A NEW VENUE FOR CERTIFICATION JUDGING IS COMING IN JANUARY 2024!

Bloomington Gold Corvettes will host Certification Judging in Kissimmee, Florida January 2024. Scheduled for January 9 & 10, Gold Certified®, SURVIVOR® and Benchmark® judging for Corvettes of all generations will be offered to owners.

Witness some of the most beautiful Corvettes & Camaros in the country being judged by some of the best Corvette & Camaro judges in the sport.

The 2023 Bloomington Gold Certification process will actually begin Thursday, June 1st. As the rest of the show is busy setting the stage for the 2023 Event, certification owners will be going through the “Tech Stage” outside of Redbird Arena. At this point, various parts of the Corvette will be tested for their ability to operate as they did when the car left the factory. Does the car start with no smoke or abnormal noise? Do the radio, windshield washer and wipers work? Does the horn work and from all corners of the horn button? From here, the Corvette will drive over to Redbird Arena where it will spend the weekend parked on what is usually the stadium’s basketball court, waiting for the rest of the judging cycle to take place.

Make sure you stop in Redbird Arena during the Show Friday to see Gold Certified® and Camaro Judging and on Saturday to witness SURVIVOR® and Resto Mod judging. This is a site to be seen! Pristine Corvettes all parked perfectly on the judging field waiting for their turn to be judged. Teams of judges in their immaculate white shirts on Friday and their crisp red shirts on Saturday, huddled around the cars carefully going over tags, vins, engine compartments, chassis, body & wheels and the interior. Owners spend the weekend anxiously watching and waiting. Once the judging sheets are finally signed off on by both the car’s owner and the judges, they are whisked off to the tab room where the scores are tallied. Each car will receive either Gold, Silver or Bronze Gold Certification or SURVIVOR, depending on their goal. Some will even receive the much coveted Benchmark®!

Don’t miss the awards ceremony Saturday afternoon to see how your favorite car scored!

Registration for Certification is Open

The two days of judging will be held during the Mecum Kissimmee auction so that it allows owners and judges the opportunity to attend the Mecum auction as part of their weekend in Kissimmee.

2024 will not be the first time that Bloomington Gold has held certification in Florida. Certification judging was held in Kissimmee in January of 2021 when Bloomington Gold was unable to hold their October event in Charlotte, North Carolina due to the pandemic. Registration for Kissimmee will open in the coming weeks. It is also noted that 2024 Kissimmee will replace the Charlotte event in 2023.