I just figured for those who attended and were wondering what was said about the show locally, could read about so of the stuff I find today.
This first one is interesting since I didn’t realize the guy with the h22 honda and gas mask they wouldn;t let into the burn out contest was banned from all carlisle events…lol
BY JOE ELIAS
Of Our Carlisle Bureau
Promoters of this weekend’s Carlisle Custom Compact car show wanted a smoothly run event, so they moved their show to the Farm Show Complex and they banned alcohol.
They also banned Mikie Swartz.
From Our Advertiser
Swartz, 26, of North Middleton Twp., is familiar to many of the thousands who attended the previous three shows as an undefeated burnout champion. Burnout drivers rev their engines and spin their tires to see who creates the loudest noise and builds up the most smoke.
John Detrick, CEO of the promoter Carlisle Events, said Swartz is more than that. Detrick said he is one reason for moving the show from the Carlisle Fairgrounds to Harrisburg.
When Swartz wasn’t wowing the crowds with his award-winning burnouts, Detrick said, he and his friends were inciting the crowd, specifically young women, into exposing themselves for video cameras.
Swartz said he was banned when Carlisle Events officials learned he was going to sell DVDs of the antics he had filmed.
“That is one of the things we wanted to get away from,” Detrick said. “Mikie Swartz is not welcome here. We don’t want to see him anywhere around here.”
In April, lawyers from the Mechanicsburg firm of Reidenbach, Henderson and Pecht, representing Carlisle Events, sent Swartz a letter warning he would be arrested if he tried to attend any Carlisle Events shows and threatened legal action if he sold the DVDs.
“If you release any image that in any way adversely affects the reputation of Carlisle Productions Inc., … we will immediately take legal action against you,” the letter read.
The letter also said Swartz didn’t have permission from Carlisle Events to market its images on the video or permission from the women seen in the video.
Swartz ignored the threats and attended yesterday’s show with the benefit of a disguise he wore until he passed through the gates. He said he wasn’t doing any filming this year, at least not personally.
Swartz said the DVD, which he is marketing on his Web site, www.whiplashdvd.com, contains footage of his burnout show routines as well as images of women bearing their breasts and scenes from previous Custom Compact shows, including bikini contests.
Swartz likened the nudity to scenes on the streets of New Orleans during Mardi Gras or in a “Girls Gone Wild” video.
“It’s the kind of things that went on at the shows,” Swartz said. “Now, John Detrick and the people at the car show don’t want people to see them.”
Swartz said footage from other car shows around the country are also included.
This weekend’s show in Harrisburg includes a beauty contest and a bikini bull-riding contest as well as numerous scantily clad female models hired by vendors to promote the cars and other products.
The crowds include thousands of young men carrying video cameras, cameras, digital cameras and cellular phones and taking pictures of the models and other young women.
Swartz said he didn’t see why Carlisle Events was making a big deal over his DVD when thousands of other people were taking pictures of women at the show.
“This is what people do at these shows,” Swartz said. “There’s a lot of men and women looking at each other.”
JOE ELIAS: 249-2006 or jelias@patriot-news.com
