Wings & Wheels car show / thanks

[JanDebL at aol.com]

After dodging water puddles for the 1st 20 miles, I made the trip with more 
or less a clean car.  The format was different this year - unless you really 
arrived early, there was no grouping by make or model.  I'm not sure it was 
good or bad, but it forced you to walk through the entire show to find the 
cars you wanted to look at.  A new 996 C4 parked next to me which probably 
attracted a few people that wouldn't have normally looked at my 91 200.  
Before I even filled out the information card and placed it in the 
windshield, there were handful of people who stopped by and wanted to know 
more about Audis and Quattros.  By then a friend of mine pulled in with his 
356 C coupe.  We both planned on leaving about noon but when we came back 
from walking around the show we were both surprised to find a finalist 
sticker each of our windshields.  Our curiosity got the best of us, so we 
stayed until 2 o'clock  for the awards. My friend won P car class and more 
surprisingly, I won the German "other" class.  I didn't get to see all the 
cars but there must have been a real shortage of Audis - I guess I won by 
default.
Next year I'll try to organize an Audi section & pull in some of the local Q 
club / S car members.
I know there are dozens of cars in the Twin Cities that are much nicer than 
mine. 
Thanks to everyone who voted for the Black 200.
Jan Lahtonen