I have been going there since it started...yeah the rain sucks...matter of fact just in the past few years i got my wipers to work just to get me home nowadays from the show...it's a nice day out
sometimes u win sometimes u don't...as for the front gate....i make sure i get there later..around 10-11 am..i zipped right in....judging didn't start yet and sitting there gets boring after all these years...but get to see old friends and meet new ones...like morris who didn't bring his challenger to run against me...