Bad day @ my last carshow

[crazy ray]

There has been debate on how many mods to a car ie: floormats. chrome intake, pullies, billet parts in the engine bay, to the interior, on and on. How many should there be to change a car that is in stock category, to a mod? The last show that i went to, the club running the show, decided that 5 modifications that were visible would keep the car stock, over 5 the car is classed to modified. Other car shows have more and some have less. But like others have said, it's up the who is running the show to control this.

[FalconGTHO]

Whats there needs to be is a standardized catagory list that is adopted by all clubs, event promotors, etc. Like MPAA movie ratings. But, to keep things fair, a single deviation from stock should put you in a modded catagory. A person could have an expensive paint job and wheels and nothing else, yet still fall into a stock catagory. So the modded catagories should be based on 3 or maybe 4 groups.

Lightly modded. 5 or less simple things, nothing more major than wheels/tires. Stock paint and body parts.

Mildly modded. 6 to 10 mods including more striking visual mods such as simple stripes, painted or vinyl, simple flames, simple body kit. Single color change with no "extravagant" paint processes such as flip paint, custom metalflakes or candy colors. No body part fabrication.

Heavily modded. More than 10 mods of any kind. Multi color change. Flip paint, candies, custom colors, mild body fabrication such as shaving, nosed, decked, chopped, channeled, frenched, cut windshield frame.

Unlimited. Anything goes.

[AZSonicSnake]

But like others have said, it's up the who is running the show to control this.

This is a key point, and personally its why i will now be VERY choosy about what shows i goto. since it sucks being told one thing and having another thing done. just not my cup of tea. but i think ruckus said it best with, "Enter a show cause your proud of your car and want to show it off. Not for the awards ". very well said man.

[Jacostang]

Thanks for all the comments on our shows guys. We CMC adjusted the rules that MCA gives out for our judged fall show. ( Not this years though guys its a full blown MCA Judges show with judges comming from all over the place, your car will be judged against the "book" and not other entries in the "Judged" Class.

Our usuall fall show..

The point system works very well.. The owner tallys his car based on his mods. Little things like chrome engine goodies, floor mats etc are 5 points each but superchargers custom paint jobs and stuff like that are usually 30 points and most guys with power adders have other mods that puts them over into modified. Hank, Chris B. Darrel and myself really lok over the cars to make sure people don't get "sandbagged" I like the judged show that we put on because we as judges base the car on 3 basic principals. Workmanship, cleanliness and presentation. So even someone who has a ton of mods can be outdone by a lesser modded car because of the way it was put together.

Once your in a class then its up to you how your car is judged IE in modified. a 66 point car could beat a 145 point car if its cleaner and better built and in the Factory stock class a bone stock car that goes against a lightly modded car has a even channce depending how long they prepped the car for the show.

There are factors that we cannot control... Friends vote for friends cars sometimes and that can be a problem, me, I vote for the pure presentation! We try to be as fair as we can but cannot tell people how to vote in a peopls choice show. I was at a show in California and a large club show up and they voted for members cars that some were frankly not even close to being winners but they won, thats just the way it goes sometimes.


0-65 points car is in factory stock
65 and above they go into modified..period

We do combine years sometimes but never ever put a modded car into a stock class!!


CARS SHOWS ARE MEANT TO BE FUN!!! Meat new people and BS with friends and enjoy the day, when it stops being that for me, well then I'm out!!

[chewbaccajones]

I like that point system. Is there a list of what the mod points are or is it a general list like what you have listed?

[Jacostang]

I like that point system. Is there a list of what the mod points are or is it a general list like what you have listed?

Yes, we provide a sheet for people to look up the points for their car and decide which class it should go into. It works very well!