5th Annual Fall Car Show - September 12, 2010

[LadyCobra]

Date: September 12, 2010
Where: Apple Valley Ford Lincoln Mercury
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm (Check-In begins at 9:00am)

NEW CLASSES ADDED!

$7.00 - Pre-Register by September 8
$10.00 - After September 8/Day of Show

Online Pre-Registration available here.
Flyer in PDF format for mail-in registration, please download here.

Any questions, don't hesitate to let me know.

PM - LadyCobra
E-Mail - jennifer@mnfords.com
Phone - (612)978-9879

Hope to see you there!

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[prostang92]

no love from kq?

[LadyCobra]

Not within our budget to land KQ but maybe in the future!

[Eleanor390]

this is cool want to get Miss E in the show in June at AVF but notta gonna make it! She's giving me fits the cantankerous ol' bag!

[DNeinstadt]

LOL, Lilly, SHHH the car might hear you!!

[jaymz]

Why was the Lightning class eliminated? One of the reasons I liked this show was that the Lightnings didn't have to compete against the redneck, 6' high, jacked-up, 4X4 trucks.

Jim

[LadyCobra]

While we would have really liked to keep the Lightning as a separate class, the biggest problem was the number that attended the show and justifying trophies for that class. Because our trophies are sponsored by Apple Valley Ford, we needed to reorganize the classes and distribute the trophies accordingly.

As always, if we have a class that has a large group showing up, we will split them off separately and create additional classes in the future. For example, this year we split the SVT Cobra class into two because of the number of cars that have attend the show the past couple years.

If we can get 10 or more lightnings to show up, we'd be happy to add the SVT Lightning class back in.

[LadyCobra]

Don't forget to pre-register to be eligible for door prizes!

[jaymz]

While we would have really liked to keep the Lightning as a separate class, the biggest problem was the number that attended the show and justifying trophies for that class. Because our trophies are sponsored by Apple Valley Ford, we needed to reorganize the classes and distribute the trophies accordingly.

As always, if we have a class that has a large group showing up, we will split them off separately and create additional classes in the future. For example, this year we split the SVT Cobra class into two because of the number of cars that have attend the show the past couple years.

If we can get 10 or more lightnings to show up, we'd be happy to add the SVT Lightning class back in.

Very disappointing. Especially with all the Mustang classes that border on the obscure.

Frankly, I feel there should be a Lightning category no matter how many enter.

Jim

[HELLFYR]

Very disappointing. Especially with all the Mustang classes that border on the obscure.

Frankly, I feel there should be a Lightning category no matter how many enter.

Jim

Sorry you're disappointed Jim. Your worry about competing with a "jacked-up redneck 4x4" is unfounded, as we have never even
had one entered into one of our shows.

The Lightning class has dwindled over the last several years as has the SVT Contour and SVT Focus.
First the SVTC and SVTF merged.
Then they were merged again with the Compacts and Midsize class because the number of cars didn't warrant a separate class.

This is the same with the SVTL.

If this were an exclusively "SVT" show, I would agree, we keep the classes regardless of how many enter year to year.
But... being an ALL FORD BRANDS show, we need to keep things reasonable.

The classes that have NOT been merged with others have been kept as such because they have brought out
AT LEAST 4 cars in the class, OR... there is no logical class to group them with. Eventually if a class does NOT
bring out the bare minimum to make a separate class worthwhile, they will get merged with the 1800 (Other Ford Powered) class.

Just plain economics.

And yes, there are a couple classes that are borderline on that transition that we elected to "give them one more year" to see what happens.

Other classes that have sported TONS of cars have been split up the best we can into NEW classes to give others an opportunity
to win. The Terminator class is a prime example.

We are also discussing options to handle the members cars differently next year... but such a change would likely not take place
without discussion with the membership as a whole as it WOULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE who the members were competing against
(if against anyone at all... like I said, to be discussed).

Again, our show is an ever evolving event, please feel free to express your displeasures, and we DO listen to them.
At the same time, we listen to the accolades our show receives for doing exactly what we have done... adjusting to the demand.

Hope to see you on the 18th!

Rod