Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

[Patrick T.]

I think so but how many points and are they big points or little points? I live 105 miles from the Judging Meet so what do you do...reset the trip odometer before you leave for the Judges to see it? Thanks, PT

[Rick A.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

mileage points are awarded when the final sheets are tallied - when you register at the event, you will be asked whether you drove or trailered and the mileage - mileage will be noted on the "green sheet" which is attested to by the owner as being correct/true and the "green sheet" is sent to the National Judging Chair, Roy Sinor

[Brian M.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

And that's 1 big point.

[Patrick H.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

Also, it's done on the honor system.

So, if you drive to the meet by way of DC....think of all the points you could garner.

[Clark K.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

Patrick,
Here is what the Judging Reference Manual states in regard to driven mileage: "To encourage driving, any car entered in Flight Judging which is driven by the owner or family member to an event, is eligible to receive additional points based on those miles driven to the event so long as the car receives a minimum 75.0 net score. Mileage points are limited to 10% of net scoring." There are other stipulations I will not get into, here.

The officials take your word for the mileage you put down on your event registration form, but I guess if someone makes an outrageous mileage claim, they will say something. Understand that the one-way mileage is multiplied by 1% (.01) and the result is NOT rounded up and results are only used to the 1/10th place. An example: I drove my '65 L76 Coupe 211 miles one-way to the April Texas Chapter meet. Luckily for me there was no rain because I would NOT have driven the car if rain was likely. They took the 211 miles, multiplied it by 1% (.01) and got 2.11 net points. Dropping the last "1", this 2.1 was added to the 94.2% the car earned during judging, making my car's final score 96.2%.

Do NOT compare these mileage points with deduction points because there is a huge difference. Please consider driving your car to all meets. There are enough "trailer queens" already. -Clark

[Patrick T.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

Also, it's done on the honor system.

So, if you drive to the meet by way of DC....think of all the points you could garner.

Patrick, thanks for the tip but Rick Aleshire (above) knows where I live and is the Judging Chairman!

[Patrick H.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

Patrick, thanks for the tip but Rick Aleshire (above) knows where I live and is the Judging Chairman!

Doesn't matter.
If you read the rules, it's how many miles you actually drive - not the shortest route or "as the crow flies."

Guys get the "longest driven" award at the NCRS National meets by driving from one end of the country to the other, joining the road tour on that end, and driving back. A 200 mile journey becomes a 5000 mile journey.

[Clark K.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

Discovered a math error in my earlier post: "this 2.1 was added to the 94.2% the car earned during judging, making my car's final score 96.2%".

My final NET score was 96.3%. Not bad for a car that took three MAJOR point hits: 30 points for Western KO wheels, 22 points for overly glossy finish (2 stage show car paint), & the biggie: 78 points for added side exhaust!

In the below sentence, I should have used the word "confuse", not "compare": "Do NOT compare these mileage points with deduction points because there is a huge difference".

[Patrick T.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

Discovered a math error in my earlier post: "this 2.1 was added to the 94.2% the car earned during judging, making my car's final score 96.2%".

My final NET score was 96.3%. Not bad for a car that took three MAJOR point hits: 30 points for Western KO wheels, 22 points for overly glossy finish (2 stage show car paint), & the biggie: 78 points for added side exhaust!

In the below sentence, I should have used the word "confuse", not "compare": "Do NOT compare these mileage points with deduction points because there is a huge difference".

Clark, thanks for the update. PT

[Jack H.]

Re: Are there Points awarded for driving to a Chapter Meet?

Pat is dead nuts on here! Mileage driven is based on odometer + owner declaration and NOT 'as the crow flys' computations.

A Colorado local member won the longest distance driven award at a Steamboat Regional because he actually drove his '63 from Colorado Springs to Steamboat via San Diego, California to visit a sick friend who passed away shortly after the meet...

'Looney Tunes' routes (like Seattle to NYC to Miami to San Francisco) are VERY often driven by those going to our National Convention and entering their car for the Sam Folz Award (the Corvette/owner who drove the longest distance to the convention and garnered a Top Flight outcome during judging).

Putting gas in your tank and risking wear/tear on the road to a meet is the most cost effective way to garner that elusive Top Flight award!

But, there are caveat(s) to the credit calculation that you SHOULD read/understand before you go overboard. Consult your copy of the NCRS Judging Reference Manual where the rules are fully documented. These caveat(s) include:

(1) Car must make 3rd Flight on its own merit for the credit to apply.

(2) Credit cannot exceeed 10% of the car's raw score.

(3) Credit cannot push the adjusted score more than one level above its raw score result.

Bottom line, you can't take a 'junker' and get Top Flight by driving her around to the meet by way of Tierra Del Fuego...