3rd Annual

Gears for Gaudio

Car & Truck Show · Live Music · Food Trucks

Saturday, October 9, 2027 · 12–5 PM

Blue Ridge Community Church · Forest, VA

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Get Tickets — $10

Kids under 12 FREE.

See It In Action

A Look Back at Last Year

Choose Your Entry

Tickets & Registration

Spectator

$10

General Admission

All-day admission. Cars, live music, food trucks. Come and go as you like.

Get Tickets

Kids under 12 FREE.

Show Your Car

Vehicle Registration

$15online

Show Your Car

$20 at the gate. Register online and your car gets featured on our website before the show. Includes driver admission.

Vendor Partner

FREE

Vendors & Food Trucks

Free again this year. Space is limited, so reach out early.

Apply for a Spot

FREE

Trophies at 4 PM

The Awards

Every registered car is entered for judging. Stick around, because trophies go out at 4:00 PM, and one of them is picked by everybody who walks through the gate.

Top Honors

Best in Show

The standout car of the day.

People's Choice

Voted by the crowd. Every spectator gets a ballot at the gate.

The Cash Gaudio Award

Chosen by Cash's family, for the car and owner that best reflect how Cash loved cars and people.

Best in Class

Best Classic

Pre-1980 and still turning heads.

Best Muscle

American horsepower.

Best Truck

Work truck, show truck, or anything in between.

Best Jeep & Off-Road

Built to go anywhere.

Best Import

From Japan, Germany, and beyond.

Best Modified & Custom

Built, not bought.

Best Motorcycle

Two wheels count too.

Special Awards

Best Paint

The finish everyone stops to look at.

Best Work in Progress

For the car that's not done yet, and the owner who brought it anyway.

Kids' Choice

Picked by our youngest car fans.

Hear From Our Community

Stories and words of gratitude from the people whose lives have been touched by Cash’s legacy and, of course, cool Carfax that Cash would have loved.

Gears for Gaudio Car Gallery

Meet the rides and the people behind them. Tap a photo to see more.

Muscle

1978 Pontiac Trans Am

Dwayne Mitchell

Modified & Custom

2018 Polaris Slingshot QuadShot

William Biglow

Custom built in Florida

Modified & Custom

2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Z07 70th Anniversary

Jeff Nichols

Truck

1985 Chevrolet Silverado K10

Steve Bryant

Frame-off restoration

Classic

1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS

Brian Vossen

Supercharged big block, 1,000 horsepower

Modified & Custom

2020 Honda Civic

Joel Bernard

Truck

2002 Dodge Ram

Lawson Bryant

Muscle

1973 Chevrolet Corvette

Mike Brinkley

Truck

1963 Chevrolet C10 Truck

Troy James

Nickname: "Mater"

How It Works

1Every registered car is automatically entered. Judging is included with your registration.
2Choose your class when you register.
3Judges walk the show during the afternoon.
4People's Choice and Kids' Choice ballots are handed out at the gate. Drop them in the ballot box by 3:30 PM.
5Awards are presented at 4:00 PM.

What to Expect

A Celebration of Cash and the Cars He Loved

Last year, hundreds of people came out to celebrate Cash. This year we're back, with more room. Classics, trucks, imports, hot rods, and whatever you've been working on in the garage. Live music, food trucks, and a lot of good people. Bring a chair, bring your family, bring the car.

Cash Gaudio

2005 – 2024 · Forever Loved & Remembered

The Heart Behind The Event

Who Was Cash?

Cash Gaudio loved cars, and he loved people even more. He had a way of making everyone around him feel like they mattered. He never missed a car show in the Smith Mountain Lake and Lynchburg area, and his favorite cars and coffee events.

Gears for Gaudio is a day to celebrate him the way he'd want: outside, with friends, talking about cars. Proceeds support the Live Like Cash Gaudio Foundation, which provides scholarships for student-athletes with a heart for God and their community.

Read Cash's Story

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