DGRRX Car Show Winners!

[Herblenny]

Few have wanted to know who won..

Here are the winners!

FD

3. Sk8world
2. Vincentrx7
1. Papsmagu

RX-8

3. Devoid
2. NycDriftKing
1. nuke0907

FC

3. rx7mechusa
2. Drama
1. Pete_89t2

SA/FB

3. License tag #1734 - Not sure who's car it was
2. Steve Bright
1. b&bRx8

Old School

3. Mark Bucheds - REPU
2. jfplanet - REPU
1. fire85gslse - RX-2

People Choice Winner

Ernie T

Best all Stock

RE Newton

Best of Show

Scrub - Silver FD

[WE3RX7]

Did I miss something in this year's people's choice? I didnt see where/how we voted??

[TitaniumTT]

Thanks Phil!

Do we have a pic of each maybe?

[FDSeoul]

Winning lineup
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4546488289_303fc633f9_b.jpg


Best of Show
Scrub - Silver FD
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4545615141_1fa365abf7_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2731/4539018658_a216bba4a9_b.jpg

People Choice Winner
Ernie T
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/4539176337_b9e5512565_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4539177785_e5c566ca74_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/4539179341_7f1418ddf5_b.jpg

[My5ABaby]

Did I miss something in this year's people's choice? I didnt see where/how we voted??
Not a clue... :dunno:

[My5ABaby]

Rotarybeat

[Herblenny]

Kevin, I don't take anything you say personally ;)

But you are right... the car show wasn't organized properly and its going to change. I did try to get people in advance to get the show going but when you can't get all the cars parked by 10AM, its impossible to do it in 1+ hours.

Hope next year, we'll have it bit longer at the NVNC and be more planned and get the judges votes and someone else tally things up.

And just so you guys know, I know some of you like to be bit more critical, most of what you are mentioning are noted before you mention it... ie, some of the cars that won last year have somehow not qualified for the show this year.. I don't know why but that will change... Including my car will be up for the show :) I noticed this when the winners are called out.

[TitaniumTT]

I like Kevin's suggestion. Maybe the thing to do is to prejudge everyone @ the villiage, give a list of 7ish cars in each class to a volunteer @ the damn for the photoshoot to group the pre-selected cars together for easier judging?

[WE3RX7]

I couldn't agree more with Kevin either. And this is not meant to poke at any one person in general, but I felt the car show this year was definitely sub-par, even compared to years past. They didn't even have the car number of one of the FB winners???

I'd be more than willing to help organize this, I've held shows for Mazda before and have had good success.


I think the biggest complaint I heard (and my own personal one) was the voting for people's choice... I think Ernie's car is a great vehicle, but on Saturday I asked around if anybody knew how we were supposed to vote for it and not one person knew so I'm just curious how/where the voting took place for that category?

Oh.. and hands down on rotarybeat... I thought his FC was a shoe-in (especially since Brian didn't make it :) )

[sbright66]

Phil,

As a 1st year attendee and unable to compare with prior years, I will agree that the car show portion could have been a little more organized. I do though tip my hat to you and those that volunteered to take on the task of organizing this event from many miles away and the logistics that it encompassed. I learned long ago that the biggest reward from these events are meeting great people, seeing great cars, and sharing your love for the hobby. Looking forward to the possible fall meet and next years rally.

Steve

[Herblenny]

I think you'd do better to have the car show and photo at the same place. It's my feeling that the ideal show time would be from like 12-2 or 12-3, with the photo at the same time, cars are grouped/parked strictly by generation, mod list and info sheet with each car, no show entrants can leave before they are judged and the photos are taken, and give the rest of the day for people to do what they want. Make the show a more important and organized part of the event, rather than just "every man for himself" like it seems to be now.

Phil, I do not mean for you to do all this yourself. There are plenty of people willing to help that you can delegate these roles to.

Kevin, All have been thought of... I actually took one step back and realized what the issue is and already talked to NVNC owners about this issue.. which is lack of parking and lack of place to get great photos.

I'm not just thinking of car show issue but also why we had to drive to Fontana second day. So, I'm working on it to fix all this, which will fix not only the car show issue but other issues as well. This year was bit different as I wanted a magazine worth group shot like 2007 shot at the Dam. But that also didn't work out as TVA didn't let me use the 1st parking lot.

Either case, I do appreciate the input, but I'm really thinking how I could make the event better for everyone... including parking, car show, better photos, etc... Only thing I haven't thought of at this point is the stupid food issue and award ceremony. Also, how I'm going to get Blount Co. to help us out ;)

And Yes, I'll be honest with you... the big problem to car show was that we didn't get the judges to start voting until close to the end. Its not the judges fault, but really the time and us (I guess me?) But again, all this because we had from 9-12 and most of that time people are still checking in and parking.

Regarding 1st gen... as I feel like this thread just took a dump from congratulating people who won to lets complain about the show... The 1st gen guy who won, registered at the event and we didn't have his name on the master list. Also the guy who tallied up the car show results was sleeping during award ceremony so he could help me drive back to Bham... Again, its all my fault and I admit it was bit crazy... and not on my priority of things :)

[Kentetsu]

Phil- This was my second year, and again I had a great time.

[fire85gslse]

here is a pic of my rx2 that won the old school division

[My5ABaby]

I think the winning cars are gorgeous. That silver FD has probably the cleanest fender rolls I've seen. Also, the deuce was in great shape. I'm sure finding parts for those is less than exciting.

One more suggestion though, on a positive note. Perhaps we could split Old School/Other into separate categories. That would give swaps and things like the RE-5/Hercules/Van Veen their own category. On a related note, +1 to the gorgeous bikes.

[ROTORX7Holly]

CONGRATULATIONS CHAD!!! Great looking 2. I hope you keep it around and get to enjoy it a little more than most of your cars.

Holly

[Herblenny]

People!! Come on!! This thread is to congratulate the winners and hope some will post pics of the winning car so we could see what they look like... I really didn't want this thread to turn into, "I'm disappointed", "You could of done better", etc thread..

I'll say this again, YES, I understand the car show was ran like shit and some people aren't happy with how it was ran nor the results. Its unfortunate, I understand, and I'm aware and planning to improve. Please, stop complaining as this is why every year I debate about doing this event year after.... I thought it stopped last year as I was telling people how VERY few complained last year... Seriously, its been a rough month and I know it wasn't ran the way some of you liked it. Again, I know and trust it will be ran better... IF I decide to do it... as I'm NOW debating!

[ZGN]

Well we are the admins, Why don't we just make a seperate section for DGRR suggestions and move all the suggestion threads to it and keep this one ontrack with congrats and photos... I'll be happy to do it for ya say the word :)

[fire85gslse]

Well we are the admins, Why don't we just make a seperate section for DGRR suggestions and move all the suggestion threads to it and keep this one ontrack with congrats and photos... I'll be happy to do it for ya say the word :)

Word! ha ha kevin, not that I am anybody but I agree. I want to see more pictures! Wish my sliver FD had those rear fender.

[papsmagu]

I'll say this again, YES, I understand the car show was ran like shit and some people aren't happy with how it was ran nor the results. Its unfortunate, I understand, and I'm aware and planning to improve. Please, stop complaining as this is why every year I debate about doing this event year after.... I thought it stopped last year as I was telling people how VERY few complained last year... Seriously, its been a rough month and I know it wasn't ran the way some of you liked it. Again, I know and trust it will be ran better... IF I decide to do it... as I'm NOW debating!


i had a blast and thought everything was well organized. i will be back every year with more and more people and cars from south florida. i host an event here every november and i know how you feel. don't try and please everyone. if they don't like the way something was not done, tell them not to show up next year!!!!

[Viperx7]

[QUOTE=Herblenny;116746]Few have wanted to know who won..

Here are the winners!

SA/FB

3. License tag #1734 - Not sure who's car it was


That would be me.

[b&brx8]

1st Gen. 1985 GSL-SE. #270. Ohio tag OURX7. Name: Brian Holmes. Columbus, Ohio.7902

And THANKS Phil for taking the time to say congrats to us. I don't think anyone else in the situation you were in would have followed through with the event at all. But, let's face it: You could have timed the conception a little better! :rofl:

Most everyone that shows up puts a great deal of time, effort, and income on these little penile extensions (rotary powered or not). I, for one, am quite appreciative of the validation, not necessarily the recognition, from people that share my passion for these little automotive gems. So I'll leave it at that!

See you next year! God willing!

Sincerely Yours,

[Kentetsu]

Sorry. Reading through all of the "suggestions", I forgot what thread I was in. :)


Congrats on the wins guys. Definitely some impressive cars at the show....

[IH8DSM]

I enjoyed it that yellow 1st gen and silver fd were beautiful

[Pete_89T2]

2nd gen 1st place show winner, 1989 RX-7 Turbo, Pete Morel, Elkton, MD. Here's a link to some photos of me running the dragon...

http://www.photoreflect.com/PR3/ViewAlbum.aspx?a=703477[/URL]

I sincerely appreciate the recognition, but I'll be the first to admit I'm a bit perplexed as to why. While my car is a very nice example of a restored S5 turbo, I never considered it "show winner" quality. Guess I'm just a tougher judge. Anyway, it was a pleasure meeting all of you and I enjoyed all the conversations we shared about our common rotary powered obsessions!

Kudos to Phil & all the volunteers who ran DGRR-X. Given the circumstances Phil (i.e., conception planning :rofl: ), you ran a great event!

Regards,
Pete

[My5ABaby]

2nd gen 1st place show winner, 1989 RX-7 Turbo, Pete Morel, Elkton, MD. Here's a link to some photos of me running the dragon...

http://www.photoreflect.com/PR3/ViewAlbum.aspx?a=703477[/URL]

I sincerely appreciate the recognition, but I'll be the first to admit I'm a bit perplexed as to why. While my car is a very nice example of a restored S5 turbo, I never considered it "show winner" quality. Guess I'm just a tougher judge. Anyway, it was a pleasure meeting all of you and I enjoyed all the conversations we shared about our common rotary powered obsessions!

Kudos to Phil & all the volunteers who ran DGRR-X. Given the circumstances Phil (i.e., conception planning :rofl: ), you ran a great event!

Regards,
Pete
your car is very clean and a great example of a 2nd gen. :icon_tup:

[Bryan@BNR]

I was the judge of the 2nd generation cars. I did my best to dwendle down the best of the best inside and out FCs. If the interior wasnt finished or some things didnt coordinate, I didnt put them in front b/c of modifications. So don't take it personal if your car isnt 1/2/3 or mentioned. I am just picky about a nice, clean, well put together car so thats why the winner won :).

[ducktape]

I'm coming back next year with a paint-job for that coveted "Other" trophy. :rofl:

[Dazed and Rotarded]

wow , i'm shocked allen's car didn't atleast win something..

[FC Zach]

I'm coming back next year with a paint-job for that coveted "Other" trophy. :rofl:

Was hoping the bikes would fill that position :)