CORSA 2012: NECC: Next Year

[Brian]

What town???

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From: Robert.Scheidel at legrand.us
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Cc: Brian <bmoneill at juno.com>, "conv-2012 at corvair.org" <conv-2012 at corvair.org>, "neccexec at corvair.org" <neccexec at corvair.org>, neccexec-bounces at corvair.org, Terry&Alexis Stafford <terry_alexis at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: NECC: CORSA 2012:  Next Year
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:19:00 -0400

Just to keep you guys informed of the Present.
There is a Great Corvair Car Show at Lyman Orchards next weekend put on by
CT Corsa.
It's a great location with plenty to do all day.
Please plan on attending. If the weather is good, there is no better place
to be on Saturday 8/25/12.
We are all going.


Robert Scheidel
Manufacturing Engineer
Electrical Wiring Systems Division
Legrand, North America

860.263.3462 x33462 / Fax 860.231.1723
robert.scheidel at legrand.us
www.legrand.us



                                                                          
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Terry provides interesting food for thought.

I like the nomenclature, "Corvair Triathlon" but I would suggest that
along with a new name there is a need for a new mindset. Just as we were
trying to re-invent the convention this year, we should consider
re-inventing the signature NECC event.

For a long time the NECC did the track event at Lime Rock in conjunction
with a judged car show that in some years was serious enough to earn
entrants credit toward CORSA Senior Division status.  In later years the
car show became less formal.  In recent years the car show at NECC
events virtually disappeared.

There is a great deal that can be said about the age of the cars and the
age of their owners and the diminishing Corvair participation in track
events.  But the loss of emphasis on the car show and then the loss of
the car show itself has been self defeating for the NECC.

I would suggest that an annual "Corvair Triathlon" should consist of:

(1) a track event.  Whether it is a high-speed event such as the NECC
has done for so many years or a reasonably fast autocross such as the
convention autocross at Stafford Speedway, track events are the
foundation of the NECC.  However, while some of us may not want to admit
it, an event like the Stafford Speedway autocross is far more accessible
to far more Corvair owners, and therefore far more likely to succeed.

(2) a road rally or driving tour.  The road rally at conventions is
typically the best-attended moving event, and today more and more
Corvair owners are participating in AACA driving tours. Maybe we should
take the hint.

(3) a car show.  Car shows are a big part of why people own Corvairs
today.  The cars are no longer daily drivers, they are hobby cars, and
hobby car owners like to go to well-organized, well-run car shows.

If we were to situate such an event in New England, I would suggest that
it become an every-other-year thing, alternating with Bay State's "Fall
Classic at Clark's."  This would prevent each event from "cannibalizing"
the other and would in fact allow them to support one another.  This, of
course, means that we would be planning for 2014, not next year.  (This
does not mean that the NECC cannot do something in 2013, it just means
that it ought not be in New England in 2013.)

As an aside, I have not heard about the road course plans that Terry
mentions at Thompson Speedway, but I will take it upon myself to ask the
track owner about this.

--Bob


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