GoodGuys Gazette June 2012 Issue Features Factory Five Customer Wins

Factory Five customers have been going to GoodGuys shows more and more over the years and with that, Factory Fives are winning more awards at both the car show and autocross events.  In the June 2012 issue of GoodGuys Goodtimes Gazette, Factory Five customers are featured for a couple of recent wins at GoodGuys spring car shows.

Factory Five 25-year-old customers Allie and Kyle Hanson from Clinton, UT drove their ’33 Hot Rod to the GoodGuys Scottsdale, AZ show and won the Young Guys pick.

Later on in the issue, Factory Five customer Dennis Russell and his buddy Ike Crouch were featured for their win at the GoodGuys Fort Worth, TX autocross where they won 1st place in the Hot Rod class.  Dennis and Ike’s road trip also got mentioned in the write-up.  The drove the FFR ’33 to four events – Scottsdale, Texas, Pleasanton, and rounding things out at Del Mar where Factory Five customer Erik Hansen took home 1st place at the autocross competition.

 

25-year-ld Allie and Kyle Hanson's '33 Hot Rod on display at the Scottsdale, AZ GoodGuys Show.

 

Dennis Russell from El Cajon, CA won 1st place in the GoodGuys Fort Worth, TX Autocross.

Congratulations guys on your car show wins!

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