I was at the 2nd annual car show at Linden Airport today. Last year they had 350 cars. So I get there early, around 8:45 am and I'am number 99. OK, park the car, come to find out there are NO classes, JUST 115 trophies to the top 100. Fast forward to find out awards are to be given out at 3:30 and it is now 2:45 and I have not yet been "JUDGED". Go to the DJ, who I believe was Running the show and explain I still was not looked at. OK, I go back to my car and several minutes later TWO really old guys (from the Galloping Hill Car Club) show and and proceed to take down the information on my display card. NOW 15 seconds later they just turned around and TOOK OFF
. Of course I was awarded nothing. My POINT here is NOT SOUR GRAPES or that I deserve anything, BUT don't tell me before the awards were given out, that they were overwhelmed by the fact that over 560 cars attended the show. If I paid the money and was one of the first 100 cars, but at the tail end of the judging, what was the sense of sending out two people (who did s**t) and wasted my time
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These shows have turned into a money machine because of a lack of classes, good judges (people who know what the hell they are looking at).
If you consider this to be a rant, your correct. Most shows do NOT have the man power to run a QUALITY program.
One LAST observation is the F-Body turnout. There were about six 1st and 2nd Gens, BUT except for myself, NO 3rd or 4th Gens at all, NOT even the Camaro group. This was to be the last event before the Winter and I thought some of the guys here would have showed up. No biggy
