First Show

Just for kicks-what was the first show you went to and how did you get there.
I'll start-had a rep for our audio store talk me into getting out of bed at the early hour of 10am to go to a show in Nebraska. I had an interest in car audio, but if not for this show, I would have never competed.
That was Aug. of 1997

Thunder on Wheels, at least I think it was Doc Thunder's outfit...
I had just finished my T/A with 4 15's walled off powered by radio shack Optima amps... and 4x6" Pioneers in the dash...it was hideous but loud. Summer of 87

It was either a OKC show at the Myriad Convention Center or Tulsa Fair Grounds show. Cannot remember which one first. Both in the Early 90's to mid 90's.

I remember seeing Mark F. Yellow Blazer, Alpine Lambo, Fishman's car, Biggs Regal and ton of others.

It blew me away.

I drove myself there in my lowrider Toyota Pick-up. Sweet truck done right wish I still had it.

summer of 1987, Thunder on Wheels event in Lawton Ok.
I won my class and hit an amzing 136.7 db with 2 punch 15's on a punch 45

Summer 1987 in my original 1986 Mazda B2000 at Alternate Source in Colorado Springs. I hit 134 with 4 Pyle Pro 12s in a 7th order bandpass cut through. I took 3rd place and was hooked on competing. Now 22 years later and over 400 trophies from my 1992 Mazda B2200.

Planet CarFi (SpringfieldMO)...early spring of 97...SQ adv consumer 0-100, 15 cars in my class, dbl point local show. Took second....sheer SPL. My two JL12w1s on a RF Punch 40 (RF Punch 40 on the highs too) did a 138.7...the guy who won was from AutoAudio in LR, AR...black Mustang foxbody...pressured a 145. That's how he beat me. I loved every minute of it.

First show I attended was in 1989 in El Dorado Arkansas. I didnt compete I went to see how it worked. That is when I got hooked. That is also the day i realized that Kevin (MF) was into stereo competition. (Kevin and I go way back he was a basketball coach at my HS) It actually took me until 1994 to get a car together to compete and I lost.

I forgot in 1989 I was not 16 yet so my mom took me to the show.lol
She actually went to a lot of shows with me in the begining so she could understand why I dug it so much.

Dang I think it was in 94 in VA. I had 2 GS redline 12's in a crx with an audiovox hu. Man how things have changed.

My first show was a Crank It Up at the Texas State Fair in I think 1986. It was inside the automobile building and I remember seeing Wayne's black Hurst and his red Cutlass with all the Capacitors in it.

1999 heatwave in Austin. Placed second. What a blast.

1990 Thunder on Wheels in Texas somewhere wow old days when it was 30 in a class and ya had alot of fun.............

May have been 92 George Reed was doing them and i believe mark B helped on some of them as well i cant remember long ago but at least not as long ago as Gary and Joes old assses...hehe

Nice Jimbo...Wow..I really appreciate that...

Gary, do I need to get you a walker too? I can have it painted to match your regal

Mine was summer of 97 at Custom Sound Creations in Colorado Springs , CO!!!!!!! When SQ was full of life here in the Rocky Mountain state. So much fun!! That was the best summer lol competeing with my white toyota celica hahhahaha, it had 3 8" Cerwin Vega - Vegas!!! What a hopeless car hahaha but it was a blast to compete with. Wow, what great memories!!

it was a thunder on wheels show in dallas when m&m woofers and rockford was king. it must have benn 87 or 88
rob rice
i remember a show we held at car toys and biggs regal was stolen. I still think he blames me lol
rob rice

it was a thunder on wheels show in dallas when m&m woofers and rockford was king. it must have benn 87 or 88
rob rice
i remember a show we held at car toys and biggs regal was stolen. I still think he blames me lol
rob rice

In the fall of 1981 in Bryan/College Station, TX. Doc Thunder (George Reed) had a Radio Shack analog SPL meter in a shopping mall parking lot. This may have been before TOW was officially TOW... The highest SPL for the day was in the mid 120's.

Kyle Davis and I were freshmen at Texas A&M. Prior to this, while in high school in Houston, we had installed a couple of AudioMobile amplifiers, two JBL pro audio 12's in the rear deck, four 6 inch Alpine coax speakers, a couple of 6X9's, and a bunch of piezo tweeters all over the place in his 1970 Pontiac Executive (A huge white boat/car with a black vinyl top. We also had bucket seats with a cooler between them, a wet bar in the glove box area, and enough room in the trunk to carry 6 BMX bikes to the races every Sunday.)

We were driving through Bryan on a Saturday, and saw a bunch of people in the shopping mall parking lot across the street from a car audio store, so we pulled in to see what was going on. Geez.... Now I feel old again... But not as old as Rob Rice!

First show I attended was in 1991 or 1992 at Cohens Electronics in Montgomery, Al. I believe it was an IASCA show. There were cars everywhere (easily 50-60 cars) . It was a 1x show. Some guy was complaining about the judges listening to classical music when his truck sounded better with heavy metal music .

First show I competed in was in 1997. IASCA show at Car Audio Plus in Montgomery, Alabama. Novice 1-150 class. I got 3rd. I still have the trophy.

Great replies. Lots of years of experience out there. I thought of this because when my buddy and I started, his boy was 9. he just graduated, and I now have 2 little ones that will be a year in Dec and before I know it, they will be driving. Hopefully 2 new competitors.