The Northeast Georgia Mustang Club held its 52nd Annual Fall Regional Shelby, Mustang, and Ford Show at the beautiful Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds in Hiawassee, GA on Lake Chatuge on Sept 19 – 20, 2025.
The events started on Friday with a NE Georgia Mustang Club Members-only cruise through the mountains, followed by a Meet and Greet catered BBQ Lunch for show attendees who wanted to start the fun a day before the actual show. The show, itself, was held from 8am – 3pm on Saturday, and cars started lining up much earlier than that to claim their favorite parking spots at this very unique venue. The weather cooperated… almost, with a beautiful day until 10 minutes before our award ceremony, when a brief but heavy downpour had people scrambling to their cars.
The Club had returned to a judged event this year utilizing a modified version of the MCA Abbreviated Judging guidelines. We had 154 registered vehicles, most of whom wished to have their cars judged. We had some very positive feedback from attendees who appreciated having their car judged, rather than just being awarded based on a popular vote.
Our awards consisted of one overall Best of Show Winner and a Great Eight in each of 6 classes. The competition was fierce, and there were so many beautiful cars. Even as they were coming in through the registration line, our staff knew this was going to be one spectacular show of some of the finest Mustangs, Shelby’s and Fords in the area. The very deserving recipients of the awards are as follows:
Best of Show: Douglas Delorme with his 1976 Mustang Ghia Western. Doug’s car has an amazing history as one half of a prototype pair that Ford designed; intending to produce one thousand units. The pair consists of a Mustang II Ghia Western and its F-150 counterpart. This very rare and unique pair never ended up going into production, as Ford pulled the plug on this special Western edition before production. Mr. Delorme was part of the Engineering Team at Ford back then and somehow convinced the manufacturer to let him purchase the prototypes. He has cherished this very rare pair as part of his own collection for the past 49 years!
Class 1 – 1964.5-1978 Mustangs/Shelbys
Tony Ray – 1969 Mustang Restomod
Scott Nichols – 1964.5 Mustang Convertible
Peter Sock – 1969 Mustang Boss 302
Robby McClure – 1966 Mustang
Paul Strausbaugh – 1965 Mustang Fastback
Steven Ogden – 1973 Mustang
Alex Cowart – 1968 Shelby KR500
Bob Crossley – 1965 Mustang
Hilton Goss – 1966 Revology Mustang Convertible
Class 2 – 1979-1993 Mustangs
Robert Lyons – 1993 Mustang SVT Cobra
Paul Nemoga – 1989 Mustang GT
Corey Bruce – 1979 Mustang Pace Car Replica
Jonathan Patterson – 1988 Mustang Saleen
George McConnon – 1993 Mustang
Jim McCartney – 1984 Mustang GT
Camden Bruce – 1992 Mustang GT
Jordan McCartney – 1984 Mustang SVO
Class 3 – 1994–2004 Mustangs
Stacy Huckaby – 1997 Cobra Convertible
Chad Berry – 2004 Mustang Cobra
Rick & Cher Hayslip – 1998 Mustang Saleen S281 Cobra Speedster
Nick Scugoza – 2003 Mustang Cobra SVT
Larry Fenton – 2004 Mustang Mach 1
Pamela Osterland – 1998 Mustang GT
James Ferguson – 1996 Mustang Saleen
Chuch Gunter – 1995 Mustang GT Convertible
Class 4 – 2005-2014 Mustangs/Shelbys
Phillip Dorsey – 2007 Mustang GT
Larry Allgood – 2008 Shelby GT-C
Stan Campbell – 2008 Mustang Bullitt
Jim Arrowood – 2013 Shelby Cobra GT500
Jerald Shindledecker – 2008 Shelby GT
Barb Junghans – 2011 Shelby GT500
Cecil Solaguren – 2010 Mustang Roush 427R
Ken Browne – 2014 Mustang GT/CS
Class 5 – 2015-Present Mustangs/Shelbys
Jon Fullerton – 2017 Mustang GT350
Tim Koenning – 2014 Mustang GT
Reggie Morgan – 2024 Mustang Dark Horse Convertible
Nick Scugoza – 2021 Mustang GT PP1
John Boyajian – 2019 Mustang Bullitt
Tony Houghlin – 2024 Mustang GT Convertible RTR Spec 3
Shannon Lovinggood – 2021 Mustang Mach 1
Shane Cape – 2020 Shelby GT500
Class 6 – All Years – Other Ford-Powered
Joe & Kim Pritchard – 1997 Thunderbird
Gary & Gaye Nichols – 1957 Thunderbird
Richard Couture – 1938 Ford Pickup
Justin Osterland – 1977 Ford F-100
Bill & Joanne Testa – 1965 Backdraft Cobra
Ronnie Evans – 2008 Ford GT
Nancy Capps – 2024 – Ford Bronco Wildtrak
Jeffrey & Karen Burrell – 2022 F-150 Super Snake
The Northeast Georgia Mustang Club would like to thank the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds and all of our show’s participants, volunteers, and spectators. Without you, we’d never be able to host such a special event.
A very special Thank You goes out to our Club’s Sponsors – Jacky Jones Ford of Hayesville, Jacky Jones Performance Alley, Panoz, Summit Racing Equipment, Classic and Custom Restorations, National Parts Depot, YearOne Muscle Car Parts, Streetside Classics, and Marshall’s Auto Parts. As a result of your support and the support of the Mustang Community, we have been able to raise substantial funds to support our chosen charities including: Eagle Ranch, Towns County Shop with a Sheriff, and Hot Rodders Children’s Charity.
We look forward to seeing you all in 2026!