The guide
How Showfield works
One place for the whole show: registration, payments, judging, dash cards, and people's choice voting. Here's what it looks like for each person on the field.
Running a show
For organizers
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Create your event
Name, venue, date, entry fee, and the classes cars compete in. Nothing is public until you hit Publish.
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Connect payouts
Link your bank account through Stripe in about five minutes. Entry fees collect in your own Stripe account as cars register and pay out to your bank automatically two days after your show. Skip this and entrants simply pay cash at the gate instead.
- 3
Set up judging
Start from our scorecard template or build your own criteria with custom weights. Add judges by name — each gets a 4-digit PIN, no accounts or app downloads.
- 4
Publish and share
Your event gets a public page with online registration. Share the link; it also appears in Showfield's Find-a-show search.
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Show day
Check cars in from the entries roster, print dash cards with people's choice QR codes, open voting, and watch the live leaderboard reorder itself as scorecards land.
- 6
Announce winners
One click publishes final standings and the people's choice tally to a public results page you can share.
Showing a car
For entrants
- 1
Register in about two minutes
Find the show, pick your class, tell us about your car, and add a photo — it goes on your dash card and voting page. No account required.
- 2
Pay online or at the gate
If the show takes online payment you'll check out securely with a card; otherwise bring the entry fee to the show.
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Get your car number
It's on your confirmation screen instantly. Give your name or number at check-in, put your dash card on the dash, and you're in the show.
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Get judged, check results
Judges score your car during the show. If the organizer publishes results, you'll see final standings — and how the people's choice vote went.
Scoring the field
For judges
- 1
Sign in with a code and PIN
The organizer gives you the event code and your PIN. Go to showfield.app/judge on your phone — no account, nothing to install.
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Work the queue
Every paid entry is listed with its car number and class. Cars you've scored drop to the bottom, so you always know what's left.
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Slide, submit, next car
Big 1–10 sliders for each criterion with the weighted total updating live. Submit and the leaderboard updates instantly. Every judge turns in their own scorecard — when several of you score the same car, its final score is the average of your weighted totals. Made a mistake? Reopen the car and adjust — only your own card is replaced, never anyone else's, and never doubled.
People's choice
For spectators
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Scan any dash card
Every car's dash card has a QR code. Scan it with your phone camera — the car's page opens in your browser.
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One tap to vote
Hit the big vote button. One vote per device — voting for a different car later moves your vote, so pick your favorite as you go.
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Browse the field
See every car in the show with photos, and change your vote any time until the organizer closes voting.
What it costs
- Organizers pay $0 on prepaid entries. No monthly fee, no setup fee, no per-event fee. You keep 100% of your entry price on every car that pays online. Cash cars at the gate are a flat $1.95 each — no percentage — settled from your Stripe payouts after the show, or invoiced if you haven't connected Stripe.
- Entrants pay a small service fee added at online checkout — $2.78 plus 4.2% of the entry fee, shown up front before they pay. That's how Showfield keeps the lights on. Entrants paying cash at the gate pay no service fee — just the entry price, exactly; the organizer covers the flat $1.95 gate fee instead.
- Money goes to the organizer. Payments are processed by Stripe. Entry fees collect in the organizer's own Stripe account and pay out to their bank automatically after the show.