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Looking back at 10 years of
Cruisin' For A Cure
Back in 1999, a small committee of members
of an Orange County car club got together to try and find a suitable charity to
be the focus of a car show. The members chose Prostate Cancer research
based upon a suggestion presented to Debbie Baker by a co-worker. It was a
natural choice as there was little publicity about the disease, and the men most
affected were in the general range of the guys that owned hot rods.
The first show was planned and took place
at the Irvine Amphitheatre in Sept. 2000. It utilized the entire parking
lot and was for both cars and motorcycles. As the morning of the show
dawned, it began to rain.....and rain.....and rain some more!
2000 CFAC-Verizon Amphitheatre
However, in spite of the rain, over 400
cars, motorcycles, and vendors showed up to support the event! In those
days, we had no idea that the show would grow to the size it is today. We
had a few vendors, In-N-Out provided the food, and we had a lot of enthusiasm.
After the show, the car club split and the new club,
Hot Rods Unlimited, was formed in
2000. Debbie Baker and Ross Kroenert took on the responsibility to keep
the show as an annual event and Hot Rods Unlimited's members are the host club
providing much of the volunteer support for the show ever since.
The show has saved over 1,000 men as a
direct result of the on-site PSA testing at the show and has raised hundreds of
thousands of dollars for prostate cancer research. The following links
will take you through photos of the show over the years. (Photos by
Don Yegan & Ross Kroenert)
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