My car show "horror" story . . . When my "storebought" "Plan B" was still 100% stock, I detailed it (after open tracking it a couple of days before . . . and breaking a Chinese replacement front brake rotor!) and entered it into a stock 2011-2012 Mustang class in a popular vote All-Ford national show.
All of the other cars in class were reasonably stock, except for one that had a $10,000 custom paint job, $3,000 billet wheels, aftermarket intake, hundreds in underhood dress-up items and other "Day 2" mods (not to mention a shapely girl actively campaigning for votes).
It was clear to all of the other class participants that this modified car garnered the bulk of the attention. From that, we all assumed it would win the popularity contest. It was patently unfair for such an obviously modified car to compete in a stock class when there was a modified class available.
But nobody would speak up.
So I became "that guy" and found the show officials to "rule" whether the car was properly classified. They reluctantly came by on their little golf cart, just shook their heads, and then did nothing. Weasels!
The "cheater" car won, of course. My car was voted second place.
All of the other cars in class were reasonably stock, except for one that had a $10,000 custom paint job, $3,000 billet wheels, aftermarket intake, hundreds in underhood dress-up items and other "Day 2" mods (not to mention a shapely girl actively campaigning for votes).
It was clear to all of the other class participants that this modified car garnered the bulk of the attention. From that, we all assumed it would win the popularity contest. It was patently unfair for such an obviously modified car to compete in a stock class when there was a modified class available.
But nobody would speak up.
So I became "that guy" and found the show officials to "rule" whether the car was properly classified. They reluctantly came by on their little golf cart, just shook their heads, and then did nothing. Weasels!
The "cheater" car won, of course. My car was voted second place.
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