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      • Izakaya 2025
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​The 2025 Car Show has concluded, Please consider supporting the GVJCI by ordering a t-shirt from the Fundraiser
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Early Bird Ticket: $10.00
Online through August 15th, 2025
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General Admission: $15.00
At the door


Food Trucks Available:
Okamoto Kitchen
Handel's Homemade Ice Cream
  • ​This is a Cashless Event, but some vendors may accept cash.​  ​Credit Card & Debit Card Accepted
  • Parking: Street parking is available.
About the GVJCI Car Show
Gardena once had a thriving car culture with people having not only the well-known muscle cars, such as the Ford Mustangs, Chevrolet Camaros, Dodge Challengers, Chrysler, and modified foreign makes such as the Datsun 510s/240zs and Toyota Celicas. With a mix of today’s versions of these cars and others, we would like to bring back fond memories of yesteryear and show how this car culture continues today.

In addition to the cars, we also have competitive and open class Pinewood Derby races, free games for the kids, an indoor vendor area and food trucks (Okamoto Kitchen and Handel's Homemade Ice Cream).​
Order your t-shirts here!
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*t-shirt design may be slightly modified

Sign up for our Pinewood Derby Competitive Race
Welcome to our 1st Annual GVJCI Car Show and Pinewood Derby Race. If you're a scout or not and interested in racing your Pinewood Derby car in our competitive race category, stay tuned for more information and email [email protected] to express your interest. There will be 24 open spots. All racers will receive a complimentary lapel pin. There will be a trophy for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. 
Standard Official Scout Rules apply. 


Pinewood Derby Fun Race
After the competitive race, we will have an open race for anyone who wants to race their pinewood derby car for fun. No rules apply. For those who have no cars, we will have cars available.
​CLICK HERE TO SIGNUP AND LEARN MORE


Would you like to help?
Please consider partnering with us to continue serving our community through Sponsorship, Product Donation, Booth Display, or by exhibiting your classic vehicle.

Do you have a classic car to display?
Car aficionados, do you have a ride you have spent long, hard hours working on, but nowhere to take it? Would you like to show your car in front of many admiring eyes and at the same time help your community? Well, here’s your opportunity. We are looking for owners of customized cars for our GVJCI First Annual Car Show Fundraiser. Show your car. Help out the community. What can be better?!

Would you like to be a vendor?
Vendors, a great opportunity awaits you at our GVJCI First Annual Car Show Fundraiser. This is a chance to display your products and services, get your company name in front of a new audience, and expand your customer base. While you are doing that, you will also be helping us help our community.

Learn more here!

THANK YOU SPONSORS!
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​IN-KIND DONORS!
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​THANK YOU SUPPORTERS!
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​Contact Lyndon Meighan ([email protected]) for any answers to sponsorship/vendor questions, or if you'd like to put your classic car on display.
COME VISIT US!


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