Awards and Judging

The 2026 Red Hawk show keeps the traditional award structure that has made the event valuable for drivers and spectators: 50 awards across 20 different classes and categories. This gives the field room for more than one style of build. Clean restorations, period-correct classics, hot rods, street rods, muscle cars, trucks, and club entries can all be considered without forcing every vehicle into one broad group. The value for visitors is simple: the judging field is not only about the most expensive car on the lot. It is also about presentation, condition, craftsmanship, originality, attention to detail, and the story that each owner brings with the vehicle.

Awards are presented at 2:30 PM, which gives guests time to walk the rows before the final announcement. Drivers should arrive early enough to place the car, clean the exterior, set up any display cards, and keep the entry accessible for judging. Spectators can use the awards schedule to plan the strongest part of the day: morning arrival for photos, mid-day walk-through, raffle activity, and the 2:30 PM awards presentation. Because the show is limited to 400 cars and pre-registration is strongly recommended, the awards section also helps participants understand why early registration matters.

Who Can Participate

The 2026 show is built around the same vehicle focus already stated on the site: all 1975 and older classic cars, trucks, hot rods, street rods, and muscle cars are invited to attend. Clubs with late-model and older cars are also welcome. That makes the show useful for more than one kind of participant. A restoration owner can bring a carefully preserved classic, a hot rod builder can bring a custom project, a club can arrive together, and a family can spend the day walking through different periods of American car culture. The layout should serve registered drivers first, but it also needs to help guests understand what they will see before they arrive.

For 2026, participants should prepare as if the show field will fill. The listing below is structured as a featured field preview rather than a made-up confirmation list: owner names are shown as registration desk information until final check-in confirms public display details. This keeps the homepage useful without inventing private participant data. It also gives the club a clean format that can be updated once actual registered owners submit vehicle cards. The table is ready for final names, years, and owners without changing the page layout again.

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