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Letter from the Chairman By Kurt Geis
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Letter from Chairman 1
Did You Know 2
Crossed-Flags Judging 2
Crossed-Flags Judging 4
Meeting Minutes 5
Membership Application 7
CROSSED-FLAGS JUDGING
Both are fresh from the restoration process and
should show very well.
Then in October we will be hosting a school and an-other judging meet. The last time I heard, we will be judging a very nice ’59 and a yet to be deter-mined car. Both events should be good events for
our chapter members.
In October many of us will be traveling to Frisco, TX for the great food and awesome chocolate cake served just after the meal. Oh, and I guess I should mention that just before the dinner is the 2014 edi-tion of the Texas Regional meet. So, with that said,
there will also be some re-ally nice cars to judge or
just drool over.
One last item for this let-ter. As you all know, of-ficer nominations and elec-tions are coming up on the next couple of months. So, if you have a desire to lead this little chapter in any way, now would be a great time to let someone on the board know so we can all
breath a big sigh of relief.
Until the 13th, see you
then.
Well, I guess we all know that summer is about over with, unless you’ve been outside in the last couple of weeks in the heat and humidity. And, of course, it had to hit right when my brother-in-law was here from northern Germany, where the high has been in
the 70’s.
With the national conven-tion behind us, we now move on to a couple of judging meets and schools scheduled by the chapter. On September 13 we will be hosting a judging school prepared especially for us by our illustrious judging chairman, follow immedi-ately by the flight judging of a 1959 and a 1969.
September 2014 Volume 6, Issue 9
Midway USA Tune Up
Find us at… www.midwayusancrs.org
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NCRS Events Calendar (National & Local)
NCRS web site http://www.ncrs.org then click on the Events link.
Sep 13 - Midway USA Chapter Meeting
& Judging Meet, Davis-Moore Chevrolet
Sep 21 - Louisiana Chapter Judging Meet
Oct 4 - Oklahoma Chapter Judging School
@ Tulsa, OK
Oct 11 - Midway USA Chapter Meeting
& Judging Meet, & Judging School
@ Davis-Moore Chevrolet
Oct 23 -> 25 - Texas Lone Star Regional
@ Frisco, TX
Dec 13 - Midway USA Chapter Meeting
& Chapter Christmas Party
@ Geis’ Residence
Midway USA Chapter of NCRS, Inc.
Officers & Committee Chairs
Chairman Kurt Geis (316) 773-0774
Vice-Chairman Rick Smiley (316) 729-8388
Secretary Jim Coote (316) 789-0005
Treasurer Dallas Keller (316) 729-4290
Judging Tracy Crisler (620) 752-3131
— Newsletter Editors —
Kurt Geis and Dale Green
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At the recent Kansas City National Convention I had the op-
portunity to judge Crossed Flags (Mechanical) on a 1987
coupe. This was my first time judging Crossed Flags and
this note compares and contrasts judging for Bowtie,
Crossed Flags and Flight Awards.
Crossed Flags and Bowtie Awards recognize cars retaining
factory originality. Original cars are useful as teaching/
learning tools and they improve the quality of our Judging
Guides. Crossed Flags Award covers years 1984 to newer
currently judged cars. Bowtie Awards cover years 1953
through 1982. Both Bowtie and Crossed Flags are only
judged at Nationals.
On Tuesday, after breakfast and words from National Judg-
ing Chairman Dave Brigham, we adjourned to the judging
field upstairs at the Convention Center.
Dave had a brief meeting with the Bowtie/Crossed Flags
owners and we began.
In a nutshell, Crossed Flags/Bowtie cars are first judged
pass/fail. Next the judging sheets are given to Tabulation
for scoring. Finally, the scored sheets are returned to the
judging teams for voting.
Flight, Bowtie, and Crossed Flags judging all evaluate four
areas: Interior, Exterior, Mechanical, and Chassis. And
while Flight judging also includes an Operations check, Bow-
tie and Crossed Flags do not. In general, the items evaluat-
ed in Bowtie/Crossed Flags are similar to those on a Flight
judging sheet.
Unlike Flight judging however, Bowtie/Crossed Flags judging
is pass/fail with no condition judging. Flight judging is all
about the APPEARANCE of originality (CDCIF) and condition
of the part. Bowtie/Crossed Flags evaluates if the item re-
ally is the ORIGINAL item on that particular car.
Crossed-Flags Judging - by Dave Houlihan
In 1982, console mounted clocks were quartz units and had the word “QUARTZ” printed on the face, while the 1980 and 1981
years did not.
Did You Know
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Published by: Midway USA Chapter of NCRS, Inc.
14123 W. Onewood Ct. Wichita, KS 67235
email: [email protected]
Newsletter Editors Kurt Geis and Dale Green
Chapter Web Site
http://www.midwayusancrs.org
Proudly sponsors Midway USA Chapter
of NCRS
Davis-Moore Chevrolet
8200 W. Kellogg Wichita, KS
(316) 749-4000
Crossed-flags Judging - Continued
The standard being;
“Does the item, part, fabric, plating, or coating ap-
pear to actually be that which was specifically in-
stalled or applied on this car at the time of manu-
facture?”
Like Flight judging, only two of the four teams were
working on the car at any given time – otherwise
you just get in each others way. Unlike Flight Judg-
ing however, the cars do go on a lift to aid evalua-
tion. With multiple Bowtie/Crossed Flags cars to
judge, and only two available lifts, the “Lift Team”
did a good job of scheduling and moving cars for
the judging teams.
After completion of the pass/fail evaluation the sheets are given to Tabulation for scoring. Passing scores
for Bowtie judging are: Interior 85%, Exterior 85%, Mechanical 80%, and Chassis 80%. In addition, Bowtie
has an Age Factor that adjusts overall scores in each area.
Passing scores for Crossed Flags Judging are 90% in each area. There is no Age Factor for Crossed Flags.
After scoring, Tabulation returns the sheets to the judges and team leader for voting. Two YES votes are
needed to pass each area
with a tie broken by The
Judging Chairman. Voting
requirements in Crossed
Flags differ from Bowtie.
For Bowtie, each area
achieving the required score
is voted on for significant
educational and historic val-
ue. Together, both judges
cast one (combined) vote
and the team leader casts a
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second vote. (Reasons for NO votes are documented
on the scoring sheets.) Each area that passes (2 YES
votes) qualifies the car for a STAR Award. A four-STAR
car can earn a 5th star by being displayed at 4 NCRS
judging meets (includes 1 Regional and 1 National).
To be eligible for a Crossed Flags Award, the car must
FIRST achieve a McLellan or Hill Mark of Excellence
Award (within current or past three years and have
the same owner). (Duntov 1953-1974, McLellan 1975-
1992, and Hill 1993-1996)
To achieve the Crossed Flags Award, the car MUST get
favorable votes in ALL FOUR AREAS. There is no award
for less than all four areas getting favorable votes. A
FIVE STAR Crossed Flags Award can be achieved by displaying the car at 4 NCRS judging meets (includes 1
Regional and 1 National).
For the car we judged, returned sheets from tabulation indicated all four areas scored 90% or above - mak-
ing the car eligible for voting. Members of the Judging Teams and Team Leader then began discussing the
car.
Our discussion centered on the number of originality failures on the sheets and if any major area line items
failed. On the sheets there is only pass/fail for each item. There is NO WEIGHTING of line items – a pass/
fail in paint scores the same as a pass/fail of valve stem caps. A FAIL on a major item could lead to a NO
vote for an area and all four areas need 2 YES votes for a Crossed Flags award. Consideration for a NO
vote was also given for deterioration dirt/grease that would preclude use of the car as a learning tool.
Ultimately YES/NO depends on the historical and educational significance of the car.
After discussion, each Judging Team casts a (combined) single YES/NO vote for their area – with the Team
Leader casting the 2nd vote. Like Bowtie, reasons for NO votes are documented on the scoring sheets.
The judging sheets are NOT returned to the owner. A car is eligible for Crossed Flags judging only once.
The car we judged did achieve a Crossed Flags
Award. On this particular car, the owner was
also going for the Founders Award, so the car
did Founders OPS as well. This 1987 was driv-
en to Kansas City from Northern California.
I had an interesting day, setting aside CDCIF
for awhile, and determining if the items were
indeed ORIGINAL to that car.
Crossed-flags Judging - Continued
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The August 2014 monthly meeting which preceded the annual picnic was held on the 9th and called to order when
the secretary and is wife arrived at 10:15 AM accompanied by two other couples who also were probably delayed
by a train on the tracks. The Chairman, Kurt Geis called the group of 24 to order.
Chapter Business:
Kurt welcomed all the members with a particular greeting to the wives, who brought side dishes to make the picnic
that followed another smashing success. Even the weather cooperated again this year as Kurt pointed out. He
also called attention to the fact that it's nice to have the ladies join us in two of our favorite activities, Vettes and
food. We even got to meet another member of the Tracy and Kim Crisler family, a daughter by the name of
Amy. If I'm not mistaken, this same daughter joined us for last year's Christmas party. She must like Vettes
and food too!
Kurt asked that a motion be made to accept last month's minutes as written in the July newsletter. The motion was
made, seconded and approved by all. Except, Rick Smiley, the VP of this organization, once again had to point
out a mistake in the minutes. Because of him, a new section will be included at the conclusion of the minutes
entitled: "CORRECTIONS". Please refer to the end of the minutes each month to see what Rick found to com-
plain about with the previous month's minutes.
Our treasurer, Dallas Keller, was asked about our financial situation. He indicated that he had spent a lot of money
lately but we still had $2,883.81 in the bank. A couple of his expenses were for the brick that we had author-
ized Dale Green to purchase for us and Dale's Corvette Museum membership so that we could get a discount on
the brick.
Next, Kurt asked our Judging Chairman, Tracy Crisler, to give us a report on the upcoming two months of judging
activities. For September on our usual meeting day of the second Saturday of the month, we will have two ve-
hicles to judge, both members' cars. Casey Coats will allow us to get up close and personal with his '59 while
Steve Williamson from Arkansas will show us what a "Master Judge" has learned in his preparation of his
1969. Both should be a delight to judge and we are all looking forward to another judging challenge. Prior to
the judging event we will have an open book test that will challenge our knowledge on some basic fundamen-
tals of judging. Bring your copy of the 8th edition of the "Judging Reference Manual"; otherwise it won't be an
"open book test"! Also, registration should be done on line at the National NCRS web site. There was a brief
discussion on new rules or attitudes towards judging paint. Assume we will hear more on that subject later,
hopefully before we judge Steve and Casey's cars. Our October meeting will hopefully have another judging
school which will compare "repo" parts to original.
New Business:
Dallas mentioned that the Tulsa chapter was having a judging school the first Saturday in September and that a few
of our members would be attending.
Kurt "highlighted" the National Convention held in Kansas City beginning on the 13th of July and continuing
through the 17th. As pointed out in last month's newsletter, there were several awards handed out at the ban-
quet which included a Duntov for the Geis', Top Flight for the Keller's, all kinds of hats and coats for people
that judge others, a Foundation award for Steve Williamson, Sportsman award for the Houlihan's and Johnathan
Gulley's 5th Star Crossed Flag. To lessen the corrections next month, it's best that I include that Rick Smiley
accepted our club's Top Flight award, which is something our club has accomplished every year since incep-
tion, mainly due to the leadership of our President, Mr. Kurt Geis. Thanks Kurt.
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August Meeting Minutes - Midway USA Chapter of NCRS, Inc. Minutes Prepared By Chapter Secretary Jim Coote
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Kurt expressed his gratitude to Rick and Dallas for displaying his car and representing him for the judging of it.
They must have done an admirable job as Kurt received his coveted Duntov award. He commented that there
was no higher award than a Duntov, so he's through. Sounds like he needs another project car!
Dale Green called our attention to the TV in the clubhouse as he started a showing of highlights from the KC con-
vention. Even when he's not at a function, he still has contacts that allow him to keep his title of our
"commissioned photographer".
Next, Dale showed us a picture of our new Corvette Museum brick and the small memento that will grace the
"trophy" table down at Davis Moore Chevrolet. It looks good and we can be proud that our club helped with
the disastrous sinkhole at the museum. Thanks Dale for taking care of that for us.
Kurt reminded us of the regional meet in Texas that will be October 23-25 in Frisco. Kurt has attended regional's
there in prior years and thinks it is one of the best presented. However, dinner is still his highlight, so you be
the judge.
Speaking of food reminded Kurt that we are only 5 months away from a Christmas party, so he mentioned that we
need to come up with a theme. It's a Christmas party without presents! What kind of a theme do we need?
Work with this: It's the only party where you have to bring food and then pay to eat it! Oh, I guess that's be-
cause it's a fund raiser for the American Heart Association, our local charity.
Now picture this: Dale told us that Joe Elliott went to the Hooters' car show! After you get that visual, figure out
how Dale knew that!
Rick brought up a subject that got some discussion amongst the convention goers in KC last month and that was the
absence of Wichita within our NCRS Midway Chapter logo. Unless you are good with geography and recog-
nize the outline of Kansas, most everyone who cares has to ask "where is your club located". With the help of
Keri Keller, our resident seamstress, discussion ensued concerning what could be done to correct this problem
on future embroidery endeavors. Kerri thought it could be handled quite easily. Problem solved.
Dallas, probably during a period of boredom, was thumbing through old issues of "Corvette Enthusiast" when he
stumbled upon something in the August 2005 issue that he found interesting enough to share with us. It was a
very close facsimile of the new "Stingray" emblem on the C7. Apparently there have been many of these die
cast emblems sold, but they were not on any Corvettes. Dallas had the article with him for our viewing and it
certainly appeared like the new emblem was designed long before the C-7!
Attention was called to the fact that we had two new authors in the August issue of our newsletter. Jo Houlihan
penciled an article on page 3 to update us on the NCRS National Awards given out in Kansas City. Rick Smi-
ley gave us a very emotional ride on his experience in being responsible for showing Kurt's car. You might
think twice before assigning such a task to him again, however, the car did achieve all of Kurt's goals, so guess
Rick did okay.
And with that, we were done 'cause the smell of brats and burgers was wafting in the air which meant the picnic
should begin. No one protested so Kurt declared the business meeting over at 11:05 A.M.
CORRECTIONS: In the July minutes as written and published in the August "Midway USA Tune Up" newslet-
ter, the recording secretary mistakenly referred to Connie and Lindsey McElhaney's new acquisition as a 1969 Cor-
vette. It is a Corvette, but not a 1969. It's a 1972, I hope! If it's not, I'll correct it next month.
August Meeting Minutes - Midway USA Chapter of NCRS, Inc. Continued
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Member ______________________________________________________________________
Address _________________________________ City: _______________________________
State ___________ Zip: __________ - ______ Email: _________________________________
Home Phone ________________ Mobile _______________
List of Corvettes:
Year Color Style Additional Comments for Corvette
_____ _______________ _______ _________________________________________
_____ _______________ _______ _________________________________________
Restoration Experience (if any) _____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Date ___________ NCRS Member # _______
National Corvette Restorers Society
Midway USA Chapter of NCRS http://www.midwayusancrs.org
Membership Application
Membership Dues:
Midway USA Chapter of NCRS ($20.00) __ Check # ____ Cash
A NCRS Membership is Required. By Internet http://www.ncrs.org/membership/index.html
NCRS Membership is $35.00 By Phone (513) 385-8526
Mail this application and check written to Midway USA Chapter NCRS:
Kurt Geis (NCRS-KS) Membership Chair / Chairman
14123 W. Onewood Ct.
Wichita, Ks 67235
(316) 773-0774
The Midway USA Chapter of NCRS promotes the enjoyment, preservation and restoration of Chevrolet Corvettes.
We meet the 2nd
Saturday of each month at Davis-Moore Chevrolet 8200 West Kellogg.
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