Troy told me when we were at his shop on Wednesday, that he wanted to keep the car in his booth for pure marketing reasons. If you enter it in the show he would have an empty booth. Awards are cool, and they get recognition, but at the end of the day does he need recognition. Last year with notorious, he had an empty booth the majority of the weekend and walked away with a finalist award.
I have entered my truck in shows and had a booth at the same show and it is a ton of work to go back and forth. I think Troy is at a level that he is getting back to the cars and not the pat on the back or the "ATA BOY" needed to reach out to more customers.
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