Checotah Carnival and Hot Rod Weekend

09/03/2026

07/28/2026

Mark your calendar for the Elaina Donahue Rett Run Car Show October 3, 2026 at the Checotah Sports Complex. We love to be apart of this event every year! 💜

05/08/2026

Hats off and THANK YOU to everyone who helped put on the 2026 Checotah Carnival and Hot Rod Weekend! It was an exciting weekend with a big turnout and we couldn’t have done it without you! There are 50+ people who volunteered their time and efforts to make sure everything was completed to make this weekend possible. Not to mention the huge effort put out by the City of Checotah for improving our parking area and working with us as we navigate the growing number of fans that is attending our street race and carnival.

We would like to say a special Thank You to Checotah Fire Chief Greg Carmack and the City of Checotah for working with us on safety and providing us with ambulances, fire trucks, volunteer firefighters and police officers.

We couldn’t have done this without D’s wrecker/Smith Diesel and all his people. They put in a lot of hours hauling and setting jersey barriers, providing the equipment to clean the road and closing the road so we can hold our race.

To everyone who helped us from the sponsors to the volunteers, Thank You! ~ Rusty & Abbi

05/06/2026

We had a whopping 57 cars come out for the car show! Thank you to all who participated and to the Checotah First FWB Church for allowing us to hold our car show in their parking lot.

📸If you snapped a picture of your favorite cars be sure to share them in the comments.

Car Show Results

Top Choice Car: #53 Dan Carter and #42 Jackie Drake
Top Choice Pickup: #13 Richard Clayton and #2 Bill & Shannon Grissom, ‘54 Chevy 5 window
Top Choice Bike: #22 Shelia Scott, 2015 Harley and #4 Chect Lemon, 2006 Harley
Top Choice Unfinished: #1 Mike Pulse, 1953 Ford and #16 Marty Collin’s, ‘81 Chevy pickup
Best Paint: #2 Bill & Shannon Grissom, ‘54 Chevy 5 window
Best Engine: #28 Dan Mcgher
City Council Choice: #5
People’s Choice: #14

05/05/2026

2026 Burnout Contest Results

1st Place: Randall Talley, ‘85 GMC
2nd Place: Brandon Ridenhour, ‘25 Mustang
3rd Place and People’s Choice Winner: James Burnett, ‘02 Ford

Winner of the 22” Blackstone tabletop griddle was Misty Durrett of Checotah.

Awards and prizes were donated by:
O’Reilly Auto Parts, Checotah
True Value Hardware, Checotah
Heritage Waste

05/05/2026

2026 Race Results

F.O.S. Real Street Winner: Levi Fewell, ‘24 Corvette
F.O.S. Real Street Runner up: Brock Wright ‘17 Corvette

Daily Driver Winner: Chance Perry, ‘82 Chevy S-10
Daily Driver Runner up: Jonah Sagi, ‘05 GMC Sierra

Tailgate Winner: Matt Burrows, ‘78 Chevy Luv
Tailgate Runner up: Chris Webster, ‘91 Chevy S-10

Small Tire Winner: Chris Bowman, ‘89 Mustang
Small Tire Runner up: John Andrade, ‘92 Mustang

Extreme Street Winner: Chris Bowman, ‘89 Mustang
Extreme Street Runner up: Tommy Chronister, ‘67 Camaro

King of the Street Winner: Chris Bowman, ‘89 Mustang

05/04/2026

Checotah Street Race 2026!