Aaron, thanks dude! I really need to thank Bill and Yancy for giving me the opportunity to compete in the event. All of us are at least a little bit competitive, otherwise we wouldn't be looking for ways to go faster. I had a great time out there with the car last weekend even though my times didn't set the world on fire. However, next year I will be equally happy to go out there, hang out an BS without having to worry about driving.
BTW, it was funny running into on the street on Friday night. Out of the corner of my eye I was thinking, "hey, that guy looks like Aaron," but it seemed to random of a place and chance occurrence to be you.
Sieg, you perfectly captured the look of "ouch that power steering fluid really burns when it gets in those cuts." Man, I don't know, or want to know what is in that fluid, but I still have grime that seems like it is etched into my hands from handling those dirty fittings soaked in p/s fluid.
I should probably give the talk about design points a rest, but I had what I thought was a good idea:
I think each car should receive xx/25 points based on sub categories (each would carry a maximum of 5 points and minimum of 1)consisting of, strength of concept, cohesiveness of design, fit and finish, form and function and overall presence. This would lend more objectivity to the segment since judges would be basing their decisions less off of personal preference, and more off of personal opinion of how strong a car functioned in each sub category. For example, if a trans am styled car or vintage race style car (i.e. Strope's Martini Mustang) was being judged and it had a rear Lexan window and zero billet parts, and a judge happened to have a preference for billet parts, and limo tinted glass, the car would still be able to receive a fair shake based on the attention to detail used to distinguish the vintage racing theme throughout the car. Most importantly though, it would not force the judges to assign a simple objective points style ranking with clear winners and losers to a subjective design segment. Everyone competing has put a lot of effort into their cars and this system would acknowledge everyone rather than giving (in my opinion) some well built cars zero points. Suppose next year that half of the field is comprised of award winning cars of very similar build quality judges, with this idea judges won't be forced to give one car 25 points and another equally impressive car 5 points.
Okay, guys, that's my idea. what do you think?
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