Since no one has yet, it looks like I'll be the first after all.
First roung of thanks (as always) goes out to everyone involved in running the event - Marty and crew, the Autobarn crew, judges, and all of the others who made the event possible. The extent of effort put in by these people isn't always seen, but I can assure you it is much appreciated.
A special thanks also for the judges - it's been a controversial area in some of the state's ealier events, but this time around I had a listen to a couple of the cars after they were judged, and to my ears all of the judgments looked exactly how I would have scored them (except for mine, which I'd have probably given 6's all around
). Before I went to bed last night, I abandoned my attemps at last minute fibreglassing work, and with little else to do I pulled everything out of my car and decided I wouldn't compete.
At 8am I woke up again, and some strange state of motivation came over me and I decided right then and there that not only would I come to the event on time, but I would do whatever I had to do get the car in some form of competiytive state. What I didn't expect was for it to come out as well as it did. With such a ghetto job I wouldn't have been surprised with a last place, especially given how good the other cars were. To finish second in my first Pro Street event a major surprise and a result that definately helped to make all of the hard work well worth it.
Speaking of the competiution....
Rick: Congrats for taking first place in Am Str. You know I'll gladly write a page long of bad points given the chance, but with yours I was quite honestly left with very little to criticise. The car sounded truly impressive, and I've no doubts that the placing was well deserved. One of those cars that you'd listen to just because it's enjoyable - which at the end of the day is the real aim.
Jono: I didn't get a chance to hear your car this time around, but I know what you are capable of and being only one point behind Rick I can well imagine you car would have been similarly briliant. Congrats on the second place
Nath: Smartassiness aside, your car is getting better every time I hear it and today showed big improvements over the past. A couple of little flaws here and there hurt the scoresheet, but overall the system sounded better then the outright ranking suggests. Keep it up.
It seems the judging has gotten a little stricter with each passing event, and I think this has a lot to do with why the cars have all improved at such an impressive rate. The end result is that NSW are improving dramatically as a group, and look to be in a position to really apply some pressure at Wagga.
Good work guys
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im going to have to do alot of listening come finals.
