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4/15/2016 -- Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. will participate in Jeep Beach, an annual consumer event for Jeep enthusiasts taking place in Daytona Beach, FL, April 20-24.  

Now in its tenth year, this popular event is presented by Jeep and the Mid Florida Jeep Club. The four day gathering includes organized trail rides and scavenger hunts and is highlighted by the main event at the Daytona International Speedway on April 22-23, featuring vendor booths, an obstacle course, and show-n-shine.

This is Alpine’s first year to attend Jeep Beach and the company will showcase the X009-WRA 9-inch Restyle dash system for 2011-up Jeep Wranglers.  Alpine staff and authorized Alpine retailer Starwood Motors from Dallas will be on hand to give demonstrations of the X009-WRA, which has audio, video, navigation, Bluetooth features and comes with a dash bezel fitted specifically for the 2011-up Jeep Wrangler.  Alpine and Starwood are bringing six Jeep Wranglers, all equipped with Alpine Restyle dash systems, for use at various activities throughout the week.  Four Jeep Wranglers will be displayed in Alpine’s 40x20 booth located in spaces # 162A-164B at the speedway.  The other two Jeep Wranglers will be used as driving vehicles at the off-site trail rides and as demo vehicles at the concert and block party.   

Booth visitors will have the opportunity to participate in a social media giveaway at the event.  Visitors will be invited to take a photo with a Jeep Wrangler in the Alpine booth then upload the photo to their Instagram or Twitter profile including #AlpineRestyle and mentioning @AlpineUSA.  Two winners will be randomly chosen from the entries to receive a large Alpine duffel bag filled with an extensive roadside safety kit and Alpine branded merchandise.

Alpine Electronics to Attend Jeep Beach in Daytona Beach

4-24-2017 -- Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. will be with the sun and the waves at Jeep Beach, a popular consumer event for Jeep enthusiasts taking place in Daytona Beach, April 25-30. 

Jeep Beach is presented by the volunteers of the Mid-Florida Jeep Club and is a fund-raiser for local and national charities. Various activities will be available for Jeepers throughout Daytona Beach in the days leading up to the main event, which takes place on April 28-29. The Daytona International Speedway hosts the main event which consists of vendor booths, an obstacle course, scavenger hunts, and off-site trail rides. A Jeep cruise on the sands of Daytona Beach takes place the morning of Sunday, April 30, serving as a close to the official festivities.

Alpine is returning to Jeep Beach for the second year with an 80x40 booth showcasing four Jeep Wranglers. Each Wrangler is equipped with the 9-inch X009-WRA Alpine Restyle dash system or the X109-WRA Alpine Restyle dash system with vehicle accessory control, plus an Alpine sound system and the HCE-TCAM1-WRA Wrangler rear camera system.  Four PWD-CB1 Alpine ICE (In-Cooler Entertainment) coolers with built-in Bluetooth sound systems will be on hand to deliver lively tunes.

Alpine employees combined with sales reps from Dynamic Sales & Marketing and CMA Sales will be available to answer questions and give demonstrations.  Collectively, the Alpine booth will be staffed with members representing 12 Southeast states, plus California, for this well-known event that attracts participants from throughout the U.S. 

The Alpine Restyle Wrangler dash systems, accompanying components for the Wranglers, and the Alpine ICE will be available for purchase in the Alpine booth.  Authorized Alpine retailers Ultimate Auto (ultimateauto.com) and God Speed Rides (godspeedrides.com) will handle on-site sales and installation.  Both retailers will also have their own booths where they will be selling and installing Alpine products as well offering entire Wranglers outfitted with Alpine products and other custom accessories.  In addition, authorized Alpine retailer Morris 4x4 Center (morris4x4center.com) will have its own exhibit to coordinate online sales for consumers who prefer to have their Alpine purchases shipped directly to their homes.

December 27, 2016, Daytona Beach, Fla. -- In response to requests from SBN participants that has been resonating for years, the IASCA 2017 Season Kickoff, will take place at the Daytona International Speedway.

Held in conjunction with the Spring Turkey Run Car Show March 24 – 26, 2017, the event features over 15,000 spectators and more than 3,000 custom and classic cars from all eras. A host of planned activities and celebrity appearances include “Horny Mike” from hit TV show “Counting Cars” along with several others from the custom car industry. As it has over the last 30 years in its former venue, IASCA will produce the Sound Quality and SPL competitions, joined by MECA Sound Quality and SPL, and the dB Drag Racing Association’s SPL competitions.

“Hosting the Auto Sound Competition Kickoff at the Daytona International Speedway is something our members and participants have been asking for, for quite some time” says Moe Sabourin, Director of Operations for IASCA Worldwide “Being able to join in with one of the largest custom and classic car shows in the country makes it even better and will give our competitors so much more to see and do; it’s going to be a very exciting weekend.”  IASCA President and SBN Founder Paul Papadeas commented, “Bringing the auto sound competition experience to a consumer driven event like the Turkey Run is huge. Over fifteen thousand car enthusiasts attend. These people continually invest in their rides and are now showing more interest for In-Car Entertainment and Safety Accessories.”

Papadeas continues, “The IASCA mission is two-fold. On one hand we work to proliferate consumer awareness and on the other we encourage 12 Volt Manufacturers and Distributors to host, stimulate and educate retailers with sales and marketing methods while having a little fun. We’ve suggested that suppliers stimulate industry attendance by offing “show special discounts and terms” exclusively on site. "Both trade and consumers need the education that these events offer but now event production must be approached differently; one size does not fit all. Our industry’s demographics and product offerings have changed. We must respond to that which best serves our industry’s needs. Intermingling consumers and industry members in one venue can be most effective if you present the event to the respective participants independently. Sharing the show floor to both factions simultaneously is less productive. Opening the show floor to the public in a festive manner for one evening is sufficient to peak consumer interest. It’s my personal goal to collaborate with industry proponents to establish the means to produce an event that serves both factions." 

Online pre-registrations for the IASCA Season Kickoff, featuring competition registrations for IASCA, MECA and dB Drag Racing will open January 1st, 2017 on the IASCA website at www.iasca.com/store.

For more info on registrations, host hotels and competition formats, visit the IASCA website at www.iasca.com or contact the IASCA office at 386 322 1551.   

March 31, 2017  -  Daytona Beach, Florida – The IASCA Competitions held at the spacious Daytona International Speedway (DIS) during the Spring Break Nationals were held on March 24-26th. This was the first time that SBN joined the Spring Turkey Run, a long term Car Show, to maximize car audio exposure to its newest consumer demographic. There was more than an ample amount of space for IASCA and the other Soundoff Organizations in attendance, to hold their competitions without concern for noise problems interfering with competitions and neighborhood complaints for excessive sound.

The four factions of IASCA competition were served; Sound Quality, the Tuner Jam Car Show, SPL which includes Bass Boxing and IdBL and the most recently popular Phenom, “DEMOZ”. DEMOZ is the recent wave of competition which really isn’t a regulated competition as much as it’s a competition of Sound Rivals. There are no judges, there is no scoresheet. DEMOZ is merely a place where participants stretch the envelope of sound, creating mobile audio beasts, pitting against each other for recognition as the loudest, most insane vehicle sound systems anywhere. 

Each competition area was located far enough apart from each other as not to cause interference with each other or the Turkey Run Car Show that the IASCA had joined forces with. IASCA Director of Worldwide Operations Moe Sabourin said: “We’ve learned a lot from this first year and are exploring forward movement for 2018. The Speedway is huge and we monitored the sound levels across all fields that proved that we can bring the action in these four segments closer together”. 

Notable awards in honor of members of the IASCA family that had recently have passed on were presented; the Darrell Bell and Harold Jaffe Awards. In the ‘90’s Darrell was an outstanding employee of the IASCA office and had produced IASCA finals events for several years. Darrell made a friend in everyone he met. Harold had a great sense of humor and was a Manufacturer’s Representative in the Pacific Northwest. He served as President of IASCA in early days and remained a loyal proponent involved in the IASCA board of Directors. Harold also conducted excellent Judges’ trainings worldwide.  The Darrell Bell and Harold Jaffe Awards were issued to IASCA veteran competitor and educator Mark Eldridge and IASCA Judge and Trainer Travis Chin respectively, for their commitments to IASCA and industry.

In competition awards, the pinnacle of IASCA Competition is the Triple Crown. Triple Crown competitors are judged for Sound Quality (SQC) and Installation Quality (IQC) with a judging team as opposed to one Judge. The 2017 IASCA TC winners at SBN were Paul Pirro of Tint World in One-Seat Judging, Brian Mitchell of Arc Audio in Two-Seat Judging, and Matt Hall, a consumer and military pilot serving our Country in Afghanistan, in the Expert Class.  All of the competitions progressed smoothly and awards were handed out in the NASCAR / Gatorade Victory Lane. While no one shook and sprayed a Champagne bottle or did a backflip off their car, receiving awards at in Victory Lane was only topped by a couple of Police and Pace Truck Escorted Victory Laps around the Speedway that all competitors were treated to. Likewise, no Burnouts or Victory Donuts were reported either.

For results of the IASCA competition please visit http://events.iasca.com/US_/00000573.html

KICKER Audio is pulling out all the stops for Jeep Beach 2015 presented by Mid-Florida Jeep Club April 22-26, an annual event for Jeep fanatics with a passion for off-road vehicles. The five-day-long event is held each year at the Daytona International Speedway and Daytona Beach, Fla., where a plethora of Jeep enthusiasts and vendors gather to participate in scavenger hunts, obstacle courses and attempt to break the record for the world’s largest Jeep parade.

KICKER will bring along its newest Jeep demo, equipped with a Wrangler Vehicle-Specific Solutions (VSS™) upgrade system. The VSS audio system is created specifically for a Wrangler’s interior body style with an ability to auto-convert equalization from a hard top to the open air and back again. The system consists of a 10-inch powered subwoofer and an 8-channel amplifier capable of linking to the vehicle’s CAN-Bus and powering the factory audio.

Also included in KICKER’s Jeep Beach lineup is the newly renovated XRV tractor-trailer, fully capable of demonstrating each level of audio product and providing a thrill to those who step inside its “Boom Room.” The “Boom Room” is a sealed-off cabin within the trailer that contains a wall of 12 Q-Class L7 15-inch subwoofers handling more than 16,000 watts.

The rest of KICKER’s entourage is rounded out with a tricked-out Polaris UTV featuring the company’s PowerSports audio equipment, and KICKER dealer Ultimate Auto’s custom Jeep with L7 Subwoofers and IQ-Series Amplifiers.

Jeep Beach bills itself as “the largest Jeep-only, five-day event in the Southeast USA.” Registration during the week of the event is $100 for those who would like to participate and be included in each day’s activities. The event is centered at Daytona International Speedway Friday and Saturday before moving to the beach Sunday for a shoreline cruise.

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