Cost is always a factor.

For spectators paying $25-55.00 to see the same damn cars week after week doesn't make sense. I think most promoters think that if they charge more for entry and registration, they have a far less chance of losing money with a bad turn out.

May be try to decrease entry fees and promote a better show....really WOW some people into showing up. Maybe $5.00 advance ticket sales, 15.00 at the gate. Give someone a reason to schedule their time to be there.

Think outside the box when considering car show classes. Maybe a "special invitations" or "Best or the Best" class. Keep top performing cars built on an almost unlimited budget competing together. Give some of the beginners some chance of winning top awards. Invite these "Best of" cars with a reduced or waived entrance fee. Even though the car was built with no expense spared...Keeping these cars looking the way the do and transporting them to each event is a HUGE expense. Invite them and offer them an opportunity to win a great prize. Cash is king...but maybe an all inclusive vacation "donated" by a travel agency in return of show sponsorship would draw some attention.

Get rid of "Top 100". It sucks. Especially when only 86 cars entered. Spending your money to receive the same recognition as a stock civic with a nice APC logo doesn't make you feel good. It makes you not want to show your car.

"Peoples Choice" usually goes along way, especially when you can regulate voting to one per person. A lot pf people could care less about what a judge thinks...he or she is more into what the crowd thinks.

Use two-hand touch judging. Allowing one judge per car never made sense.

Invite a lot of vendors. Contact them early as most of their budget is spent by January 30 of each year. Offer them reduced entry fees in return for product and service giveaways. It's far harder to get them to spend $1,000 to attend your event, they'd much rather give you $250 in cash and $1,000 in giveaways.

Have points program tied in with other local shows. Use large events as a "finals" or double or triple point shows.

Boobies. They work when you can look at the girls without needing beer goggles. Some of the girls chosen to compete, although they have far more guts to get up on stage then most of the people watching me included, aren't always the type of girls that draw huge crowds. These shows are planned way in advance....plenty of time to "research" perfect talent.

There's TON's of cool shit to think about...keep it different from every other show....DJ contest...Freestyle competition (QD would probably compete), burnout, "Ricer" car smash. Charge $2.00 per whack at an outrageously riced out import.

Use your imagination....make it fun.