I missed that show. I ended up going to the Ox Roast right when the show was ending and I saw a lot of people drive past, it looked like a nice turnout.
No. If that were the case, anybody with a well-kept "new" car could win at a car show. The bottom line is that it's a stock 2000-whatever year PT Cruiser with tacky "modifications" and cute fuzzy little stuffed animals scattered through the interior. Shits weak. Who cares if it's clean. The car SHOULD be clean, it's stock and only a handful years old.
I see these PT Cruiser weirdos at the Culver's and Georgesville DQ shows all the time; they come in flocks and somehow win awards. I just don't get it.