Should Members of a Club Sponsoring a Car Show Be Eligible for Awards

Simple:
Public judges = all cars judged
Member judges = guest cars judged

In my hometown, The Knights CC puts on a show and give everyone a judging card, even non-participants if they request one. They are having their 35th annual show but the club itself has been around since the 50's and had shows throughout their existence. I would categorize it as a large show and I won 3rd place in Mopar when I was a high schooler in the mid 90's and it was a 1974 318 2bbl Challenger with an old Earl Scheib paint job! I don't know how I got 3rd but it probably had something to do with the public judging as any car guy would have seen it as just a 318 2bbl.