Who is all going to this event? Is it worth the long drive? Lot's of vendors? Thanks!! Ted

I’ve heard a lot of good things about this race but I don’t know about the vendors.

Lots of the Challenger 1320 guys make the trip there cuz there's a special race just for those cars. They've all said it's a good time, but I'm actually taking time off to get back into my garage that weekend and the following week to make a big push on the '73

We've gone every year so this will be our 5th year since it started in 2020.
It's a great event, every year it gets bigger.

Usually we're in the race pits, but this year we'll be in the swap meet.

As far as vendors, it depends on if you're talking the vendors midway which is down by the staging lanes.
Many of those vendors are more of the performance or modern stuff usually.
The list of Vendors from the moparty.com website.

Holley Performance Brands
OPTIMA Batteries
QA1
Speedzone
Renegade Racing Fuels and oils
Homegrown Designs LLC
Magnuson Superchargers
Trickflow
High Octane Events
Mopar MCG
Mopar Connection
Nostalgia Pro Exhibition
Hammer Fab LLC
Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Big Daddy’s Detail Supply
Florida Performance
AutoMetal Direct
Boosted Motorsports
Classic Instruments
Diablosport
Sublime Technologies


Stephens Performance and Dale's Cuda Shop are at the front of the Swap Meet which is up towards the front entrance before the car show.


Map of the swap meet.
https://www.moparty.com/swap-meet

Not much for vintage stuff Rich?

From the vendors in the Vendor Midway, honestly not a lot that I've seen at previous ones.
Maybe that will be different this year. It tends to be performance type stuff in the midway.

The swap meet area is where you're more likely to find stuff for the vintage cars.

I'm planning on picking up a reproduction AAR hood from a guy in the swap meet.

Kayse will be selling her T-Shirt Pillows and stuff in the swap.
I'll have a buddy's 71 GTX in the swap trying to sell it for him and probably a few parts.

I will be there.

Missed ya at Dubuque Ryan!

I was there most of the day!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/albums/72177720319810742/

Rats! Maybe next time! That red 64 Sport Fury in the display building is about a block north of me. Super nice guy that owns it!

This will be the first one I have missed, wedding I can’t get out of.
Love the venue. Fun place

Rumor is, if you just want to go as a spectator, they don't sell tickets at the gate. Instead, you have to buy them online! If that's true, it's about the thing I've heard of involving a car show! Can anybody confirm or squash the rumor?

thanks for the pictures Ryan, never knew that show was that big, looks to be worth going

Looks like I'll be the drag racing announcer this year. Looking forward to seeing everybody out there! Was a huge crowd for LSFE this past weekend.

Looks like the hurricane is going to make it rain all weekend, I will be there regardless. I haven't bought any tickets for the show or spectating, if I have to buy them online I will do it when I am standing in line...LOL..

I e-mailed them to see if they actually don't sell tickets at the gate. Got a reply that they strongly encourage people to buy them online so they can just scan them and zip right on in. They said that if you cannot purchase tickets online, that YES, they do sell them at the gate. I guess I'll be staying home....don't need anything bad enough to go slosh around in the rain! I gotta paint my niece's golf cart anyway.

I had to unfortunately back out. I'm having a mis-fire issue and can't seem to nail it down. And I'm not blowing up another engine.

Have fun guys!

Well we made it. Dropped off the truck in our swap spaces.
Just checked in at the motel.

Whats the weather like? Soggy?

So far it’s been dry. It sprinkled a little right when we got to the motel.

Forecast says rain expected to end around 6am Friday morning.

So far it’s just partly cloudy with an occasional very light sprinkle.

Sun is out now.

How’s the turnout? If weather holds, may drive over in the morning. It’s been pouring rain in the Lexington area all morning.

Turnout is way down in the car show, about 60% of the swap meet vendors showed, and racers about 50$ but it is nice weather right now!

Jim...Let me know what ya find for my car!

Picked up my AAR hood from Jim from Penstar .net.

Thanks to everyone who came out. Weather (surprisingly) played into our favor, the drag racing program could not have moved any smoother if we tried, and while the attendance numbers were down, it seems like everyone had a great time. I did hear that Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke herself) had a great time and stayed an extra day. The official dates for next year were released: September 12-14, 2025. Great burnout contest, cool to have the Predator monster trucks back out crushing cars and giving rides all weekend long. Always great to see the mix of Mopars, from the classics to the modern, the forgotten and the freaking weird (like the B-van that was maybe nine feet long in the burnout contest) show up to Bowling Green.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find the throat drops. I talked more this weekend than I have in the past year.