69 Camaro at Best of Show

[waynieZ]

Glad to hear your getting to enjoy the car again Matt.

[Vegas69]

It reminds me of the first time I entered my car in a local show. I hung around all day expecting an award and zilch. From that day forward I had a new outlook.

Your car is very well executed. I'd say to the point where the average judge wouldn't appreciate it. I can see it winning the GM award and doing poorly at Optima. It's not loud enough cosmetically......

[57hemicuda]

Don't feel bad Matt, my Mustang got 0 design points, you can get much louder cosmetically then it. I think judging is so subjective, they need to mix that up a little bit, can't have the same group liking the same stuff every year. Lord knows my taste is way different then a lot of others.

Don't know if you are having the same SEMA/ Optima hang over that I had, wow that really kicks the crap out of you. Took Several days to recover.

[Lenie]

Matt, pretty much hard to take car judging serious anywhere as it can differ on any given day depending on the individuals selected to do the judging or which car club they belong to at the various shows throughout the country, although it does feel good when you are recognized w/no affiliations to that particular show. On a side note, I've seen your car in person in the past and cannot get enough of it, during this SEMA visit I went back to your car several times and your windows were always rolled up.....you're killing me!

[irishlsxer]

X2 on the windows being rolled up and dirty as hell too like someone actually DROVE it there or something....the nerve of some people

[Musclerodz]

Personally I think the design portion should have no bearing on the winner of the shootout. It clearly needs to be separated into a show award or removed if it can make the difference in a podium position at a RACING EVENT where the car that scored higher in all track events lost because of style points to a car that got beat in all track events. I had alot more typed here but I didn't want to

These issues will show up more and more as competition gets tighter and tighter, and as long as changes are being made to correct issues like this at the next event to keep things fair, it will keep people coming back.

[Vegas69]

My opinion is that the rules are clear before you have the privilege to run the event. It takes 4 solid segments to win including subjective judging. Without the judging, a race type car could easily wipe up the competition with the right driver. The rules seem to favor this segment as a pro touring car has won all but one year?

[Matt@BOS]

The windows were up and dirty because I was busy "networking" and didn't have any time to go visit the car and clean it off on Wed. or Thurs.

[WSSix]

Don't forget through all this Matt that you've built one hell of a car regardless of what some judges say. You're comments are correct IMO as well.

I think Mike has a good point about removing the "pretty points" from a performance competition. Maybe that's the solution and the direction the people in charge of OUSCI will head.