Octane Magazine Performance Showcase 8/27

[octane]

Octane Magazine will be hosting an all makes, all models car show & swap meet on August 27 at American Indoor Karting in Portsmouth (http://www.americanindoorkarting.com/). There will be awards for 1-3 places in all classes and the first place winners in every class will have their vehicle featured in a future issue of Octane Magazine. Best in Show winner will be featured in the November/December '05 issue with a guaranteed cover shot.

Pre-registration is $15 (http://www.octaneonline.com/showcase05.htm) and day of show registration is $20. We will be registering vehicles from 8am - noon with awards beginning at 2:30.

Swap meet spaces will be $20 and vendor spaces for businesses are $25 for Octane advertisers and $40 for non-advertisers.

Spectators will be free. Hope to see you there!

We will also be having a food drive to benefit the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. Please bring non-perishable food items to donate if you would like to contribute.

[J-DIRTY30]

sounds like a worthy show. Plus its at AIK. I'm going

[vasponger]

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[octane]

Thanks Justin! :D

[vasponger]

bump

[octane]

Ok, here are the revised classes. There is a 3 car minimum per class. For example, if only 3 Corvettes register and they are different generations, they will be combined into one Corvette class. On the other hand, if we have 20 Z-cars or something show up, we would probably break up the class by generation and create extra classes to make it as fair as possible. Hope to see you all there!

Mopar - Pre-War Stock, A body, B body, E body, PT Cruiser, Neon, FWD, Viper, Pre-1968

GM - Pre-War Stock, F-body (1st gen, 2nd gen, 3rd gen, 4th gen), G-body, 55-57 Chevy, Nova, Chevelle, Impala, Pre-1978 BOP, Corvair, Cadillac, GTO, Blazer/Jimmy

Ford - Pre-War Stock, Mustang (1st gen, 2nd gen, 3rd gen, 4th gen, 5th gen), Shelby Cobra, Thunderbird, Bronco, Lincoln, Mercury

Jeep - CJ-TJ, Cherokee

Import - VW air cooled, VW water cooled, Honda/Acura, Toyota/Lexus/Scion, Mitsubishi/DSM, Z-car, British, BMW, Subaru, Exotic

Misc. - Kit cars, 4x4 truck, 4x2 truck, Street Rod, Race Cars, Kustoms, Under Construction

Cycles - Big Twin, Sportbikes, Standards, Scooters

[Voodoo ST]

What.....................No Subaru class!!!???!?!!???

[octane]

What.....................No Subaru class!!!???!?!!???

Get 2 more Subarus to register and I'll give you a class!!! (added it for ya!)

[Dang Yo]

if i have my car back by then ill enter my car and goped.. but if not then ill be there to watch

[octane]

:thup:


if i have my car back by then ill enter my car and goped.. but if not then ill be there to watch

[Dang Yo]

also right now how many honda/acuras are entered

[sircrx]

Is this magazine all muscle cars i have an import if i come in first will i still be in it?

[vasponger]

its not all muscle cars

[Hollaback1]

its not all muscle cars

So in the magazine there is imports in there?

[vasponger]

So in the magazine there is imports in there?

occasionally, it covers all motorsports in the area, 4x4, muscle, import, bikes, track cars.....

[Jermizzle]

honda/acura is a big class by itself...might be better if its split up.

[octane]

JDM - Just a few imports pre-registered at the moment. My phone and email have both been buzzing with people looking for info on the show though and I've got a number of verbal commitments for import registrations, but only a handful of checks. I suspect a lot of people are waiting to see how the weather is, but I am getting one or two registrations in my mail box every day. Pre-registration is $15 vs. $20 day of show, so if you're planning on showing, it's worth pre-registering. Makes things go smoother for us organizing things day of too.

sircrx - We cover a little bit of everything - domestic, import, cars, trucks, bikes, racing, tech, shows, etc. Our coverage has favored domestics in the past because we got more participation from domestic dominated clubs and advertisers. Our goal is to keep coverage balanced though and since we've been seeing more interest from the import crowd you'll continue to see more coverage leaning that way.

Part of the reason we're giving all class winners the opportunity to have their car featured in the magazine is to give us a standing library of nice cars to feature in future issues so we don't have to scramble on deadline to find a car that will balance the issue. After the show we'll have plenty of nice cars on file for the next year, ready to be featured. So in a nutshell, if you win your class your car will be featured.

Dive - As soon as I have 3 or more Hondas and 3 or more Acuras registered the classes will be divided. Same goes for Toyota/Lexus/Scion, etc. And beyond that, if the Honda class gets huge and we have a bunch of S2000's in the class or something like that, we'll divide the class further.

[octane]

So in the magazine there is imports in there?

Our basic formula is: An import story, a domestic story, a bike story, a tech article, some reader photos or contributions, classified ads, business directory, ads.

That's obviously an ideal world situation though and sometimes we can't do it all. From the beginning though our content has largely been determined by our readers feedback. The more support we get from the import crowd, the more import based features you're going to see.

As an example, here's our current cover:

[boostjunkie]

id come out if it were gonna be running later than 5pm...




but i dont get off work til 5.

[octane]

Some of us will probably hang around and run the karts after 5!

[Hollaback1]

Our basic formula is: An import story, a domestic story, a bike story, a tech article, some reader photos or contributions, classified ads, business directory, ads.

That's obviously an ideal world situation though and sometimes we can't do it all. From the beginning though our content has largely been determined by our readers feedback. The more support we get from the import crowd, the more import based features you're going to see.

As an example, here's our current cover:

Should be red hot stock honda on top i guess yall havent seen any imports cause if i had a magazine thats terrible to put on the first page

[octane]

What would you put on the cover?

[Jay]

hi.

[Jay]

I'll probably come out and take a few laps around the go-kart track. Hopefully I won't have another steering pin go out on me... heh.

[Tool Man]

I'll probably come out and take a few laps around the go-kart track. Hopefully I won't have another steering pin go out on me... heh.

I thought you were going to be in Cali?

[Jay]

we'll see.... as of yesterday it got changed... I'm good for now.

[vasponger]

whooo hooo, i work 6-12 so ill be up there early i guess

[Dang Yo]

so i cant pre-register after tomorrow? that sux cuz im not 100% sure if ill have my car back or not by then... i guess if i do then ill show up at the show around 10am on the 27th to register

[Tool Man]

we'll see.... as of yesterday it got changed... I'm good for now.

Are you ready to show yet?

[travisnd]

will there be food for sale at this show?

[gilligan]

Ok, here are the revised classes. There is a 3 car minimum per class. For example, if only 3 Corvettes register and they are different generations, they will be combined into one Corvette class. On the other hand, if we have 20 Z-cars or something show up, we would probably break up the class by generation and create extra classes to make it as fair as possible. Hope to see you all there!

Mopar - Pre-War Stock, A body, B body, E body, PT Cruiser, Neon, FWD, Viper, Pre-1968

GM - Pre-War Stock, F-body (1st gen, 2nd gen, 3rd gen, 4th gen), G-body, 55-57 Chevy, Nova, Chevelle, Impala, Pre-1978 BOP, Corvair, Cadillac, GTO, Blazer/Jimmy

Ford - Pre-War Stock, Mustang (1st gen, 2nd gen, 3rd gen, 4th gen, 5th gen), Shelby Cobra, Thunderbird, Bronco, Lincoln, Mercury

Jeep - CJ-TJ, Cherokee

Import - VW air cooled, VW water cooled, Honda/Acura, Toyota/Lexus/Scion, Mitsubishi/DSM, Z-car, British, BMW, Subaru, Exotic

Misc. - Kit cars, 4x4 truck, 4x2 truck, Street Rod, Race Cars, Kustoms, Under Construction

Cycles - Big Twin, Sportbikes, Standards, Scooters
what war?vietnam?

[JNZTRBO]

Have alot of DMS's entered?

[octane]

If I receive your pre-registration in the mail by Friday, we'll honor it.

Yes there will be a food vendor on site with hot dogs, sausages, etc.

World War II

Only a couple DSM's pre-registered. I've received a lot of emails and phone calls from people planning on attending, but waiting to see what the weather does. The 10 day forecast is not calling for rain, so attendance should be good.

[SignfcntOthr]

I just pre-registered via paypal. Let me know if I've left anything out.

[Dang Yo]

im gonna register when i show up saturday morning.. what time shall i be there?

[octane]

im gonna register when i show up saturday morning.. what time shall i be there?

Between 8am and noon. See you then!

[octane]

I just pre-registered via paypal. Let me know if I've left anything out.

You're all set, thanks! See you Saturday.

[vasponger]

come on out, AIK opens at 12, and red bull girlies will be there.

[octane]

We'll be selling raffle tickets to raise money for the American Cancer Society too. 100% of raffle proceeds will go directly to the American Cancer Society and you can win the prizes listed below - so bring a few bucks for a good cause!

$500 gift certificate towards a trans rebuild from Price's Automatic Transmission in VB - and it is transferable!

"Presidential" Paint Job courtesy of MAACO of Portsmouth

Dyno time at Virginia Speed

A race car grill courtesy of American Indoor Karting

Octane Magazine Subscriptions and T-shirts

and a few other small prizes

[Dang Yo]

ill be there to enter around 11-1130

[vasponger]

wooot, come one come all.

[Dang Yo]

i see rain on the radar, everything still going on?

[travisnd]

the weather looks like shit here in Greenbrier, but I'm heading out to the show in a few mins...

[vasponger]

Just called, car show is still on.

[J-DIRTY30]

how was the show? did anyone go? post some pics IMI.

[octane]

Thanks to everyone who came out despite the questionable weather. We had a good turnout despite the on and off rain, and had a really nice variety of cars. We had a good time today and hope everyone who attended did as well.

I'd also be interested in any feedback you might have regarding what you liked or didn't like about the show and what you might want to see changed for future events. Thanks again to everyone who supported the show.

-Dan

[vasponger]

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