CORSA 2012: NECC: Next Year

Wed Aug 15 09:04:12 EDT 2012

Lyman Orchards
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Middlefield, CT
Ron @ 860-621-7551
Date: Aug 25
Rain date: Aug 26

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What town???
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ubject: Re: NECC: CORSA 2012:  Next Year
ate: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:19:00 -0400
Just to keep you guys informed of the Present.
here is a Great Corvair Car Show at Lyman Orchards next weekend put on by
T Corsa.
t's a great location with plenty to do all day.
lease plan on attending. If the weather is good, there is no better place
o be on Saturday 8/25/12.
e are all going.

obert Scheidel
anufacturing Engineer
lectrical Wiring Systems Division
egrand, North America
860.263.3462 x33462 / Fax 860.231.1723
obert.scheidel at legrand.us
ww.legrand.us

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                                     Re: NECC: CORSA 2012:  Next Year    

erry provides interesting food for thought.
I like the nomenclature, "Corvair Triathlon" but I would suggest that
long with a new name there is a need for a new mindset. Just as we were
rying to re-invent the convention this year, we should consider
e-inventing the signature NECC event.
For a long time the NECC did the track event at Lime Rock in conjunction
ith a judged car show that in some years was serious enough to earn
ntrants credit toward CORSA Senior Division status.  In later years the
ar show became less formal.  In recent years the car show at NECC
vents virtually disappeared.
There is a great deal that can be said about the age of the cars and the
ge of their owners and the diminishing Corvair participation in track
vents.  But the loss of emphasis on the car show and then the loss of
he 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
as done for so many years or a reasonably fast autocross such as the
onvention autocross at Stafford Speedway, track events are the
oundation of the NECC.  However, while some of us may not want to admit
t, an event like the Stafford Speedway autocross is far more accessible
o far more Corvair owners, and therefore far more likely to succeed.
(2) a road rally or driving tour.  The road rally at conventions is
ypically the best-attended moving event, and today more and more
orvair owners are participating in AACA driving tours. Maybe we should
ake the hint.
(3) a car show.  Car shows are a big part of why people own Corvairs
oday.  The cars are no longer daily drivers, they are hobby cars, and
obby 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
t become an every-other-year thing, alternating with Bay State's "Fall
lassic at Clark's."  This would prevent each event from "cannibalizing"
he other and would in fact allow them to support one another.  This, of
ourse, means that we would be planning for 2014, not next year.  (This
oes not mean that the NECC cannot do something in 2013, it just means
hat it ought not be in New England in 2013.)
As an aside, I have not heard about the road course plans that Terry
entions at Thompson Speedway, but I will take it upon myself to ask the
rack owner about this.
--Bob

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