A Synopsis of

NTCA Participation in and Trophies from

CORSA International Conventions

1976 Valley Forge

Concours: Late Open class -- Fred Johnson’s “Red Rod” promoted to Senior Division.

1978 San Diego (The year that the “Loud Bunch” was born)

Concours: Early Open class -- Ric Markin placed.

Hard Luck Award: Clay Wispell’s “Brier” dropped a valve seat in Gila Bend

1979 Detroit (The year of “Rust Never Sleeps”)

Fred Johnson is presented with Dollie Cole’s “Letter to Nicholas” to recognize his role in creating the Edward N.Cole Memorial Award presented at each National Convention to the highest achiever in all the competitive events.

Concours: Early Closed class -- Ed McFarland placed

Engineering class -- Louis Guion placed

Autocross: PS class -- Larry Rollow participated

IS class -- Louis Guion participated

Carolyn Wispell participated

Clay Wispell participated

1980 Atlanta I (Year of “The Room” and serious Wispell and Parsley breakdowns returning home)

Larry Rollow wins the Edward N. Cole Memorial Award.

Clay Wispell is presented with Dollie Cole’s “Letter to Nicholas” to recognize his role in creating the Edward N.Cole Memorial Award presented at each National Convention to the highest achiever in all the competitive events.

(Little known woulda-coulda-shoulda about this Cole competition: Had Mike Dobie registered early, he would have won the Cole competition. Ray Morey competed in all the events except for the autocross – he did well enough in all the events he entered that, had he just entered the autocross and did nothing other than turn in the worst time-of-day, he would have won the Cole competition.)

Concours: Early Open class -- Ray Morey’s yellow convertible promoted to senior division (this is the car that Ray, Don While, Clay Wispell, and two others helped sand down to bare metal on a 113-degree summer day)

Concours: Late Closed -- Larry Rollow (place unknown)

-- Mike Dobie (place unknown)

Autocross: IS1 -- Mike Dobie 1^st place

IS2 -- Larry Rollow 1^st place

Economy Run: 140hp Manual -- Larry Rollow (place unknown)

-- Mike Dobie (place unknown)

80hp -110hp Manual -- Ray Morey (place unknown)

80hp -110hp Automatic -- Clay Wispell (place unknown)

Model Car Concours: Mike Dobie (two entries – 2^nd and 3^rd places)

Louis Guion/Joe Burch 3^rd place

Gymkhana: Dave West placed

Larry Rollow placed

Mike Dobie placed

Ray Morey placed

1981 Denver (The year that silence brought the house down)

Ed Kramer won his second Edward N. Cole Memorial Award trophy. His first win, and the first time this award was made, came in the 1978 NTCA Regional Convention called the Corvair Roundup in North Texas.

Concours: Modified Late Coupe -- Larry Rollow 3^rd place

Stock Late Coupe -- Ed Kramer placed

Dune Buggy -- Steve Thomas placed

Manufacturers Class -- Joe Burch/Louis Guion 1^st place (This is a Corvair powered helicopter originally built as a trainer for the Army. The helicopter was “lost” for years, but Mike Dobie has recently found and purchased it.)

Autocross: PS3 -- Woody Thomas 1^st

PS4 -- Harold Layher 3^rd place

PS5 -- Michael DiGennaro 1^st place

IS2 -- Ed Kramer 1^st

IS3 -- Larry Rollow 3^rd

Competition Class -- Joe Burch placed

Specialty -- Steve Thomas placed

PS3 (Ladies) -- Susie Thomas 1^st

PS4 (Ladies) -- Marilyn (“just drive it like you’re going to the store”) Layher 1^st

Rally: Ed and Gary Kramer placed

John and Barbara Ann D’Angelo placed

Jim and Marrie Becker placed

Harold and Marilyn Layher placed

Joe and Blanche Burch placed

Gymkhana (Mens): Ed Kramer 1^st

Todd Marsh placed

Larry Rollow placed

Mike DiGenero placed

Harold Layher placed

Woody Thomas placed

(Ladies): Suzie Thomas

1982 Syracuse (The year of the Belly Dancer, and the Parsley transmission)

Jim Becker won the Edward N. Cole Memorial Award Competition campaigning in the “Yellow Peril.”

Concours: Late Closed Factory Stock Original -- Jim Becker 3^rd

Rally: Jim/Marie Becker 4^th

Woody/Genie Thomas placed

Autocross: PS3 -- Jim Becker 2^nd

-- Woody Thomas 3^rd

PS3 (Ladies) -- Genie Thomas placed

Gymkhana: Jim Becker 4^th

Woody Thomas placed

Genie Thomas placed

Economy Run: FC -- Clay Wispell 1^st

Model Car Concours: Garry Parsley 1^st

Jim Becker 1^st

1983 Seattle II (The year of Vicky and Deanna, and Rollow’s mini beer)

Concours Judges Award for Best Engine Compartment: Jim Becker

Rally: Jim and Marie Becker placed

Clay and Carolyn Wispell placed

Woody Thomas and Corbin Tayloe placed

Economy Run: Manual Transmission Class -- Woody Thomas placed

Automatic Transmission Class -- Jim Becker placed

FC Class -- Clay Wispell 1^st

Autocross: PS3 -- Jim Becker 2^nd

IS2 -- Woody Thomas placed

Gymkhana: Jim Becker 2^nd

1984 New Jersey (Year of the goose droppings)

Rally: John/Barbara Ann D’Angelo 3^rd

Jim/Marie Becker participated

Economy Run: FC Class -- Clay Wispell 1^st

1985 Houston (The year of NTCA’s Concours)

Concours: Closed Street Stock – Jim Becker 1^st

Closed Modified Late – Mike Dobie 1^st

-- Vicky Wispell placed

FC – Michel DiGennaro 1^st

Engineering – LarryRollow 1^st

Engineering (Senior) –Joe Burch 1^st

Autocross: IS2 -- Greg Hopewell 1^st

IS3 -- John Martin 2^nd

IS3 -- Mike Dobie 3^rd

PS2 (Ladies) -- Vicky Wispell 1^st

PS3 -- Jim Becker 1^st

DS3 -- Michael DiGennaro 1^st

SM – Louis Guion, III 1^st

-- Larry Rollow 2^nd

1986 Grand Rapids (The year of the banquet table rearrangement, and wearing of towels/sheets/pillow cases.)

Concours: Street Stock Early Closed – Ric Markin placed

Modified Late Close – Vicky Wispell placed

FC – Billy Bruce 1^st

Economy Run: Late Automatic – Vicky Wispell placed

FC – Clay Wispell 1^st

-- Billy Bruce 2^nd

Rally: Vicky Wispell/Ken Klingaman placed

Billy/Eleanor Bruce placed

Autocross: PS1 – Ric Markin placed

PS3 – Art Ainsworth placed

PS3 (Ladies) – Vicky Wispell 1^st

IS3 – Mike Dobie placed

PS5 – Billy Bruce 2^nd

Model Car Concours: Ric Markin 1^st Diorama

1987 Chicago II (The year of the Frenchmen)

Economy Run: Late Automatic – Vicky Wispell 2^nd

FC – Clay Wispell 1^st

Other – Jim Becker 1^st

Slalom: PS1 – Larry Rollow 1^st

-- Fred Mitchell placed

PS3 (Ladies) – Vicky Wispell 1^st

Concours: Early Closed – Ric Markin 2^nd

Late Closed – Vicky Wispell placed

Rally: Jim/Marie Becker 4^th

Spence Shepard/J.C.Nelson 5th

Ric Markin/Bob Marlow 7^th

1988 Ashville (The year of the forbidden camcorder)

Economy Run: Late Std Transmission – Spence/Spencer Shepard placed

-- Larry/Cynthia Rollow placed

FC -- Billy Bruce 1^st

Rally: Jim/Marie Becker placed

Larry/Cynthia Rollow placed

1989 Kansas City (Year of the apron)

Gymkhana: Bob Tarpenning 3^rd

Jim Becker placed

Garry Parsley placed

Art Ainsworth placed

Concours: Factory Stock Original Early Closed – Ric Markin 2^nd

Factory Stock Restored Early Open – Billy Bruce 1^st

Modified Early Open – Jim Becker placed

Modified Late Closed – Art Ainsworth placed

Modified Late Open – Bob Tarpenning 2^nd

-- Richard Gebhardt placed

Rally/Economy Run: Mike Dobie/Corbin Tayloe 1^st

Ron Hilliard/Rich Roberts

Spence/Spencer Shepard placed

Bob Tarpenning/Wayne Leonard placed

Jim/Marie Becker placed

Art/Retha Ainsworth placed

Tom/Gail Fricker placed

Dave West/Debbie O’Conner placed

Garry/Matt Parsely placed

Clay/Carolyn Wispell DNF (dropped valve seat on route)

Autocross: PS1 – Jim Becker placed

PS3 – Vicky Wispell placed

-- Art Ainsworth placed

IS1 -- Ron Hilliard 2^nd

-- Garry Parsely placed

IS3 -- Bob Tarpenning trophied

-- Mike Dobie placed

Model Car concours: Matt Parsley placed

Steve Spence placed

1990 Ontario (The year of the Limbo contest, when Rollow bent over backwards for CORSA, and food tasters)

Autocross: PS4 -- Mike Dobie 1^st

Rally: Jim/Marie Becker 3^rd

Tom/Gail Fricker placed

Mike Dobie/Corbin Tayloe placed

Economy Run:140 Manual Transmission -- Mike Dobie 3^rd

Jim Becker and Tom Fricker participated

1991 Washington D.C. (The year of Nader in a Corvair and the Smithsonian Restoration Facilities)

Economy Run:140 Manual -- Dave West placed

Automatic -- Jim Becker 3^rd

Turbocharged -- Mike Dobie 2^nd

FC -- Spence Shepard 1^st

Rally: Spence/Spencer Shepard 4^th

Jim/Marie Becker placed

Mike Dobie/Corbin Tayloe placed

Woody/Genie Thomas placed

Concours: Street Stock Early Open -- Billy Bruce 1^st

Modified Late Closed -- Mike Dobie 4^th

1992 Atlanta II

Mike Dobie wins his SECOND Edward N. Cole Memorial Award Winner.

Concours: Street Stock Early Open -- Eleanor Billy Bruce 1^st

-- Billy Bruce 2^nd

Modified Late Closed -- Mike Dobie 1^st

-- Harold Layher placed

Economy Run: Low Horsepower Manual -- Larry Rollow 4^th

-- Karen Parsley placed

140 Manual -- Mike Dobie 1^st

Automatic -- Harold Layher placed

-- Jim Becker placed

FC -- Woody Thomas 2^nd

Rally: Mike Dobie/Corbin Tayloe 2^nd

Dave West/Floy Roser placed

Larry Rollow/D.Arnett placed

Woody/Genie Thomas placed

Jim/Marie Becker placed

Karen/Matt Parsley placed

Harold/Marilyn Layer paced

Autocross: PS2 -- Garry Parsley 2^nd

PS1 (Ladies) -- Karen Parsley 1^st

PS2 -- Randy Hall 2^nd

PS3 -- Larry Rollow 3^rd

-- Harold Layher placed

PS4 -- Mike Dobie 1^st

IS3 -- Dave West placed

Model Car Concours: Diorama -- Ric Markin 1^st (The Garage)

-- Ric Markin 2^nd (Van and Trailer)

1993 San Jose

Rally: Woody Thomas/Richard Gebhardt placed

Harold/Marilyn Layher participated

Mike DiGennaro/Sue Boughton participated

Jim/Marie Becker participated

Dave West/Floy Rosen participated

1994 Williamsburg

Concours: Modified Late Closed -- Mike Dobie 3^rd

Modified Early Open -- Tom Fricker 3^rd

Autocross: Stock 4 -- Mike Dobie 1^st

Economy Run: 140 Manual -- Mike Dobie 1^st

-- Dave West placed

Turbocharged -- Tom Fricker placed

Brand-X -- Clay Wispell (61 mpg)

-- Jim Becker

Rally: Mike Dobie/Corbin Tayloe placed

Dave West/Rusty & Rachel Rose placed

Tom/Gail Fricker placed

Jim/Marie Becker placed

Car Display: Early Closed -- Ric Markin 1^st

1995 Dallas (The Year of the Rolling Concours)

Rally: Dave West/Floy Roser 1^st

Louis Pinard/Mike Dobie 4^th

Economy Run: Low Horsepower Manual -- Art Ainsworth 3^rd

140 Manual -- Louis Pinard 4^th

-- Dave West placed

FC -- Woody Thomas 1^st

Model Car Concours: Garry Parsley placed and a 1^st

Ric Markin placed and a 1^st

Steven Spence placed

Jim Becker placed

1996 Albuquerque (The Year of the JB Weld spark plug)

Concours: FC -- Corbin Tayloe 1^st

Modified Late Closed -- Mike Dobie 1^st

Modified Late Open -- Louis Pinard 1^st

Modified Early Open -- Art Payne placed

Autocross: PS3 -- Art Ainsworth placed

PS4 -- Mike Dobie 1^st

-- Steve Kirkton 3^rd

IS3 -- Louis Pinard 5^th

IS4 -- Corbin Tayloe 2^nd

Economy Run: Low Horsepower Manual -- Larry Rollow 5^th

-- Art Ainsworth placed

-- Ken Richardson placed

-- Bob Tarpenning placed

-- Chess Cain placed

140 Manual -- Louis Pinard 3^rd

-- Dave West placed

Turbocharged -- Steve Kirkton 1^st

FC -- Woody Thomas 2^nd

Corbin Tayloe 4^th

Rally: Larry Rollow/J.Balinger 1^st

Corbin Tayloe/Mike Dobie 5^th

Dave West/Floy Roser placed

Woody/Genie Thomas place

Ches Cain placed

Steve Kirkton/Terry Robinson placed

Harold/Marilyn Layher placed

Bill/Woo Wells placed

1997 – 2006 In work.