Super Cruise and Elvis return to Medina on Aug. 28

File photo by Tom Rivers: Terry Buchwald, an Elvis Presley impersonator, arrives in downtown Medina on a motorcycle during the Super Cruise on Sept. 5, 2018. A section of Main Street was blocked off for the car show.

MEDINA – After a summer of changes for Medina’s decades-old cruise-ins, the 28th annual event will end for this season next Wednesday with Super Cruise on Main Street, featuring Terry Buchwald as Elvis.

After David Green announced he was giving up heading up the cruise-ins, real estate developer Rollin Hellner and Medina businessman Tom Snyder decided to take it over and move it from the canal basin to the parking lot of the Senior Center on West Avenue.

Attendance which often reached 100 in the canal basin, dipped to the 40s or less at the Senior Center. Many of the car owners preferred the shade and proximity to the water in the basin.

Photo by Ginny Kropf: Terry Buchwald is a nimble Elvis impersonator on the stage.

Now, Hellner has announced another change for Super Cruise. Cruisers will be charged $10 to park their vehicles on Main Street. In exchange, Hellner said there will be official judges on site and trophies will be awarded for Best of Show, Best Car, Best Truck, Best Performance Vehicle, Judges’ Choice and Most Unique.

Super Cruises in the past have attracted 300 or more vehicles, and Hellner said he expects 200 to 250 next week. Drivers are advised they will have to enter Main Street on Route 63 from the North, where a station will be set up to check cars in, two at a time.

Cars are asked not to arrive prior to 4 p.m. Official start time for the show is 5:30, with Buchwald performing from 6 to 8 p.m.

Regular door prizes will be awarded and the 50/50 drawing will still take place.

Although Hellner said the weather looks great for Wednesday, the rain date will be Sept. 4.