Mecum Collector Car Auction, Fairgrounds...

[Redlinetoys]

Last year, it was a very welcoming experience walking into the event.

This year, it was three wide metal detectors, body wanding and a backed up line of people stripping their pockets and bags of personal items.

I wasn’t carrying during my visit this weekend (fortunately, as it would have been a LONG walk back to the truck.)

I wonder if this is the new norm at every fairgrounds event? Or something Mecum has initiated?

 

[Leadeye]

I've attended that venue in the past and none of those security measures were in place. It's probably a sign of the times, and not a good one.

 

[Redlinetoys]

It’s unfortunate. This area along 38th street is high in criminal activity. On the way in, we saw a 7-8 person altercation going down in one of the gas station lots a block from the fairgrounds.

There were guys riding bicycles up and down the sidewalk along 38th street hassling people 5 feet on the other side of the fence looking at collector cars parked along the outer perimeter.

I would just think this makes the spectator parking area a pretty ripe target for smash and grab when it becomes known that people have to disarm before leaving the car.

It also makes every person walking from the infield to the front 38th street entrance a pretty ripe target for anyone wanting to pay the $5 parking charge to wander inside the lot for a little bit.

 

[GNRPowdeR]

Starting to look like "the new norm" for the Fairgrounds...

Look HERE for my experience with the Fuel games this last season...

 

[rhino]

Awesome.