FM3 Marketing is still in charge of promoting the event. They have subcontracted Geoff McBryde to oversee the swap meet. Geoff and his parents have been heading up shows like the Rockingham and Metrolina/Charlotte show for probably 30 years. The previous two years, the swap meet spaces were basically marked off as you arrived. If you needed two spots, they would go and mark off two spots and that was how it was done. Geoff has actually had a civil engineer using Google earth go in and lay out the tentative rows and spaces based on structures and obstructions. Going forward, you will be "grand-fathered" in on your spaces if you choose to keep them. Moving it to the hillside will alleviate the flooded areas down near the river, which was a problem last year. Also, the swap meet will be right adjacent to the spectator parking area, which will be better in getting parts back to your car/truck. In regards to enforcing the rules about staying until the end of the event, I do not see that being enforced. Look at the Indy Cylinder Head show, it says that you have to stay through the last day. When it was a Saturday/Sunday event, by 2:00 PM on Saturday, vendors were already moving their goods out the doors to head home as they knew Sunday was a waste.

This will be the first year that the event has the chance to really make an impression. The first year was hampered with Covid restrictions. In 2021, it rained on Saturday morning and they called the event on Sunday morning due to the forecast of all day rains. This year, the weather looks great. They have added the Survivor display and a Off Road coarse for those who want to go 4 wheeling. There is still the drag racing and drifting events plus a swap meet. In talking to Geoff, the swap meet is like at 79 vendors where in 2021, there was 45. I am sure that the number is even greater now and probably double what the 2021 number was.

So hopefully those attending will have safe travels and enjoy the event. See you guys in Bowling Green. We will be under the large tent, right next to Ted Stephens and the AMD display.