Woodbridge Fall Fair holding 'first ever' car show

169th annual fair gets rolling Thanksgiving weekend

Yorkregion.com
Sept. 20, 2016
By Adam Martin-Robbins

Woodbridge Fall Fair organizers are revved up about a new addition to the 169th installment of the highly anticipated event.

This year’s fair - which gets rolling Saturday Oct. 8 to Monday, Oct. 10 - features the “first ever" Classics, Customs & Exotics Car Show on Sunday, Oct. 9.

“It fits in well with our theme, which is Wagon Wheels and Ferris Wheels, so we thought we’d add some more wheels,” said Jamie Maynard, treasurer for the Woodbridge Agricultural Society.

Gearheads are invited to enter their prized vehicles in one of three categories: classic cars and trucks (up to 1991), custom cars and trucks (up to 1991) or modern exotic, muscle, tuners and trucks (2000 and newer).

Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers in each category.

There are also specialty awards up for grabs. Best in show takes homes $1,000 plus a trophy.

The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with award presentations slated to take place at 2:30 p.m.

There’s a $30 entry fee for the car show, sponsored by Pfaff, but that also gets you two adult day passes to the fair plus a dash plaque.

To enter, email woodbridgefaircarshow@hotmail.com with the owner’s name, address, phone number, make model, year, class and a photo of the car or truck.

The deadline for entries is Friday, Sept. 30.

Of course, there’s a lot more happening at the fair than just the car show, including the always popular giant pumpkin contest, children’s entertainers, the 33rd annual cow milking contest and much, much more.

The agricultural society is also planning a special tribute to the Livingston family who’ve always provided the cows for the milking contest, in honour of family patriarch Gerald Livingston who passed away in June, Maynard said.

The fair, which attracts about 10,000 visitors each year, takes place at the Woodbridge Fairgrounds, 100 Porter Ave. off Kipling Avenue, just north of Hwy. 7.

Admission costs $8 for adults and $2 for students. Children five and under are admitted for free.