Re: Lack of Interest
Originally Posted by
JEFASOLD
To reply to all, here is my take on all this. As I understand it, this show used to be judged in a somewhat professional manner by judges. Now it is participant judged!!!! Saying that, I am not surprised that there is some club loyalty, both CICCI and regional clubs. I will be the first to admit that judging is hard, especially if you are NOT an expert on the cars being judged. I would be lousy judging Mustangs! I did not go to Carlisle looking for Awards, I have a ton of them already. I went with the idea of socializing, which was nice, and maybe sharing some of the performance modifications that I and others have done. I do realize that not everyone wants to go to the extreme on performance and that's fine, for some, just cosmetics are enough. Personally, I like just about every Crossfire I see! I guess that I expected some interest in everything I have done, it's been nonstop for 4 years, and with the bigger injectors, it will be finished. Well, maybe a little cosmetic touch. And Tony, thank you for the vote, I appreciate it. One last thing, while I love the SSB, they do not standout like the Black and Red and Aero Blue ones do.
I went to a local car show three successive years, once on my own and twice with a group of Crossfires, we paid our entry fee just like everyone else. It was run by a local club and they always seemed to pick up the prizes, with their names well known to the "In" crowd. A prize was given to a motor cycle that I deemed fit for the scrap heap, it was entered by one of the club members sons. People only looked at the club members cars/bikes it seems, the dice was loaded.
Our Crossfires never had a chance and barely were noticed. A Mustang that may have come from the factory floor that very day won a prize.
I had invitations every year to come along, this year no invitation, there was a draw for door prizes at the end of the awards ceremony and we did well there last year, we had six cars and we got six prizes, maybe that's why we were not asked back.
If there is a car show it has to be all inclusive or why bother to go. I never expected to get a prize but prizes went to poor entries.
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Last edited by onehundred80; Jul 30, 2016 at 03:55 PM.