LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A car show in Louisville is remembering a 20-year-old who died in a motorcycle accident. 

What You Need To Know

  • The Nathan Young Never Say Goodbye Car Show returned to Louisville for the third year in a row

  • Nathan Young, a mechanic, died from a motorcycle accident in 2022

  • The car show remembers Young and raises money for to give tools to students at Southern High School 

  • The Young family said the car show will be back next year

The Nathan Young Never Say Goodbye Car Show returned to Southern High School.

Nathan Young died on Aug. 30, 2022, in a motorcycle accident. 

“He was very knowledgeable in cars, any time any of us had an issue Nathan was the first one, he was also the guy that would drop anything he had going on to come to your rescue,” said Jacob McMahan, one of Young’s best friends.

Young graduated from Southern High School in 2020. He had a passion for cars and became a mechanic.

“He worked at Barnes [Auto Service], a co-op through Southern, actually they got him a job there and he spent a lot of his days working on his Corvette, which we’re going to have here,” said his brother, Sean Young.

This is the third car show honoring Young, and the family said this year it’s expecting hundreds of cars and spectators. 

“Today’s car show is a charity event. We bring in everybody from the car scene to come in and remember Nathan, along with the other people that have passed away, sadly, to motorcycle accidents. We also spread motorcycle awareness,” said McMahan.

The car show is not only about remembering Young but also raising money for the future generation of mechanics. All the money raised is buying tools for top students at Southern High School’s Automotive Program.

“We take all that money and we buy a couple toolboxes, fill them up and get the students, you know, something that they don’t have to go and get into a $10,000 toolbox when they’re 18. Instead, it lets them get their work together first,” said Sean Young.

The funds are raised from cars participating in the show, raffles, and donations and spectators could attend for free. 

“Seeing the amount of people that come out and the amount of people that donate their time and money, especially on a holiday weekend, it’s so surreal and to be a part be able to say that I helped out and this event is the best thing to me,” said McMahan.

Last year the car show raised enough money for two full toolboxes that were given to two students at Southern High School. 

The family said the car show will be back next year.

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