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Car show held in remembrance of two UA students


By Lauren Lund
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Monday, April 18, 2005
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A car show is being held on the UA Mall today in remembrance of two UA students who were killed in a motorcycle accident last year.

The Arizona Wildcat Off-road club lost Joseph Johnson, one of their members, April 18, 2004, when he and his passenger Lindsay Schiffman crashed on Euclid Avenue and Seneca Street, said Tally Largent, a friend of Johnson's.

Johnson died at the scene of the crash and Schiffman died at the hospital, Largent said.

"We always wanted to have a car show," said Mike French, president of Arizona Wildcat Off-road. "When Joe died we decided to wait and have it in his name."

There will be three vehicles on display, a table with information about Johnson and Schiffman and complimentary soda, French said.

The honorary car show is something the club hopes to do annually on the anniversary of Johnson's death, French said.

"We want to have a fun day not a sad day," said French.

The club will show a lifted Jeep Wrangler and a lifted Suburban, which have been highly modified for off-roading. There will also be a sand rail, a two-framed buggy with four passenger capacities, French said.

Arizona Wildcat Off-road is a campus club that takes different vehicles four-wheeling in Arizona and sometimes out of state, French said.

The club has been around for about two years and has grown to 140 members, but French said the group will always remember Johnson.

"Joe had only been part of the club for a couple months, but he made a really big impact," Largent said.

At first, Mall Scheduling told the club they could not have the car show because the cars would ruin the grass, Largent said.

The club is using the plywood from their Spring Fling booth to put underneath the cars to avoid damaging the grass, Largent said.

Students are encouraged to go and check out the cars and talk about and remember Johnson and Schiffman, French said.

"Joe would be thrilled (about the car show)," Largent said. "He lived for stuff like this."



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