With the push of a button, pinewood derby cars rushed down a track perched on the Seiberling Mansion’s front porch. Children cheered and shouted as the wood cars crossed the complete line — they had attained their racing license and were being ultimately competing at Mr. Kingston’s Car Exhibit.
In preceding yrs, the Howard County Historic Society’s summer time function experienced been termed the Automotive Scavenger Hunt. Even so, Alyssa Pier, chair of the Kingston Car Present committee, imagined the celebration of Howard County’s automotive heritage could be expanded.
The two the scavenger hunt and the car clearly show had routines for small children to learn about Kokomo’s automotive record. But the scavenger hunt didn’t pull a significant crowd.
Hoping to revamp community curiosity, Pier arrived at out to classic car entrepreneurs and requested no matter if they would agree to participating in a car exhibit.
She also attained out