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Originally Posted by ficke
I enjoyed it.
The first time I went was quite few years ago when the tickets were $22.00 and there was a lot of room to look at cars, but also a lot less cars. I had a lot of fun then.
The second time I went tickets had more than doubled and were $55.00, there were more cars but even more people and I said I would never go again.
This time tickets were $375 at the door for each one!
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WOW. I remember going in the mid-70s, and it was possible to walk out on the lawn when they were staging the cars. Maybe 20-25 people wandering around. Ticket prices were in the $20s. Significant portion of the crowd was dressed in vintage clothing...
Glad I got to see that.
2014, I went and on the lawn in front of the lodge were some exotics and a big crowd all excited to see Jay Leno, when 80 feet away, Derek Bell was standing by a car, apparently unrecognized. Different crowd these days. Not really a 'car crowd.'