Roy:
Again, the website will not let me post a reply, so I must post as a new submission
What about the fellow who drives his car to the event AND gets the 88 points for the engine stamp pad. Those 88 points might just be the difference that puts a certain car in the 97-100 percentile, and therefore eligible for further judging as a Duntov candidate.
The real point that I wanted to make is, that lots of cars are "enhanced", by adding options that are not detectable (i.e. air conditioning, p/w, p/s, p/b, redline tires, off road exhaust), and so these cars breeze thru the judging process. There are a whole lot of Top Flite, and Duntov cars out there that are downright UGLY. So why not have a seperate class for these "enhanced" cars. They would still have to be prepared in accordance with the TIM&JG, and judged to the same standards. The only difference would have to be, that the owner must STATE that the car was "enhanced/altered". If the owner does not do so, and tries to represent his car as "original", and the judging process reveals this, then the car should be immediately disqualified. There are three areas that are most sensitive, and correctly, subject to the highest scrutiny:
1. Color/trim change
2. Engine/horsepower change
3. Addition of sidepipes
If any one of these three items have been tampered with, then it will almost always jump out to the trained eye.
Again, the website will not let me post a reply, so I must post as a new submission
What about the fellow who drives his car to the event AND gets the 88 points for the engine stamp pad. Those 88 points might just be the difference that puts a certain car in the 97-100 percentile, and therefore eligible for further judging as a Duntov candidate.
The real point that I wanted to make is, that lots of cars are "enhanced", by adding options that are not detectable (i.e. air conditioning, p/w, p/s, p/b, redline tires, off road exhaust), and so these cars breeze thru the judging process. There are a whole lot of Top Flite, and Duntov cars out there that are downright UGLY. So why not have a seperate class for these "enhanced" cars. They would still have to be prepared in accordance with the TIM&JG, and judged to the same standards. The only difference would have to be, that the owner must STATE that the car was "enhanced/altered". If the owner does not do so, and tries to represent his car as "original", and the judging process reveals this, then the car should be immediately disqualified. There are three areas that are most sensitive, and correctly, subject to the highest scrutiny:
1. Color/trim change
2. Engine/horsepower change
3. Addition of sidepipes
If any one of these three items have been tampered with, then it will almost always jump out to the trained eye.
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