[TR] P/C @ VTR & Driving Requirements

[TR250Driver at aol.com]

One More thing Guys & Gals,
 
 
 
There always are really nice Triumphs that do not show in Concours and  
prefer Participants Choice. I often wonder why? Perhaps they know the have  a 
good chance to win by popular vote. Truthfully I don't mind much because  
with 60 to 85 cars to judge in Concours we have a decent work load with a  
limited amount of time.  BTW, lesser cars in Concours by Rule may be  visually 
judged with general deductions if a team has several cars to  judge.  The 
important job is to get the 1st, 2nd, and third place cars  correct.  
 
Then I must admit that I am the one (perhaps the only one) who  would like 
the toss the driving requirement. So the talk that Dave  referred to may be 
coming from me alone. I believe if a Triumph is  driven on to the show field 
under it's own power that is enough.  During  over 20 years of going to 
Triumph national car shows I have seen exactly two  cars rolled out of trailers 
onto the show field.  Once at a TRA National  Meeting and once at Canadian 
Classic. The one at TRA got hammered in  Concours. On the other side I have 
heard of a few instances where  Triumph owners drove to the convention and 
did not realize they needed a driving  event to show.  Should driving to the 
convention be a driving event?   I had a TR8 beat my TR8 in  Concours when 
he did the  Gymkhana in reverse gear because he had lost all forward gears 
driving to the  convention and came in on a trailer. I did not mind.  His car 
was better  than mine and he was a fine person by the name of Bill Wood.  
This year a  very good friend of mine drove his TR6 850 miles to Jekyll with a 
leaking water  pump.  He took it on the dinner runs the nite before the 
Concours  to  get a sticker but just didn't feel like cleaning it anymore and 
left it out of  the show. I was prepared to wave the requirement if he asked. 
The  requirement has been waved before for good reasons.
 
Off my soapbox for now and yes I will now put on my Flame Retardant  Suit.
 
Darrell
 
Cheers,
Darrell