Super Chevy was a first for me. It's also been about 15 years since I've been to the drags so it was really a lot of fun. A top notch car show with some of the best Chevy cars and trucks on the east coast plus some great racing, flea markets, vendors and lots of food.

   We'll start off with the car show. SuperChevy is an event that is held all up and down the east coast as well as other parts of the US. There are a lot of folks that actually trailer their cars from one SuperChevy event to the other and only do those as car shows. I knew it was a very highly critical event as far as judging went but I really was not aware of how prestigious an event it was to win. These are truly some of the best cars that travel a long distance to compete for the top prizes. The top prizes are given out on Sat. and the others on Sunday. Your car is actually judged 2 days by the same judge. The first time with a fine tooth comb and the second a quicker walk around. These judges are paid by the tour and follow the tour and really know their stuff. Your car has to be spotless inside and out to be competitive.

   So what does it take to be competitive. To give you an idea, my car was already doing shows so it was pretty clean to begin with. I still spent at least 17-20 hours cleaning the Corvette for this one event. It went on a lift to get the lower end and exhaust clean. Then up on a set of ramps to get a jack under the car (way too low for any type jack) and all the wheels pulled. The wheels are waxed inside and outside, rotors cleaned, calipers waxed and wheel wells cleaned and shined. About 7 hours on that job. The interior is another 3 hours and the engine bay gone over another 4. The body last- another 3 or 4  along with all the glass. So there you have it but your still not done because you had to drive it to the show so after getting there at 7am you start all over again with a "quick" 5 to 6 hour go over. Cover the car at the end of the day and back for the final judging the next day. Cover comes off and now you have to clean the car all over again because of all the dew and that damn hamburger stand that dumped about a pound of grease all over your car along with every other car on the show field.

   So all that for the final tally and a call off of the winners. I was one of the fortunate ones that not only won an award but came in "Best of my Class" which was in this case, Corvettes 84 and newer modified/custom. I was given a plaque and a red SuperChevy best of class jacket and had my picture taken for SuperChevy magazine. All and all a pretty big honor as this show-especially for modified or Custom Corvettes is the one of the biggest events to win.

   If you didn't want to go through all the insane time and effort that I went through you could still go to the show for 2 days and park your car in the show and shine field (no judging) and walk around and see some really great GM cars and trucks of all types. Some truly incredible workmanship and imagination. This is the cream of the crop and it's just field after field of these show cars. When you get tired of that you can go to the grand stands and watch the races or check out the vendors or get some food. If you come to the races bring your ear plugs. When those jet cars kick in the afterburners you can't believe the noise and feel of the shock waves when they blast by. Lot's to see and do. I'll be back next year. It was a real close contest between Bob Anderson and he's already told me that the third time's the charm for him and he intends to take the top spot. Guess well see along with a couple other guys that I know will be tough to beat next year. Hope some KSCC members will come out and join us. If your thinking about getting into showing your Corvette and have a question, please don't hesitate to give me a call.

         Ken