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Meguiar’s Superstars recognises and rewards quality and craftsmanship at the absolute top level of customisation, making these the most sought after custom car awards in the country. Superstars now offers 2 distinct categories for entrants; ‘Best of Breed’ and ‘The Superstars Open’, which will provide a wider field and more opportunities for super elite vehicles and HOK Inauguration cars to be rewarded. MotorEx is also the 1st qualifying round for the following years Superstars ‘Best of Breed’contenders.
In ‘Superstars’ there are 2 classes:
• Hot Rods (Pre 1948)
• Street Machines (Post 1948 includes Muscle Cars, Customs, Mini-trucks and Super Elite Hi-Tech Tuners)
SUPERSTARS BEST OF BREED
The best of the best will battle it out for a place in custom car history.
Eligibility
Throughout the year, contenders for this category compete at one of the below qualifying rounds where two Hot Rods and two Street Machines are selected from each event. In addition, up to four Wildcard entrants may also be hand selected throughout the year to compete.
Collectively, these vehicles make up the Meguiar’s Superstars Best of Breed category and each have a chance at taking out the Best of Breed Master in their class; Hot Rod or Street Machine. Superstars competing for ‘Best of Breed’ are also eligible to compete against ‘The Superstars Open’ entrants for the seven ‘Champion’ awards and prizes listed below.
THE SUPERSTARS OPEN
Vehicles that are of super elite standard that have not qualified for the ‘Best of Breed’ category.
Eligibility
This is where Australia’s Elite vehicles including cars being unveiled in the HOK Inauguration are judged against the Superstars criteria to determine each of the seven ‘Champion’ award winners. To enter this category you must submit an entry form with photo’s of your vehicle. If approved, you will receive confirmation and further instructions. ‘The Superstars Open’ entrants are also eligible to qualify for the following years Superstars ‘Best of Breed’ category.
AWARDS & PRIZES
‘BEST OF BREED’ AWARDS
Only Superstars Best of Breed are eligible to compete for these awards and each qualifier of up to 32 vehicles will be recognised and presented with $1000.
• Best of Breed Hot Rod Master
• Best of Breed Street Machine Master
Each winner will receive a masterpiece Billet trophy and an additional cash component of $4,000.
** Once this title has been won, the winning car is not eligible to compete again.
‘CHAMPION’ AWARDS
Superstars ‘Best of Breed’ and ‘The Superstars Open’ entrants will be eligible for these awards and prizes.
• BODYWORK
• PAINTWORK
• ENGINE & COMPONENTS
• UNDERCARRIAGE & DRIVELINE
• INTERIOR & REAR COMPARTMENT
• IMACT & DISPLAY
• OVERALL INNOVATION
Each of these category winners will receive a Champion Award medal and cash prize for:
Gold $1000 each Silver $750 each Bronze $500 each
** ’The Superstars Open’ vehicles in this category can qualify for Superstars the following year.
JUDGING GUIDELINES
Criteria
Innovation, Level of Engineering, Use of Custom-made Components, Extent of Modification, Degree of Difficulty, Quality of Workmanship and Attention to Detail will be key elements in all categories of the judging criteria:
• BODYWORK including all panels, body kits, under body, glass, trim, and mouldings.
• PAINTWORK for all exterior, interior & under bonnet/boot painted surfaces.
• ENGINE & ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS includes installation and modification of all hardware & accessories.
• UNDERCARRIAGE & DRIVELINE including chassis, brakes, suspension, steering, exhaust, wheels & tyres.
• INTERIOR & REAR COMPARTMENT including trim, audio/vision, gadgetry and fabrication/moulding.
• IMPACT & DISPLAY of overall vehicle.
• OVERALL INNOVATION for builders that think outside the box, and take the risks to build new different innovative vehicles.
Each vehicle is awarded points out of 1000 using the table below. The standard of vehicles competing is remarkable and almost every year the winner and the runner-up(s) have been separated by as little as 10 points. This is where the extent of modification, degree of difficulty and innovation comes into play.
Meguiar’s Super Elite/Superstars rewards the person/vehicle that is prepared to extend the boundaries and take risks while maintaining a very high degree of quality. It can be difficult to award exact points for degree of difficulty and innovation, which is why we select professional Judges with extensive experience from all areas of the custom vehicle industry. This ethos is applied to all the below judging categories.
After the points are compiled a Judges Meeting takes place to discuss all aspects of the criteria and the judging process to arrive at a unanimous agreement on the winners.
Points Allocation Table – Hot Rods and Street Machines (Including Hi-Tech):
BODYWORK 170
PAINTWORK 180
ENGINE & COMPONENTS 140
UNDERCARRIAGE & DRIVELINE 140
INTERIOR & REAR COMPARTMENT 170
IMPACT & DISPLAY 100
OVERALL INNOVATION 100
TOTAL: 1000 points
RULES
• Vehicles do NOT need to be registered.
• Engine must crank, but not necessarily fire.
• Organisers have final say in determining the Class for judging.
• All Classes are “open” with no sub-classes, categories or groups.
• A vehicle can only win their Class championship once and cannot enter again unless, in the opinion of the Organisers, a total rebuild has been carried out.
• Vehicles can be sponsored with the appropriate signage, however the placement of commercial signage promoting brands/products that are considered competing brands is restricted and must be kept to a maximum 150mm x 150mm in no more than two positions on the vehicle or display.
• The idea is to highlight Australian know-how and therefore more than half the labour involved in the build/modification of the car must have been done in Australia. The vehicle itself and all components are exempt.
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