“Like the old phrase, all good things come to an end -- this is one of them.” --Nancy Kutschenreuter, Waupun Truck-N-Show vice president
That’s right. One of the mainstays on the truck show circuit is coming to an end after the 35th iteration of the show this year.
The Waupun Truck-N-Show, one of the oldest truck shows in the country, will be held Aug. 9-10 in Waupun, Wisconsin, in what show organizers are calling “Our Last Ride Thru Waupun.”
Kutschenreuter, who has been part of the show for 27 of its 35 years, said the organizers are all getting older and looking to retire. “It’s a nonprofit, so you don’t get paid to do this job,” she said, but that hasn’t made the decision to end the show any easier. “It was a very hard decision.”
Through the years, it's supported the Make-a-Wish Foundation, raising nearly $400,000 and giving away 47 wishes to children in the program. The show has also helped support the Special Olympics and REACH Relief, an organization that helps children in need.
The Friday night lights parade at the Waupun Truck-N-Show is
The Waupun Truck-N-Show launched after five friends -- Ron VandeZande, Don Schultz, Steve Wendt, Don Williamson and Alton Asmus -- stopped at a diner on their way home to Waupun after a truck show in Green Bay, Wisconsin. As they sat around the table, the Waupun Truck-N-Show was born.
