What is was like judging the 2025 Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally
This summer I have been an invited guest to the Pacific Grove Rotary Club luncheons. After getting to know what the club is more about, I have decided to join, and even before becoming an official member, the club asked me to be a judge for its annual Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally during Monterey Car Week! I am a car enthusiast and know a lot about a lot of cars, but I have never judged a show before. Luckily, there were not that many criteria to judge each car on. Basically there were 17 categories, 13 specific ones, and 4 overall “grand prizes” to consider for each car. Of the 250+ entries, it was on me to judge the even numbered entries, along with one other judge doing evens, and two other judges doing odds, so that each car had two judges assessing it.
Well, that was in theory, ha!
Because I enjoyed chatting with the owners of the cars and only made it halfway through the lineup of cars before getting a text calling me back to start deliberations for the winners, I never had a chance to get to half the entries! Still, I had contritions to make during deliberations and some of the cars I judged were agreed to as winners for some of the categories, which made me feel good!
So I guess next year I better speed it up, but, I do like chatting about cars with their owners and hearing their fantastic ownership stories!
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