Updated January, 2011: Welcome to 2012....or "twenty dozen" as one late night comic recently coined it. We look forward to another awesome year of car shows in the sunshine state, and seeing all of you at the various events we attend. I'm sure it will be another great one!
Beach Blast 18 Pre-Registration Is Open: As is our tradition, pre-registration for Beach Blast opened on January 1st. We host this car show every May in Cocoa Beach, and this year's dates are May 18-20, 2012. There are pre-registration forms available here, and they are also in the printed magazine that began distribution the first week of January. Though we opened the event up to 280 vehicles starting last year, it has continued to sell out well in advance through pre-registration....so if you'd like to attend be sure and plan ahead and get your pre-registration form mailed in early to beat the cut-off. We'll regularly update the current number of pre-registrations we have received thus far on the Registration page of the Beach Blast site, so you can see when we are near to reaching the 280 vehicles, and when it has been filled.
If you'd like to know where the shows and cruise-ins will be during January simply pick up a copy of our printed magazine and flip through the 36 pages of Coming Attractions - listing upcoming events for the next 6 months. Plus there are 20 pages of Weekly & Monthly Cruises letting you know of places to get your fix during the week.
We hope to see all of you in the upcoming months while we're out and about at the various cars shows and cruise-ins. Until then, keep the wheels spinnin' and the face grinnin'.
-Michael B. Kelly
Note Our New Mailing Address: We'd like to announce that with a recent move, our new mailing address is: Mike Kelly's Cruise News • P.O. Box 700519 • St. Cloud, FL 34770-0519. Please direct all future mail correspondence to that address. Thanks!
The ever popular Classified section was updated with lots of new additions, and featured events may be added to the Event Coverage section as time permits. The Feature Cars section now includes the 1941 Willys Coupe belonging to Jim Newberry, and it will possibly be available as a wallpaper in the Special Items section in the future.
Event coverage in the Volume 19, Issue 209 printed magazine includes:
- 15th Anniversary Canal Street Cruise in New Smyrna Beach
- Cypress Head Cruise-In in Port Orange
- Rumbler's 12th Annual Hot Rod & Kustom Show in Ormond Beach
Plus the printed magazine also includes Kidd Darrin's "Rods & Ends" article about charging systems. The Reyes On Tour photo spotlight features Bill Giles' blown V-8 powered trike. Adam Icenogle's illustrated column is about David Dunbar Buick, and as always we have the best Florida upcoming events listings....plus other interesting items.
Most of the updates to our site will come around the first week or so of every month, so be sure and check back often, and keep a smile while cruisin'. CN
