On February 24, 2002 we at The Checkered Flag Car Shop successfully
hosted the first ever National Customised and Sound Off Championships
at Sherbourne Conference Centre and as a result, two competitors
were chosen to create history and represent Barbados at Spring
Break Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida from March 22-24,
2002.
In the Sound Off Competition, Ian Inniss, the owner of the
popular Street Vibes Corolla Wagon, was chosen as the overall
winner to represent his country at SBN and Charles Goddard,
the owner of the well known MR-56, was chosen for the customised
category. After the competition, the organising committee
of the show met to review the score sheets for the Customised
Competition and were amazed to find a large quantity of judging
irregularities and as a result, it was decided that an Emergency
Meeting be called to discuss the above, on Tuesday February
26, 2002 at 6.30PM at Bank Hall.
At the meeting, the competitors were advised of the irregularities
and were given the opportunity to have the show rejudged privately
on March 2, 2002 at Zokel Enterprises by two Trinidadian judges,
since it was felt that most of the competitors were unfaired.
As an example, it was pointed out to Danny "Cheese" Proverbs,
the owner of "Venom", that he was incorrectly penalised for
not having graphics and that one of the judges forgot to give
him a score for part of his engine compartment.
The decision was then handed over to the competitors as to
whether or not they wanted to have the show rejudged and as
a result, the majority felt that the results should remain
as they were except for Trevor Bryan, who said that he would
not vote because he felt that it was impossible to please
everyone and that a new result would also cause confusion.Rodney
Clarke also refused to vote on the decision and made it clear
that if the show was going to be rejudged on March 2, 2002
he would not be available. Despite going to such extremes
and offering to have the show rejudged by two Trinidadians,
there are still some unhappy competitors who are opposing
the final results even though it was their decision and not
that of The Checkered Flag Car Shop, to leave the results
as they originally were!
The Checkered Flag Car shop would like to make it quite clear
that under no circumstances will the results be changed after
all that has been said and done and that Ian Inniss and Charles
Goddard will be the chosen ones to fly the Broken Trident
at Spring Break Nationals.
In addition, we would like to thank the public of Barbados
for making this event a success and look forward to seeing
all of you again at our planned Regional Sound Off Competition,
scheduled for May 20.2002 at Sherbourne Conference Centre.
Competitors from Trinidad and St.Lucia have already confirmed
that they will be attending.
Your Truly,
Nick Harrison
THE CHECKERED FLAG CAR SHOP
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