Wow, what a day. For starters it was the biggest Concours in the Orange Coast Regions history. We had over 150 cars and 74 judged cars. Thats a great turn out for a single PCA region. Our event was held inconjunction with the Huntington Beach Concours, so there were hundreds of cars in the park. Congrats to fellow Autopean "MBZ 500E" who won the post war German Class in the HB event.
One of the highlights in the PCA area, was a 40 year display of 911's
The day started pretty early, as we arrived at 5.45am. Pic is of my son cleaning the under carriage.
Judging got under way at 9.45am and I had to finish my judging committements first before being judged at around 12.30pm. Received probably my best score ever of 324.7 (out of 325). Had a perfect score on Exterior, Interior, Storage and Engine, and lost just 0.3 on the under carriage (0.1 front under carriage and 0.2 rear under carriage). The judges stick their hands everywhere they can under the car and into the wheels and calipers. If there is dust/dirt, its a deduction.
My score was good enough to win Best of Show (by just 0.1).
At Orange Cost I was competing against dedicated show cars that are rarely driven and are trailered to the event. I was particularly pleased with the result as I had only a couple of weeks ago attended BoxsterFest in Lake Tahoe (1000 mile return trip) , plus driven 1000 miles to/from the Tucson show earlier as well. In the past month I had put over 2500 miles on the car. Not only was it tough getting the car prepped well, but I don't have a trailer either!
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