SoCalSQ

This will be the first MECA show in California. I have decided to promote MECA shows this year instead of IASCA. Please stop by the MECA website: http://www.mecacaraudio.com/ The rule books are FREE! (Imagine that) Just print them out. I will be running the So Cal shows and Aubrey Carter will be handling the Nor Cal shows. Jeff and Andy from http://boominaudiocompetitions.com/ will be doing SPL at the events that allow us to have SPL. The website for the Autorama show is : http://www.rodshows.com/sa/index.html The entry fee for this show is : $30 The show will begin at : 10am and run until judging is finished. We will be offering all classes of MECA SQ You can pre-register by contacting me ( Todd Woodworth ) at : [email protected] or by phone at (909) 816-2640 The entry fee includes entry to the show. Normal entry is $18 ea. and parking is $10 for the "normal" people attending the show so you can do the math really quick and realize you're getting a $28 value plus competing in the MECA show for $30, which is a hell of a deal. I'd like to thank Fred Lynch and Arc Audio for helping to make this a possibility. Their continued support of sound quality in the automobile has made many of the SQ shows on the west coast possible. This will be an awesome event and a great way to kick off the 2010 season in Cali for MECA. I know many of you from my shows last year. You can expect bigger and better shows this year. We will be incorporating SPL at the shows at any venue that will let us. In addition, I expect much more industry support this year, as well. See you there -Todd

After much thought I have decided to do MECA shows instead of IASCA shows this year. The rules can be found at http://www.mecacaroudio.com I have made this decision for many reasons, but the main ones are: 1.) A fair class structure for SQ 2.) Better manufacturer support 3.) Fair yet simple scoring system that allows for "best of show" I encourage any of you who will be at CES to stop by the MECA booth and talk to Steve about MECA. We are holding a judge training Friday night Jan 8th after CES, beginning at 6:30pm and running late that night. I still have 3 spots open for that training session. I will provide the location when you register. In addition, we are also holding a training Friday,February 12th in Modesto, Ca. this will take place at: Beebe Racing Enterprise's 4866 Salida Blvd Salida, CA 95368 This training will be followed by Mark Eldridge's SQ seminar, which will occur on Saturday and Sunday at the same venue. I do still have 10 openings for this training. You must register for the seminar SEPARATELY with Mark, if you wish to attend. We have made arrangements with the Hampton Inn, located within walkign distance from the training. If you call them and tell them you are with the "Mobile Soundstage Engineering" group you will receive a room rate of $84 a night. Hotel info: 4921 Sisk Road Salida, ca 95368 (209) 543-3650 The MECA judge training is priced as follows: -Training alone (includes judge shirt) $50 -Training plus membership (includes judge shirt) $75 -Training plus membership and CD (includes judge shirt) $100 You must contact me in advance to sign up for the training. Pre-registration is required, but payment may be made the day of the event. Contact information: Todd Woodworth - California MECA Promoter Phone: (909) 816-2640 Email: [email protected]

This show is going to be huge. Thousands of dollars will be given out in prizes (cash ftw) Please come and show your support even if youre not competing

Because of the huge amount of interest in SQ IASCA has decided to hold a Western US Regional event. The show will be held at Audio Shoppe in Riverside Ca. Registration will be from 8am-10am. The registration Fee will be $80.00 for one class and $140 for two classes. Because this is a Regional event PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO REGISTER LATE. I have been very lenient with late registrations this year and I know you guys are used to this, but for this event, I will not be making any exceptions. This is a money event and we need to adhere strictly to the rules. So BE ON TIME please. We are starting judging early because there will be a lot of cars there and I know noone wants to be there until 8pm. If you would like to pre-register you can do so by emailing me at [email protected]. I will send payment instructions, and a confirmation email once I have received payment. We are holding the Competitor meeting at 10;00 am. Judging will start immediately following the meeting. We will be using judging lanes. Once your car is in the lanes it is considered ready to compete. There will be 4 judges at the event. Two of the judges will be from the west and two will be from the east. YOU DO NOT NEED ANY AMOUNT OF POINTS TO ATTEND REGIONALS. Finishing in the top 3 in any class at regionals will automatically qualify you for a spot at finals regardless of how many points you have. Winners of FIRST PLACE at regionals in each class will split the Prize money pot. They will also be crowned West Coast Champion and will have an opportunity to be the US champion. The prize money pot will consist of the following: The gate fees from the event minus expenses Money contributed by manufacturers Money contributed from other sponsors The prize pot will be spilt evenly between all the 1st place finishers. As we get closer to the event and I have a better idea of the exact amount, I will be posting here to keep you up to date as to what the pot is at. WEST COAST COMPETITORS- IASCA is standing up and taking notice of us for the first time in a long time. It is imperative that we show up in force with some badass cars and make a good showing to let the organization know we are here and we are serious about competing. I have been pushing hard to get finals moved to a more central location that will not preclude us from attending. If we SHOW UP and compete here it will make my fight alot easier. Finals this year have already been scheduled in Florida and because of commitments/deposits it will stay there this year, but my aim is to make Regionals so big that they are forced to take notice of us and move it to somewhere central, such as Oklahoma. If anyone needs any kind of help especially on the INSTALLATION scoring please feel free to contact me. I will be happy to answer any questions you have an even meet up with you to help you to be prepared. Remember we will be going "by the book" here. This means: Make sure you have pictures of EVERYTHING that is hidden (wiring, head unit mounting, speaker terminations, firewall penetration, deadening, box/enclosure construction, hidden components, etc.) Make an upgrade list that you will hand to the judge at the end of your presentation (as per the rulebook) I WILL HELP YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER if you contact me. Upgrade scoring is a very important part of winning in the SQi classes. I will probably make a separate post specifically about upgrades. Practice your presentation. make sure it is thorough and covers all the aspects of your system. make sure you cover eash area(engine compartment, interior, trunk/hatch area) Make sure you use as much of the alloted time as you can without going over. Going over is a good way to lose points. TALK TO PEOPLE. I will help ANYONE who contacts me to make sure they have a thorough understanding of the rules. Most of the judges and many of the seasoned competitors also have good info for you. If you didn't do the installation make sure to talk to your installer so you thoroughly understand your system. -Todd Woodworth IASCA West Coast Director (909) 816-2640 [email protected]

The training will take place at Kustom Kar Audio on April 11-12 2009. Saturday we will start at 9 am and go til 5pm. On Sunday we will start at 9am and go until around 1pm. Registration for the event is $100, which can be paid in advance or the day of the event. For which you will receive the following: One year IASCA membership (normally $60) One year subscription to Performance Auto Sound magazine (normally $15) Attendance at the training Lunch on Saturday a rule book (normally $25) a judging C/D ( normally $20) Certification as an IASCA judge. The training will give you a complete understanding of the IASCA rules and will guide you through judging both SQ and installation integrity. Saturday will be a classroom day during which we will discuss SQ, IASCA rules, and field questions. Sunday will consist mostly of listening to cars and judging them. If you have a SQ car PLEASE bring it so we can have a large number to listen to. Event Oraganizer: Todd Woodworth (909) 816-2640 [email protected] Trainer: Bryan Piper Mile High Sound Designs (303) 917-8190 Venue: Kustom Kar Audio 1701 Santa Rosa Ave. Santa Rosa, Ca. 95405 707-769-1515 If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me. -Todd Woodworth

IASCA West Coast Point Series Dates: March 28th 2009 to November 30th 2009 To Qualify: Participants must be current members of IASCA in good standing. Participants must REGISTER for the point series, which is $10. To do so contact me at [email protected] or by phone at (909) 816 2640 or you can register at the events. Events that count towards points: Any IASCA event that is promoted by me (Todd Woodworth) which falls between the dates listed above. Eligible classes: SQc1 –SQi Rookie – SQi Amateur – Sqi Pro Rules: 1.) Participants at events will receive points for 1st-10th place finishes at IASCA events. Points awarded will be as follows: 1st Place 10 points 2nd Place 9 points 3rd Place 8 points 4th Place 7 points 5th Place 6 points 6th Place 5 points 7th Place 4 points 8th Place 3 points 9th Place 2 points 10th Place 1 points 2.) Only points accrued from March 28th 2009 to November 30th 2009 will be counted towards the competitors point totals. 3.) Winners will be announced on the IASCA website on December 1st 2009. 4.) Cash and prizes will be awarded at the following show at Audio Shoppe December 7th 2009. 5.) Judges will receive 10 points for judging a show. Prizes: There will be a minimum of $125 cash for 1st place, $85 for 2nd place, and $45 for 3rd place. That is over $1000.00 in cash prizes alone. Prizes consisting of audio gear will be announced later in the year once sponsors have gotten back to me. Manufacturer sponsored gear will also be given out to 1st-3rd place finishers in addition to cash.

New shows added: April 4th 2009 Kings of Cali @ Freeland Kustomz 55666 Yucca Trail, Yucca Valley, ca Classes: SQi (All) and SQC1 Entry Fee: $30 $50 for 2 events Gate opens: 10am, Judging starts at 11am April 11-12 2009 Judge Training @ Kustom Kar Audio 2100 Petaluma. Blvd. North Petaluma, Ca. 94954 707-769-1515 Saturday 9am to 5pm Sunday 9 am to 1pm Fee: $100 Tentative June Events: June 6th 2009 - Audio Shoppe June 21st 2009- Mr Marv's BBQ show I will post more events soon. I am in the process of finishing the summer calendar. Contact me at [email protected] or call (909) 816-2640 for more info.

I just received a phone call from Matt Borgardt at ID. Due to the fact that he is seriously ill, we will be unable to have the IASCA event on Jan 24th. The event will be rescheduled for some time in April. The next IASCA show will be February 15th at Beach Autosound in Huntington Beach, Ca. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause any of you. Please try to spread the word so we don't have people driving in from out of town to show up at an empty parking lot. -Todd Woodworth

If I can get enough interest I will be doing an IASCA judge training April 11th and 12th in Santa Rosa. I need to get judges up there before I can have a good amount of shows. If any of you are interested in attending a judge training in Santa Rosa please email me at [email protected]. The training is $100 for both days. It includes a full year of membership in IASCA (which is normally $60). Even if you just want to compete the judge training is a great way to get a full understanding of the IASCA rules. When you consider that you get the membership it boils down to $40 for 2 days of SQ instruction. Schedule is: April 11th 9am-5pm -IASCA philosophy -IASCA classes and rules -SQ definitions -Listening -Judging etiquette April 12th 9am- 1pm -Using an RTA -IASCA judge test -Practice judging cars I need to get 10 people to commit to go before I can officially schedule the event to cover the costs of the trainer's flight, accomodations, and training fee as well as course materials.

Being more af an SQ guy myself I have only thrown in a few DB drag style events. Also, there are already so many of them in Cali. I didn't want to step on other people's toes. I do have a few former world record holding Db guys in my pool of judges as well as use of an RTA so I will add the Db formats to as many shows as I can. A lot of times the shops are worried about residential areas or other businesses close by. But I will definately make an effort to have as many as I can. I will review the class formats and see if i think I can add Bass Boxing to the IDbl events as well.

IDbl format is the Db drag style competition SQc judges sound quality only Sqi Judges sound quality and installation For compete rules go to www.iasca.com and register as a " member of the community". You dont have to be a "member" of IASCA that's just what they call registering for the forums. After that you should be able to view and print out the rules.

Here is a list of events we have scheduled for 2009 so far. There should be a few more added to this list within the next few weeks. For more info go to www.iasca.com If you have any questions please contact me at [email protected] January 24th 2009 - Image Dynamics Sound Challenge Image Dynamics Usa 620 south Magnolia Unit C Ontario Ca,91762 866-933-1414 Formats: SQi and SQc Entry Fee: $30 and $50 for 2 formats February 15th 2009 - Beach Autosound Sound Off Beach Autosound 18042 Beach Blvd. Huntington Beach, CA 92648 714-848-5400 Formats: SQi and SQc Entry Fee: $30 and $50 for 2 formats March 7th 2009 - Audio Shoppe Last Chance Show (Last chance for west coast to qualify for finals) Audio Shoppe 6760 Central Ave, Ste A Riverside, CA 92504 (951) 787-0550 Formats: SQi, SQc, and IDbL Entry Fee: $30, $50 for 2 formats, and $65 for 3 formats March 28th 2009 - La Jolla Audio Sound Challenge La Jolla Audio 5151 Santa Fe Street, Suite L San Diego, CA 92109 800-467-6545 Formats: SQi and SQc Entry Fee: $30 and $50 for 2 formats May 9th 2009 - Speaker Works "Old School" Sound Off Speaker Works 1030 N. Main Street #A Orange, CA 92867 714-997-2475 Formats: SQi, SQc, and IDbL Entry Fee: $30, $50 for 2 formats, and $65 for 3 formats May 16th 2009 - Kustom Kar Audio Sound Challenge Kustom Kar Audio 1701 Santa Rosa Ave. Santa Rosa, Ca. 95405 707-769-1515 Formats: SQi and SQc Entry Fee: $30 and $50 for 2 formats