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The 2009 Show Season Starts With a Bang at Goodguys Costa Mesa |
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Mooresville, NC - The Goodguys show season is off to
a great start thanks to the awesome turnout at
Goodguys Costa Mesa that happened March 14th and 15th. DSE
was eager to arrive at the show with the new Detroit Speed
tractor and trailer that can be seen at all Goodguys shows
in 2009. The cloud filled Saturday morning skies deterred no one as muscle cars, hot rods and customs filled the Orange County fairgrounds before the sun rose on a day where customers and vendors were out in full force to kick off the 2009 season in style. One of the biggest hits of Saturday was the Autocross. Customers and vendors jammed in line to get their chance to show what they ( and their car ) had at taming the Costa Mesa Autocross in front of hundreds of eager fans. There were old cars, new cars, trucks, and everything in between lining up to make a few runs including the DSE 1969 and 1970 Camaro Test Cars. Throughout the weekend Kyle, Stacy, and Ryan were more than happy to give existing and potential customers a ride in one of the Camaros and let them get a feel first hand how they handle. Saturday afternoon on the autocross brought out the warm California sunshine and the ever popular 2nd annual Editor's Autocross challenge. The challenge brings out editors from some of the industry's most recognized magazines to battle it out for year long bragging rights as winner of the Editor's Challenge. Steve Rupp and his Camaro, "Bad Penny" ran a 29.694, narrowly eclipsing Jim Campisano ( 1970 DSE Camaro Test Car - 29.978 ) and former champion, Nick Licata (1969 DSE Camaro Test Car - 30.107 ) who finished 2nd and 3rd in the event. For official Goodguys results click here.
Sunday at Costa Mesa started out the same way Saturday
ended, with plenty of sunshine and even more cars lined up
at the gates to the autocross course. Sunday was also the
day that patrons, builders, and vendors are rewarded for all
their hard work with awards in numerous categories
distributed by Goodguys. |
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Jim Shipka's 1967 Camaro Chosen as a Muscle Machine of the Year Finalist
Jim Shipka's 1967 Camaro with a Katech built 427 LS7 engine was chosen as a finalist in the
Goodguys Muscle Machine of the Year competition sponsored by Detroit Speed. DSE would like to congratulate
Jim and
wish him luck in the finals. The winner is to be announced
at the Goodguys Scottsdale show that will be held The Goodguys Muscle Machine Award is handed out to one car at select Goodguys shows. After all of the finalist's are named the winner will be chosen at the end of the Goodguys season and will be awarded the Muscle Machine of the Year award. |
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Kyle Tucker Captures the Vendor Fastest Time at Goodguys Costa Mesa
What seems to be the norm the past few years at Goodguys
shows across the country, Kyle Tucker once again captured
the Goodguys award for "Fastest Vendor Time" running a 29.1
in the 1970 DSE Camaro Test Car. The run was Kyle's final
run of the Autocross on Sunday afternoon and you could see
in his time and his driving that he was poised to bring the
trophy back to DSE. |
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