LABOR DAY WEEKEND
THE MIDWEST'S ORIGINAL PUNK ROD CAR SHOW
NEW LOCATION!!!
KOWTOWN KUSTOM GREASERAMA
2025 is on! Join us Labor Day Weekend at LaBenite Park.
Friday: 4PM to Midnight
Saturday: 9AM to Midnight
$25 Pre-Registration
$30 Day-Of Show
Goody Bags to the first 200 preregistered
$10 Spectators - Kids 12 + Under Free
Pets are not allowed, Sorry! Service animals are allowed, however they must be wearing a vest and owners must present service paperwork.
No Grilling, No Fires, No Camping
No Cruising. Pick a spot and park it.
Questions? Email LPRGreaserama@gmail.com
REGISTRATION RULES
64 AND OLDER RODS & CUSTOMS
72 AND OLDER TRUCKS, WAGONS, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
OLD SCHOOL LOW RIDERS, CYCLES AND SCOOTERS
NO-GAS ALTERNATE POWER & BICYCLE SECTION
NO HIGH TECH OR MUSCLE CARS
NO BILLET
NO SILLY MODERN WHEELS (MUST BE 16" AND UNTER)
NO WHINING
To Pre-Register by email download the form from the button below and email it plus a picture of your rig for verification to LPRGreaserama@gmail.com
VENDORS
All vendors must be approved by Greaserama staff. Submission of form and payment does not guarantee approval. Any rejected vendors will have their payment returned to their designated address. All vendors must be setup by 10:00am Friday.
If you would like to vend at the show or for more information above vending at the show please contact Sara Newton at (816) 500-2271 or email us at Lospunkrodsvendreg@gmail.com.
VINTAGE SWAP MEET
Pre 1972 and older vintage car, truck, motorcycle parts, tools, bikes, toys and....stuff. Let the scavenger hunt begin! For more information contact: Punk Rod Matt at Lospunkrodsvendreg@gmail.com
20' X 20' space is $40
Setup for swap meet vendors:
Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 6am-9am
AWARDS
Judging will start at NOON Saturday and Awards to be presented at 3pm.
For our first show in 2001 the flier read:
“No classes-No trophies” But we couldn’t resist whipping up a half dozen trophies out of old auto parts and rattle cans: The tradition continues….
Jaw dropper
Not necessarily best-in-show, but a version of it. Most striking “Wow Factor” car. Usually the largest trophy, sometimes obnoxiously so, and heavy. The biggest so far- 90 pounds.
Fool Injected
Most radical intake, not necessarily the most efficient for the car either. Just crazy of over-the-top looking.
Eyenstein Award
For innovation and fabrication, backyard engineering.
Weirdo
Most Monstrous/Rothesque
Dutched
Pinstriping/Grafix
Bomba
Pre 55 Lowrider
We’ve also had kinda traditional award: Chop, Mill, Pre-War Pick(pre-WWII style hot rod), Kustom, Hot Rod, Chopper, Paint, Lowrider(traditional lowrider,not lowest car). And we’ve always invited other clubs and shops to contribute and pick: Misfits Pick, Boneheads Pick, Road Ratz Favorite, KC Kustoms, Ol School Deluxe Award, Knucklebusters Pick. Kevin Broderick has been a perennial non-Punk Rod trophy builder as well.
The bulk of the trophies have always been made by the Punk Rods: from used up parts and plastic skulls and we’ve done it different every year- from one guy crankin’ out a dozen, to nearly every club member doing at least one. Usually, one of the trophies ends up getting misspelled, Its a tradition at this point.
The Picks are made by the individual trophy creators and a couple of out-of-town guest judges, which have included people like: Roger Ward, Speed Kings C.C., Omaha, Greg from Voodoo Machine / Ratty Bastards C.C. OKC, Outkasts C.C. KS.
VPRT
We found that folks of all stripes share our automotive values, and they slowly came out from under their rocks and out of the woodwork: old farmers who haven’t raced or shown since the 70′s, old school low riders, bikers of all sorts, vintage drag nuts, kloset kempers, dropout to academic, teenager to WWII vet, ‘lone nut’ inventors, absent-minded professors, Car club greasers, Pin-up Girls, black, white, brown, dirt poor or middle class, Punkers, Metalheads, Rockabillys, & white belt hipsters, artists & junkyard operators; you see ‘em all in joyful, spirited discussion of their own and others expression of their taste and exchange ideas and opening up their hearts and minds at Greaserama™. It always warms my heart to see some 18 year old mohawk punker just striking up a friendly conversation with an 80 year old farmer. At this show we all got an appreciation for the tin in common, no need for posturing or any of that one-upmanship B.S. here.
Thanks for coming!
Punk Rod Todd, Art Director
NPR INTERVIEW
Hot Rodding On the Cheap
SPONSORS
Los Punk Rods would like to thank all of our sponsors. These businesses help us bring you, the participants, the best quality entertainment we can at a reasonable cost. Please patronize these brands and businesses and say THANK YOU for sponsoring Greaserama™
For information on how your business can benefit from being involved please contact Punk Rod Sara @ Lospunkrodsvendreg@gmail.com
Greaserama™ Sponsor Packages are customized to suit your businesses specific goals and objectives. Some Sponsor Benefits include:
Publicity, Advertising, Sales, Sampling Rights, Souvenir Book Ads, Banner Space, Pre-event Promotions, Sponsor and Guest Hospitality, Ticket Packages, Category Exclusivity and Affiliation with our reputable event.
CHARITIES
Every year, proceeds from Greaserama go to different charities. We hand pick these local foundations every year to try and help the people that help others.