BOP-APALOOZA Car Show, Swap Meet, Drag Races - Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ 11/05/12

[GMTruckGuy74]

I attended the very last car show of 2012, as far as the shows I'm aware of at least. It was the BOP-APALOOZA (Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac) show held at the Atco Raceway in Atco, NJ last Saturday, November 5. Prior years this was a Pontiac-only show, this year it was opened to Buick and Oldsmobiles (however, a majority of the cars in the show were Pontiacs with an almost even split between BOP on the drag strip).

I present approximately 60 pictures that I took:

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(Of course I saved the best for last )

[ocnblu]

Very fine gallery of photos, sir. Thank you for posting! I would have liked to have been there.

[GMTruckGuy74]

If anyone has an interest in any particular car, I most likely have additional views (side, rear) if you want them posted - just ask.

The drag strip lineup was lacking compared to years past, and I attribute that to Hurricane Sandy. As soon as we paid at the gate and drove in, we immediately noticed a lack of cars in the pit area. We were happy to see on the other side of the stadium cars lined up for the show portion. My friend took my son to watch several of the drag races, while I concentrated my time in the car show area. I spoke to some of the show people that said more owners paid that didn't show up, and he attributed the non-attendees to the storm and not being able to travel. My friend's brother, a way upstate north NJ resident, was suppose to bring one of his 6 Pontiacs to the show, but the devestation and power loss in his area prevented him from getting down South Jersey for this show.

On a side note, I found out that one of my friend's brother's 6 Pontiac's is a converted '12 Camaro-Firebird!! I asked him why he didn't tell me about this earlier?!? He wasn't sure if this was the Pontiac he was bringing, but I told him a trip to his brother's house in the near future to see his Pontiac collection is in order!

Edited November 6, 2012 by GMTruckGuy74

[Robert Hall]

Nice assortment...was there much in the way of vintage Toronados, Rivieras or '71-76 B- and C- body B-O-Ps?

[GMTruckGuy74]

No Toronados, one Riviera (sorry, didn't get a picture as there were people always around it), and I'm a full-size fan and what you see is what was there.

The show is run by the Delaware Valley GTO club, hence why you see so many GTOs there. Years past there were a lot of Firebirds of all years, this year was lacking.

[GMTruckGuy74]

You can just make out the Riv here:

and here:

[balthazar]

Even with a light turnout, still a nice showing. I was going until that morning, but storm-related repair work kept me in the home area. Thanks for the pics!

[GMTruckGuy74]

Always glad to share

It is definitely a great show to attend. I was surprised at the amount of show cars there, given the weather that occured that week. No damage at the track, and all roads in that area were open.

With the classic iron in the side lot (car show) and all of the muscle lined up in the pit area, this is one show not to miss. I hate having to pay $15 to enter the raceway, but Englishtown/Old Bridge Raceway is the same and is a lot further from where I live (Atco is about a 25-30 minute ride, whereas Englishtown is an hour + from where I live).

I suggest anyone that can attend next year's show should. I'll make sure to post about it prior to the day of show,