Import Face-Off January 24th

Written by James Kessell

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 21:07

Import Face-Off

January 24that Gainesville Raceway

Photos : Ryan Ruiz, James Kessell

Article : James Kessell

DATE AND TIMES:
1/24/10 from 10 am to 5 pm. Car show registration from 9am to 11am, judging begins at 11, awards ceremony at 4:30. Race registration starts at 9am, heads up qualifying at 11:00, 12:00, & 1:00. Eliminations at 2:30, 3:30, & 4:30.

EVENT ACTIVITIES:
Car/truck/bike show, 1/4 mile drag racing , stereo crank it up contest, burnout contest, $400 hot body contest (ladies, register at DJ booth), raffles and giveaways, models, vendors, and DJs.

On a somewhat cloudy day, Import Faceoff travels to the sunny state of Florida to the Gainesville Racetrack. With over 1700 in attendance, the show consisted of bracket racing, a car show, bikini contest, and sound-off. There were many spectators on hand to witness all of the fun the day had in store. With many vendors and cars to look at there was really something for everyone.

The bracket racing had some great races and some of the results are as follows:

FWD class presented by SPEC clutches and flywheels

Winner -Andrew Lloyd - Gainesville, FL - 83' VW Gti - 11.096 @ 134.24 mph

R/U -Gerardo Guardiola - Orlando, FL - 94 Honda Civic - broke

Forced Induction Pro presented by Secret Services

Winner - Jhojan Matos - Orlando, FL - Eagle Talon - 10.237 @ 150.01 mph

R/U - Brett Runion - Gainesville, FL - Scion Tc - 11.778 @ 122.88 mph

All Motor Pro presented by Hybrid Racing

Winner - Marc Podkowik - Naples, FL - Honda Civic - 10.938 @ 123.09 mph

R/U - Christian Gomez - Orlando, FL - Honda Civic - red light - 11.145 @ 121.92 mph

Outlaw presented by Cobb Tuning

Winner - Kelvin Deleon - Ocala, FL - Toyota Starlet - 11.115 @ 121.81 mph

R/U - broke

Forced Induction Sport presented by Go-Autoworks.com

Winner - Roger Young - Titusville, FL - Honda Civic - 11.664 @ 129.53 mph

R/U - Jose Molina - Summerfield, FL - Subaru WRX - 11.848 @ 119.54 mph

All Motor Sport presented by Central Performance

Winner - Neal Sutton - Tampa, FL - Honda CRX - 11.694 @ 121.68 mph

R/U - Kevin Cline - Valdosta, GA - Honda Civic - 13.203 @ 103.49 mph

Bracket Class presented by TDC Performance

Winner - David Kuschke - Deland, FL - Honda Del Sol R/U - Tony Cline - Cocoa, FL - 92 Honda

The car show had over 296 cars and featured everything from a Honda Civic to a Lamborghini Gallardo. The clubs also came out to represent such as Sunworks, Team SSP, and Kindred Impulse. There was some tough competition but there were plenty of trophies to go around to well deserved rides. The awards went to the following people :

Best Civic 2nd - Penter Sisaket

Best Civic 1st - Steven Brown

Best Other Honda 2nd - Jason Cobb - S2000

Best Other Honda 1st - Robert - S2000

Best Acura 2nd - Ssameer Navelkar - Integra GSR Sedan

Best Acura 1st - Troy Huyhn - RSX-S

Best Mitsubishi - Jiger Lopez - Eclipse

Best 350z 2nd - Tung Tran

Best 350z 1st - Gina Papadopoulas

Best Other Nissan - Michael Adler - 98 S14 Kouki

Best Toyota 1st - Victor Roman - 1982 Toyota Corolla B

est Scion Xb 1st - Glen Nichol

Best Scion Tc 1st - Kayla Roberts