Smok'n Oldies Car Club of Deming

05/15/2026

May 30th is right around the corner!

04/17/2026

Below are all our winners!

117 Entries
113 Cars total in attendance
TOTAL OF 113 CARS THAT WERE JUDGED

Best Car- Gus Trapani, Las Cruces, NM …1969 Plymouth Roadrunner
Best Truck, Greg Piquette, Las Cruces, NM … 1959 Chevrolet El Camino
Best Open Wheel- Xavier Guevara, El Paso, TX … 1929 Ford Model A
Largest Car Club in Attendance- Cruisers Unlimited, Las Cruces

DHS Welding Choice Award- Otis Turner, Deming, NM … 1976 Excalibur Phaeton

A ??- 1940 Original
1st Place- Richard Miller, Las Cruces, NM … 1926 Pierce Arrow 80
Runner Up- Leonard Logan, Las Cruces, NM … 1938 Chevrolet Mast4er Deluxe

B ??- 1940 Modified
1st Place- John & Jayme Jackson, Las Cruces, NM … 1929 Ford Model A
Runner Up- Garry Selby, Las Cruces, NM … 1940 Ford Tudor
Runner Up- Bill Eakes, Las Cruces, NM … 1940 Ford Convertible

C 1941-1950 Original
1st Place- Jack Chafee, Deming, NM … 1949 Buick Super
Runner Up- None

D 1941-1950 Modified
No Entries

E 1951-1960 Original
1st Place- Patrick Sanchez, Mountainair, NM … 1955 Pontiac Star Chief
Runner Up- Clifford & Vicki Chisum, Mountainair, NM … 1959 Chevrolet Corvette

F 1951-1960 Modified
1st Place- Randy Gisi, Deming, NM … 1957 Chevrolet Business Coupe
Runner Up- Pete Santoro, Las Cruces, NM … 1955 Chevrolet Belair

G 1961-1970 Original
1st Place- Dave Luera, Deming, NM …1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28
Runner Up- Gus Trapani, Las Cruces, NM …1969 Plymouth Roadrunner

H 1961-1970 Modified
1st Place- Gilbert Lucero, Las Cruces, NM … 1968 Chevrolet Camaro
Runner Up- Isaiah Smith, Deming, NM … 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS
Runner Up- Larry & Mayra Srader, Deming, NM … 1970 Plymouth Cuda

I 1971-1980 Original
1st Place- Stephen Sutton, Deming, NM … 1973 Chevrolet Caprice
Runner Up- Tommy Flores, Vequita, NM … 1972 Chevrolet Malibu/Chevelle
Runner Up- Skip Kimball, Columbus, NM … 1974 VW Super Beetle Convertible 6ty

J 1971-1980 Modified
1st Place- George Reid, Deming, NM … 1973 Plymouth Duster
Runner Up- Akemi Smith, Deming, NM … 1976 AMC Pacer

K 1981-2000
1st Place- Doogie Hernandez (The Grinch), Deming, NM …1981 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Runner Up- Michael Garcia, Deming, NM … 1986 Chevrolet IROC

L 2001 and Newer
1st Place- Pat Klohr, Las Cruces, NM … 2010 Chevrolet Camaro
Runner Up- Steve Gale, Silver City, NM … 2004 Chrysler Crossfire

M DNF (does not fit) Open Class
1st Place- Clint Simmons, Deming, NM … 1985 Peterbuilt
Runner Up- 83 Truck Shop, Deming, NM … 1983 Peterbuilt

N 1959 & Earlier TRUCK
1st Place- Greg Piquettee, Las Cruces, NM …1959 Chevrolet El Camino
Runner Up- Pascual Rodriguez, Las Cruces, NM … 1948 Ford F-1

O 1960-1979 TRUCK
1st Place- Joe Bustamante, Deming, NM … 1969 Chevrolet C-10
Runner Up- Rex Moncrief, Las Cruces, NM … 1968 Chevrolet C-10

P 1980-2000 TRUCK
1st Place- Miguel Sanchez, Lordsburg, NM … 1987 GMC Jimmy
Runner Up- Joaquin Angel, Deming, NM … 1981 GMC Sierra

Q 2001 and Newer TRUCK
1st Place- Jaylene Jaquez, Deming, NM …2005 GMC Sierra
Runner Up- Cesar Jaquez, Deming, NM … 2005 Chevrolet SS PU

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04/12/2026

The DHS Welding Choice award winner was Otis Turner of Deming with his 1976 Excalibur Phaeton.
We appreciate these talented young individuals and their teacher Tim Tharp, for designing and creating this award for our show. The cool thing is they also get to pick the recipient of their award!

04/12/2026

We had an amazing day yesterday!! The weather couldn't have been more perfect and a great time was had by all 118 entrants and visitors!
We want to thank everyone that came out to support the DHS SkillsUSA by buying a plate of food.
I hope you all liked our Poster & T-shirts featuring Deming's historic Triangle drive-in, designed by Justin Barnes- Irregular Tee's
A big thank you to our sponsors- without them this would not happen. If you are out and about thank them and show some love!
First Financial Credit Union
Dentistry Divine Smile
Southwest Heating and Cooling
United Country Downtown Real Estate
Copper Kettle Coffee
Desert Land Express MVD
Summit Rehabilitation
Sisbarro for sponsoring the kids corner with Jeffrey Jansen of 575 cars
Busy Bee portable toilets
We also want to thank all the local merchants that donate various items for our raffles and bag stuffers.

04/07/2026

April 10th: In-Person Registration and Welcome Reception at Holiday Inn Express, 3801 Cedar Street, Deming, NM 88030, From 5:00 – 7:00 pm

April 11th: Car Show at the Courthouse Park, corner of Ash St. and Gold St.
Registration from 8:00 – 10:00 am
Show starts at 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Trophies awarded at 2:00 pm

04/07/2026