For the 11th year in a row, students from the automotive class, teachers, and club sponsor Jordan Engelhardt joined together to organize the annual LT Auto Show.

 Taking place May 18, cars from the community will gather at the NC parking lot at 9 a.m. to check in for the show, Engelhardt said.

“Cars are assigned a parking spot based on the category they entered into,” he said. “We have many different categories for trophies to fit multiple types of vehicles. Anyone with a car can attend the show. It’s open to the community and also other communities. We have car clubs show up, shops, and even alumni–which it’s always fun to see previous students.”

The show is organized in different categories of cars so last year there were muscle cars, imports (Japanese and German cars), trucks, and classics (‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s cars), Doryan Kubik ‘24 said. Having been in the show last year, Kubik plans to participate again this year.

“All the cars are really cool, I was surprised when I went last year,” Kubik said. “There was a ‘60s Charger from a guy who used to live in Washington. Along with that there was someone else who had a Dodge Dakota pickup and he took out the entire engine then made a homemade electric motor in 2009. It ran and everything. He drove it too, so I thought that was really cool.”

There is also a student section at the show; last year there were three participants, Kubik said. Participants register their cars beforehand and then they figure out where every car is going to park. There is an entry fee of $10 for non-LT students and $5 for LT students. There is always a winning car determined in certain categories: there is the best in the student section, the best truck, the best classic car and at the end there is also the best in show. 

“Engelhardt submitted a video for a contest this year explaining what your classes do for a grant,” Kubik said. “We received some money out of that as well as some money from the school which allowed us to purchase three new cars.”

These new cars are a part of the automotive classes at LT, where students renovate cars of all categories in the shop. Making an appearance at the show this year would be a first for rally, drag, and drift cars.

“We sell food there and [the money] goes towards LT’s auto courses, but if people just like cars and want to hang out, [they should come to] check out all the cool cars in the area,” Kubik said. “Honestly I wasn’t into cars until I started high school, but now I do want to go to shows and you can always talk to people and learn some new things.”

There are people from all over that live in the LaGrange area that take part in the show, Kubik said. Spectators are welcome: Any one who wants to see the cars can do so for free by attending the show.