1985 GTOAA Nationals in GTOAA Kalamazoo Mi

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1985 GTOAA Nationals

The 1985 Nationals was held on Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan with 270 GTOs present. This was the first nationals for John Sawruk who brought his own ’71 GT-37. John attended every GTO Nationals for over 20 more years until his passing in 2008. Also this year, Gary and Beth Butcher became VP, Chapter Coordinators. Beth is still involved with GTOAA as a Board Member, Membership Coordinator and Secretary/Treasurer of the Board.

Video courtesy of Dennis Kirban of Kirban Performance

Dennis Jensen’s 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge with a Ram Air IV (Photo by Robert Majkowski).

A very impressive row of Judges on display (Photo by Robert Majkowski).

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Bill Schultz 1970 Pontiac GTO that was heavily modified (Photo by Robert Majkowski).

Photo of Woodward Avenue after being taken over by the GTO Association of America.

(Photo is courtesy of Mark Ctune)

1985 GTOAA Nationals photo collection by John Schuh Jr.