Moncton car show draws crowds with The Fast and the Furious vehicles
A car show at the Moncton Coliseum that caused controversy this week for displacing Friday's Wildcats playoff game was expected to draw a big crowd with some famous vehicles.
The 41st annual Radical Speed Sport East was booked long ago and forced the Moncton Wildcats to move their playoff game against the Halifax Mooseheads to Fredericton.
Greg Turner from Speed Sport East calls the show an art gallery of automotive work.
"Well, in a broad term, we have custom cars, we have hot rods, we have race cars, we have motorcycles. We have trucks, European exotic cars, sports cars, so its a really wide variety," he said.
"For the young ones we'll have like go-karts, pedal cars, we have like bandolero race cars, so a lot of things young people can relate to as well."
The show attracts enthusiasts from the U.S. and Canada.
Jim King brought his 1967 army Jeep, which has special meaning for the former military man.
"When I first joined the military, I was taught how to drive in this vehicle, this type of vehicle right here," he said. "We used them over in the Gulf, and we used them when I was in Cypress '78-'79. Like, through my career, this is what we used."
One of the big attractions in the show are five of the cars used in The Fast and The Furious movie franchise.
It's their only stop in Eastern Canada and Jordan Graves was excited to see them.
"It's pretty cool that they've kept them in this good of shape and brought them in for the show for people to see," he said. "It brings you right back and it almost seems like you're in the movies."
For Kyle Hughson, it was a 2008 Ferrari that proved to be a big draw.
"You know, being in Atlantic Canada right, you don't see too many European exotics," he said. "It's always nice to see something in real life right?"
"First time I've seen one in person. It's pretty cool," added Luc Manuel.
Radical Speed Sport East is one of the season's last stops for the indoor car show circuit. It's expected to attract about 18,000 visitors over the weekend.
The show closes Sunday at 7 p.m.
