True car people are becoming a thing of the past

Car shows are a joke. It angers me to watch a new challenger off the showroom getting a trophy. I mean, wtf did they do other than buy a new car? But hey, I got a second place for a car I spent 10 years building.
10 years, I probably would've lost interest in it before then. Did you do all of the work yourself? I seen a '70 roadrunner that the owner had it in the shop for 15 years and the body work/