On Saturday morning the competitor’s meeting started a bit after 6:00 AM and the course of the weekend was discussed and the judging order provided to those competing in the Money Round. Shortly after that, judging started on the Money Round, with three vehicles entering the install bay at Mobile Toys, being judged simultaneously by three judges. At noon, lunch was provided to the judges and competitors, and the judging baton passed off to three other judges to finish out the day. The same procedure followed on Sunday, but with the competitors in reverse order, so that all the vehicles in the Money Round are judged by six individual judges.
All of the MECA and IASCA judging was performed on Saturday, with awards on Sunday. Judging for the Money Round was carried out by Larry Chijner, James Feltenberger, Tim Goudy, Jeff Smith, Klifton Keplinger, and Ben Vollmer. The MECA and IASCA judging was lead by Scott Welch and Travis Chin, respectively.
After a few rounds of torrential rain, the awards ceremony began on Sunday afternoon with thanks to the event’s sponsors: Focal, Mosconi, AMPP, JL Audio, Hybrid Audio Technologies, Brax, Helix, and Illusion Audio. Chad Bui earned the highest sound quality score in MECA, with an 85.33 in the Extreme class. The scoring in MECA at 3X events is performed by three separate judges, with their scores averaged. Steve Head’s Aspen earned the highest sound quality score in IASCA, with a 243, and the same vehicle was runner-up in the overall Money Round. Steve Head also accomplished the feat of winning the Money Round tournament with his Blazer; an emotional victory for both Steve Head and Mobile Toys owner, Christerfer Pate, who had earlier in the day, reminisced together over the T-Town Grand Champion award in Steve Head’s trailer from nearly a decade earlier.
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