44 arrested at impromptu car show

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Somewhat similar thing down here some years back....There was a "cruise nite", first saturday night of the month at an outlet mall,sponsored by some old car clubs. not unusual to have 300 to 400 cars when the weather was good....one side of the parking lot was occupied by the street rods/hot rods/muscle cars/antique car, opposite side by the "ricers"....
As you would guess, "our" side was the older crowd that had manners and behaved in a responsible manner,just the opposite for the ricer crowd. once it got dark, they started with burnouts and donuts, music blairing soo loud,it would hurt your ears, after they left, their side of the parking lot looked like a trash dump, bottles and cans and debris everywhere....
Finally the owners had to shut the "cruise nite" down for safety reasons......
The local Corvette club then started their own "cruise nite" at a local chevy dealer,only street rods/muscle cars and antiques allowed. Within 2 months the ricer crowd came and tried to "crash" the event and the cops had to be called in, now we have NO cruise nite, thanks to the ricers...................

David