Drivers Festival Recap 2025
Thank you again to all of the volunteers, sponsors, supporting clubs, registrants and attendees that continue to make this a fabulous event that does a lot of good. It was officially our largest Drivers Festival ever, with 125 display cars and an estimated 650 attendees. And this is despite having to limit display car turnout due to potential space issues. Clearly next year we’re going to need a bigger space!
Drivers Festival Charitable Mission
If you didn’t attend, or are unfamiliar, one of the primary driving motivators behind this event is that is helps us raise money for charity, specifically the Atlanta Children’s Day Shelter. And with Drivers Festival this is no empty statement. The space, the trophies, the raffle items, the insurance, photography, the DJ – everything is donated. That means all money collected – raffle tickets, registrations, donations, etc goes to our charity. Many of our sponsors who sell items also donated a portion of their proceeds.
For the first time we helped raise over $13,000 in a single day, and as of the writing of this were creeping towards $14,000.
If you are interested in giving, there is still time. Donations via this link go directly to the the Atlanta Children’s Day Shelter.
Drivers Festival “Car Show”
We awarded trophies in 6 classes, all we’re by people’s choice. If you’ve never experience how we tie the car show voting to donations, you should come check out a Drivers Festival!
Awarded Classes
- Best Of Show
- Best Race Car (fully prepped)
- Best Track Car
- Best Exotic
- Best High Performance
- Best Show Car/Open Class
Winners
Who Showed In The Drivers Festival Car Show
- Endurance Racecars
- Dedicated Track Cars
- Porsches (from classics to GT4RS)
- Corvettes
- McLarens
- Lotuses
- BMW Ms
- Mustangs
- Volkswagens
- Hyundas
- Miatas
- DSMs, 3000GTs and EVOs
- JDM imports
- and many more
2025 Drivers Festival Photos
You can view the full gallery, and as well ask about purchasing full sized/unwatermarked versions of images from K Proctor Photography.
What Is The Drivers Festival
When we started what has become the drivers festival a few years ago, we knew we wanted to accomplish a few things. First, we wanted to raise money to support the Atlanta Children’s Day Shelter, one of our favorite charities. Second, we wanted to bring together people who love to drive. Of course, there is a certain irony in the fact that we’ve chosen a brewery parking lot to celebrate driving with our cars. Still, we wanted to capture the best part of every track, race or mountain drive weekend – the community. Having a beer or talking cars with your fellow enthusiasts. Last, we wanted to help people learn and connect to do more with their cars.
With that, the Drivers Festival was born. To help raise money we added a “car show” a few years ago. But this isn’t your typical gathering of cars, and trust us this is not your typical car show. This is about having a beer, talking cars and trading war stories. It’s also the perfect opportunity to try something new – try a track day, give endurance or sprint racing a try, do a car control clinic or try off-roading.
Sponsors And Supporters
