The drift track at Carlisle is challenging to say the least. It’s really set up to be a short SCCA Autocross track and we brought in local legend Mike Swartz a couple years ago to see if drifting was possible and he was able to link turns and that lead us into the drifting era. In 2007 it was by invitation only and in 2008 we opened the track to anyone willing to sign their life away on our waiver. This proved to make for some interesting track time, some people were ok and some struggled. Nonetheless, everyone had a good time drifting, autocrossing or just taking it all in. Last year we also built a new observation deck at the top of the hill which proved to be the hot viewing spot. If you want to get some track time in 2009, visit the NICOclub forum for a complete list of rules or stop by their tent at the entrance to the track during the show.

With all the gaming being done inside the cars of the ice-house, it seems only right that we bring in some real players and a chance to win cold hard cash. On Saturday, the Harrisburg BALLERS Club will present a gaming tournament featuring Madden '09, Guitar Hero 3, and Forza 2 for Xbox 360. Entry fee for the tournament will be $20 per game, with over $3,000 in prizes.

• Harrisburg BALLERS Club
• Register Online

On Saturday night, teamed up with the classic Performance and Style Beauty and Burnout competitions will be the Loudest and Lowest. Lowest – pull in, drag your ride and we will measure the bottom of the driver door, to determine who is the winner. Loudest – pull-in, rev it and the dB Drag/Bass Race system will measure who is blowing the loudest exhaust system. Lowest and Loudest is limited to 10 contestants, sign up at the Guest Services Trailer located next to the stage.

On Friday night before the show, we will be meeting up at Hooters just 13 miles northeast of the fairgrounds in Mechanicsburg: 6035 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050. MORE (link to site) This is nothing formal or fancy, just a place to cruise, have good food and drinks and hang out with friends. Hooters will have specials!! If you're staying on the Harrisburg Pike (near I-81 or the Turnpike) that is the same road; just drive east approx. 7 miles and Hooters will be on your left.

The group known as NICO (Nissan Infiniti Car Owners) will once again be a huge part of Performance & Style hosting their Spring NICOfest. NICO manages the drift/autocross track in addition to bringing an awesome range of vehicles to the showfield. If you have a Nissan, Infiniti or Datsun you cannot miss this aspect of P&S!

• www.nicoclub.com

P&S will have three buildings full of the hottest, sickest and most wicked cars, trucks and SUVs. The ever popular ICE House will be back under the grandstand; Club Carlisle will be jammin’ all weekend; and Building Y will become the WR Team room. The ICE House will as always be filled with some of the most remarkable displays of in-car entertainment. Vehicles with 100’s of TV’s, gaming systems, fog machines, lights and anything else you can imagine will be on display. For the extra touch of iced out class, we will have a car shaped ice sculpture. Club Carlisle was a new twist to the NCCA Top Flight display in 2008 and it was such a hit that we will be cranking it up for 2009. The track lighting will illuminate the cars with just enough glow to make the vehicles pop, with just enough darkness to have a da club feel. DJ Honda will bring some excitement to the stage with music and guests artists all-weekend long. Building Y was open for suggestions and after milling through them I decided to take WR Team up on their offer to create a WR Team room. They have some of the nicest cars in the industry and promise to create an atmosphere with high energy and a place that people won’t want to leave! A DJ will be spinning tunes and the cars will be shining so make sure you don’t miss this new display.

The Tjin Edition Pontiac G8 CST will be at Performance and Style, in the Tjin Edition Tour booth presented by GlowShift Gauges on the Manufacturers Midway. The Tjin Edition G8 CST won several prestigious awards at the SEMA Show in November (including the GM Design Awards of Excellence and the Dunlop Maxxed Out Tire Award). Don’t miss this one of a kind muscle sedan at P&S on the Manufacturers Midway.

• Tjin Edition Tour
• GlowShift Gauges

See the Fox Marketing SEMA Lexus at Performance & Style! Lexus brought on Brian Fox to design and build the new Lexus IS F for the 2008 SEMA Show. This car features a custom body kit, crazy wheel, and tires set up with a twin turbo kit. FOX partnered with Artisan Performance on the build to develop a twin turbo kit and other parts for the new IS F. See this spectacular car at P&S this weekend.

• Fox Marketing

The Top Flight portion of P&S will now be part of the F4 Challenge. F4 Challenge is the new platform in automotive showmanship. You will find the best of the best going head-to-head, PLUS a class for amateurs, making the division open to ALL levels of vehicles! Top Flight is an indoor display that fills packs our buildings full of some of the most amazing custom rides on the East Coast; I am just glad that I am not the one judging! This event draws some heavy hitters like New Image Motorsports, WR Team, Team No Limit and Emotions. Last year NIM took home awards for best results and most participation with 16 registered vehicles. Make sure you don’t miss the action and to guarantee yourself an indoor spot for by registering online right now!

Indoor space is limited to the first 50 vehicles; remaining vehicles will be judged and displayed just outside of the buildings. Cash awards TBA. Vehicles that are housed inside of a building need to arrive on Thursday or Friday by 1 PM and stay in the building until Sunday after the awards presentation (approximately 3 PM).

• Register for Carlisle P&S 2009 F4 Challenge
• F4 Challenge Details – click here

With the two-day show format we will be adjusting the showfield judging. Judging will take place on Sunday ONLY. An awards ceremony (no parade) will follow at the stage. Cars will be parked in classes on Sunday and the judges will walk around the cars (no drive-thru). We will then read the winner’s list at the stage where winners will be able to pick up their awards. Judging will begin at 9:00 AM; all vehicles need to be parked in the judging area by NOON and awards will be given at the stage at 3:30 PM.

Over the past couple of years, the Northeast Lexus Owners Club (NELOC) has been attending P&S in full-force! In 2008, they rolled in over 50 vehicles deep. We even had to stop traffic for them to cross from the Carlisle Expo Center (registration building) to the Fairgrounds. If you were here to see it, it was pretty cool. They have made a promise to have a bigger crew with even more VIP rides this year.

dB Drag Racing and Bass Race are two of the premier formats for SPL competitions and P&S will again have them booth thumping all weekend long. dB Drags pose two vehicles head-to-head to see who has the loudest stereo. Bass Race is a head-to-head stereo competition where competitors play commercially available music for 30 seconds and are given an average SPL score. This score places the competitor in 1 of 6 classes. The class is determined by score; classes are NOT determined by equipment, vehicle, competitor status, installation or manufacturer (making it perfect for the first timer). Competitors compete against each other with similar scores. Check out the link below for more details and rules:

• dB Drag Rules

Dialed Action Sports brings you high-flying BMX action! See top Dew Tour athletes perform everything from no-handers to back flips. Check out the DAS MySpace page to see what they can do.

• Dialed Action Sports Team

No Carlisle show would be complete without the lighting it up. We will have 10 competitors trying to smoke’em till they pop, to gain the title of “Carlisle King of the Hill.” This year we’ll have a non-street legal exhibition category! And we’ll have Russ from the Carlisle maintenance staff show off his skills with our Honda CBR powered golf cart – yeah, we like to build fun stuff in the off-season!

All mothers in attendance receive a carnation just before the awards parade starts at 2:30 PM. With P&S falling on Mother’s Day we will again honor the mother’s who spend their special day with us.

Mike D says it best! We listened to the classic and will deliver the hotties! So we’ll put the beautiful ladies on the stage Saturday evening in the time-honored car show tradition. Ladies, compete for a cash purse and guys, cheer on your favorite because crowd response is what determines the winner.

One of the most popular parts of P&S has become the Carlisle Neon Contest on Saturday night. As the sun sets we have the cars flip the switches on to light up the night with a colorful glow. Make sure you don’t miss it.

If you’re like most of us you probably have a garage full of parts you don’t need any more. Why not bring them to the show and sell them? Our vending spaces are only $90 and who knows, what you might think is junk could be that one piece someone else is searching for. Don’t have anything to sell? Make sure you meander your way through the vendors to look for the parts and accessories you need. You never know what you’ll find. Good news is that if you don’t find it in the swap meet, you’ll find plenty of new parts on the Manufacturers Midway.

Do you think you’re putting 300hp to the wheels? Don’t question it - find out on the dyno. The dyno is a Carlisle staple and is constantly drawing a crowd of people and a line of cars to show off the performance mods they’ve performed. See what you’ve got!

• Axcelerated Motorsports, Inc.

One of the things that Carlisle prides itself on is the selection of food at the Fairgrounds. If you’re hungry when you leave here it’s your own fault. With Big Smokies, funnel cake, fries, bacon & eggs for breakfast, pizza, soft pretzels, chicken fingers and much more at reasonable prices, it is impossible not to find something you like. We hope you enjoy!

I am throwing a personal challenge out to car clubs to beat ME. Not with a stick, but I will put together a Carlisle team to play Volleyball and on Saturday afternoon we’ll be looking for challengers. Gather your team of 5 people and visit Rebecca to sign up at Guest Services (next to the stage) and we’ll see what you’ve got. The winner’s will get prizes and we’ll all have some fun! Clubs…do you know about our Club Tent program? Make sure you check it out! Click the link below.

• Club Tent Program