West Valley Alumni

Former West Valley graduates attended the West Valley High School’s Senior All-Nighter fund raising open car show on Sunday, April 28, 2024.  The Gents Auto Club began at West Valley in 1963 and seated in the front row are some of the founding  and still active members.   Starting third from left: Lon Hansen, Dale Gibson, Paul Inman,  Ben Curtis, and Scott Messmer.

Spokane Speed and Custom Show

The Gents Auto Club will also celebrate their fifty-first birthday with our ” Gents Through the Years” club display. We hope to see you at the fabulous Spokane Speed and Custom Show, April 12 – 14.

2024 INCCC Show-No-Shine Banquet


The 2024 Inland Northwest Car Club Council’s annual Show-No-Shine Banquet was a huge success with 287 tickets sold for the event. This year’s theme was “Stars and Cars”. Three tables of Gents joined our fellow area car enthusiasts on February 24th at the Mirabeau Park Hotel grand ballroom and contributed three raffle baskets. There were some amazing raffle and silent auction items to be had and the Kevin Shay band provided music to dance the night away. The event was one of the best, most well-organized and well-attended INCCC awards banquets to date and will be hard to top next year. Kudos to the Miss Shifters and the entire Show-no-Shine committee for a truly outstanding job

Gents 2023 Most Improved Car – Dale McHargue

Most improved car award recipient Dale McHargue is flanked by club VP Ben Curtis and Gents President Paul Inman at the 2023 Christmas banquet. 
 Dale completed  work on his 1966 Dodge Coronet including extensive fabrication of body panels, frame and racing equiipment plus complete rebuilding of the beefy drive train.  

Washington State Hot Rod Hall of Fame


Members of the Gents Auto Club traveled to western Washington for the club’s induction into the Washington State Hot Rod Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame’s annual awards banquet was held in Lynnwood, Washinton at their events center on September 23, 2023. In addition to their induction, the Gents were honored for their sixtieth anniversary as a club and named the Washington State Hot Rod Hall of Fame’s club of the year. It was a very good day to be a Gent.

Thrifty Reunion / Team Saint Luke’s Open Car Show

Smoke did not deter the hearty from coming to the 2023 edition of the Gents Thrifty Reunion / Team Saint Luke’s
 open car show held  at Mirabeau Point Park, August 16, 2023.    
All proceeds from the show will benefit the Providence  Saint Luke’s Rehab Institute’s wheelchair basketball team.