Lucky 7

Eagle, it is obvious a ton of hours was put into this build. I'm really surprised it didn't fair better in the voting.

I get that they are trying to limit this class to manufactured kits (now). Under the original rules though, it is a 1/24 (or 1/25) scale model of an actual car. So, I'd be OK with it. I am really scratching my head as to how Alfonso's White Knight met any of the scale model requirements. I don't think there is a full size prototype of that car anywhere.

Not trying to start anything, but, does anyone know how he was interpreting the original rule set as allowing the printed car?
My paradigm is not allowing me to see it. Or am I not understanding what drove the changes that took place?

I'm more upset that I spent 100's of hours designing and working on a build for MOTM that is now being said is not legit (sort of). I started on the idea after MA. And, after SBI, I focused on building it out of wood by hand. The rule says it will be strictly enforced in 2019. But, they already bumped Alphonso's finish.

As to Ember's point:
It seems that NPWDRL wants it both ways. Showstopper rules state, "1. A car must pass inspection and race in that month’s NPWDRL race to be eligible for the SHOWSTOPPER vote". So, if it was eligible, why did they give third place to someone else. If it was not, why did they allow it to be voted on. That takes votes from eligible cars.

To me if NPWDRL wants to legitimize they need to either give Alphonso his third place trophy, or block/remove White Knight from Showstopper and reopen polls and allow people to re vote. I doubt either will happen

So, in addition to running other entrants out of a class to try and win, I guess Alphonso wanted another win through not following the rules.

I'm happy that I no longer need to finish (Showstopper) One Off likely fast Street Rod. If, I had put weight and wheels and taken only for them to pull this ... I would have likely never raced there again.

The problem lies in limited participation in the various classes. I'm guessing that Pinhead's car was too wide to be legal in any other class, and so was run in SR to let it run. Personally, I'm fine with it being in showstopper. And not counting it as eligible in the SR race was also the right call.

I've always struggled with having the hand-built cars running in the SR class. I think that APR had a class called "Millcraft" or something like that, in which the all wood SRs could run. The problem was, that there would be maybe two cars running in a class there, so little competition.

I also struggle with seeing unfinished/incomplete cars running in SR. How many micrograms were saved by not installing the headlight buckets?

Did Nipwordle declare the hand-built SRs illegal for the MOTM? Or just for next race season?

As to Showstopper, the more the merrier. I just want cars to win based on the car alone (detail, theme, innovation, etc.), and not some stupid gimmick. *cough* Zeeb *cough*

Easy,  are you trying to win the race or the showstopper?

Yes!

After the results with Lucky 7 I don't have high hopes on ShowStopper. It's like the guys that vote have never been in or voted on a car for a car show in their lives. Or, maybe they have. Maybe they were in one of those clubs where it was one guys turn to win.