Judging in the rain @ bowling green

[Ronald C.]

ok newbie question here but since everyone i call says "good question i dont know... but i am not asking" here goes. I am headed to KY for regional but just heard they are calling for rain thursday and friday. While i am no prude and the car can get wet. the spring storms rolling through are strong and would hate to see hail or the wet/dirt of judges in/under interior/engine etc in the rain. this is an outdoor event. does the show go on in the rain? do you load into trailer at night?

[Mark D.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

Judges are pigs so, regardless of the weather, they are probably going to get some mud on your car.

[Michael W.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

do you load into trailer at night?

Only the judges. It's not safe to let them roam around loose after dark. Cars stay on the judging field.

[Gene M.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

Judges are pigs so, regardless of the weather, they are probably going to get some mud on your car.

This remark is not in good spirit, for people are volunteering. SAD SAD SAD

[Terry M.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

ok newbie question here but since everyone i call says "good question i dont know... but i am not asking" here goes. I am headed to KY for regional but just heard they are calling for rain thursday and friday. While i am no prude and the car can get wet. the spring storms rolling through are strong and would hate to see hail or the wet/dirt of judges in/under interior/engine etc in the rain. this is an outdoor event. does the show go on in the rain? do you load into trailer at night?

Ron,
All the humor aside for a brief time-- and as you can see there is plenty of that -- we judge the cars rain or shine -- and hail too. Just ask those of us who were in Bowling Green at the last Regional held there. I don't have the Judging Reference Manual in front of me, but I believe there is an exception to the not moving cars from the judging field for dangerous weather, but that is the call of the Judging Chair. Of course having said that I will tell you the last time I commented on removing cars from the Judging Field I got in a heap of trouble with the boss.

Do keep in mind -- the judges will be exposed to the same weather conditions as you and your car will be. They are all wosses, so you don't need to worry about your car getting wet. Judges melt.

[Mark D.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

Relax Gene, I judge at just about every regional and national meet. I volunteer a lot of my time, just like you.

It was a joke...lighten up, Francis.

[Terry M.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

This remark is not in good spirit, for people are volunteering. SAD SAD SAD

Oh come on Gene, can't you tell Mark's humor when you see it? He's a whack job -- but he is good for a beer or two.
Besides he wants to see some goof ball Corvette floor protector that was stolen from a Corvette in transit. How can one criticize anyone who is that passionate about a piece of dimpled paper.

[Patrick H.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

We judged in trailers and under a tent once for a Chapter Meet when it was raining a torrential downpour. That was quite the event...

[Mark D.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

Mark =

[Gene M.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

Relax Gene, I judge at just about every regional and national meet. I volunteer a lot of my time, just like you.

It was a joke...lighten up, Francis.

Not funny, judges are the most considerate when looking at another's car. Remember a lot of members that read this web site are not familiar with NCRS judging. We don't want to "scare them away".

[Mark D.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

We judged in trailers and under a tent once for a Chapter Meet when it was raining a torrential downpour. That was quite the event...

My memory is pretty bad but, didn't we judge in trailers at a regional somewhere, not too many years ago? Maybe it was just a fall-back plan.

[Patrick H.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

My memory is pretty bad but, didn't we judge in trailers at a regional somewhere, not too many years ago? Maybe it was just a fall-back plan.

Maybe we should start drive-through judging.

[Michael W.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

It was a joke...lighten up, Francis.

Somebody said that to the new Pope just last week. He took it personally for some strange reason.

[Jerry G.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

I was there in 2005 when we had the hail storm on Thursday. It was golf ball size hail for almost 20 minutes. All cars were judged with damage and point deduction for the damage. Any car that left the judging field would be banned for one year. Nobody left the judging field. Bowling Green weather for Thursday is rain and possible hail. Sunny on Friday and Saturday. See you there

[Terry M.]

Re: Judging in the rain @ bowling green

My memory is pretty bad but, didn't we judge in trailers at a regional somewhere, not too many years ago? Maybe it was just a fall-back plan.

You are too young to remember a Minnesota Regional in the snow. Now that was fun! I can't remember if it was May or September, but whichever it was we missed their two-week Summer window.