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Art Car parade names its winners

11:49 PM CDT on Saturday, May 10, 2008

KHOU.com staff report

HOUSTON -- An estimated 200,000 people turned out near downtown Houston Saturday to watch a parade of 284 vehicles during the annual Art Car Parade. The winners of the parade are as follows:

 

Grand Trophy - $1500 - Lady of Transportation by Amber Eagle # 12

 

People's Choice - $1500 - Hen A Tron II by Pomponio Napumucino #150

 

Mayor's Cup - $1500 - Lady of Transportation by Amber Eagle #12

 

Art Cars:

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First Place ($700 and Grand Trophy each):

- The Phone Car by Howard Davis #21

- Opera To Go by Perryn Leech #42

- Splinter, Little Splinter, Big J by Isaac Cohen #32, 33, 34

- Da Kuntry Pedlur by Rich and Pam Molden # 105

 

Second Place (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoor each):

- Shattered Vanity by Nicole Strine #45

- Crapper Car by Richard Simeik #144

- Jeannie Bottle Art Car by Kelly Blakley #154

- Totally Tubular by Ken Luce #156

 

Third Place (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoor each):

- The Yarn Car by Tim Klein #74

- Chewbaru by Rex Rosenberg #140

- Homage to Gaudt by Charles Fried #200

- Shep, the Rescued German Shepherd by Beverly Hayes #206

 

Commercial Art Car (Trophy):

Clean and Green courtesy of Port of Houston by David Dorman #111

 

Contraptions:

First Place: Crocodile Rock by Robert Wink #11 (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: Mordor Mobile by Adrian Figuerea #44 (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: Darango 95 by Bill LaSueur #46 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Cycles:

First Place: Retiree's Dream by John Mrosko #88 (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: Pink Cycho by Paula Cox  #173 (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: Eragon, The Medieval Scooter by Johnny Rojas #53 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Daily Driver:

First Place: Percy Peacock by Sam Jones #131 (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: Shattered Vanity by Nicole Strine #45 (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: R U Game by Donna Dommel #70 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Lowriders:

First Place: Suicidal Tendencies by James Gomez #7A (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: Southern Look by Danielle Perez #6 (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: Heavy Metal by Mike Campos #7C (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Music:

First Place: Last Concert Cafe Band of Gypsies with Carrie Ann and Apocalyptics by Dawn Fudge #52 (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: The Allen Oldies Band by Allen Hill #16 (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: The Defenestration Unit - Space is the Place by Kirk Suddreath #213 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Political Statement:

First Place: So Many Resons to M-Peach by Shelley Buschur #211 (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: The Stars and Stripes Forever by L. Carpenter#252  (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: Missile Dick Chicks Homecoming by Tom Kennedy #36 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Painted Art Car:

First Place: ChucDeville by Chuca Apolinar #7 (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: Cataillic Venus Hairse by Susan Venus #86 (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: Barking Schnauzers III by Abigail Reeves #71 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Performance:

First Place: The Blues Brothers Blues Mobile by Mike Powell  #169 (Trophy and $250)

 

Skater:

First Place: Why Worry About $100 Oil by Cliona Gunter #8 (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: Capped Off Ombudsman by Joyce Cail #152 (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: The Jeannie Team Skaters by Kelly Blakely #155 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Youth Group:

First Place: Percy Peacock by Sam Jones #131 (Trophy and $250)

Second Place: Dude, Where's My Bag? by Brandi Nicholson #231 (Trophy and $100 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: Durham Elementary's Blooming Wheels by Kim Webster #39 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

Third Place: Boxed In by Craig Butterworth #118 (Trophy and $50 gift card from Academy Sports and Outdoors)

 

Visionary Artist Award in Memory of Annie Burkes: Unconventional Wisdom by Rice University and Greg Marshall #284

 

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