Metalworks/Oxy Show

Just got back from this Auburn (ME) show a couple hours ago. Have posted the pix on www.HotKarz.com already. Please note that not only did we post show pix in the gallery, but we also posted a smoke show that was performed. And we posted shots of the winners, as well.

And we have added a new section in the gallery - the HotKarz Feature Car of the Month. Newly posted is a truly righteous '51 Ford Vicky owned by Pastor Joseph Mallozzi of Lewiston, ME. Hope you enjoy the pix!

The weather was great, and the people, as usual, were friendly. Metalworks hosted over 80 cars this year - they had a bit of trouble finding enough parking spaces.

Many of the folks I spoke with seemed to be less than ecstatic with the "classes". There were (6) classes, with (6) trophies (and Joe Mallozzi won three of them). The classes seemed terribly generic, and excluded about half the cars that entered. The classes were:

Best Paint
Best Interior
Best Truck
Best Import
Best Street Rod
Best of Show

With such limitations, many of the rides just did not qualify for any trophy. Yesterday I joked about the class limitation for the up-coming show at Shaw's Ridge, saying it would be a dud if one car took all the trophies. Well, that's nearly what happened at the Oxy show - one great car took three of the six trophies. And if his car were an imported street rod, he would have swept everything but "Best Truck".

And that's the problem when the good folks who run a car show do not understand about classes, and they end up having classes that just do not make any sense, and exclude many entries. Hopefully, they will learn. Perhaps if they get feedback from all of us, the hosts of Oxy and Shaw's Ridge will put together a better class structure next year. I'm afraid if they do not, their annual shows will become defunct, as many enthusiasts will stop spending money to enter such shows. And if that happens, we all lose.

We all enjoy the shows, and most of us participate. As such, we owe it to the hosts, as well as to each other, to help them host the best shows possible. We should compliment them when they do something well, and offer suggestions when something does not click as it should. If we just stand by and do nothing, our pasttime will suffer, and everyone loses. So, don't be afraid to speak up.

Well, gotta get the camera charged for the Seacoast Show in Dover (NH) tomorrow. Maybe we'll see you there.