Chrysler's at Englishtown Raceway AUG/23

it drizzled early so people stayed home - I swapped and arrived from CT with no rain.

by 2 pm it was coming down sporatically and by 3 it was coming down and I let. they were giving out awards.

there is no major club like Paul nagins who started it with the Northeast Mighty Mopars. they ran the show and it was great. the tax man came about 10 years ago and killed the swap meet. If you did not have a NJ tax number they came after you. Carlisle requires vendors to apply for state sales tax number and file on their sales. Not right for used stuff that the tax was already paid for!!
all shows have less vendors and consumers because of the expenses to travel and the internet is taking over with their advertising and then there is ebay.

I traveled to Carlisle, Mopar Nats, Moparfest in Canada and now E-town. all down in swap meet vendors. also less people shopping. Cars at Moparfest was full field - great show as it is run for many CHARITIES!!!!!!!

abodyjoe said:

its whoever who was running the events fault for sure. they let it die a slow death and wouldn't listen to anyone who had suggestions.

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Bingo.

I hear the people/offspring (and this is second hand) who now run the track look at it as nothing more than a printing press for money and have no real interest in putting more into it for a Mopar event then opening the gates.

It shows.

the Knapp boys are hoping people keep coming and just send out a flyer and word of mouth.

this is what happened years ago at CT Dragway - old man Marotta died and Jr drained the money and finally rented that track till he sold it to Consumers reports.