I doubt it, the plaques are always late and Steve not responding to emails has little to do with the show not being held again.
1) The BGNRA is no longer a supporting vendor on TurboBuick.COM.
2) Steve hasn't posted on this site in quite a while, and it was interesting to note that he visited the site about the day before his Birthday, but not afterwards, and it is unusual for him to not notate that we acknowledged his Birthday.
3) If memory serves me correct, the plaques have always arrived a little before Thanksgiving, and have never run this late before that I remember.
4) Steve hasn't been doing anything that I have heard about with any of the local or semi-local drag races that he used to attend.
5) Steve hasn't posted anything over on "the other site" in quite a while also.
6) Last time that I checked, Steve has not posted or updated anything on his site (BGNRA) in quite a while also.
7) Anybody heard from Steve recently, or talked to him by voice, PM, or E-mail?
There again, all the above either individually or accumulative may or may not have anything to do with anything else, especially another upcoming Bates Nut Farm show in 2009.
Maybe Lou Czarnota might be able to add or subtract to or from the above as Lou & Steve used to talk occasionally.