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Customized mini trucks are hitting the road. On Oct. 3 - 4 the nationally known Droptout Mini Truck club is hosting its sixth annual show called Dropt-n-Destroyed at the lower Waterworks Park in Lakemore.
The event will bring in more than 200 customized vehicles. The show is open to all makes and models with specialty awards given in the different classes.
This group of truck enthusiasts doesn’t sit around and play card games. They play car games like the car truck limbo.
The public is welcome. Admission is two canned goods or a $2 donation.
“We would like to fill a truck bed with the canned goods,” said Club President Aaron Combs.
The can goods and cash donations will be given to the local food bank.
“Last year the cost of admission was a toy for Children’s Hospital,” said Combs, of Springfield. “We had so many toys that Majestic Trailer loaned us a trailer to deliver them to the hospital.”
“This is a great place to hold the event,” said Bob Sloan, a show sponsor. “There is a lot of room, there are things for the kids to do, it will be great for the local communities as the people attending will be staying in hotels, eating in restaurants and shopping in the stores.”
The park is located at 2785 Sanitarium Road. The annual show has grown from a one-day show to a two-day event. Last year there were 263 vehicles in the show.
Sloan, of Jackson, owns Sloan Products, located at 1643 Massillon Road. The company does customizing for cars and trucks from all over the country and has done work for some Cleveland Browns players.
The name Dropt-n-Destroyed does not mean that they are going to destroy anything said Combs. It’s not a demolition derby. It’s a term used in the customizing of the trucks.
The club name, Droptout, refers to the fact they dropped out of other clubs to form their own. He said often people ask them what school they went to, thinking they dropped out of school.
Combs is a graduate of Springfield High and Sloan is a graduate of Green High.
The mini truck club has members from surrounding states and the annual event draws people from the US and Canada.
“We only have two months of the year that there are no shows and that is November and December,” said Combs. “Some people do this because it is a learning experience. We can see what others have done with the customizing and that gives us ideas and we share our ideas with others.”
Customized mini trucks are hitting the road. On Oct. 3 - 4 the nationally known Droptout Mini Truck club is hosting its sixth annual show called Dropt-n-Destroyed at the lower Waterworks Park in Lakemore.
The event will bring in more than 200 customized vehicles. The show is open to all makes and models with specialty awards given in the different classes.
This group of truck enthusiasts doesn’t sit around and play card games. They play car games like the car truck limbo.
The public is welcome. Admission is two canned goods or a $2 donation.
“We would like to fill a truck bed with the canned goods,” said Club President Aaron Combs.
The can goods and cash donations will be given to the local food bank.
“Last year the cost of admission was a toy for Children’s Hospital,” said Combs, of Springfield. “We had so many toys that Majestic Trailer loaned us a trailer to deliver them to the hospital.”
“This is a great place to hold the event,” said Bob Sloan, a show sponsor. “There is a lot of room, there are things for the kids to do, it will be great for the local communities as the people attending will be staying in hotels, eating in restaurants and shopping in the stores.”
The park is located at 2785 Sanitarium Road. The annual show has grown from a one-day show to a two-day event. Last year there were 263 vehicles in the show.
Sloan, of Jackson, owns Sloan Products, located at 1643 Massillon Road. The company does customizing for cars and trucks from all over the country and has done work for some Cleveland Browns players.
The name Dropt-n-Destroyed does not mean that they are going to destroy anything said Combs. It’s not a demolition derby. It’s a term used in the customizing of the trucks.
The club name, Droptout, refers to the fact they dropped out of other clubs to form their own. He said often people ask them what school they went to, thinking they dropped out of school.
Combs is a graduate of Springfield High and Sloan is a graduate of Green High.
The mini truck club has members from surrounding states and the annual event draws people from the US and Canada.
“We only have two months of the year that there are no shows and that is November and December,” said Combs. “Some people do this because it is a learning experience. We can see what others have done with the customizing and that gives us ideas and we share our ideas with others.”
Sloan said a lot of people are in it to come and try to win a trophy for all their hard work.
“I enjoy coming and just seeing people’s reaction to something that we built,” said Sloan.
Combs photographed the 2008 event. The coverage was used in the July issue of Mini Truckin Magazine. Their fame does not end there. Combs and other members of the club will appear on an episode of Wife Swap in 2010. The show was looking for a low rider club to help out with the episode. Filmed south of Columbus, the show features women who are “into the trucks” in her home state of Texas.
Sloan, the owner of a Chevy S-10 with a standard cab, said they just cut it and chop it up and put air ride on it and do some custom paint. He paints cars, trucks, jet skis and just about any vehicle in his business.
Combs has a Chevy Blazer. He put 24 inch wheels on the Blazer. It was a challenge, he said.
“I cannot put the hood back on because the wheels are up so high,” he said.
He also has a sunroof that is basically the entire roof.
“We all try to outdo each other and push each other to do things that haven’t been done before,” said Sloan.
For information, photos and club member shows, go to the Web site www.droptout.com.
For more information on the Lakemore show or to register to enter, visit the site or call 330-807-2978.
Combs said they could not do this without the support of their families, friends and sponsors.
The event sponsors include Sloan Product, Horizon Audio, Drop Em Wear, Sickness Video, Drop Jaw Magazine, Kris Dye Fabrication, Chrome reflections, Lower Class Customs, Illusive Design and Fabrications and Barry Penfound of Penfound Designs.
