disappoint with 92 cars and bikes lining up to be judged in eight categories. Dust Bowl Fuel Burners president Mick Haines said it was great to see a big turn out of 1957
Chevrolets, including the row of Chevs pictured above.
There were plenty of head-turning entries for this year’s Running on Empty Festival Show n Shine event on Saturday in Drummond Park.
From the field of 92 entries, Paul Whillock from Dubbo, won the Judges Choice for Best Sedan with his vibrant blue 1962 Valiant.
The Pre 1990 Class was the most popular this year with Neville Johnson’s 1957 black Chevrolet (from Benalla) taking out the title.
David Proskurin’s 2006 Clubsport (from Engadine) was the Best After 1990 entry.
David Laycock’s 2011 Triumph motorcycle was named 2025’s Best Bike while Stewart Simpson’s 2012 Harley Davidson won the Best Custom Bike title.
The Best Ute prize went to Brian Hunt from Goulburn for his immaculate 1964 Ford F600 truck.
The Best Feral Vehicle, as voted by the judges, was Rob Mill’s HX Holden from Dubbo.
Former local, Troy Cook’s 1969 red Ford Mustang won the People’s Choice Award.
Organised by the Cobar Dust Bowl Fuel Burners, club president Mick Haines said while entries were down a bit on previous years, there was a great number of very well presented 57 Chevs for this year’s event.
“There were also quite a few modern cars this year, a few “sleepers”, one old Volvo had a big V8 engine in it, and the one-tonners were nice, but I’ve got a soft spot for them.
“The dark green panel van, The Player, while it didn’t win, it was however a show winning car, it was really well done,” Mick said.
Running on Empty Festival organiser John de Bruin said the festival had helped to raise funds to build the town’s war memorial, was an economic drawcard for the community and the funds raised from this year will ensure there is seed funding for the 2027 event.
