The fifth annual Vancouver Island Motor Gathering last Sunday in North Cowichan raised $174,850 in cash donations for the David Foster Foundation and the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation.
Another $180,000 was given through in-kind donations.
The event is presented by the GAIN Dealer Group, which created it to encourage all makes, models and genres to be displayed at one time.
The gathering, the largest car show on Vancouver Island, drew about 10,000 spectators on a sunny Sunday afternoon. They had a chance to look at more than 500 cars of every description, and chat with the people who owned or restored those vehicles.
The gathering featured a display of vehicles from the private collection of Rudi Koniczek, the world-renowned restorer of Mercedes-Benz gullwings and other vehicles.
Koniczek was one of three judges who rated the vehicles in several categories, including best American, best British, best German, best Italian, best Japanese, best classic, best motorcycle, best import, best pre-war, best post-war, best sports car, best truck, best muscle car, best street rod, best original, best in show, and best car-club display.
The other judges were Mike Grams, who runs Coachwerks, the Victoria-based classic car restoration business, and Chris Yarrow, who has had a lifelong passion for cars, especially American classics and British sports cars.
Next year鈥檚 event is already being planned. It will be held Aug. 26, 2018, at the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit in North Cowichan.
The 2.3-kilometre motorsport track is a private membership club and motorsports facility in front of Mount Prevost, west of Duncan.
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