Tag Archives: Chattanooga MotorCar Festival

Mecum Auctions Returns to Chattanooga Motorcar Festival

Posted on 6 September 2022 by Ken Zino

Following last year’s sales of $18.7 million and 84% sell of the nearly 550 vehicles consigned to the inaugural Mecum auction in Chattanooga in 2021, the world’s largest collector car auction company will return with ~600 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, trucks, exotics, Hot Rods, customs among other vehicles to cross the auction block at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Continue reading →

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SVRA to Sanction Chattanooga Motorcar Festival Pace GP

Posted on 20 May 2022 by Ken Zino

This will be its third annual event on 14-16 October 2022. The course, along the banks of the Tennessee River, will now include an infield loop and other track improvements. Practice laps begin on Thursday. Racing will take place on Friday and Saturday of the Festival. Continue reading →

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Second Chattanooga Motorcar Festival Now in October 2021

Posted on 7 February 2021 by Ken Zino

Born in Athens, Tenn., Coker worked for his father Harold, who opened the Coker Tire Company in Chattanooga in 1958, sweeping floors and cleaning wide whitewalls. Having grown up on the family farm, Coker originally planned to become a veterinarian but soon discovered that he actually enjoyed working at the tire store. “I suddenly realized that selling hot-rod and Model A tires to these guys made them very happy,” he said. “I really got my head into it and started developing some ideas and goals of my own.” Continue reading →

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Chattanooga Motorcar Festival on Schedule

Posted on 16 June 2020 by Ken Zino

“We are continuing our plans and preparations to hold our second Chattanooga Motorcar Festival this October with the expectation that all businesses will be operating by then and sporting events will be back on schedule, so that we can all enjoy the many activities that bring us together,” said DeFoor. Continue reading →

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First Chattanooga MotorCar Festival Debuts in October

Posted on 5 August 2019 by Ken Zino

One of the exotic cars entered for the Concours is the 1932 Helicron from  the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tenn. Constructed in 1932, this propeller-driven car was discovered in a barn in France in 2000 having been placed there by the original owner in the late 1930s. Continue reading →

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