationals and on our social media. We hope that you may come and support us at the event and check out the many other teams that are participating. Our spring car show this year is going to occur at Hopkins Farm Brewery up near Havre de Grace Maryland on Sunday, May 31. There will be food trucks, live entertainment and then we will have a 50-50 and some door prizes to share with everyone.

I’m looking forward to seeing you all out and about this year and as always,

See you on the return road,
Doug

Howdy Y’all…

Welcome to the first issue of the Car Show and Cruise Guide under ownership of the Custom and Classic Car Educational Foundation.

This is a very exciting time for us and I hope you, our readers will reap the benefits. You will not see any major changes; however the changes that do come will be thoughtful and done with you, the reader in mind.

Just after the first of the year we published a survey, through Facebook, that asked some general questions regarding your satisfaction with this publication.

This survey turned out to be immensely popular, as it reached its limits in terms of total responses allowed in less than 24 hours.

The results can be seen on below. (click to see a larger image)

As you can see, the survey shows the greatest majority of folks are satisfied with how the magazine operates.

We will still continue to make gradual changes that will provide a more rewarding reading experience for you.

Now, onto some business; At the East Coast Indoor Nationals, we donated a brand new tire changing machine and electronic balancer to the good folks at the Classic Motor Museum in Saint Michael’s Maryland.

Also, one of our valued volunteers, Thom Lombardi, donated a working vintage Sun Tuneup console.

These pieces of equipment will be used in the museum’s educational annex on Main Street. While at the ECIN we found out that our friends with Hot Rodders of Tomorrow at York Tech were headed to Indianapolis to compete for the national title.

We decided to donate $500 to help offset their travel expenses.

Andy Goodman, the producer of the ECINs stepped up and matched our donation.

By the way, those great students went on to take the championship. With 3 squads competing, they took 1st, 5th and 13th out of 26 teams competing. Well done, guys and girls!!!

Shortly after this magazine hits the streets, we will be seeing many of you at our annual All Clubs Breakfast.

There, representatives from area clubs and civic organizations present plans for their upcoming events for the upcoming rodding season.

We also get a legislative update from one of our states delegates.

If you’re not planning on being there this year, consider keeping an eye out for it for next year. We look forward to growing with you during this new period in the CCCEF’s history!

See you on the return road,
~Doug