Bigger than Ever!
Just when you thought the Northwest Bug Run couldn’t get any bigger or sunnier – the bar is raised and records are broken. The weather guessers predicted a single day of sunshine for Saturday a week before the show and yet again they got it wrong. Three beautiful days of sunshine and the first 80+ degree weekend of the year brought out VW enthusiasts in droves.
There has not been a rush like the one experience this weekend on the Woodburn Dragstrip gates for a Bug Run in anyone’s recent memory. There were four solid lanes backing out to Hwy 219 from the front gates and traffic was lining up down the highway for an hour or two in the morning. In a Bug Run first – the track temporarily opened the back gate to handle the crowds. To say that the turnout was at times overwhelming would be an understatement.
The relatively dry condition of the grassy area at the north end of the track property allowed a last minute shuffle in the layout of the show and swap areas this year. Instead of having the show cars on the staging lane pavement like the past two years – the long coveted “dry” parking plan was implemented with the show cars in the grass and the swap meet surrounding the show. The goal was to get the cars off the pavement and into the cooler grass, provide more room for show cars, and generate more traffic between the show and swap area. With over 225 registered show cars (not including the cars that were parked in the show area, but not registered) it was a good thing we had the extra room as the show area was almost completely full by 11am!
The 50/50 raffle and Blow-Up Motor proceeds benefited the Union Gospel Mission. The mission provided 4 volunteers that spent a good portion of the day selling spaces on the blow-up motor board. How about that Blow-up motor? Can you believe it lasted for 6 minutes and 39 seconds? That motor lasted longer than the previous four blow-up motors combined!
Volkster Choice Award went to Jason Sample’s blue 63 Beetle with matching single-wheel trailer
The Rose City Volksters would like to thank our supporters that help make the Northwest Bug Run a success: Avery’s Aircooled Parts, Discount Import Parts, Autosport Int’l, folksWerks, Chuck’s VolksWerks, House Of Ghia, Maaco of Vancouver, and the title sponsor – HM Motorsports.
Event Photos
Browse our gallery of show pictures in the 2011 Photo Album
*coming soon*
2011 Show & Shine Results
| Model | Place | Owner | Year & Model | City/State |
| Type 1 Split & Oval (‘46 to ‘57) | 1st | Ashley Roscoe | 1950 Beetle | Oregon City, OR |
| 2nd | Curt Kolar | 1957 Beetle | Lynnwood, WA | |
| Type 1 Early (‘57 to ‘67) | 1st | Andy & Jennifer Wooldridge | 1965 Beetle | Ridgefield, WA |
| 2nd | Alan Beckel | 1967 Beetle | Vancouver, WA | |
| Type 1 Late (‘68 and newer) | 1st | Bob Stanton | 1969 Beetle | Vancouver, WA |
| 2nd | Paul Bubak | 1968 Beetle | Seattle, WA | |
| Type 1 Super Beetle | 1st | Natalie Nordlund | 1972 Super Beetle | Tacoma, WA |
| 2nd | Danielle Geissler | 1974 Super Beetle | Dallas, OR | |
| Type 1 Convertible Early (pre ‘70) | 1st | Dustin Howell | 1952 Beetle Convertible | West Linn,OR |
| 2nd | Ryan Corno | 1967 Beetle Convertible | Vancouver, WA | |
| Type 1 Convertible Late (‘70 – ‘79) | 1st | Tangee | 1977 Beetle Convertible | Portland, OR |
| 2nd | Natalie Tyler | 1971 Super Beetle Conv. | Happy Valley, OR | |
| Type 2 Bus Early (pre ‘67) | 1st | Michael Iannuzzo | 1960 Bus (23 window) | Scotts Valley, |
| 2nd | Jed Peters | 1961 Bus (23 window) | Canby, OR | |
| Type 2 Bus Late (‘68 & later) | 1st | Tangee & Chenielle | 1978 Bus | Salem, OR |
| 2nd | Michael Shapiro | 1974 Bus | Seattle, WA | |
| Type 2 Single/Double Cab | 1st | Andy Baudino | 1969 Single Cab | Spanaway, WA |
| 2nd | Larry Cook | 1966 Double Cab | St. Helens, OR | |
| Type 3 | 1st | Joel Mitchell | 1964 Notchback | Tri-Cities, WA |
| 2nd | Jordan Stephenson | 1965 Notchback | Vancouver, WA | |
| Ghia | 1st | Dustin Howell | 1958 Ghia Convertible | West Linn,OR |
| 2nd | Jason Smith | 1963 Ghia | Canby, OR | |
| Thing | 1st | Silvester Cruz | 1973 Thing | Lebanon, OR |
| 2nd | Don Fornasier | 1973 Thing | Merlin, OR | |
| Off-road/Race | 1st | Shawn Bowlby | 1968 Manx | Hillsboro, OR |
| 2nd | Trevin Kaiser | 1964 Manx | Portland, OR | |
| Custom | 1st | Trampus Bingman | 1970 Beetle | The Dalles, OR |
| 2nd | Bob Hellman | 1968 Beetle | Albany, OR | |
| Special Interest | 1st | Rein Wilson | 1955 Porsche Spyder | Vancouver, WA |
| 2nd | Willie Mortimer | 1942 Kubelwagen | Newport, OR | |
| Rat Rod | 1st | James Fountain | 1964 Beetle | Maple Valley, WA |
| 2nd | Paul Hornbuck | 1958 Beetle | Grants Pass, OR | |
| A1 1974 to 1984 and Cabrio to ’93 (ex Scirocco) | 1st | Don Cowan | 1979 Rabbit | Oregon City, OR |
| 2nd | Clinton Gilliland | 1984 GTI | Vancouver, WA | |
| A2 1985 to 1992 (ex Corrado) | 1st | Aleah Tucakovic | 1988 Jetta | Beaverton, OR |
| 2nd | Brian Zettervall | 1989 Jetta | Gresham, OR | |
| A3 1993 to 1999 | 1st | Bailey Dennis | 1996 Golf | Vancouver, WA |
| 2nd | Brian Pyle | 1997 GTI | Portland, OR | |
| A4 1999 to 2005 | 1st | Eric Murray | 2004 R-32 | Portland, OR |
| 2nd | Mindy McCombs | 2001 Jetta | Beaverton, OR | |
| A5 | 1st | Clint Johnston | 2008 R32 | Portland, OR |
| Scirocco & Corrado | 1st | Tyler Nightingal | 1990 Corrado | Silverton, OR |
| 2nd | Paul Wooward | 1990 Corrado | Tigard, OR | |
| Passat & Audi | 1st | Dustin Schuster | 2001 Audo S4 | Vancouver, WA |
| 2nd | Toni Shattuck | 1996 Passat Wagon | Ridgefield, WA | |
| Special Interest | 1st | Harlan Bachmeier | 1986 Porsche | Newberg, OR |
| Volkster’s Choice | Jason Sample | 1963 Beetle w/ trailer | Portland, OR |
2011 Race Results
*coming soon*