Show ‘n Shine Sponsor
Saturday August 11, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Maximum Jeep Participants: 1,060
Cost: $20
Judging and awards will take place on Saturday only. On Sunday, participants are welcome to return and park their Jeeps in the Show ‘n Shine area so Festival attendees can admire them!
Shine up your Jeep and show it off! Festival participants will vote for their favorite Jeeps. Trophies will be awarded during the Saturday night activities to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in all but two classes. A trophy will also be given to the winner in each of the four Judges Categories. Some classes will park on the Fairground track.
Classes include:
- Class One: Bantam (First place trophy only)
- Class Two: Bantam Trailers* (First place trophy only)
- Class Three: Military
- Class Four: Willys, Commando, FC
- Class Five: CJ5
- Class Six: CJ7
- Class Seven: CJ6, CJ8
- Class Eight: Comanche, Wagoneer, J-Series Trucks
- Class Nine: Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, Commander
- Class Ten: Wrangler YJ
- Class Eleven: Wrangler TJ
- Class Twelve: Extreme Wrangler TJ (37”+ tires and 6” + lift kit)
- Class Thirteen: Wrangler JK
- Class Fourteen: Extreme Wrangler JK (37”+ tires and 6” + lift kit)
- Class Fifteen: Liberty, Compass, Patriot
*Your Bantam trailer will only be judged if it is parked in the designated Bantam Trailer parking area. If you don’t want it judged, it can be parked with your Jeep.
One winner will be chosen by a panel of judges for each of these Judges Categories:
- Best of Show
- Best Historical
- Longest Distance Traveled
- Best Bantam Spirit
(decorate your jeep to show your love of Butler as the birthplace of the jeep)
Show ‘n Shine Rules
- If you need to change the class you selected when you registered, the registration software will allow you to make the change yourself until July 22, 2012.
- The Show ‘n Shine entrance gate will open at 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday to enable Jeeps to be parked prior to judging (Sat) or prior to gates opening to the public (Sun). Only Show ‘n Shine participants will be able to enter at 8 a.m. Festival gates do not open to the public until 9 a.m.
- All drivers and passengers must have appropriate Festival participant and spectator wrist bands prior to entering the Show ‘n Shine parking area.
- Vehicles towing trailers that haul jeeps are NOT permitted in the Show ‘n Shine area. You must unload and load your jeep in the designated trailer parking area.
- Tents/canopies will not be permitted in the Show n Shine area due to space limitations. We must utilize every possible parking space in order to accommodate the greatest number of Jeeps who wish to participate.
Festival organizers reserve the right to change Maximum Jeep Participant number as plans progress.
Meet the 2011 winners of the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival Show ‘n Shine!
