Factory Five Customer Bill N. Wins Big

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

Best in Show – Holly LS Fest 2011

Photo courtesy Popular Hot Rodding Magazine

You may remember Bill Noeth and his beautiful LS powered GTM from Open House 2011 where he won Best in Show and Most Innovative Improvement at Factory Five’s Open House/Rain Fest 2011.

Photo courtesy Popular Hot Rodding Magazine

Well, Bill’s at it again as he scored Best in Show at the September 9, 10, 11 Holley LS Fest event and is featured in the upcoming issue of Popular Hot Rodding Magazine. Huge congrats to Bill for carrying the Factory Five banner high!

Dave Smith
President

“There’s nothing like the pride that comes from building it yourself, and that’s what Bill Noeth of Remsen, Ney York, did with his Factory Five GTM kit car. A stock LS2 feed torques to a Porsche G50 transaxle in the mid-engine car. Front and rear suspension is all C5 Corvette.” – Popular Hot Rodding

Bill Noeth won Best in Show - GTM and Most Innovative Improvement at the 2011 Factory Five Open House.

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