[TimG]

One important note is that the Bloomington Judges did not approve restamped engines nor did NCRS. This misconception has been stated a number of times. Neither judging forum approves restamped engines or cars with replaced trim tags. They make every effort to detect these cars with the master pad library that is kept by Al Greening and the the new data on trim tags that is also kept by Al. Bloomington and NCRS both know that with the improved methods of restamping available today that they have no choice but to pass an engine if they feel it appears as typical factory configuration. Bloomington has a penalty box that states that a car may not go Gold if either the casting date, casting number, assembly code or VIN number on the block are not of typical factory configuration. If it is undetectible, it must pass unless there is prior knowledge of the engine being restamped.
NCRS will allow points for each of the areas and an engine will not be knocked out of Top Flight contention if it does not have the correct VIN, for example. NCRS gives the car owner the option of removing his car from the event if the judges smell a rat. That way the bad news is not documented on the judging sheet.
They do and will bust engines at these events as was the case at the Waco NCRS Regional a few weeks ago. I was there judging and I also presented a car for judging.
There is flexability in the judging event. I presented a 16,900 mile 1965 Corvette with an engine that had its pad reground at the factory. This was the first time for this car to be judged and I was a wreck about what would be determined. On top of this, Al Greening, master judge and trusted keeper of the master pad library was the engine judge on my car. Al looked at me during judging and said that judging my car was like a judging school for him. He took photos of my pad as an excellent example of an original factory regrind and noted on the judging sheets, "nice original engine".