By Lulu

Early June at OB’s in Deland the first Americana Bike Show brought in over a thousand people to their huge venue. Well over 70 bikes entered to win the coveted Best in Show prize of $1000 cash and full-page feature in our magazine. I wouldn’t have wanted to be a judge with so many types of bikes, all of which were potential winners in their categories, it was nearly impossible to narrow it down. There were incredible paint jobs and customization with bikes coming from as far as Ft. Myers. Derek Ames had a beautifully painted Eddie Trotta bike I thought could have easily walked away with first place. But in the end, the Best of Show went to a 2015 Road Glide with an incredible amount of etching on every piece of chrome out of Deltona owned by Eddie Cardenas who also took Best Chrome…it was beautiful. The People’s Choice award presented by Thunder Roads Florida went to a trike fashioned to be a fire breathing dragon owned by Jerry Moskowiz.

Along with great music all day and the bike show, OB’s also put on a bikini contest which gave all plenty of photo ops for the day! Allison Richmond of Deland walked away with first prize winnings! Hot day in June, hot bikes, hot chics and did I mention one hot cock? They had chicken shit bingo which is a rooster in a cage with people rooting on their numbered square hoping the cock would do #2 on their square to be a big winner!!! I guess that is as rural American as you can get…although I did hear, in some communities, they do it with cows on a shuffleboard. The rest of the winners are listed below. Hopefully the spelling is accurate as it was hard to make out some of the handwriting on the entry forms.

Lighting: Michael Wyatt Harley Road Glide Special 2017
Chrome: Eddie Cardenas Road Glide 2015
Bagger/Dresser: Richard Cockabur Indian Chief Bagger 2018
Paint: Richard Cockabur Indian Chief Bagger 2018
Rat Bike: Dante Hailing Diesel bike 2015
Sport/Street: David McCreight Victory Vegas 2008
Chopper: Stig Nyrud Kotic Kustom 2006
Japanese: Roger Ryle Yamaha VMax 1990
Evolution: Hiram McCarty Mid 80’s Twin Evo
3-Wheel Trike: William Schippers Indian Trike Custom 2016
Pan/Shovel/Knucklehead: Frank Girod Fl Panhead 1960
People’s Choice: Jerry Moskowitz Dragon Trikes Bond 2018
Best in Show: Eddie Cardenas Road Glide 2015

A special thanks to Rue & Ziffra, P. A. for their continued support of motorcycling, Bill Grotto and Twisted Tea for being so involved in the biking world, SR Perrott for sending out the giveaways and the Miller Lite girls, WHOG Radio for filling this place up and Deland Motorsports. A special thank you also to One Sexy Biker Chick for sponsoring the bikini contest! Radio ads work!! Get your bikes ready for next year’s event and let’s make this party the place to be in late spring every year!