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CORVETTE TODAY #270 - Time For A Road Trip To the Black Hills Corvette Classic
Jul 12, 2025
If you're looking for a Corvette road trip this summer, don't miss the 54th Annual Black Hills Corvette Classic in South Dakota. Your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, brings in Barry Konken (one of the organizers) to fully outline this show. For years, this show was known as the longest Corvette caravan! You also see some great sites like Mount Rushmore. Take guided and non-guided tours and finish up the show with a Saturday night dinner and fireworks display! Mark July 16-19th on your calendar and get a preview of the 54th Annual Black Hills Corvette Classic on this episode of CORVETTE TODAY.
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It's a very longunning event that you
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show calendar to attend. I'm talking
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about the Black Hills Corvette Classic
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in Sou Falls, South Dakota. And here to
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tell us more about the show is Barry
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Conan. Barry is the event coordinator
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for this show. Barry, welcome to
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Corvette Today.
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Well, hey, thanks Steve. I really
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appreciate getting to tell everyone
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about this great event.
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And it is a great event. This show has
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been going on for a long time. When is
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this year's event and how many have you
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done, Barry?
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Well, actually, it's the 54th annual
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event that it kicks off here in July of
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this year, July 16th through the 19th in
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Beersford, Sou Falls in Spearfish, South
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Dakota.
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And that's real close obviously to Sou
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Falls, isn't it?
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Right. And actually, this is my 40th
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year attending this event. I started
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going to my dad back in 1986 and like
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Christmas for me, I haven't missed one
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since.
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That's amazing. Congratulations, my
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friend. Now, where is home base for the
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Black Hills Corvette Classic? Well, home
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base has always been spearfish in the
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Black Hills of South Dakota, but the
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event has really grown through the years
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and now it starts in eastern South
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Dakota with a welcome event at Jerry
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Chevrolet Beersford, hot summer nights
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in Sou Falls and then the caravan
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leading across the state to Spearfish.
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That's really cool. Now, tell me more
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about the first day. That's Wednesday,
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July 16th. That's basically registration
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day over there at Jerry Chevrolet. Then
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that night, you've got an event called
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Hot Summer Nights. Talk to me more about
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registration, the vet event and hot
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summer nights.
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Yeah, the welcome event at Jerry's is
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the first place for people to pick up
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their event packets. People also have
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the chance to sign up for guided tours
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in the Black Hills and learn more
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details about the event. We have on-site
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registration available for those who did
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not pre-register. And the Sou Falls
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Corvette Club has a merchandise trailer
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open for those who'd like to purchase
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Black Hills Corvette Classic
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merchandise. During the day, we have
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music, lunch, and it's kind of a roll-in
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car show that happens all throughout the
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day with about 250 Corvettes.
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And if you've never been to the Black
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Hills in South Dakota, it is beautiful
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country up there. And the nice thing is
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it's cooler even in the middle of July.
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And there's less humidity, isn't there?
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That's right. And then that evening we
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moved to Sou Falls for another event,
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Hot Summer Nights. Takes place at the WH
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Lions Fairgrounds. This is a bigger
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show. We have about 400 Corvettes that
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evening. Wow. And we're giving out
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awards for the top 10 best Corvettes at
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the show. We also have the last call
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band performing live with food vendors
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at Beer Garden. And we have the Quick 60
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race.
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That's cool. Tell me more about the
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Quick 60 race. I saw that on the website
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and I didn't know what that was. So the
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quick 60 is a timed 60-foot drag race
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except one car at a time. And you know
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if you're a drag racer, you know how
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important your 60oot times are. So
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everyone lines up the starting line and
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tries to achieve their lowest best 60 ft
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time. But in order to kind of level the
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playing field, we have a twist. Once
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your car crosses a finish line at the 60
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ft timing lights, you have 40 ft to
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bring your car to a complete stop within
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doesn't count. We charge $20 for three
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runs and you can run as many times as
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you like. In the end of the day, the
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winner gets a trophy and we give away
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cash to the top finalist. So, you can
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actually make money entering this event.
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All the money that we raise goes to our
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club charity, the American Legion
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Veterans Association, and we have the
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motor medics from the nationally
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announcing and officiating the event.
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Wow. Very nice. So, it's kind of like a
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0 to 60 to zero event then, isn't it?
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It kind of is. You know, it levels the
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playing field because maybe you have a 7
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800,000 horsepower car, but if you can't
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That's really cool. I tell you what,
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Black Hills Corvette Classic coming up
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we're going to talk about the beginnings
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beginning of all your events, Barry.
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This is where the cruise day is and into
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the Black Hills which is really really
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cool. Talk more about that.
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That's right Steve. The second part of
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the event really begins on Thursday. We
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gather at the WH Lions Fairgrounds in
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Sou Falls for a Corvette caravan leading
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to Spearfish in the Black Hills of South
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Dakota. This cruise for years was known
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as the world's longest Corvette caravan
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400 miles from Sou Falls to Spearfish.
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Wow. Our caravan leader leads a group to
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many sites to see along the way. So
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way, there's so many different sites to
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USA, just to mention a few.
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Wow, that's amazing.
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A lot to see.
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Yeah, there's a lot to see up north,
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isn't there? That's amazing.
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Oh, yeah.
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I also see you've got vendors for the
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show. Talk about some of the vendors
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that'll be exhibiting during the Black
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Hills Classic. Yeah, we've got a few
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still a little early up. We've got the
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Sou Falls Corvette Club. They bring out
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their merchandise trailer and sell Black
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Hills Corvette Classic merchandise.
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We've got Motorsports Marketing Place.
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They sell clothing and car themed
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decorations and signs. Galley Shirts,
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they're a clothing vendor. Riddles,
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they're a jewelry business and actually
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give away diamonds during our event.
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Wow. We have the Wild West Peon Company,
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which sells nuts and popcorn and
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specialty treats. And then we also have
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caramels and specialty treats.
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I'm a choahholic, so that sounds really,
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really good. You know,
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Then that night, you've got something
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that held? And what exactly is the Lucky
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13 social?
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So the Ly's 13 social is sponsored by
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the bar and restaurant that actually
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attached to the Holiday in in Spearfish
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and it takes place at the Holiday in
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year's event is South Dakota. We have a
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DJ snacks, some giveaways, and also
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Very nice. And we're going to talk about
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Friday and Saturday with the Black Hills
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Classic. That's coming up next. Barry,
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Barry Conan. We are talking about the
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Black Hills Corvette Classic coming up
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next month in mid July. In this third
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and final segment, we're going to talk
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about Thursday and Friday and what's
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going on there. Barry, this is really
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cool. I was looking on the website. It
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says Friday and Saturdays are
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self-guided tours. That has to be
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gorgeous up around that country, doesn't
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it?
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Oh, absolutely. Yeah, we've got both
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guided and self-guided tours, so people
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have the option of joining in with other
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enthusiasts or just going on their own.
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The Black Hills really has some of the
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most scenic roads that rival the best
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roads in the nation. Again, people have
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a chance for either guided tours or if
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they prefer to explore on their own,
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turn by turn directions are provided in
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the registration packets.
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Fantastic. We've got numerous guided
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tour options available on both Friday
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and Saturday and you can sign up for
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these at the registration table when you
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receive your credentials at either
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Beersford or in Spearfish for more
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information.
20:17
And you've also got poker runs on
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Fridays. Tell me more about that.
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Yeah, actually the poker runs Friday and
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Saturday and it's got stops throughout
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the Black Hills and it's kind of on your
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own. You can choose which day or or even
20:29
both days. Emma's Ice Cream Emporium is
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a sponsor this year and awards will be
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given out at the banquet on Saturday
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night.
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Very nice. And I saw one of the big
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events is Friday night called Vet Street
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USA. That looks like a lot of fun.
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Yeah, it's a really cool event. We close
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down the streets of historic downtown
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Spearfish for the Friday night car show,
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Vet Street USA. We have a live band. We
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have food trucks, adult beverages, and
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vendors. Plus, we pick the top 10 best
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Corvettes at the show with awards given
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out that Saturday night at the banquet.
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Very cool. Now, tell me more about that
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Saturday night banquet, then.
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Yep. We have social hour that starts at
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5:30, dinner at 6:30, and then the
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awards program starts about 7:15. We
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recognize the award winners from Vet
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Street, the top 10, the autocross
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winners because we have an autocross
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race on Friday morning, poker run
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winners, and as well as sharing some of
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the stats about the attendance from the
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event. Everything finishes up Saturday
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night. This is really cool because I've
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never seen a Corvette show do this. You
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have a farewell party, fireworks, and
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entertainment, don't you?
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Yep. We've got a band, My Second Rodeo.
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They're a big crowdleaser. We finish up
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with a big fireworks show to kind of
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kick off the end of the event.
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That's nice. Now, if somebody wants to
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register for the Black Hills Classic,
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where do they do that?
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It's real easy, Steve. It's just Black
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Hills Corvetteclassic.com.
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Registration closes July 6th, but
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on-site registration's available. So, if
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you don't get in before online
21:56
registration closes, you can still join
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us at Jerry Chevrolet and sign up on
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Wednesday, July 16th, or at Spearfish.
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Holiday in on Thursday the 17th.
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Perfect. Barry, thank you so much for
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telling us about the Black Hills
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Classic. This sounds like a fantastic
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event.
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It's a great event. Thanks for letting
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me share it with everyone.
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