I started out thinking that my cars were pretty well prepped, just a few wipes and I should be o.K. I wanted to help out Ken and others with setting up and tearing down the show so bad. I asked Ken when I arrived what I could do. He said, "you brought two cars to the concourse, concentrate on them". He was right, I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. Friday night after cleaning all day, I decided to leave, Sandor said "where are you going' the shows tomorrow, are you sure your going to have time to finish?" I thought about it, sat back down opened an Amstel Light and worked with cuetips on the rims for 2 hours more. Unfortunately, I spent very little time checking things out that were going on all around me. I was so focussed on cleaning. The lighting in Dupage revealed everything, the fans above were blowing layers of dust onto the cars, every time I walked away and came back, I had to wipe the car down again. Literally 16 or more hours cleaning when ordinarily an hour or two at most at home. The experience was great the 3rd place win of course was an enormous fun feeling, the bad was missing out on the fun and wanting to help during the day. Keep that in mind when you enter a concourse. Prepare as much as you can prior to th event, never rely on the weather. COVER your car when not in use. Byron To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/