Ridiculous car show registration fees. Rant.

Glad to hear that others feel the same way I do about this rip off by the local venues for "us" to make their day and their payroll. I think $20 is pushing it also, to simply drive your car into a parking space for the day and let all the numbnuts drop cigarette ashes on it and walk the dog and the baby carriages up and down along side of it hoping they don't run into it. This year the Red Barns were charging $20 at the Mopars @ The Barns and I said that's it, I'm not taking the car. I went as a spectator and paid the $9 to get in and left after 3 hours. I guess my take on this whole thing is...if the money was going to a charity or was for a benefit to raise money for someone who was in dire straights, then I'd say OK, but the Red Barns folks are drowning in cash and they are not doing it for charity. As said, WE are the reason everyone comes to the local events, whether in a small town rural America or a big city. The revenue the events take in in concessions and local business jumps ups big time when there is a car show. Lots of small towns like Vicksburg, Mi and Paw Paw, Mi make a lot of money when there is a car show and they are also starting to up their prices to register your car to I noticed, but it's your choice to do so or not. You can still bring your car to show and not register it and that's cool I think. But a lot of shows will not let you in with your car unless you enter it. So that sucks. They will eventually cause the big shows to dry up and then it will be just the local events where you have the option to enter or not. To me, I could care less about a trophy that will sit around and tarnish. It's about sharing your love of the sport with other guys/girls and talk over how you did this and that and get tips on restos and suppliers who specialize in different products. But I think it's becoming more about the money than the sport with many of the sponsors. So lets make sure we all stick together and hang with our local car friends who just would like to go and park somewhere local in our own towns and keep it alive as long as we can. The big vendors will have to find a way to attract the next generation of winged mini racers and get them to show up and pay the high dollar entry feels.


Just my opinion for what it's worth.