The smell of motor oil and gasoline filled Parking Lot 7, as well as spectators and various types of cars ranging from vintage to modern American muscle, Japanese tuners, exotics and pre-war cars.
Supercar Sunday, which was sponsored by Porsche of Woodland Hills and organized by Dustin Troyan was held on Sept. 29. The event is held every Sunday and features marque days, which are days where certain makes or models are spotlighted, according to the Supercar Sunday website.
Troyan has organized Supercar Sunday for more than 23 years and said he continues to organize the event because of his love for people and cars.
“At Supercar Sunday we get everybody here,” Troyan said. “Socioeconomically, every type of person, every religion, every age, women and men, children, grandparents, great grandkids. All are having a great time sharing. It’s about friendship, passion, positivity and cars.”
Forty-ninth Commissioner of the IRS Charles Rettig attended the event and said it has people coming from everywhere.
“They have an interest in every type of car you can imagine,” Rettig said. “Whether it’s a $2 million something, whether it’s a one-off Corvette that somebody’s done something to it, or whether it’s somebody’s first car that they just paid $300 for last weekend.”
Some of the vehicles present at this Supercar Sunday were a light brown 1931 Ford Model A Convertible, a black 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe, a black 1997 Acura NSX, a black Toyota Century and a yellow 2015 Ferrari 458.
There was also a row of several 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Airs in different body styles like two-door hardtops and two-door station wagons with their iconic rear fins neatly lined up.
Rettig highlighted the community aspect of Supercar Sunday.
“Everybody talks to everybody,” Rettig said. “It doesn’t matter what you drove in, it doesn’t matter where you live, what you’re driving home in, but car people care about other car people and obviously care about cars, so it’s a phenomenal event.”
The Pierce Automotive Department had a booth with Instructor of Automotive Service Technology Alex Villalta to engage with and inform the community about the Pierce Industrial Technology program, according to Villalta.
“A lot of people, believe it or not, they don’t know we have an automotive department in our college,” Villalta said. “Even some of our own students sometimes don’t know about our automotive program. So that’s the goal, just inform them about the different classes we have.”
Villalta stated the automotive department was recently expanded and received a new building that was around $26 million.
“Ultimately we’re here to promote some of the electrical classes that we’re going to have for zero-emission vehicles,” Villalta said. “So all the electrification happening right now with this new era it’s important for us to train our students in what’s relevant.”
Troyan shared what he believes the impact Supercar Sunday has on people.
“This community at this event at Pierce College not only makes the San Fernando Valley better and Southern California better, but a much larger area and group of people,” Troyan said. “This is a place for hope, positivity, sharing, love, compassion, and a lot of people see the shiny cars but if you look around you see people hugging, high-fiving, smiling and there is no better community event in my mind anywhere in the world.”
Supercar Sunday is held every Sunday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. in Parking Lot 7 with exceptions made for rain and national holidays. More information can be found at www.supercarsunday.com.
