Car Show Gripe/Rant

[Don Frelier]

I try to avoid judged shows. For a few years I was making the rounds with three high school classmates. Two of them were obsessed with trophies, and took the fun out of it. I have a box of trophies I won with my former A33 car, which was a crowd pleaser, but not nearly as nice as the current one. Don't need any more trinkets, and I'll be glad to hand them off at Carlisle to anyone who wants them.

See if your local boy scout troup would like them for pinewood derby prizes.
They just need to replace the paque on the bottom.

 

[6PKRTSE]

As a newer Challenger owner myself. I never take my newer Challenger to shows and if I do on a rare occasion I always park in another lot. I understand that the next generation car guys are definitely fading away, but I do not agree with all these newer cars especially dozens and dozens of these newer Corvettes at car shows. If I wanted to see them, I would just go to the dealership.

 

[toolmanmike]

Went to a car show this weekend for the first time with my car.

I arrived at the car show I was able to park right next to another Mopar. It was a 1970 Hemi Cuda really immaculate professional build. He should have taken the best Mopar award. We even said they should have just given the award to him when he registered.

Well when they announced the best Mopar it was a 2019 Challenger. I don’t understand but they only had one judge apparently.

How the heck……….does that happen?

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It happens all the time. Many people don't appreciate originality.

 

[hemi*guy]

I only take my car to shows that benefit the military , local FD or local PD. Not that my car would win but I leave before the judging.

 

[torredcuda]

.... really immaculate professional build. He should have taken the best Mopar award. We even said they should have just given the award to him when he registered.

The people who deserved the trophy were the employees at the shop who did all the hard work restoring it, it sounds like the owner simply paid the bill and drove it to the show.