Chattanooga Motorcar Festival postponed a year

Ragtime Racers at the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival has hit a bump in the road.

Organizers say they are postponing this year’s event until next year.

They blame the postponement on a “continuing restructuring and expansion of the Chattanooga community, and the Festival’s ongoing re-evaluation of the dynamic family-friendly activities it can offer.”

The Festival began in 2019 as an event to highlight motorsport’s past and present.

But many of it’s events were held in various locations on the westside of downtown.

And those areas are now part of the new stadium construction and the on-going Westside One developments.

So festival organizers are planning on returning in 2026 with an even bigger event.

“We are proud of what we have accomplished in just six short years,” said event founder Byron DeFoor. “We’ve been able to raise funds for a number of local charities, including the NeuroScience Innovation Foundation. At the same time, the Festival has helped bring awareness to the diversity, beauty and style that this city has to offer.”

“As we regroup as an organization and work closely with the city of Chattanooga as it continues to expand, we thank all our sponsors, car collectors, volunteers, judges and the Chattanooga community for all their support since the beginning.