{"id":2754,"date":"2012-12-20T10:51:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2015-06-27T13:11:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T01:11:39","slug":"abtec-db-drag-soundoff-sounds-alive-grand-final-2012-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/abtec-db-drag-soundoff-sounds-alive-grand-final-2012-update\/","title":{"rendered":"ABTEC dB Drag Soundoff & Sounds Alive Grand Final 2012 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being the end of the year it was time for the ABTEC dB Drag Soundoff & Sounds Alive Grand Final<\/strong>. It had already been an interesting year for the Car-Audio\/Sound-Off Scene with people continuing to beat their personal bests and a lot of these people had also been doing some very impressive upgrades to their systems. Which is always good to see since sometimes the smallest of upgrades can make a massive difference.<\/p>\n

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As competitors turned up Darryl<\/strong> fired up the BBQ<\/strong> and as the next hour went on you could tell everyone had a good feed as we were all moving slightly slower than usual when it came to moving all the cars into the workshop. Aside from all the food our good friend Johnny<\/strong> supplied for the day, it was good to see all the competitors showing their setups to each other and giving little demos to the crowds that soon came to see where all the bass was coming from.<\/p>\n

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Once everybody had finished demoing there sounds and we had numbered all the cars it was all go and as you can see below a few people got carried away when it came to numbering their cars… Anyway, back to the sound off.<\/p>\n

First up was the Kiwi Class<\/strong> Freq Burp’s and I must say even though I prefer the ‘Sounds Alive’ Class<\/strong> more there was some impressive results in the Kiwi Classes<\/strong> with everything from a 134.4dB<\/strong> all the way to a 154dB<\/strong> but the result that impressed me the most was Ashley ‘MAD BASS’ Burrell’s<\/a><\/strong> 150dB<\/strong> in ABTEC1<\/strong> (Mitsubishi Pajero).\u00a0Anyone that has had a decent look at ABTEC1<\/strong> would know that it had a DD-9518<\/strong> running off a DD-M4<\/strong> (Old Model) with only the standard Pajero battery and no big three<\/p>\n

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Once the Kiwi Classes<\/strong> were done with it was time for the ‘Sounds Alive’ (Music) Class<\/strong> and as I have said before I prefer the ‘Sounds Alive’ Class<\/strong> since we don’t drive around listening single one off ‘Burps’ everywhere we go.<\/p>\n

The song of choice this time round was Sleepless by Excision<\/strong> which\u00a0accommodated for the cars tuned relatively high and the ground pounders, the car that impressed me on the day in the ‘Sound Alive’ Class<\/strong> was Dave’s Commodore since he had gained a whole dB<\/strong> since the last testing night a week before. Everyone seemed to net some nice results and I’m looking forward to seeing what 2013<\/strong> has in for all of us in the dB Drag<\/a><\/strong> scene.<\/p>\n

Now for the Results \u00a0from the day.<\/p>\n

Sounds Alive:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st:<\/strong>\u00a0Lance Wilson\u00a0148.9<\/strong>
\n2nd:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Moore\u00a0148.4<\/strong>
\n3rd:<\/strong>\u00a0Ashley Burrell\u00a0146.7<\/strong>
\n4th:<\/strong>\u00a0Johnny Asiata\u00a0145.8<\/strong>
\n5th:<\/strong>\u00a0Wayne Toms\u00a0143.6<\/strong>
\n6th:<\/strong>\u00a0David Williams\u00a0143.4<\/strong>
\n7th:<\/strong>\u00a0Shane Snow\u00a0142.3<\/strong>
\n8th:<\/strong>\u00a0Matt Toms\u00a0140.1<\/strong>
\n9th:<\/strong>\u00a0Nathan Stevens\u00a0136.3<\/strong>
\n10th:<\/strong>\u00a0Leon Smit\u00a0132.8<\/strong>
\n11th:<\/strong>\u00a0Chris Findlay\u00a0130.6<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kiwi Class:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st =:<\/strong>\u00a0Matt Toms\u00a0139.3<\/strong>
\n1st =:<\/strong>\u00a0Alex Smith\u00a0139.3<\/strong>
\n2nd:<\/strong>\u00a0Leon Smit\u00a0134.4<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kiwi Pro Class:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st:<\/strong>\u00a0Wayne Toms\u00a0144.5<\/strong>
\n2nd:<\/strong>\u00a0Shane Snow\u00a0142.3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kiwi Expert Class:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st:<\/strong>\u00a0Scott Bennison\u00a0149.7<\/strong>
\n2nd:<\/strong>\u00a0David Williams\u00a0148.5<\/strong>
\n3rd:<\/strong>\u00a0Johnny Asiata\u00a0147.3<\/strong>
\n4th:<\/strong>\u00a0Paul Voorend\u00a0146.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kiwi Extreme Class:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st:<\/strong>\u00a0Lance Wilson\u00a0154.0<\/strong>
\n2nd:<\/strong>\u00a0Ashley Burrell\u00a0150.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As usual I’d like to end this update by thanking all the\u00a0competitors in dB Drag<\/strong> since if it wasn’t for the competitors we wouldn’t have a competition, Ashley ‘MAD BASS’ Burrell<\/strong> for the continuing support in dB Drag<\/strong> and for all the time & effort organising event’s at your own cost. Darryl<\/strong> for continuing to man the BBQ<\/strong> at the events held at our workshop, Johnny<\/strong> for supplying food at the sound off’s especially the Ma Moe!\u00a0P.T.<\/strong> & Michelle<\/strong> for jolting down the results at the events since us boys try to avoid doing the paper work on the days. Also a massive thank you to all the friends, customers & local businesses that have either put up with or joined in with all the excessive noise and chaos at the ABTEC dB Drag Sound Off’s!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For the Grand Final\u00a0Official\u00a0Event Results CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For Photos of the Winners CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For the Gallery of the Event CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For the\u00a0Official\u00a0Top Ten Top Guns CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Have a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year people! Stay safe and I look forward to seeing you all at the 2013 ABTEC dB Drag Sound Off & ‘Sounds Alive’ Events!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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