The 22nd Annual Dr. George Charity Car Show was held February 8, 2025 in the Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, CA. Below we have posted the award winners and the pedal car races. Now we’ll fill you in on the rest of the show.
In keeping with past tradition, as the show opened the Palm Springs Air Museum provided a flyover by a Douglas C-47 Skytrain. The C-47 was the military version of the civilian DC-3 airplane and was primarily used as a troop carrier. The C-47 was in use by the military for over 35 years and was retired in 1975. The wings and fuselage of this C-47 were painted with a highly visible paint scheme – alternating black and white stripes. The stripes were added to the C-47 planes used during the assault on Normandy in World War II. The stripes, known as invasion stripes, allowed for ready identification of friendly forces by the allied artillery.
Below is the C-47 flyover by the Palm Springs Air Museum.
Again this year, the show did not disappoint when it comes to the variety of vehicles in attendance.
The newest generation of the Ford GT shown below is but one such car.
The new Corvette Z06 with a 670 horse power 5 liter mid-engine.
The 1953 Corvette, the first Corvette introduced by Chevrolet is another.
Custom creations, such as this 1955 Cadillac, were on display.
As was this iconic 1934 Ford hot rod.
And one of the most popular classics – the 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air.
Military vehicles remind us of our history and are always interesting.
According the the website Kaiserwillys.com the white 5-pointed star on the bumper identifies this jeep as belonging to a tactical unit. All the visible numbers/symbols mean something. For example, on the hood “Jeeps always had the prefix 20, which stood for ‘reconnaissance’ followed by the vehicle’s registration number. For the first 99,999 jeeps, this was a 5 digit number; later jeeps had 6 digits.” On the front bumper the Arabic numeral followed by a triangle 3 inches high with ¼-inch stroke denotes an armored division.
There were many vehicles in the Tennis Garden, however, space allows only a few to be highlighted here.
For those who don’t know, the proceeds from this show are donated to the Desert Cancer Foundation. Next year the Dr. George Charity Car Show will be held February 14, 2026. As you can see, it’s well worth attending.
TROPHY WINNERS AND PEDAL CARS COVERAGE IS BELOW.
The 22nd Annual Dr. George Charity Car Show was held February 8, 2025 in the Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, CA. This year, like all past years, found the Tennis Garden filled to capacity with some very amazing vehicles.
A special few of these vehicles took home a trophy. This year in addition to Best of Show and Best of Show Special Interest, the David George Memorial Trophy was awarded. David George, who passed away in 2010, was the son of Dr. George, the namesake of the event.
BEST OF SHOW – 1956 FORD PICKUP
BEST OF SHOW SPECIAL INTEREST -1957 CHEVROLET PICKUP
THE DAVID GEORGE MEMORIAL AWARD – 1947 CADILLAC
All of the winners displayed a tri-colored ribbon. Below are other award winners.
One of the more popular events held during the show is the pedal car races. The racers line up, get a push start, and race to the end.
The racers give it all they’ve got.
Below is the winner of the 2025 pedal car races.
When the races are over, all the pedal cars are auctioned off with all auction proceeds going to the Desert Cancer Foundation. This year one of the pedal cars sold for $800.
More photos and a complete run-down of the show will be posted by Monday evening.
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FRIDAY – FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The Dr. George Show will officially be open on Saturday, February 8, 2025 in the Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, CA. However, the event began today (Friday) with parking selection. From 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. show participants could pick out and save a parking spot for Saturday and could leave their car in the Tennis Garden overnight. Many participants took advantage of the early parking. Some of the cars in the Tennis Garden today are shown below.
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Tomorrow the Tennis Garden will be filled with cars spectators and vendors. The show will kick off with singing the National Anthem. As all the shows in the past have been, we expect tomorrow will be an outstanding event. And if the today’s weather repeats tomorrow, there will be sunny blue skies with temps in the upper 70’s.
We’ll post complete coverage of the event with photos Monday night.
