October 20th, 2016 -- The IASCA North American Championships, known as INAC, was once again a huge success. Held at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, KY, the event brought in close to 70 SQ competitors and more than 100 IASCA SPL competitors from across the continent. With close to 300 registrations in IASCA Sound Quality, Installation Quality, IdBL and Bass Boxing competition, the judging team was working hard through the 2 days of the event.
Special thanks go out to all the IASCA Judges who worked diligently through the weekend. In SQC and IQC competition, the team comprised of Head Judge Travis Chin (WA), Keith Turner (VA), Tim Goudy (AR), John Sketoe (AR), Jeff Smith (GA) and Christerfer Pate (TX). The IASCA SPL Judging team consisted of Head Judge Aaron Dunkle (FL), Tony Economou (FL), Scott Sinde (IL) and Brandon Rosser (MI). Thanks also go out to the registration and administration team, including Kim Sabourin (FL), Terry Floyd (AL), Kim Cook (AL) and the Judges spouses, Chelsea, Elizabeth and Jessica who also helped out with set up and worked hard at the show over the weekend.
“Once again, our team did a great job and we are extremely proud of them” said Moe Sabourin, Director of Operations for IASCA Worldwide “One of the toughest jobs in car audio competition is being a judge; most Judges know the competitors and have great friendships with them. When you’re judging, you have to turn off the friendship and focus on the rules, and ensure that everyone is following them. That’s not always an easy task when there’s so much passion and intensity in the lanes.”
“This was our fifth year being part of the Unified Finals Championship.” Sabourin continued to say, “Working with great people like Wayne and Celise Harris from dB Drag Racing and Steve Stern from MECA, along with their judging teams, has proven to industry that our collective goal is the betterment of our industry; we’re proud to be part of the event. From the orgs to our industry members who supported us, we are looking forward to continuing this partnership for many years to come.”
Supporting the event were industry members from all forms of car audio and competition, including:
- Alphard Sound Technology (Title Sponsor)
- AAMP of America (Stinger, Phoenix Gold)
- Beyma
- Boom Mat (Design Engineering Inc.)
- DD Audio
- Full River Battery
- Hybrid Audio Technologies
- Incriminator Audio
- Linear Power
- MMATS Pro Audio
- Ohio Generator
- XS Power
- Dad’s Custom Car Audio (Retail Dealer, Louisville, KY)
- Audio Specialists (Retail Dealer, Hopkinsville, KY)
With close to 300 vehicles competing at the event, the Unified Finals Championship took up two of the main buildings at the venue, including the Pavilion and the Broadbent Arena. There were also competitors staged outside due to overflow and the logistics of the event went off without any major issues.
For more information about IASCA, the Unified Finals Championship and event results, visit our website at www.iasca.com
