And the SMOY goes to.....
 

the Corvette........:headscratch:

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Interesting

Wow! From photos, this year looked to be one of the most competitive throughout the entire field!

I was totally surprised by the final 5 except for the Vette. They were all great but the ones that were left out was equally if not more impressive. Ring bros Chevelle, any of the 3 chargers were deserving more imo. And even though the rs mustang was my favorite of the whole show it wasn't nearly as impressive as others

What's with the hood on the camaro?

Any other pics of the finalist?

I'm a more than a little surprised at this. Seems a little odd that the builder of the just debuted give away car goes on to win with the Vette. Can't fathom that Recoil didn't make the top 5??

Good mix of diverse cars this year. Congrats to the finalists and the owner/builders of the Vette.

Ya don't say..... LOL

Not very many people are happy about this years picks, DSE pulled out saturday night and left the event with there display, To bad, It use to be a honor to win or even get in Top 5

Who built the Vette?

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....c'mon guys!!

I'm with you on Recoil

Are you serious? First year I have not been in the last six years, and even I can tell from the pics I have seen that something is not right. I am not taking away from the ones that got picked, but imo it should have been DSE, Cal Auto, Big Oak, RS Chevelle, and RB Chevelle. Heavy hitters not even getting a nod seems like a snub to me. I know it was a large field this year, but come on, I smell BS here.

Mike Goldman who also built the 2016 GG Giveaway car.

As with everything else in this world, when things seem to start getting too big of a show, event, class, etc....MONEY and POLITICS will surely sneak in and takeover. It doesn't matter how honest things will try to be at first, but with the success of anything and they growth of that thing comes value. MONEY is that value, money has value, money equates to value. And wherever there's money....surely there's POLITICS.

2 out of 5 were deserved from my option,those Chargers were as nice as possible.

This year was interesting all the way around. The change to keep the SMOY and SROY contenders in the building was different, and kind of nice. When they chose the Top 5 in each category, and then tried to talk over the engines and DJ, coordinate, and manage bringing the 10 vehicles to the front, interview the owners and builders, and then - finally - get to the awards - it showed the idea wasn't fully fleshed out before being initiated.

It was definitely nice to have them all in the building at the end, but not very well executed. I was more than fidgety in my seat by the time the winners were announced - and then they still wanted people to sit tight for the giveaway unveiling - no way.

The biggest issue: I had no incentive to return today. The weather seems (from my home) to have held up, but I really saw all I wanted to see yesterday... I used to go back on Sundays for the All-American show, and to cap the event off with the Big 10 in the building and (hopefully) some good ol rock and roll.

I don't mean to sound negative - just an opinion on the new order of events. Overall, I loved the show this year. I was in 7th Heaven. I did the after party Friday, slept three hours, the show all day Saturday, then after parties at both host hotels Saturday, before my adrenaline finally wore down enough to get a full night's sleep.

I love this show. :thumbsup:

I think Ring Bros had "technical difficulties" that may of took them out of contention.

I'm surprised DSE would of left over sour grapes. They won a best product award with their 3rd gen stuff. Sunday allows those cars, so I would think they'd be more concerned with promoting parts then SMOY.

"You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" it's all part of the industry...I'd be willing to bet if some of the shops here decided to be politically incorrect people would see how things work. It all works out for everyone, unless it doesn't.
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Maybe, but DSE is one of the biggest players in the game and they didn't get a "back scratching."

I can see why the Vette won. Clean and simple. All the others were loaded with custom touches, that it overwhelmed the cars.

Not sure where that came from......I was there earlier today and they were still there with the truck and trailer/display etc.

I was surprised by the picks. There were some awesome cars there this year for sure.

Who are the judges? - -just curious as to what their background and qualifications are. It may shed some light as to what they are looking for/at.... Who knows? As the saying goes...opinions are like a certain part of the anatomy!

Hard to ignore the connection between the give away car and the winner though.

Those are the POLITICS of it. I mean, maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but probably DSE didn't play their game or scratch any backs. Not saying that they have to either, but all in all, it is what it is...:rules:

I think with some companies, you need to scratch first. :thumbsup:

The entire field of contenders was clearly over the top this year, just from the pictures it looked to be tough competition. Goldman built a very nice Corvette and put it up against some of the best in the country, kudos to them. :thumbsup:

That was the best car. Maybe because it has been around since last years sema show it seemed too familiar. There were more nice cars that didn't make it than did.

I think that's just the nature of the beast in the hot rodding community, where it's relatively tight knit and small, and everyone has connections of some kind.

The builds these days have become so impressive I will definitely remember the standouts for their details and design, an almost assuredly forget about who won what.

Yeah, I climbed all over all the contestants, and to me the G3 Camaro was by far the best!

Yeah, when all the contestants were in line to do their second iteration on the Auto-Cross, Recoil wouldn't start. Even the RS guys were trying to help the Ring guys get it started.

I don't think he made the second trip around the track.

It was a great field of cars this year. All very quality. Older debuts didn't seam to fair well. But the finalist were all very deserving as well and I would say see the cars in person before passing too much negativity. Just my irrelevant two cents

Also I do know that there was and is a well qualified group of judges that consists of goodguys and builders.

They did a second lap. They just got it started before the time ran out. Sounds like it was just a fuel pump issue and nothing big.

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It was an unbelievable field. That impala was super cool. So was the silver vette. I think 2 cars were dropped at auto x. One ran out of gas and one didn't have seat belts and failed tech. Anyone could argue for any one of almost the entire field to win. I can only imagine this must be something like a photo finish for the judges.

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I agree completely, I think any of us could and would play favorites. Every one In the field had equal chance though.

That's good news then! BUT, adds even more question as to why they didn't make the top 5. THat 65 RS Stang was nice, but nothing out of this world like Recoil, the G3 69, Australian Nova, RS Charger, and the list goes on.

For me personally, I loved the DSE Charger and the Gray '62 Impala. On another note, I really can't believe the build costs on these cars. From "rumors", $350k to over a mil!! Where does it end? I thought I was crazy for what I spent on my DSE Trans AM, it would be on the lower end of that scale! Lots of nice ideas, fit and finish though.

I would hate to be a judge at this level.
How do you choose between these cars? It's like picking your favorite child I'm sure.
Some are more noticeably modified...while others are more subtle. Some have more cool gadgets, while some are "cleaner".
Do you like '32 Fords more, or '69 Camaros? Or, are '40 Fords your fav?
Do you like stacks...or the engine covered?
Shiny, or matte?

1 winner, 4 cars that easily could have been. And 20 more that easily could have played.
I would have nightmares! No thank you....

Bill

Since when is car show judging fair and impartial? (like never)

The beauty of Columbus is the level of talent and field of cars.

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Had to delete my last post after thinking about this. DSE has way to much class to do something like that. Are you sure Tracy???

I was in correct in that statement, Someone from there crew said they were going to but they were just mad and wanted to, I was heading out the building when that statement was made, I didnt stick around to see if they actually did..Sorry for that, It wasnt Kyle that made the statement, someone else, My bad!