Car Shows
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What exactly does "Reserve Best Of Show" mean?
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The Reserve Best In Show winner gets appropriate recognition then leaves the ring. The judge then turns to a club member, is handed the Best In Show rosette, points to the BIS winner, “all hell breaks loose because of the tension” and the celebration begins. No winners are left out of the limelight!
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I have no idea what that means, but I hope it's not a participation trophy.
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I went to a show a few weeks back and the prize was a BIS trophy and $50 in cash. They drew a random number like a 50/50 ticket. All these nice classic cars and a dirty unwashed 94 Miata won. Smh
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The show we went to a brand new, Completely Stock, 2019 ZR1 won. I thought that was odd...how do you judge a brand new car?
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We went to a large car show held by a church in Whittier earlier in the year. The judging was done by a group that puts on the Friday night cruise nights at one of the diners nearby. After all the trophies were handed out (probably about 20) one of the reps apologized to the participants after admitting most of them went to Fords.
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I never could understood the attraction or logic of people soliciting someone's assessment / opinion of their car when they have about a .001% chance of agreeing with what they proffer?
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Wow! They were about as clueless for a judging panel as I can imagine. Sure, it's showing a little age, they would too if they were 60 years old. Now, if it was decided by a bunch of spectators, I would expect them to be clueless, but not someone who has been chosen to be an impartial judge.
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BTW, beautiful car and you know its a winner!
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Wow! They were about as clueless for a judging panel as I can imagine. Sure, it's showing a little age, they would too if they were 60 years old. Now, if it was decided by a bunch of spectators, I would expect them to be clueless, but not someone who has been chosen to be an impartial judge.
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BTW, beautiful car and you know its a winner!
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BTW, beautiful car and you know its a winner!
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"Reserve Best of Show" is judge-speak for "Buy your own damn trophy".
I've been showing my 1962 for about five years, and have a shelf full of trophies. The one that means the most to me is a crude little piece of tree branch hand-carved by one of our service veterans and awarded at a show our local Corvette Club puts on annually at an outreach & rehab facility to benefit the vets. It means more to me than a lot of the fancier trophies, and more than makes up for any awards I didn't get. Let's do this for the right reasons, folks. It ain't about the hardware - it's about the smiles on faces, the friends we make, the memories we invoke, and the sheer joy of sharing the cars we love with like-minded crazy people.
P.S. - My very favorite part of any car show is listening to the young guy with his girlfriend, as he tries to impress her with his vast store of automotive knowledge . . . you know the guy, he tells her, "Yeah, my buddy used to have one of the really rare steel-bodied ones", or "See that hardtop? That's wrong for this car - they only made convertibles." I just nod and smile, and tell them to enjoy the show. After all, the guy may have half a promise for later, and I don't want to rain on his parade. It does get a little tiresome when people continually want to tell you that you should drop a 427 in it and "Then you'd really have something.", or, "I bet you wish it was red - it would be worth a lot more." Oh, well. I still enjoy the car show experience, and occasionally you'll get someone who really wants to ask some intelligent questions. With any luck, he's a lot younger than me. That's the future of our hobby folks. Get out there and be an ambassador for it.
I've been showing my 1962 for about five years, and have a shelf full of trophies. The one that means the most to me is a crude little piece of tree branch hand-carved by one of our service veterans and awarded at a show our local Corvette Club puts on annually at an outreach & rehab facility to benefit the vets. It means more to me than a lot of the fancier trophies, and more than makes up for any awards I didn't get. Let's do this for the right reasons, folks. It ain't about the hardware - it's about the smiles on faces, the friends we make, the memories we invoke, and the sheer joy of sharing the cars we love with like-minded crazy people.
P.S. - My very favorite part of any car show is listening to the young guy with his girlfriend, as he tries to impress her with his vast store of automotive knowledge . . . you know the guy, he tells her, "Yeah, my buddy used to have one of the really rare steel-bodied ones", or "See that hardtop? That's wrong for this car - they only made convertibles." I just nod and smile, and tell them to enjoy the show. After all, the guy may have half a promise for later, and I don't want to rain on his parade. It does get a little tiresome when people continually want to tell you that you should drop a 427 in it and "Then you'd really have something.", or, "I bet you wish it was red - it would be worth a lot more." Oh, well. I still enjoy the car show experience, and occasionally you'll get someone who really wants to ask some intelligent questions. With any luck, he's a lot younger than me. That's the future of our hobby folks. Get out there and be an ambassador for it.
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#18
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Some shows around here are now including "Exotics," making it wide open. There's one coming up advertising a Tesla display and free Tesla rides for the adults - sounds like a sales promotion to me. Most are no longer your father's car show.
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I go to car shows and pay for a good paring spot ( or a parking spot ). I put out my chair go around look at the cars I want to look at go back sit for a bit eat a sandwich drink some water talk to a few people and leave.
They can keep the plastic trophies. As far as the OP question never seen that or heard of that. I'm the only one that needs to like my car. The show I go to all have to have a purpose ( charity ).
They can keep the plastic trophies. As far as the OP question never seen that or heard of that. I'm the only one that needs to like my car. The show I go to all have to have a purpose ( charity ).
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Many shows become a simple popularity contest.. At a recent "people's choice", a guy was giving out candy! He won. But this happens with "participant's choice" shows also.
To the "non-car person" public, it's generally a "which car has the shiniest paint" contest.
Either enjoy them for what they are...... or don't go!
To the "non-car person" public, it's generally a "which car has the shiniest paint" contest.
Either enjoy them for what they are...... or don't go!