I'm not sure if this idea is acceptable to Sprite/Midget owners...
The 1996 VTR National Convention (yes, Triumphs) occurred in upstate New
York while the after affects of one of the hurricanes that year worked it's
way through. The way that judging was handled is that the cars were driven
to the building at the concours site that had an overhang/awning, and judged
one at a time at the awning.
Yes, it's a poor way to do judging. A lot of hard work cleaning the cars
was wasted. But it was also fair for all (all cars were judged this way)...
There were complaints from club members who attended (although they were
less happy with the BRAND NEW top that leaked anyway :-)!
And while I understand the effort and pride involved in preparing a vehicle
for concours, in a similar situation I'd be inclined to tell any complainers
that "we can't control the weather, the schedule can't be changed, we'll
pray for better weather next year, you have a beautiful car, I hope to see
it again".
My local club hosted the National convention last year, and I'll simply say
that not every attendee can be accomodated.
YMO
Jim Gambony
Triumphs and Minis and Sprites... oh my!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GMari58175@aol.com [SMTP:GMari58175@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 2:36 PM
> To: kpdii@mindspring.com; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Cc: Editorgary@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Concours operation opinions wanted
>
> In a message dated 98-08-07 11:34:47 EDT, kpdii@mindspring.com writes:
>
> << I have a question an wanted to get some untainted opinions on a
> situation
> causing another clubs concours canceled, plus try to help prevent this
> from
> happening in this community.
>
> I went to the Corvair Convention in St. Louis last week, and the day of
> the
> Concours was cancelled do to weather. The conditions were terrible: rain
> by
> the buckets and a lot of lightning. It was deemed unsafe for both
> competitors and judges. The site was a large parking lot with good ground
> (lots of water) and lots of metal (the cars) to sustain lots of strikes.
>
> Alternative sites were looked at, but either unavailable, or unaffordable
> with such short notice. And moving the date to later in the convention
> would interfere with their rally, econorun, or autocross. All of those
> events plus the concours are components of their big award that everyone
> considers the top honor for an owner to receive.
>
> This literally is tearing that club (CORSA) apart right now. I can
> understand how someone would invest tens of thousands of dollars preparing
> a
> car to become a 95+ car, only to have the one event a year that they have
> recognition / confirmation of their achievement canceled. Some
> particularly
> irate people want the club to reimburse their travel expense (no one
> expects
> that to happen though)
> How do we (being the Healey/MG owners) handle situations like this in our
> concours judges? Are there built in contingencies in the rules? Has a
> situation like this ever happened on our LBCs?
> >>
>
> Patton,
> As a Sprite Judge for quite a few years and chief judge at one event, I
> could
> add my two cents. But want to defer to Gary Anderson Chairperson of the
> AH
> Concours Committee and others more experienced for their input.
>
> george marinos
> sprite MKII AN6
> glen rock, nj
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