What happens is they sour people in case they ever have another car show. This happened to me in 1980s, as Foley's was introducing a new perfum called 'RED' and asked if I could bring out The Red Death 68 AMX. There was about 40 cars there....all of them red of course, and only 2 that were new red cars, one of them being a Mitsubuhi 3000(?) I think that is what they were called, same shit as a Stealth Dodge. The goofy judges, whihc were not judges at all, just a few models and a manager, 'picked' that car and needless to say, most everyone was miffed at being led to believe this was a honest to god 'old' car show, which it was represented as. Not something drive off showroom and come win new tv.
I, along with about everyone else, got a bottle of perfume. I poured mine out on parking space on top of my assigned number before leaving, of course the bottle was there. Hell, I can't stand Rosie O'Donnell and would like
to take a bat to her; I don't watch Bravo, and sure as hell would not have worn that perfume anyhows, especially at a disco having Rupaul and buds
hit on me. I do remember going home and telling my wife I just waseted a whole day for nothing. And it was wasted.
Foleys, now out of business, never had another 'old' car show and they lost a longtime customer that day. No big deal, and while I personally think trophies are trouble, everyone wants to be recognized for their hard work and effort! So if it is a old car show, have some cut off day, as ain't nothing vintage about 1990!
I think what happened to you is when they put you in 72-current class, they might not have had enough cars to fill up a class. For instance some national clubs, even
ISCA, will bust up a class if too many in one class. Granted it is impossible to try to put a 40 year old car from obsolete automaker up against something just driven off showroom with 32 miles. But what I would have done is protest 'before' the meet; you can do that with ISCA the day of entry and before judging Thurs. And many times they will assign you another class, most times with similiar cars like 'non stock 1972-75' for instance.
This is why when I show in Astrodome (eh, ok, Reliant now) I watch what class they put me in, and go detail my car more, then walk around to see what other vehicles are in same class and what are my odds + or -. A few times I simply told them they had me in wrong class, and they politely changed it for better or worse.
Good luck at your next show, not all of them like that, and maybe next time you tell us how you smoked a Saleen at a
show or new Crossfire someone drove there!
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Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 7:10 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins]
things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm.............
The wife and I took the Gremlin and Pacer to a show today. I was assigned to the modified '72 to current class. Look at this photo and see the car I'm parked next to - a brand new Mustang worth more than my house. Of course, the motor head judges chose his car. Now, I ain't normally a sore looser, but I was surrounded by cars that folks spent many hours restoring and put their heart and soul into - just as I did. This kid takes daddy's money to the Ford dealer, plops down 60K, (or more?) drives to the show and wins a freaking trophy. For every two of the spectators that looked at his car, 5 looked at mine. What kind of crap is that? Does anyone else experienced this, or even bothered by this crap? Why the hell are these cars even at the show? If they have to
be there, put them in a corner away from restored vehicles. OK, enough of my social commentary.........
Charlie
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