The third annual Historic Downtown Campbell Car Show came in hot and left with a bang. Despite it being only our third show, it's already a key car show in Northern California and this year's show exceeded 300 cars for the first time.
Among those 300+ entries were historic cars, rebuilt classics, unusual custom builds, super cars, trucks of all eras, racers, and even a few novelty cars. All entries were screened by our judging panel to ensure we had both a diverse mix of cars and cars of very high quality to put on display.
This year, there were seven prize categories with a custom fabricated trophy awarded to the best car in each category. Congratulations to our 2025 winners listed below.
- Best Truck - Ricky Rosas - 1958 GMC Truck
- Best Muscle Car - Jerry Dye - 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302
- Best Street Machine - Michael Fortes - 1962 Chevrolet Impala
- Best Hot Rod - Dave Stohlman - 1935 Ford Pickup
- Best Import - Regel Garza - 1980 VW Bug
- Staff Pick Award - Paul Petro - Ford F350 Factory Crewcab 4x4
- Best in Show - Larry Carter - 1933 Ford Roadster w/Ferrari Motor
Scroll down to view photos of the winners.
Thank you to everyone who entered their cars to help us have a standout show that could be enjoyed by so many people with different car fancies. Those of you who didn't get in, we appreciate you too and wish we didn't have to turn away so many highly qualified entries due to lack of space.
Acknowledgements
One of the things that makes the Historic Downtown Campbell Car Show absolutely remarkable is that it's produced entirely by volunteers starting with the small team of organizers who were responsible for the mammoth task of pulling together a show of this stature.
Some of the tireless people who were responsible for this show being reality were:
- Mike Van Sant (The Olive Bar)
- Amy Taylor (Cloud City Supply)
- Carol Pouya (Formerly Tessora's Barra di Vino)
- Michael Sanders (Home Church)
- Sheldon Chang (Social Wave)
We also had somewhere around 100 volunteers who helped with a variety of important tasks from running our check-in process to operating popcorn machines. It takes a village to do something like this and we thank everyone who took time to be a part of this day.
If you'd like to volunteer for future car shows in Downtown Campbell or other events, be sure to fill out our Volunteer Registration form.
Next Year's Show
We don't have a date or details for the 2026 show yet, but if you intend to enter your car to be in our 4th annual show, be sure to send an email to carshow-list@downtowncampbell.com and ask to be put on our notification email list so you'll be among the first to know about our 2026 registration and show dates.
Thank you to Kevin Krewell for use of his photos.
