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KUBE 93FM Global Import Car
Show
Saturday, August 24, 2002
Tacoma Dome
By: Clarissa Grayson (*~Japanissa~*) Your Eye Behind The Scene
4 Seaspot Media
Cars, Concerts, and Awards
Kube93, Mospeed productions, and Magnolia Hi-Fi kicked
off the Seattle’s first Global Import Car show. More than
10,000 people came through the Tacoma Dome to enjoy the virgin
city’s first taste of some extremely sensual and high
performance cars.
All day people walked around the two rooms full of cars and
vendors. All styles of cars and bikes were on display, from
import to domestic, from old school to new models. This year
it seems a lot of people were sporting the black carbon fiber
hoods, and the model mini-toy cars.
Teams such as Team Menace (www.teammenace.com), Team 04, and
Team Outkast were there to show off their trademark cars, and
take home some 1st place trophies. Team Menace took home at
least 4 1st place awards. Among Team Menace’s cars were Ricky
Phanivong’s gold colored ‘99 Civic Hatchback with a Japanese
Type R motor and 19” rims, and his teammate’s ‘91 Toyota
MR2-with Veilside kit, 18” Ro_Ja rims and two TV’s in the
front hood. This MR2 won 1st place in Toyota class.
Even celebrities sent their cars to the show. Jamal Crawford
from the Chicago Bulls sent his Escalade with its custom
interior. Shawn Springs of the Seattle Seahawks also sent an
Escalade. Gary Payton of the Sonics sent his Viper. Dale
Ellis, retired from the Seattle Sonics sent his Denali, and
Kube93’s Eric Powers sent his very, very, very expensive,
custom made, special ordered from the city dump Subaru covered
with pretty models, and trash in the front window. Eric’s beat
up old car was the best there, and brought lots of laughs and
smiles as it sat next to the other celebrity cars.
Models Verena Mei, Jamin Alejandrino, and Mia Guzman were on
the spot signing their posters for fans. Verena Mei later
announced on stage that she received her license last April as
a certified Drag car racer. Do it big!
Cars and models weren’t the only thing going on at this car
show. There were sumo-wrestling competitions, the Fraggle Rock
break-dancing group preformed, and DJ SupaSam was on the turn
tables dropping hot hits. Later performances by Jurassic 5,
and Unexpected Arrival took place on the Kube93 concert stage.
Jurassic 5 performed their hit “Quality Control”, and had
their DJs show off their skills to the crowd with a
five-minute performance that had everybody open. The highlight
of Unexpected Arrival’s show was one of the guys called B-Shorty
who was beatboxing for the crowd and he also sang the hooks
for the songs that Unexpected Arrival performed.
For the people that got tired of walking around early in the
day, Magnolia Hi-Fi had its Mobile Audio & Video set up. It
was in a spaceship/plane looking set-up that people could sit
and watch Fast and the Furious and experience some of Magnolia
Hi-Fi’s products.
After all the performances a total of 120 awards were given
out from a choice of 320 cars on display. Each first place
winner received $100. To Best of Show went recipient went
$500, and $1000 went to the Elite Class winner. Below are some
of the winners of this years show.
Best of Show- Ian (team Menace)
1st place Acura Street Class-RSX
1st place Mild Acura Class- Ben Won (Team 04)
1st place Wild Acura -Alexis (Team Menace)
1st place Honda Street Class-Niki’s 2001 Prelude
1st place Mild Honda Class-97 Civic (Team 04)
1st place Honda Wild Class- Rex 99 Civic (Team Menace)
1st place Toyota Class-MR2 (team Menace)
Japanese Domestic Class- 96 Acura GSL
Race Ready-1970 Ford pickup
Female Class- 93 Acura Integra
Congrats to all winners at the car show, and BIG thanks to
Nick Popko from Mospeeed.
-*~Japnissa~*
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