[Jeff Higgins]

Concours strikes me as being somewhat more prone to attracting the "check writing" set than other automotive hobbies. Guys who know more about the monetary value of their car and its predicted appreciation than they do about its historical value and enthusiast appreciation. It's easier for this set to show their friends an obviously very nice, very expensive car and have them ogle it and heap praise upon it (even if they have no clue what it is) than it is for, say, the racer or track nut to show off his his car and have anyone appreciate it.

I do respect the DIY concours guys. I have to think, however, that their numbers represent a smaller percentage of their population than the track crowd. Granted, we have guys who know more about oil futures than where to check it on their own car, but they are in the minority. Anybody who spends much time at the track eventually has to learn to do more than clean it; they need to spin wrenches unless they can hire some one to bring along to do it for them.