WEEKEND: Darlene Marihugh Memorial Cruz-in rolls into Port Angeles on Saturday
Published 12:01 am Friday, July 17, 2015
PORT ANGELES — The 10th annual and final Darlene Marihugh Memorial Cruz-in will start at Cowboy Country, 923 E. First St., and Puerto de Angeles Family Mexican Restaurant, 940 E. First St., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The entry fee for participants is a $10 minimum donation to the scholarship fund. Goodie bags will be given to the first 110 entries.
More than 100 door prizes will be given to participants as well as 13 special award plaques.
The entry fee for the public is by voluntary donation.
Donations from the public can be given at the registration table outside Puerto de Angeles.
Raffle tickets can be purchased outside Puerto de Angeles for $5 each or five for $20.
Raffle items include a custom hot rod pedal car, a $600-value spray-in truck bedliner from Bill’s Auto Detailing, a $350-value full auto detail from Bill’s Auto Detailing, a waterfront room for two at the Red Lion Hotel and a one-night cabin stay at KOA in Port Angeles.
This year’s “Fire-off” will start with George McMurray doing a “Dyno Run” on his motorcycle, the Bonneville Salt Flat record-holder in the 100cc Blown Fuel Class.
The second “Fire-off” will feature Bob “45Bob” Thomas and his restored 1063 Junior Fuel Hiborn-injected alcohol dragster.
Also featured will be Wayne “The Peregrine” King, the original driver and owner “firing off” his historic record-setting restored 1963 Doss Clayton and King Top Fuel Dragster on Nitro.
Puerto de Angeles will have specials inside the restaurant, and Cowboy Country will have a sale and will sell root beer floats, with proceeds from the floats going to the scholarship fund.
All proceeds will go to high school scholarships in the name and memory of Darlene Marihugh, who was a car enthusiast.
Recent Port Angeles High School graduate Casey Bailey received $2,000 this year.
He will attend Spokane Community College and enter the two-year machinist program to become a precision machinist.
