+1 In the 3 years I've been, this has always been an issue for me at least. My hearing isn't all that great, lol. That lil megaphone just doesn't cut it. It's hard to hear ya in the morning during the announcements/safety chat and I wasn't more than 10-15 feet away. Moving to the center or seeing if we can get somebody to loan us a small PA set up would be great.

Excellent event though, I've loved each year more than the last.

Its really amazing that there is negative feedback about this. I believe the event is about driving the roads, hanging with fellow rotorheads and being around great people in general. The car show is an added bonus to share and reflect knowledge and info. that we all can learn from to better help our own builds, etc. If somebody(ies) really have their panties in a wad about not deseving a trophy or best of show thats pretty selfish in my opinion. In fact DGRR doent need people like that in attendance. Go to N.O.P.I. and enter if you really are seeking to be the center of attention. Phil, John and others put in tons of time to make this the best rotary event in the country. Its held in an area of the country that offers some of the best roads in the world. Come to the event with that in mind. These cars were built from the factory to do so. G

I would also encourage having a "car show". It is part of the DGRR culture and since inception, the car show is what brings all the people together as a whole. It is what separates the "rotary group" from the rest of the other groups like "Porsche, Minis, etc." Although winning trophies/awards are second in nature, the car show is a time for people to gather in groups to reflect on each others' hard work and pride & job; this is where bondings between fellow rotaryheads take place. It is where people who is foreign to the rotary world feels welcomed and accepted and learn about rotary cars such as my friend Mike (yellow porsche guy) who has nothing but good to tell the rest of the world what a wonderful event DGRR has becoming, and will be selling his 911 for an FD!! (LOL)

I vote for the car show and strongly encourage Phil to continue to improve it and refine it. It should not be a mandatory event, people can still choose to run the dragon/skyway etc. But the "car show" for the lack of better terms serves a much bigger purpose and what DGRR is all about!! This is "Where all the rotaries reunit!!"

Marco

Well said Marco
I didn't win anything this year but next year i will be back with a vengence :lol:
(two-toned RX-8)

I'll be back with double FDs!!

Is this Levi??

I think the car show is a great idea and should be kept. Its one of the few times when most of the rotaries are all together in one place and not ten different spots. With that being said I agree with the people complaining about the parking/placement of the cars. It seemed a little like "favorites" were picked for the main lot and the rest were in the side lot. I know this was probably not intentional and im thinking the two lots has a lot to do with this.

Maybe if we moved the car show to the dam and do it like we do the picture rx8s, fds, fcs, sa.fbs. That way were all in a group, there already sorted by category which would make the judging easier and that way there arent cars that are over looked. Or even put the vendors in the main lot and have all the other cars over in the big gravel lot.

But either way ill be there next year, the car show in my opinon is a very small part of dgrr and if people are getting so worked up about it then there missing the point. I mean where else can you build beer pyramids at a awards ceremony...SOCIAL

Keep the car show-- that's what it's all about right? Cars.