When Andre Parker was doing his routine check for parking permit stickers on the back of cars, he had no intention of creating a Car Show.

Junior Cole Henning was one of many who didn’t have a parking permit, and Parker, doing his job, fined him the $25 ticket. Parker couldn’t help but notice how nice Henning’s cherry red 1996 Mustang Cobra was, and this sparked his curiosity.

Parker pulled over Henning not once, but two more times.

“He pulled me over twice trying to get to know what my car was and what year [it was]. The second time he pulled me over he actually asked if I wanted to do the car show.” Henning said.

After agreeing to take up the challenge of the car show, Henning went right to work. He designed the flyer and the registration form himself.

“This car show is kind of a stepping stone to start a new tradition here,” Henning said. “I have had a lot of things that I’ve wanted to live up to, this is just my way of getting there and leaving something that other kids can enjoy for years to come.”

Parker also got the local O’Reilly’s Auto Shop involved in the car show.

“One of the things that was important to me was I got O’Riley’s involved,” Parker said. “The manager is gracious [enough] that he is offering some gifts.”

Henning and Parker are also trying to revive the Automotive Club that was shut down for lack of funding.

“If there was interest [in cars] then my proposal would be to see if we can get a car club established next year,” Parker said.

For both Parker and Henning, the love for cars started at a very young age.

“I watched my grandfather work on stuff,” Henning said. “Then I started to get into it; doing minor little things, and then finally I said ‘I’m just going to build something.’”

This lead Henning to building his own 1996 Mustang with some help from his cousins and his grandfather.

Parker used to build race car parts in high school. Currently, he owns his own machine shop and still works on cars.

The car show will be held the last day of school, May 21. All cars are welcomed and prizes will be given out to all who enter.

“I do hope this car show becomes a tradition,” Henning said. “I’ve got nieces and nephews that live in the Maize district that I want be able to do this when they get older too.”

View on Storify some of the cars that are being entered: https://storify.com/PlayNewsmag/maize-high-car-show