I'll probably get some sarcastic ("car show") gup from Big Steve about this, but the news is too cool to keep silent.

After the jump, people. After the jump...

On Sunday (6/7/09), I decided to roll out to the Simi Valley (California) Mustang Club's 7th Annual all-Ford car show with my good friend, Marc Rubin, to take in a day of checking out Fords and Mustangs.

While I'm technically not one who is "consumed" by attending car shows as a participant, I actually have competed in this particular event, and it has always been fun (those of you with good memories may recall that the Simi Valley show is the event where our 1986 T-top coupe LX took top honors in the '79-'93 class in 2007 and 2008).

This year, I decided to keep the coupe parked in the garage, and just hit the show with our 2002 Mustang GT (the one with the ProCharger F-1A supercharger), to spectate, hang out with friends, and park the car in the "non-judged" area. Well, at the last minute, literally while we were waiting in line and filling out paperwork for the show, I crossed out the entry code for "non-judged," and wrote in the information for the '99-'04 Modified class. My thought process was, "what could it hurt to enter this car in a show...it's a pretty cool car...let's see what the people think."

Well, at the end of the day when awards time came around, our '02 GT was selected as the best in its class, out of (I think) 9 entrants!

The "winning streak" in Simi Valley continues! Three-consecutive years, three First-Place trophies, two different Mustangs. I guess taking Boss 340 to next year's show is a no-brainer!