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The new location of the car show at the parking lot of Holy
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Family Church in Brentwood proved to be an inspired choice.
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There was plenty of parking for spectators and it was easy to
2-Jef f K asdor f 69 M i n i set out the competition areas. Rest rooms were readily
3-Al Wood 65 M or gan + 4 available and the entry tent had a prime location elevated on
a small grassy hill.
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Sponsors Jaguar, Land Rover, and Frazier Motors set up
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neatly across the parking lot border where the cars they
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brought could be seen and admired.
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All of the action took place on a stunningly beautiful day.
1-B ob Ch i pk evi ch 1950 Al vi s TB 14 Crisp but not cold air and clear skies greeted our 60 plus

2-Ji m M or an 57 TR3 entries. Although the show was smaller in numbers than our
last event, the quality and the variety was uniformly high.
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Smoky Dawgs provided a variety of hot dogs/sausages and
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beverages while gourmet coffee served from an Airstream
1-Lyn n Pu t n am trailer operated by an Aussie kept the energy level up.
2-Gar y Sch i el d We missed the best photo of the day. Chip Hanback let a

S-1 B u geye small boy have a seat in his classic MG TD and when he got
1-An gel a St eel e out, he stopped and kissed the car on the fender. Why is
there never a camera at the ready when you need it? That's a
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a car fan in the making.
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Passing out pre-event flyers produced some British car
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owners of a younger variety that didn't know there was such
T-3 TR6 a thing as a Nashville British Car Club. Although they didn't

1-Todd Fon t ech i a enter their viper green late model Lotus automobiles, they
did pull them up where people could admire them.
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While there are neither individual photos of the winners, nor
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of the awards that were presented, we do have photos of
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quite a few of the entries and comments from some of their
1-B i l l H am bl ey owners. [Note to self for 2023: Make sure every winner gets his

2-B ar r y W h i t eh ead or her photo taken so their accomplishment is memorialized.]
Speci al M er i t NBCC's car show is a bit different from what is seen at other
venues. First, there is no formal judging by professionals. In
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this show, only people who have entered cars can mark
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ballots in the competitive categories. When it became
B est I n t er i or -Ran dy Robi n son 1966 apparent several years ago to car show organizers that
E-t ype FH C some cars were always the first place cars in a particular
B est Pai n t -B ob Ch i pk evi ch 1950 Al vi s group, a special division called the Premier class was created.
TB 14 It puts all the first place winners of the previous year in
contention in a single, multi-type class, evening out the
playing field in individual categories. The next year premier
Th e B est of t h e B est cars from the year before return to regular group

Pr esi den t 's Awar d-Tom Sm i t h 1958 competition.
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