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Indianapolis,IN;SanMateo,

CA;Tampa,FL;Norway,Fran

ceandGreece

October13-14,2007

TextbyGeorgeDimitriadis//

PhotosbyGeorgeDimitriadis

,TheBigOki,

MichaelA.Nauta,KyleGreer

andYiannisLekkas

StreetMax3-4WORLDCham

pionJohnPouliakas

ScottVanRIper(Yes,itsare

alGMCTyphoon)

heweekendofOctober13-1

4,2007

markedthe10thAnnualdBDr

agRac-

ingWorldFinals.Ivehadthep

rivilege

toattendthelasteightoutoft

enyearsofthe

finals.Threeofthoseeightwer

easacompetitor,

andthelastfivewereinaned

itorialcapacitywith

PerformanceAuto&Soun

d.

Theeventthisyearwasunlikeanyotherfinals

inthehistoryofcaraudio.Inp

reviousyears,the

finalswereheldinonecentral

location,whichall

competitorswouldattend.USc

itiessuchasNash-

ville,LouisvilleandClevelandh

aveplayedhostto

theloudestvehiclesonthepla

netwithcompeti-

torstravelingfromasfaraway

asGermany,Puerto

Rico,Japan,SwitzerlandandC

anada.Thisyear

weaddedIndianapolis,Tampa

,California,Norway,

FranceandGreecetothatlist.

Asyoucansee,thisyeartheW

orldFinalswas

anInternationalaffair.Overthela

stcoupleof

years,WayneHarris,PresidentofDBDRA(dBDrag

RacingAssociation),hasbeen

workingonmaking

theWorldFinalsatrulyglobal

event,enabling

competitorsfromallpartsofth

eworldwhowere

eligibletocompeteattheend

oftheyear.

Therewereatotalof446total

participants

amongstthesixlocationsthis

year.WayneHarris

gatheredanelitegroupofjud

gestooverseethe

sixdifferentlocationsworldwid

e.Headjudges

wereasfollows:YiannisLekka

sinGreece,Tor

SteinarAamodtinNorway,Ste

phaneBoitein

France,DavidMcLeaninTampa

,SamHorninIn-

dianapolisandDougStocktoninCalifornia.Along

withtheabove-mentionedhea

djudges

T

Bob Perillo and TEAM NWA

OurmanGeorgewiththemon

ster8,000W

XXVSampsonampfromHifo

nics

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foreachlocation,therewasanadditionalcrewof

judgesandstaffon-hand.Withoutthemtheres

nowaytheFinalswouldhavebeenpossible,

saidWayneHarris.

Thisyear,Ioptedtoforegotravelingwiththe

corporatejetsothatIcanmaketheroadtripwith

ahandfulofhopefulCanadiansthattraveledfrom

theeastcoastofCanada.Theyalltraveledwith

thegoalofwalkingawaywithsomesortofhard

-

wareandpotentiallyaNationalorWorldTitle.

Withtheeventtakingplaceinsixlocations

simultaneously,theInternetwascalleduponto

connectthemall.EachlocationhelditsownRe-

gionalcompetitionwiththewinnersadvancingto

theNationalcompetitionwherethetoptwocom

-

petitorsfromeachgivenclassinNorthAmerica

andEurope,respectively,competedagainst

eachothertoseewhichonewastheNational

Champion.Fromthere,theNationalChampions

TeamMikeSkaritka vsLesKostuch

TeamMaxxsonics

TeamCactusSoundsGreece and Italy

Craig Butler Yaniv Dadoun

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GroupShot of GreeceCompetitors withYianni

sLekkas

Extreme Audio

from Europe and North America would compete

head-to-head to crown the World Champion.

I decided to attend the finals at the India-

napolis location and Ive got to tell you Im really

glad I did. With the likes of Edge Audio, Mike

Bartells, Alan Dante, Bob Perillo, Scott Van

Riper, Chris Norris and a list of other big names,

the roll call in Indy read like an all-star cast of

North American dB Drag Racing competitors.Between the six locations, you had some

of the largest companies in the car audio field

taking part, including; Stetsom, Maxxsonics,

Cactus Sounds, Rockford Fosgate, Kenwood,

Kinetik, Memphis, Matrix Audio, Stinger, DD,

RE and the list goes on.

Every year, the bar is raised and just

when you think youve seen it all; BAM!!

You get blindsided. This happened a few

times this weekend. Two out of the three

Street Categories saw over 160dB with

Peter Augustijnen from Belgium belting outa jaw-dropping 161.4dB. In the Street A

class, it was local favourite from Greece

that took the World Championship with a

score of 159.7dB with only two 10-inch

subwoofers. Another incredible showing

was that of Team Trinlect from Brampton,

ON, Canada, who took the North American

title in the Street Max 1-2 class

Team420-Rooney

AlanDante and theExtremeCup

Competitors in France

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