15th Annual Factory Five Open House! June 9th, 2012

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in Upcoming Shows, What's New

Join us for a very special Open House event! This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Factory Five Racing Summer Open House!

This year’s Open House will be held on Saturday, June 9th from 9 am to 1 pm at our headquarters in Wareham, MA. The format will be a familiar one, similar to previous year’s with car show awards, food and refreshments, and our famous warehouse parts sale!

One of the biggest attractions of the summer Open House is our HUGE Factory Five Warehouse Parts Sale! If you cannot attend the Open House, this year we will have some great Open House deals posted on our website as well!

Also new for this year, we will have live music from a local band called Latitude, playing a good mix of classic rock throughout the day.

We unveiled the two Car Warriors Hot Rods out west at the Huntington Beach Cruise-In a few weeks ago. This will be the first chance for you east coasters to check out the builds.

In addition to unveiling the two Car Warriors ’33s, we’ll also have updated news and a presentation on our newest car, the 818.

Brian F. managed registration and car show entries. About 50 cars attended. Had the sun been shining, we fear it would have been closer to 250!

Schedule of Events:
9:00 am – Open House Begins/Car Show Registration
9:00 am – Parts Sale Opens
10:00 am – Car Warriors TV Show Hot Rods Unveiled
10:00 am – Food/Refreshments Available
10:00 am – Car Show Judging Begins
11:00 am – Factory Tour
12:00 pm – Car Show Awards Presentation
12:15 pm – Factory Five Legacy/Robert Fedderson Memorial Award Presentation
1:00 pm – Open House ends

Car Show Award Categories
Best in Show Coupe
Best in Show Roadster
Best in Show Challenge
Best in Show GTM
Best in Show ’33
Best in Show Under Construction
Best Chrome
Most Innovative Improvement
Best Paint
Best Engine
Best Interior
Best in Show all Classes
Long Distance Award
Factory Five Legacy/Robert Fedderson Memorial Award

Sean Crook scored on just a FEW gauges.

Sponsors and Vendors:
Factory Five Racing is grateful to have an excellent group of sponsors for the 2012 Open House event and supporting vendors will be displaying their products.

Last year was the first time it rain during Open House...we're hoping for clear, blue skies this year!

Lodging and Accomodations:

The Fairfield Inn – New Bedford, MA 774, 634,2000

Parking:

Spectator parking will be at the Wareham Crossing mall parking lot and Factory Five will have two shuttle buses running back and forth. Parking attendees will be on hand to direct visitors to correct parking. Factory Five show cars will park at Factory Five.

Sponsors:

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