The Cars are the Stars

09/16/2024

Thank you Diane Granger for making a colored pencil drawing of our event poster this year! We were able to have some Real Cannonball Run celebrities sign it and auction it off and raised an additional $800 for The Roxy during The Cars are the Stars: A Matinee at The Roxy !! We appreciate your talent and support! Thanks again!!

09/10/2024

This Saturday!

CarsAreStars.com for tickets and registration!!

06/27/2023

03/02/2023

Really coming together!!!

02/09/2023

Progress update on the restoration efforts at The Roxy !!

12/08/2022

Check out a video from our event this year! We've already got '23 in the works, so be sure to follow along!

Back in September I had a great opportunity to help out the Minerva, OH Chamber of Commerce during a fundraising event for the downtown Roxy Theater. Thank y...

09/03/2022

It's hard to believe that we are only one week away from The Cars Are the Stars 2022! This year's event, just like last year, will feature a variety of incredible Ford vehicles. What else does this year have in store? Get your tickets and see the full line up on September 10th! Visit https://carsarethestars.events to learn more and get your tickets! All proceeds benefit the restoration of Minerva's historic Roxy Theatre.
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09/01/2022

We have an incredible line-up of cars for The Cars Are the Stars, including this gorgeous 1900whp Twin Turbo Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera built by Nth Moto. This mind-blowing machine, along with dozens of other rare, historic, exotic, and high-performance automobiles will be on display on September 10th in Minerva, Ohio. Visit https://carsarethestars.events for more information and to get your tickets - you won't want to miss it!
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08/31/2022

We are less than two weeks away from THE Ohio automotive event of the season on September 10th!! Over the next few days, we'll take a look back at last years event and share some sneak peeks of some of the incredible cars we have for this year. If you're not familiar with The Cars Are the Stars, visit https://carsarethestars.events to learn more and get your tickets! All proceeds benefit the restoration of Minerva's historic Roxy Theatre.

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08/20/2022

We are 3 weeks away from an event you don't want to miss! The Cars are the Stars: A Night at The Roxy will feature extremely rare and special cars displayed on the Brick Street of historic downtown Minerva Ohio including this absolutely stunning 1970 DeTomaso Mangusta! By popular demand, we will also be having ENTHUSIAST PARKING! This will surely end up being a secondary car show!

Carsarethestars.events for more info or to be considered for display!

07/16/2022

Kirk Sinn wrote earlier on Ken Miles post

Bob Negstad – Senior Project Engineer, Ford Motor Company: “At Le Mans, I was the guy that Jacque Passino sent over to Ken Miles to tell him to back off and let the other guys catch up. Ken got tears in his eyes and said: ‘No, this is my only opportunity to do this and I can’t do that and I won’t do that.’

During the next pit stop, Ken’s co-driver was told to slow down and let the others catch up and Denny did as he was told. It was during this time that Passino sent John Cowley down to the scorer’s and timer’s tower and told them that we had miscredited a lap on Ken’s car and to take a lap away from that car.

When the car came in for its final stop, Ken got back into the car and refused to participate in the prescribed finish. That’s why he laid back when the three cars crossed the finish line. Ken was a lap ahead at the finish, that’s true, that’s absolutely, totally, true. He was a lap ahead and Passino and Cowley went down and took the lap away. They absolutely stole that race from Ken and it’s about time that the truth is told, Ken’s memory deserves that.”

When I showed this quotation to Carroll Smith and asked for his opinion, he told me “Bob Negstad is one of the most truthful people that I have ever known.” Bob died shortly after this interview was conducted and many of us feel that it was a dying declaration to see justice finally done for his good friend, Ken Miles.
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06/22/2022

We have something VERY special up our sleeves..... here's a sneak peek!! In keeping with our Ford v Ferrari theme, we have a limited edition print signed by the artist and Phil Hill!!

06/10/2022

We will be featuring Ford v Ferrari in Roxy Theatre, Minerva for The Cars are the Stars: A Night at The Roxy. Here's a quick teaser!

Academy Award®-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in FORD v FERRARI, the remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby ...

06/07/2022

The website is now LIVE! Go check it out! Would you like your car to be invited to be on display? There's a place to tell us about it!

A one-of-a-kind event exclusively benefiting Minerva's historic Roxy Theatre starring a cast of invitation only, rare, and exceptional automobiles.

05/11/2022

Bigger is always better, right?? We took Jan Clark's original painting and made a copy or two! Thanks again Jan!! Another big thanks to Dunlap Photography for making the banners and Lena for being the best poster model! The Cars are the Stars: A Night at The Roxy will be here before you know it! Tell your friends! This is not gonna be one to miss!

05/11/2022

Our Canton Cars and Coffee!! preview event on Sunday will feature some of the cars that will be on display on September including this beauty!!

We have a VERY special guest coming in from the this weekend for our preview event!! A fully Polished Stainless Steel 1936 Ford!!

04/28/2022

¡¡BREAKING NEWS!!

Our HAND-PAINTED poster for this year's event on September 10th is officially FINISHED!! A HUGE shout out to Jan Clark for working with me and executing a shared vision!! What do you think??

04/14/2022

Now there's a traffic jam you don't see every day!