Albany Car Show 2009

Worst show i have been to since sand got into the computers in 2006 at angel park!!!

Guys,
This is why I, for one, opted to check out the Oregon show today, and I was not disappointed to have missed this Albany show. I am sorry to hear that these problems that you speak of are the same ones that have plaqued this show for the past two or three years. You would think that they would have learned from the feedback that many of us have given on this show.

IMHO, this Albany show has always been a "stand alone" show for this date, so they may have felt that we either go to Albany, or go to no show on this date. I have to tell you, Oregon was a huge hit today, with at least 125or more registered cars competing for a few "Best Of" trophies. But you know what, I think in years to come this Oregon Show will become the "stand alone" show, and the folks in Albany will wonder what happened and wonder why so few cars come to the Albany show anymore. This first annual Oregon show was just that good!

Marshall

I for one cant wait for Oregon next year!!!!!!!!

Did the Hooter girls show up for the awards (maybe this is at least one positive)?

Yes. Only plus of the show really. But not enough to correct the ship!

If i were to explain this show, i would need a monkey and a football.............

Wow, sorry to hear a show was that bad and it's even more unfortunate the organizers don't listen to the participants to correct the issues at hand.

I also don't agree with multiple awards at shows (it's happened to me also), but giving 5 awards to the same family seems a bit much with over 100 cars in attendance.

Nothing can be done now, chalk it up to a bad experience and give the Oregon show a try next year.

Well when you have a judge thats judging the class that HIS OWN car is in, one would think WTF! Idk call me competitive. I have no problem saying when i have been bested, but when a pooch screw comes along like this, i voice my opinion loud and clear.

Yep, I made my voice heard, clipped my mudflaps on, and went home-nothing can be done about it. DDhemi and I asked for our judging sheets, and the guy is supposed to mail them to us. He didn't want to take the time to sort thru the paperwork and give them to us this afternoon. When my spidey-sense picked up the fact he was blowing us off, that's when I transformed into an A-hole. I asked him how the judging worked, why they let restored cars in the survivor class, and he gave me his sob story about how his job is to get sponsors... I was so worked up I should've mentioned that the new red camaro on display was there courtesy of my boss!!! He passed the buck but said he could understand our complaints...but then my spidey sense picked up that he didn't really care either. Our friend with the Mustang was judged by his tool distributor who also had his car in the special interest class.... Could be a reason he was bumped for a late model viper? And speaking of Vipers, I've been in and around a few of them and this car wasn't that nice. Definetly not my first choice for best Mopar either. I brought these and a few other points up to the announcer ,the most important was me asking him if he had ever heard of or been on the WCC forum. I told him that a lot of the local car community use this board to communicate about cars, shows, products, etc. and he was aware of the "negative feedback" there show had recieved over the years - THEN WHY NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?!

I feel bad for the deserving cars that didn't win. Lots of hard and real passion overlooked for $$$ and "Oooh" factor.

That Albany show was like a bad relationship for me. I kept getting beat up on, but still came back time after time. I felt like Tina Turner and the lions club was like Ike, and i just kept sayin "hit me again Ike! And put some stank on it!!" This year was my epiphany!

I don't know about you guys but I for one could care less if I come home with a trophy from a car show or not. Honestly ..have we lost sight of what a car show is all about? Isn't it about promoting the car hobby and enjoying a nice afternnon with fellow car guys and girls?I honestly don't don't car for the " older muscle" cars. I have a great appreciation for them and understand there place in history but there is a whole new generation of young people out there that are not interested in those types of vehicles. Does that make me or the judges idiots? I mean to yell at the judges and ask for your score sheets.....seriously?? Sorry for the rant but how old are we here?

An undriven gen 2 viper is what it is. Not a collector car by any means and does not deserve a best of award any more then a 2001 neon. I have owned 3 of these cars and in no way would ever see a judge giving a best of trophy to a car(no matter what it is) that is only 8 years old and stock!. That is a slap to the face of anyone who brought a real collector mopar to that show. I suppose that if your Viper wasnt there then the 2008 sebring or crossfire would have gotten the best mopar right? Better yet can someone tell me how a factory plain jane gts rates higher then a fully custom 600 hp mustang built from the ground up with 25k in paint that was cleaner then your dodge? The biggest problem with your 8 year old stock undriven dodge are that it does not even come close to being as rare or collectable as its fire breathing ancestors. Gen 1 &2 cars have losely built kit car qualities at best. Give me the ZO anyday.

I asked for my judge sheet because I want to see how my car was judged. There is no problem with this, and for the record I didn't yell at him, I stearnly asked for it. If you don't like old muscle cars, I don't care. I like the new, modern muscle and I love the old muscle cars from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Point is that your stock vehicle thats 8 years old competing full-custom vehicles that have more of a "special interest" flavor - The classes at there show need to be more defined. This has been a problem for the past few years, has been brought up to the Lions Club by many, many people, and yet they do nothing about it. Example: there should be a modern muscle class for vehicles 10 years old and newer. Mustangs, Corvettes, Vipers, Camaro's, New Challengers, 350Z's, etc. Special Interest should be left for Motorcycles with V8s, kit cars, someone's General Lee Dodge Charger - you get what I mean. Another class that should be added is Modified Vehicles 80-present. The Mustang that has been discussed in other posts would belong in that class, along with DDhemi's GN, and a few other vehicles that were at Albany. If your Viper had mods, then it could also go in that class. I could care less about winning an award, I've got too many to trip over as it is, but if a show is going to give awards they should be given to the deserving vehicles. I call a spade a spade, if a car is nicer than mine I can admit it.

Ones' preference doesn't make them an idiot. A judge doing a piss-poor job makes themself look like an idiot.

Well i guess i cant come to any more show and be compeditive because some chuckle head in a VIPER says so? I for one come to the shows for my own reasons and not yours. So your calling me imature because of that? Listen pal, you went to a dealership and bought you toy. People that have real mopar muscle didnt go out and buy a car thats resale value is that of a Chevy truck. They built these cars themselves and have great pride in them. But most Viper owners are like you. They dont care for the older stuff. Inturn never owned them. So how would you even know what its like? The new generation, that you talk about is more so into the older cars. If you would read the collectors guide you would have seen the write up about how many young people are interested in the older stuff now more then ever. And i know why. Get on Viperalley.com and see how these guys talk to people. Its unreal. They call other people morons for just asking simple questions. Its a joke.

By the way who yelled at the judges here???

The bottom line is the organizers of the Albany show obviously don't take feedback or constructive critiscm when it comes to there show. They have shown that an attendee's input isn't wanted nor welcome, and they will continue to do things how they see fit.

They have had suggestions from many people on adding more classes, defining the classes better, and judging skills. These issues, in the long run, will hurt this show and eventually no one will come. Same thing happened to the Don Miller MOPAR show a few years ago when it was participant judged and all the club members won the awards-that show now is lucky to get 30 cars and has been hanging on by a thread for the last few years.

Hey, its there funeral. Last year my suggestion was to give the judges a pair of used eyeglasses from the donation box so they could see how many nice cars got hosed out of an award. (for the record I recieved a class award last year but was upset with how other cars were judged in various classes)

I won't be back, I won't recommend the show, and I'll be the guy saying "I told you so" if they don't change there ways.

You guys are funny to listen to! The Albany car show is growing and they are in the first years and working out the kinks! So YOU didn't get a trophy,bo who!!! The judges go to other shows and judge also! Get a life and get into reality!! You can be competitive but come on! The judges don't know the names or who owns the cars, just the numbers!! So you want a ten dollar trophy,go to oregon and let me know how you do there :)

Ok little boy, seeing how the judges did know the name of our friend there, you look like a tool right off the bat. Its little back bitting whimps like yourself that come on here and tell people that they must be wrong,. What the hell do you drive? Your just a troll for whatever cause your posing for. Funny thing is Albany has been at this for 6 years now. Hardly the FIRST years you state that they are in. The judges at this show were a joke to say the least and so is your candyass wannabe poser attempt at making this show even try to look good. Funny thing is the Albany group wants me to come to their next meeting and organize the classes for them for next year you moron. Tell you what, how about you bring your little self on down to that meeting and you can tell me to get a life in person.

Some peoples kids i tell ya. Chevykid09 sounds like a real poser name to me eh moparkid lol. Funny thing here is this doucher doesnt have the balls to come on here with his real sig name. What a coward.