<VV> Convention results

[tim mahler]

You had to be there!

It was a cool convention.  temps were in the high 60s, with a cool breeze 
from the ocean.  Still, the guys from Washington and Canada were seeking 
shade,  while I, from central Illinois,  was seeking the sun for warmth. 
Must have been just right.

Tim Mahler is still CORSA president.   Scott Morehead has stepped up to the 
VP position.  Sarah Beltrami is continuing as Secretary and Tony Vizyak has 
returned to be Treasury again.

The convention was ran well in that easy California kind of way.  The Rally 
was well organized.  The Econorun easy to follow as it should be <and a 
blast to do! >    Both had great scenery, but I, even as navigator,  had 
little time to look,  the driver less.  Hills,  curves, items to watch for 
such as the next direction,  dirt on the road.   Had a great time.

Autocross was easy to follow -- and challenging enough for the experts. I do 
not think anyone was off course.  The Street stock cars only hit one 
pylon -- ALL of them.  I hit more than that my first run out :-(     .  I 
ran a street car in IS-3 with street tires.  Kept over driving the car,  my 
excuses?  Accoustomed to slicks with the #3 car,  not used to the car, 
didn't want to break the car I borrowed,  blah blah blah.  My favorite 
excuse is that I didn't want to show up the owner of the car so I purposesly 
lost <NOT!   GGGG>

Duane Luckow ran the Concours very well.   Fine Job.   34 or 36 cars.  Most 
were Excellent looking cars.  I helped judge the late models, getting the 
easy job of writing done the scores the others determined looking under the 
car doing the undercarriage.

The Car Display had plenty of nice cars as well.   We may have stuffed them 
into too small an area though.  It worked,  but took a little longer to get 
them parked.  The small area made it great for spectators though.  Easier to 
see all the great cars and FCs -- and that Corvair powered bar.

The Perservation Award -- for the best factory Stock restored vehicle went 
to Kent Sullivans Canadian late model (66?) convertible.  Very nice car. 
Kent showed it for the first time in Portland.

The Mitchell -- for the best overall Concours car -- went to one of Bill 
Jabs vehicles -- I think it was the Greenbrier.  Bill also won the Mitchell 
in Portland.   very very nice Corvairs.

Remember Warren LeVeques report on Willow Springs a week ago?   remember 
Mark Wright edging Warren out for FTD at the road course?   I figured Warren 
would have an advantage with the shorter wheelbase at the autocross.  The 
course had several switch backs that wanted you to pivot around (2 cone plus 
turn around, but tight at speed)   Mark still bested Warran by about half a 
ssecond.  Mark had a tire warmer, and Warren didn't -- wonder if that was 
the difference ?   Mark's car sounded great and he drove it very well. 
Marked earned the Yenko   FTD autocross award, presented to him at the 
banquet by .....Warren.

For those who don't know.  The Cole is awarded to the competitor who does 
the best , all around,  in the comeptitive events at the convention (using 
the same vehicle).  The events could change but have been the Concours, 
Rally, Econo-run and Autocross for many years.   Although he has competed in 
various individual events before he was new to the Cole Competition. An 
article on the Corvair was in the March Communique, (footnote: he changed 
springs back to stock to be sure to meet CORSA rules)  I borrowed the car 
for the autocross, and did not do so well.  The Corvair merited over 95 
points in Concours, won his class in the autocross, and was the best MPG in 
the econo-run (overall! )  We were not in the top 5 in the Rally, but I 
suspect we were top ten.  The Cole winner for 2008 is Jim Allen Jr of 
Phoenix AZ with a 1965 Corsa coupe.

tim mahler
navigator for the 2008 Cole winner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis PLEAU" <ddpleau at msn.com>
To: "vv" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:50 PM
Subject: <VV> Convention results


> I'm having withdrawal symptoms.
>
> Someone must have won the Cole award and the Yenko.... and the Mitchell 
> .....
>
> Who's the CORSA president?
>
> dp