CAMARO SHOW

[micky69396]

How was it??

[CamarosRus]

WCA in Columbus was good.....not great. Enjoyed 1) Seeing and "hearing" Brian Henderson's very original Yenko 2) "Larry's" newly restored very impressive ZL-1 3) meeting Tom Clary and viewing all the Yenko memorbilia.....Between short bouts of rain over the three days overall weather was sunny and NOT hot. My personal thanks to all this sites members who attended, judged, and otherwise help further the WCA show!!!!!

[Chevy454]

Dad told me all about the show, and I really wish I could have made it! It sounds like there were some really nice cars there. Bummer about the rain, though . Any word on how the 3 Supercars ('68 Yenko Camaro, '69 ZL-1 Camaro, & '69 Yenko Camaro) going for the Diamond award came out?

Any idea of what Supercars from this event are going to make it to the Supercar Reunion as well?

[bkhpah]

The WCA show was better than it had been in years. Friday attendance was down, but a lot of nice cars were on display Saturday. Tom Clary's Supercar Seminar had a small attendance but was interesting. There was no announcements for the seminars and that made knowing times very difficult. With rain during Tom's seminar I expected a full house, but without a PA system Friday it was just lost in the shuffle. Seminars that I have been with in the past were very well attended, the ball was dropped on this one. The Diamond judging was very long and difficult. The average judging sheets were over 80 pages long and longer depending on options. The cars were judged in rotating teams. The problem was there were not enough judges to handle the amount of cars. Some of the judges would not judge certain cars because of first hand knowledge of owners etc. We started judging at @8:30 AM and closed the books on the last car at 10:30 PM. With no breaks for the team that I was on this made for a terrible day. I was not able to be with my car and was not able to spend any time with all the people that attended. Without any real breaks and all the money we spent to be there it was a real problem. We missed the show and cruise Saturday night. I might as well had left the car at home. This was not the way that I wanted to spend my weekend. We packed it up and left Saturday night. I think the majority of the show was good. The cars that we looked at were nice. The final total was the 68 Yenko and the 69 ZL/1 recieved a Diamond and the 69 Yenko and 68 Z/28 had Gold awards.
In closing, I feel the club is going in the right direction, but a lot of details need to be corrected for the next one. Diamond Judging needs to have more help. That's my take on the show....

[sYc]

I agree, the WCA may be headed in the right direction, but has a ways to go. Over all, I had a good time, as I got to see several neat supercars, visit with some old friends and make some new ones. But, as Brian pointed out, people attend these events to show off their cars, visit with other owners and in general, have a good time. This is hard to do when you are asked to judge and you have a car at the show. I know judging is a necasary evil, but should not take away from the show. I do not see how the diamond judges could have had much of a fun weekend. They deserve a big THANK YOU. Some how the judging process needs to be only a small part of the show, instead of the show a small part of the judging. That is why we do not judge the supercars at the Supercar Reunion. Until we can come up with a way to put on a fun show and also have judging, we will leave the judging to the other shows. Best of luck to the WCA. Tom

[micky69396]

I dont know the Camaro club that well but do you have to sign up for their diamond judging? I know the Chevelle club will only take a certain # of cars for theirs since it is so lenthy, and they must pre register to do it.

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