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How Car Show HQ works

Reference for the parts worth reading twice: gate check-in, judged scoring, spectator voting, and where the money goes. Written for the volunteer who has to run it on Saturday, not for a developer.

Show day

Check-in and windshield cards

The registration table: finding cars fast, how car numbers get assigned, and printing the blank and numbered card PDFs.

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Gate Mode

Scanning passes at the entrance, the three verdict screens, collecting from drive-ups, and reading the arrived counter.

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Scoring and results

Judged scoring

Building a scoresheet, giving judges a code, average versus sum, tie-breakers, and when standings become visible.

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Spectator voting

QR ballots, open versus closed voting, People's Choice at a closed show, and what happens when voting closes.

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Money

Payments and payouts

Connecting your own provider, who is merchant of record, refunds and chargebacks, and what we can see.

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Setup

Recurring shows

Weekly, biweekly, and monthly series: what the next occurrence inherits, what never carries over, and how to stop the chain.

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Docs, guides, and support

These docs explain how Car Show HQ works. If you are looking for advice on running a show at all, whatever software you use, that lives in the organizer guides: budgets, class lists, sponsorship, volunteers.

And if you have a question about your own show that a page cannot answer, support goes to a real person who replies within a day.

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Car Show HQ

Software for the volunteers who put on great car shows. Registration, voting, and payouts in one place.

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