Pate Swap Meet @ Texas Motor Speedway

[Ironhorse]

Just got off the phone with my swap meet Buddy and guess we're going to wuss out. Had planned for quite some time on going but weather forecast all the way south from South Central Kansas where we are to DFW/Denton area pretty much sucks big time for end of the week into the weekend. Wind, rain, hail all in the forecast. Decided did not want to sit in the truck and watch it rain / hail. Now since we're not going I would guess the weather will take a turn for the better and be cloudy with a breeze and upper 70's.

Anyone who does attend please post as to just how nice it was since we won't be there.

[weq92f]

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Went Friday and Saturday to the show + pate. The number of entrants to the car show was less than half what it should have been (normal) and it seemed even the patrons were far less than what we've seen in the past. PATE was absolutely enormous as expected. It's not possible to see all of it unless you're there each full day and have a scooter to haul your @ss around.

The car show was a major disappointment due to the above but the weather was beautiful and we had good times anyway!

-Kevin

EDIT: I suspect the organizers will think long and hard about combining these two major events again in the future. The weather played a role this time around but I believe PATE put a damper on the car show attendance. One positive note here is that because PATE was there and GoodGuys patrons were allowed to venture into the swap meet from inside the car show and vice versa, race track activities were not a factor this year. That is, patrons had to walk out onto the race track to go between the two events. This meant that the NASCAR rides attraction was not functional Friday and Saturday, which means all the folks inside the infield of the race track (where goodguys car show happens) DO NOT have to endure the sounds of the race cars at speed all day!