Frequently Asked Questions
TIMELINE for VWOTG Car Show | |
6:00 am | Small group of Car Show volunteers shows up for initial set up |
6:30 am | Earliest Sponsors or Vendors may set up |
7:00 am | Earliest Show Vehicles and Preferred Parking may line up Earliest Swap Meet participants may set up |
7:30 am | Show Vehicles and Preferred Parking admitted to the show |
8:00 am | Owners of Registered cars pick up windshield cards at Registration canopy. First 100 receive dash plaques. |
9:30 am | Judging begins |
11:30 am | Ballots for all trophy classes are due at Registration Canopy |
1:00 pm | Trophy presentations start (will be held in the Picnic area) |
2:00 pm | Show Closes |
Car show vehicles will be directed over ramps to get over the parking berm and swale leading to the soccer fields. Ramps will be clearly marked with parking guides
If both cars are show cars, only if you are in the same trophy class and arrive together.
If both cars are in preferred parking you can park together, if you arrive together.
Saving Parking Spaces Is Not Allowed!
Well behaved dogs on a leash are welcome. Owners must pick up after their dogs and are liable for any injuries or damage their dog may cause.
Yes we will have several food trucks, and portable toilets and hand washing stations.
The cost to register a vehicle in the car show is $25 on line, $35 at the gate. On line registration will close May 18th or when we run out of spaces which ever comes first.
Go to https://www.govwec.org/car-show-preregistration/
Fill out the form completely. Hit the submit button and you will be taken to the website store to pay $25. Registration is not completed until you pay.
Yes, there is a Swap Meet. You can purchase a 10′ x 10′ space for $15 or 10′ x 20′ space for $25 online, price goes up the day of the show and must be paid in cash. Tow vehicles must not be parked in the swap meet space without special permission, there will be an attraction designated for tow vehicles.
Go to swap meet registration to register for a space. Registration is not complete until the space is paid for.
Preferred parking is reserved parking for eligible vehicles that do not wish to participate for a trophy. Preferred parking area will be next to the car show vehicles. It will save you a long walk from Spectator parking.
Eligible Vehicles are:
- Any Volkswagen branded vehicle Volkswagen ever made
- Any vehicle powered by any engine ever manufactured by Volkswagen
- Any Porsche ever made including replicas
- Any Audi ever made
Eligible Vehicles may register to compete for a trophy or may park in Preferred parking.
You will need to pay full day of show price ($35)
Late vehicles will not be parked with similar vehicles ( i.e. Split or Bay Window buses, campers and trucks are parked in Bus row) but will be grouped together, this may impact how many people vote for a vehicle in its trophy class.
Pre-registration ensures that after you drive out to the Park, there is a space waiting for you (swap meet, preferred parking, show vehicle parking). Additionally, some effort will be made to get similar cars parked together (that is we will have bus row and will try to have a bug area and a water cooled area.
Not in the park, but there are ATMs at banks and businesses at the major intersections near the park.