Las Vegas Super Show 2005

Cesar Rodriguez from Coachella, California, brought "El Tequilero" to Vegas to get everybody tipsy.

Cesar Rodriguez from Coachella, California, brought "El Tequilero" to Vegas to get everybo

All across "Lowrider Nation," the word went out: if it's October, it must be time for the annual Lowrider Magazine Super Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, widely perceived to be the biggest lowrider show in the world. This year's stellar Tour sponsorship was provided by Quaker State, Nitto Tires, the U.S. Army, CCE Hydraulics, Harley-Davidson and Thump Records. The event was obviously not one to miss, and large crowds poured into the Cashman Field Center to witness hundreds of the most unbelievable cars and trucks on the planet, as well as the hydraulics "showdown" competition, Bikini Contest and maybe the biggest concert in Lowrider Super Show history.

But as always, the big response to the show guaranteed that a few latecomers would be left out in the cold. This was especially a problem this year as the strong buzz building up in the days before the show meant that many who showed up with their lowriders in tow on the day of the show had to be turned away.

Tired of walking the large show, WC takes a break by Anthony's low-low.

"The number of pre-registrations turned in before the show was more than 800 by the deadline," says Editor Ralph Fuentes. "An untold number of applications were rejected for various reasons after the final date, and we just couldn't accommodate the hopes of many who were trying to shine in one of only 650 available spots. Even the outdoors area was limited to only a couple of 20x20 displays. But getting your vehicle into the show at the last minute wasn't the only inconvenienced hype for the day, as spectator tickets were sold out by 3 p.m." Once you were in, however, the party was on, and the hottest cars (and girls) on the lowrider scene were all in one place.

Three words sum up the show scene for the top dogs these days... attention to detail. Now more than ever, many of the top car owners are taking great pains and time to make sure that their vehicles are detailed to the max. A car like Anthony Fuentes' '63 Chevy Impala, "Sun Dance," with every wire under the dash being yellow, and literally every part of the car being touched by paint, chrome or polishing, is a prime example of this trend.

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