After a review of perfect scores awarded in JCNA Concours
events, the following information was ascertained:
�1,380 cars were judged across the six regions of the JCNA
during the 2011 Concours season.
�136 perfect scores were awarded in the Champion, Driven,
and Special Classes.
�10% of the cars judged received perfect scores. Using this
percentage as a benchmark, a comparison was made between the
perfect scores awarded in each region and the percentage of
perfect scores awarded for the year across the six JCNA
regions, the aforementioned benchmark percentage.
�The highest percentage of perfect scores awarded was in the
South Central Region with 19%. Second was the Southwest
Region with 12%. Third was the North Central Region with 9%.
There was a tie for fourth between the South East and North
East Regions with 8%. Fifth, and the lowest percentage of
perfect scores awarded, was in the North West Region with 3%.
�The highest number of perfect scores awarded per event was
also in the South Central Region with 5.1. There was a tie
for second between the South West and North Central Regions
with 2.9. Third was the North East Region with 2.3. Fourth
was the South East Region with 2.1, and last was the North
West Region with 1.0.
The above information raises several interesting questions.
For example, are the �best� Jaguars to be found in the South
Central and South West Regions? After all, 29 of 88, or 33%,
of the cars judged at three South Central Region Concours
events, were awarded perfect scores. And in the South West
Region, 17 of 58, or 29%, of the cars judged at two South
Central Region Concours events were also awarded perfect
scores. It should be noted that both of these percentages
are significantly higher than the benchmark average of 10%
for the cars awarded perfect scores in all Concours events
for 2011. By contrast, are the �worst� Jaguars to be found
in the North West Region, where only 5 of 143, or 3%, of the
cars judged received perfect scores?
There is no hard data that would support an affirmative
response to either of the above questions. Rather, the more
reasonable conclusion is that there is an equal distribution
of �best� and �worst� Jaguars across the six regions of the
JCNA, and that the variation in scores from region to region
is more likely the result of a lack of uniformity in
judging. For example, the average number of perfect scores
awarded per event in the South Central Region was five times
greater than those in the Northwest Region. This leads one
to conclude that, while the score sheets may be objective,
the judging may not be.
It is difficult not to be discouraged when cars from one or
two regions are consistently awarded perfect scores while in
other regions they are not. There is less of an incentive to
compete when there is the perception that the playing field
is not even from one region to another. Fewer cars competing
can only result in a smaller judging field and more poorly
attended Concours events.–
Dave Maupin, 1976 XJ 5.3C
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