Ignorance is bliss...

Another dumba$$ who sticks there nose in before reading & finding all the facts.

Were you there ? do you know what the issues are ?

THEN CLOSE YOUR BUTT, YOUR TEETH ARE SHOWING

Like I said before I'm not the one that took the torch & ran with it or cried lawyer.

First, Eric (Erik?), it was good to meet you!

quote Originally posted by Boomtastic: I had the ONLY front engined Fiero at that show. Paul Hossler was another that couldn't make it through the judging lanes. He had the Huffaker chassis Fiero. Out of 5 people in my class (Class X, Competition Cars), only 2 made it through the lanes, and because of that THEY got trophies! Unfair? Yes. Will I cry foul? No.

For the record, I was one of those two cars that made it through the judging lanes and therefore got an undeserved trophy. I had heard before the show that the race cars would be judged seperately by Huffaker, but since I hadn't heard anything about this at the show (I kept forgetting to ask George whenever I ran into him) I figured it couldn't hurt to go through the judging lanes. I got it out of the way early to avoid lines, so I was already through when George told us we were going to vote among ourselves.

I agree that it was unfair that John Kinsler and I got trophies because we were the only ones that went through the judging lines. But, like Eric, I'm not going to bust anybody's balls over it. George had to make a decision before the banquet and he made that decision.

quote The Class X cars were not supposed to be judged because these cars were not street legal or licensed, and as such did not have any insurance coverage if anything should happen (ie; someone gets run over). As such, they were not supposed to be driven at the show, including the judging lanes. This was not clearly explained, and that's how 2 got in and through the judges' lanes.

If it helps anybody rest easier, my car is licensed and insured. This is required for rallying because we transit on public roads in between the racing stages. I don't know about John Kinsler's car.

I want to make a couple comments and they're not aimed at anybody in particular.

The way I look at it is that putting together an event of this size is a huge undertaking. I bet most of the people who put this together had never organized an event this big. I also bet that at least a few of them had never met in person until the show! Lots of things went wrong at the show, but that is to be expected of something this size. Most things that went wrong were fairly minor and didn't detract at all from my enjoyment of the event. Obviously others have different opinions on this.

I went to this event for a few reasons:

1 To play on the racetrack with other Fieros
2 To meet in person some Fiero people that I've known via the internet for years
3 To see the GM prototypes
4 To see a bunch of different Fieros all in one place
5 To have fun!

All of my goals were accomplished.

This was the first "car show" that I've ever entered and it'll probably be the last. Not because of any sour feelings, but simply because I discovered that car shows don't exite me that much. I'd rather drive my car than wash it and if I'm going to be judged on something I'd rather be judged on how well I can drive instead of how well I can wash.

I was happy to see 60 Fieros out at the track on Thursday. Hopefully we turned a few Fiero owners on to how fun it is to approach the limits of your car and your driving ability.

Thanks to everybody that put in so much hard work on this event. I had a great time. It was good to meet all of you that I met.

FWIW, I was the green and white rally car.

With Really loud exhaust. Oh yeah...