<VV> Worthless awards, - Au Contrere

[Rick & Janet Norris]

Well I sure as hell ain't square but I'll be there with my 66 Monza Crown V8
Vair! By the way, I think there should be a concours class for V8 Vairs
painted white pearl only!!
I'm happy just to be there.

Rick Norris
First President CORSA 1971
Email rickjanet@charter.net
Web Site http://webpages.charter.net/corvairalley
V8 Vairs Web Site http://www.corvair.org/chapters/v8vairs


> Personally, I would never refer to any of the Gold, Silver, Bronze awards
> earned in Corsa Concours as "worthless", but maybe that's just me. The
Concours
> participants, (Mark has noted that he doesn't compete), requested the
change
> from First/Second/Third types to Gold/Silver/Bronze awards because of the
> even-handedness of the new system. Perhaps as a result of the class
structure
> that Corsa has used for many years. In the old system, a car could  earn a
> first place award by beating another car. It could have been (but usually
was
> not) an 88 point car. It won an award, but in a large, highly competitive
class,
> a 95 point car could receive no recognition, because there were 3 other
95
> or above cars in it's class, dropping it to fourth. As somebody mentioned,
it
> doesn't take a rocket scientist to rank the cars by their scores after
all.
> The  other, unseemly, side of "us vs. them" competition was the rare, but
real,
> verbal "trashing" of others cars. Judges had reported people pointing out
> "flaws" in cars during scoring. Unsportmanlike? Yes. But if a first place
trophy
>  is that important to the person, not beyond the realm. The person can
> probably  even justify it to himself, feeling he was just helping the
judge make a
> "true"  assessment. Although I am a racer, I have entered cars in Corsa
> Concours,  whenever I have a car at a Convention (don't snicker - at least
5 times)
> and  I've done okay.
> One further note on the Concours competition. If you feel  strongly about
a
> particular Concours issue, write the Concours committee  chairman, perhaps
> asking him to distribute your letter to the committee members.  The Corsa
Board of
> Directors only acts on Concours issues that are brought to it  by the
> Concours committee. I suppose if a major grievance were uncovered, the
BOD would
> act. But the Concours Committee and the Competition Committee are  there
to
> handle these issues.
> I am looking forward to attending the Lexington Convention, there will  be
> some big surprises for us all, along with, I'm sure, a very competitive
> Concours and Autocross. Be there or be square! - Seth  Emerson
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