An estimated 230 cars turned out for the 39th annual 鈥楶icnic In The Park鈥� fundraising car show held by the Canadian Falcon Fairlane Comet Club at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University 91原创 City campus on Labour Day.

It was close to the average for the show, something to celebrate considering the threatening weather that likely kept some cars in their garages, club president Stefano D鈥橢rrico believed.

It was the first time the open-class event, usually staged at George Preston Rec Centre in Brookswood, has been held at KPU, and D鈥橢rrico was already looking forward to returning there next year to celebrate their 40th anniversary.

鈥淚t is an ideal location for us,鈥� D鈥橢rrico told the 91原创 Advance Times.

Among other things, the KPU lot offers a lot more room than the club had for its 38th show, when it had to scramble to find an alternate site.

鈥淲e had a bad situation last year, where we had to find a new venue,鈥� D鈥橢rrico recalled.

鈥淪o at the last minute, we ended up at a smaller venue, and then we ended up having to turn away a lot of people because we were full.鈥�

All proceeds from the Sept. 4 event, after paying the bills, will go to the Kruise for Kids charitable event for the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau.

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鈥淧art of what makes our club great is the quality of people, which I find to be generous, thoughtful, and possessing of a willingness to volunteer to make the club and its events a success,鈥� D鈥橢rrico commented.

The club was first organized by a small group of Falcon owners in 1982, and as they sought more members, the club was founded in 1983 as the Lower Mainland Falcon Owners Association.

In 1990, the club invited owners of 1962 to 1970 Fairlanes and 1960 to 1967 Comets to join their ranks.

More information about the club can be found online at .

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