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April 16, 2019 – Daytona Beach Florida – Jeep Beach is a week-long, city-wide event; the nation’s largest Jeep Only event held in Daytona Beach, this year on April 22nd - 27th. During Monday night’s kickoff “Jeep trail-gate” party, IASCA will produce the first ever Jeepcentric Soundoff and JeepGlo lighting competitions. IASCA and Soundcrafters’ principal Paul Papadeas said, “After Soundcrafters’ participation last year, we became fast friends with Jeep Beach producers Charlene and Kurt Greer. We suggested producing an IASCA competition during this, the next event, and the Greers were most excited to accommodate. Adding the car audio promotional element to the event is a natural. Jeepers (as owners are called) are most viable consumers.”
With the Soundoff held at the ESPN Rated Daytona Stadium, IASCA has modified its SQ judging rules to accommodate the Jeep’s unique acoustical environment. In the vast expanse of the stadium’s lots, a “no holds barred” audio demo area will be allowed; there are no neighbors to worry about sound issues. When night falls, IASCA will conduct a JeepGlo competition awarding trophies for best LED, Neon and any other type of interior and exterior lighting.
On Friday and Saturday, the event opens at the Daytona International Speedway to thousands upon thousands of spectators and well over 100 vendors. “We were able to influence a few car audio brands to join the Speedway event,” Papadeas said. “JL Audio, Kenwood, Metra and Directed Electronics, among others, are on board. Soundcrafters will have a 2400 sq. ft. display booth where we’ll sell Car Audio and Accessories and perform installations right there in the NASCAR garages; it’s gonna be great!”
Jeep Beach is a 501 (c)(3) organization and has donated more than $350,000.00 annually to local and national charities.
For more information on Jeep Beach, please visit www.jeepbeach.com.
For information about the IASCA event at Jeep Beach, please visit www.iasca.com
For information about Soundcrafters, please visit www.soundcraftersdb.com
May 1, 2018 – Daytona Beach, Florida – This past weekend with the support of Kenwood, JL Audio and Arc Audio, Daytona’s premier auto sound retailer, Soundcrafters, co-sponsored the 15th Annual Jeep Beach.
Jeep Beach is a citywide event that draws multiple thousands of Jeepers to Daytona Beach. From Tuesday through Sunday, various activities were held throughout the city. It began with a ribbon cutting ceremony held at “1Daytona,” (a new entertainment / restaurant complex across from the Daytona International Speedway). A Block Party on Main Street, complete with fireworks, drew huge crowds while on the following night, a Jeep Beach Luau complete with live music was held at the Historic Bandshell. During the Luau at the adjacent Oceanfront Park, Jeep Beach Sponsors’ Jeeps were on display. Soundcrafters’ personnel were onsite for all of it.
On the Friday and Saturday of Jeep Beach, the Daytona International Speedway was filled with Jeep owners, spectators and vendors of Jeep parts and accessories. Many cool activities ensued, including a trail rides and obstacle courses as high as 20 feet in sections, built of dirt, rocks and busted up concrete highway dividers where participants could test their Jeep driving and climbing skills. A concert with singer / Songwriter Caroline Jones entertained and a brand new, fully decked out, Jeep Wrangler was raffled and awarded to a winner on Saturday.
Soundcrafters secured an 1800 square foot display space inside the Speedway, sporting their own, along with their customer’s Jeep Wranglers. Showing off their sound and accessories work. A trailer full of inventory was brought for sales and installations that were performed on-site. Tony Magner of AMI Sales (JL Audio Rep) and 7-Time Rep of the Year, Bill Freeman of MAG Sales (Kenwood Rep) were quick to support Soundcrafters sales team, assisting them to exceed their April sales goal. “Other companies and retailers were present, but Soundcrafters literally stole the show," Papadeas said. “It was a great event."
On Sunday morning, a Jeep Parade Cruise on Daytona’s Beach brought countless Jeeps to Daytona’s shores. “After the parade,” Papadeas added, “we cruised Daytona Beach Jammin’ our Jeep sound system (responsibly) for more than 15 miles; it was wall to wall Jeeps. Traffic on A1A backed up intersections as Jeepers lined up to get on the beach; it was great fun and a great event for the city. I lost count of how many Jeeps were participating in this citywide event, there had to be more than four thousand Jeeps of all models at the Speedway and hundreds and hundreds more that just came to Daytona to party Jeep Style.”
For more information, check out jeepbeach.com and soundcraftersdb.com.
April 26th, 2018 – DAYTONA BEACH – Soundcrafters of Daytona Beach, Fla., now in its 40th year of business, has teamed up with its core dealer brands Kenwood, JL Audio, Metra and Arc Audio, to exhibit in the Daytona Exhibitor section of the Jeep Beach festivities at the Daytona Speedway April 27th and 28th, from 9 am to 5 pm.
The Soundcrafters 30- by 60-foot booth will feature four specially built vehicles focusing on numerous areas of mobile electronics, from a full custom Kenwood car audio system in a modified 2007 Jeep JK, a full lighting system from Heise on a 2015 JK, a full JL system in a 2016 JK and a full JL Audio powersports system in a 2018 Polaris Slingshot, all built by Soundcrafters.
There will be a number of show specials available for sale in the Soundcrafters booth, including a 300 watt amp, subwoofer and enclosure package for only $199.95. Another show special will be a set of 6.5-inch component speakers for only $99.95/pair.
Soundcrafters and JL Audio have also supported the Jeep Beach organizer’s “Margaritaville” Jeep with a full JL Audio system including the “Stealthbox” for the vehicle. Soundcrafters performed the installation in the system being displayed at every Jeep Beach event throughout the week.
Soundcrafters will also have a fully staffed installation facility on property at the Speedway for those who want to get their equipment installed right away.
“This is our first year with Jeep Beach and we’re very excited to offer local, full service facilities at the event,” said Moe Sabourin, General Manager at Soundcrafters. “Our goal is to give Jeep Beach attendees great value and installation, whatever their mobile electronics needs are. And we’re local, so consumers know we’re here to take care of them during and after the sale, with our 40 year reputation for quality service and installations.”
Kenwood and MAG Sales representative Bill Freeman said, “We’re excited to attend Jeep Beach to support our local Excelon dealer, Soundcrafters, in showcasing our new XR Excelon Reference Hi-Res products in the Soundcrafters Jeep!”
For more information, contact Soundcrafters at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (386) 761-8800.
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