<VV> Great Plain Corvair Roundup report

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We returned from the Great Plains Corvair Roundup in Tulsa this afternoon.  
What a great weekend! The host club, Green Country Corvairs, did a fantastic 
job  running the show. It's always great to see so many great Corvair  friends. 
There were folks from North Texas, Houston, Alamo, Arkansas, and  Rocky 
Mountain Corvair clubs in addition to the four clubs involved in the  Roundup, 
Tulsa, Wichita, Kansas City and Oklahoma City. This was the second year  for this 
event and it is really picking up interest in this area.
 
The hotel was nearly perfect and the two very large parking lots were  
perfect. There was a "play by play" announcer as well as a DJ playing period  
correct tunes during the show.
 
 
Things got started on Friday night with the valve cover race. There were  
just over a dozen cars entered, but every person in the hotel was watching the  
competition. Many of the cars were extremely unique in their design, including 
a  Pirate ship "manned" by ducks. My eight year old daughter, Shannon, and 
Kirk  Eck's son, Jake, were the most visibly excited about the event. Shannon  
finished in second and Jake finished in third.
 
Saturday morning was an early one, with many people out in the parking lot  
before dawn preparing their cars for the big show. The concours had 23 cars,  
including 3 wagons and 3 or 4 FCs. Don Wagner formed two judging teams and  the 
judging was very smooth. What else would you expect from an event run by  
Don? My sedan did as well as I could have expected with an unprepared underside.  
Unfortunately though it missed the medals by 0.04.
 
Mike Dawson from KC was the featured presenter of the tech sessions. I was  
not able to attend, but I heard the "Doctor" Mike did a great job.
 
Saturday afternoon was the funkana. I was co-chair with Gary Baxter and we  
were setting up the course with the help of Travis Bolton of KC during the tech 
 sessions. The course started out with a parking lot shuffle, pulling into 
one  spot forward and then backing into another spot, then repeat. This was 
followed  with a fan belt toss. Then the "Mater salom," a salom accomplished in 
reverse.  The course ended with a "toll booth" where competitors attempted to 
toss a  fender washer into a bucket. Participants had lots of fun based on the 
amount of  laughter coming from the sidelines as well as the vehicles on the 
course.
 
The festivities wrapped up with a banquet. Roger Scott, Marvin Luke  and the 
rest of the  Green Country Corvair Club should be very proud of the  event 
they hosted. Next year we'll be in Kansas City. Make your plans now  because this 
is a great Corvair event in the heart of the country.
 
Ned  Madsen
MCCA President - Wichita, KS
1966 Corsa 140/4 speed - Autocross Hot  Rod
1965 500 Sedan 95/PG - Daily  Driver
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