ROCKWOOD – At the recent Thunder Road festival in Rockwood, several contests were held with the following winners:
Best Revenuer: Gerald Scarbrough
Best Moonshiner: Frank Davis
Best Daisy Duke Look-Alike: Summer Niles
People's Choice Award - quilts: Wilma Hembree - note: this quilt was made by Bob Hembree's great grandmother Dake. She dreamed the pattern and the next morning she started piecing the quilt. Edith Hembree, Bob's mother, said it had to be over 100 years old.
Best Moonshine Vehicle: 1939 Ford Coupe owned by Dan Gibbs. Gibbs has owned the car for 31 years - when he purchased it, the vehicle was modified and had been used to run moonshine in 15 gallon grape jugs.
Best Car Club (most attendees): Chickamauga Car Club with 21 cars
Fried Pies Baking contest:
The Thunder Road Festival is an annual event held on the third weekend in April. For more information on host agency Rockwood 2000 Inc., see www.rockwood2000.com.
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prepared by Beverly Stroh