I have friends that go to Carlisle, one would drive any distance to go to a Mopar show.
In his case it's as much about the drive there as the actual event he going to.
That's why his Challenger convertible has 630K miles on it.

It would be a 12+ hour drive for us to attend.

One afternoon of racing at a different location isn't the same as racing during the whole event.

Each show has it place yet people are always comparing them, to me comparing them is an apples and oranges thing.
Two different types of shows.

I get it that car show only people don't care about racing.
The local Mopar Event "The Mopar Blast" at Gateway aka World Wide Technology Raceway the car show people whine constantly about the noise from the racecars going down the track.

It's to loud/noisy for them.

Well, they are at a car show at a race track.