Local entries to help fill Draggins car show in Saskatoon
By Ian MacKay
Ten cars and trucks, plus a tractor associated with the Dusty Wheels Auto Club, go on display at the Draggins show in Saskatoon this weekend.
The city’s rod and custom car club will fill at least three Prairieland Park halls with antique and exotic vehicles for their annual exhibition on April 3 and 4.
Four Chevrolets, including one that took part in the 1976 Draggins show, will represent this area under the Dusty Wheels banner, said Barry Churchman of Rosetown, an executive with both clubs.
Eva and Ksenya Churchman are officially entering Grandpa Barry’s 1929 Chevrolet automobile, 50 years after its initial appearance at the Draggins show, Barry Churchman said.
Kim Sothmann of Elrose is showing the 1939 Chevrolet coupe that appeared at the Dusty Wheels indoor show last September, and Terry Sparks has a 1967 Chev truck headed to Saskatoon, while Neil Mick of the Elrose area is taking a 1936 Chevrolet rat rod truck, Churchman said.
Allister Merrifield is exhibiting her 1977 Ford Pinto street racer. Jesse Reiber of the Wiseton area takes a 1988 GMC half-ton. Dean Weldon from “between here and Bounty” entered a 1956 Thunderbird. Russ MacDonald from Elrose shows a 1971 Ford Mustang. Mel Swyryda of Biggar displays a 1956 Ford half-ton. Rosetown’s Gord Letourneau takes his 1965 Pontiac two-door hardtop that he also exhibited at the 2025 Dusty Wheels indoor show. Rosetown Antique Power will display the 1917 International Harvester Titan 15-30 tractor bequeathed to the club by the Milden Threshermen’s Club.
The Titan hasn’t been restored, “but we’ll polish it up a bit,” David Saville of Rosetown Antique Power said.
Other notable vehicles hadn’t yet been determined by Draggins members, Churchman said on Wednesday. Arguments over them should have been resolved during the club’s March 23 meeting, he indicated.
Proceeds from the show help support Camp Easter Seal near Watrous.
“The Draggins have given $3 million to Camp Easter Seal over the years,” Churchman said. The club has built seven cabins there, he thought, has been “the main contributor” to its medical operation and has installed a maintenance shed, he said.