The scent of fresh pancakes will return to the 62nd annual Kiwanis Cruise-in
after a year without the community-pleasing brunch due to a relocation of the
long-running car show.

The event, formerly the Fly-in Cruise-In, is the Sandy Kiwanis club’s biggest
fundraising event of the year. The Cruise-In will be held rain or shine, Sunday,
July 21 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hull Park and Retreat Center for the Blind
and Low Vision, 43233 SE Oral Hull Park Road, Sandy.

“All the proceeds stay in the community,” club president Mike Pickett said. He
added the club helps support 12 nonprofits in the Sandy community. Proceeds
from the Cruise-In help fund five $1,000 scholarships for graduating seniors.

“The response is fantastic, the community really looks forward to it,” Pickett
said about the car show and breakfast. The event is the last car show in
Sandy with an estimated 250 to 300 cars competing in 27 categories. The
event is open to the public and free to spectators.

There is a $15 registration fee per car and dash plaques are given out to the
first 200 registrants. Plaques and trophies are sponsored by local Sandy
businesses with awards for 27 classes of vehicles, Kiwanis President’s Choice
and an Over-all Show Winner picked by a five-member committee.

Classes of cars range from classic cars from the 30s and 40s to motorcycles,
muscle cars, trucks and the eclectic barn-find category. Pickett stated there
will be an antique flat-bed semi logging truck at the show.

The pancake breakfast is $8 per adult and offers pancakes, scrambled eggs
and ham. Breakfast will be served until noon with a snack shack serving
additional offerings until one.

The event will return to Oral Hull park with some proceeds of the show going
to benefit the Oral Hull Foundation. The Cruise-in was relocated to the park
after the Fly-in airplane portion of the show was discontinued in 2018 due to
insurance issues.

Pickett stated the move allowed the club to reexamine and improve the car
show.

“We asked, how do we do this to make it even better, and I think we did,”
Pickett said about the new location’s benefit to a local charity.

More information about the Kiwanis Cruise-in, including a pre-registration
form, is available online at http://www.sandykiwanis.org/flyIn.html.