A car show with history deserves a historic venue.
Rogue Valley Corvettes’ Fall Classic—one of the region’s most popular car culture events—is moving to Historic Jacksonville!
The footprint of Rogue Valley Corvettes’ membership spans from Medford to Grants Pass and Klamath Falls, as far north as Douglas County, south to Sacramento, as far west as the California coast and east to Reno. But it was a ‘natural’ to move the club’s premier event to the center of the region’s universe, according to club leaders.
The 2016 Fall Classic will be held at Bigham Knoll Campus in Jacksonville on September 10th from 8:00am-2:00pm.
“We’re very excited about the move to Jacksonville,” says Fall Classic Chairman John Warren. “This will be great for our participants, for the public and, we think, for Jacksonville. This is one of the nicest car culture events in the area and it’s going to be held in one of the nicest places around.”
With a long, rich history in the Rogue Valley, and known as “The most fun car show in the region,” the Fall Classic began in 2006 as a Chevy-only show at Medford’s Heritage Motors. Its popularity and attendance quickly outgrew Heritage and the show moved to Airport Chevrolet. In 2012, the Fall Classic was opened to all makes and models and moved to TC Chevy in Ashland. In the past 10 years, the Fall Classic —with help from its participants, sponsors and three great dealerships—has raised nearly $75,000 for Skills USA programs in Jackson, Josephine and Klamath Counties. That $75,000 has translated into nearly $4 Million in college scholarships awarded to area students!
“We’re very proud of the impact we’ve made with the Skills USA program. The show takes some time and some work, but we have fun doing it—and people have fun coming to it. Seeing the success of the Skills programs makes it all worth it,” says Warren.
Skills USA affords students the opportunity to study in areas outside the typical liberal arts curriculum. RVC, through its association with Skills, has helped students succeed in areas of studies like nursing, video production, diesel mechanics, auto body, business, computer science and others.
“The move to Bigham Knoll Campus is wonderful—the show cars and trucks will be on grass, we have room to grow and the public has better access to the Fall Classic,” Warren adds. “This is the start of something great in Jacksonville.”
The Fall Classic now draws nearly 200 cars and trucks of all makes and models. Throughout its history the show has drawn cars from Seattle to Sacramento and from the Oregon Coast to Montana. Attendance—which is free—has steadily grown. Music, food, raffles—of course, cool cars and trucks—combine for a great day and a great cause.