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The 2007 Factory Five Open House The 10th One is the Biggest Yet |
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We’ve finally had a chance to sit back and absorb all of the things that happened this past Saturday. What a fantastic event! |
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Some of the record setting details include: 142 customers drove in their cars 6 FFR aftermarket vendors set-up and sold products to the faithful 16 cars ran the chassis dyno (including an Open House record 600hp car!) More promotional & scratch and dent parts were sold than ever before 3 Long distance champions driving in from Oregon, Arizona and Colorado TGB Scooter Raffle giveaway |
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The car show judging was the toughest that it’s ever been, and several awards could have been shared among many different cars. The final winners were: Best Under Construction – Bill Cooke Best Use of Chrome – Ron Hirschberger Most Innovative Improvement – Frank Carillo Best Paint – Matt Raymond Best Engine – Bob Peckham Best Interior – Sonny & Janice Young Best in Show Roadster – Tony Angelo Best in Show Challenge Car – Gary Cheney Best in Show GTM – Henry Renaud Best in Show Overall – Ernst Fischer High Mileage Champion – Rick LaCourse (35,000 miles) Long Distance Champion – Chris & Donna Mann (Corvalis OR) (Long Distance Runners Up: John Kerekes (Tucson, AZ) and Bob & Peggy Payne (Littleton, CO) – the Manns, the Paynes and John K. all received a $100 FFR Bucks gift certificate) TGB Scooter raffle winner – John Kerekes Horsepower champion – Michael Zombar (601.3 hp, 542.9 lbft) |
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There are simply too many great side stories to share here, so here are a few of our employees’ favorites:
Tara (Customer Service): This was the 1st year that Bob Loscuito (FFR 002, FFR 2000) brought his car to an open house. When he was registering for the car show he couldn’t remember his FFR # (I remembered that it was something special because we had a pizza party for him, gave him a FFR shirt with his number on it and had him take pictures with Dave & Mark giving him his COO). He came up to me later in the day and pointed at his shirt and said, “Do you think this is my number?!”
Mike (R&D): Clint and I staged a few races between the two of us to see who could put the hot dogs in the bun the fastest. The customers seemed to enjoy it. I remember one customer saying “You guys will race anything around here won’t you?!” Jason (R&D): My fondest memory was early in the morning, the time between 8:45 and 9:00 – the ribbon cutting for the scratch ‘n dent sale. Everyone was eagerly awaiting the coming of 9:00, leaning over the tape and asking for pricing and parts descriptions. I cut it at 8:59 because nobody could take it any longer, and there was a flood of people into the scratch ‘n dent sale area. It was much like slicing the side of an above ground pool that’s full of water. |
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