Well, I participated in the Mopar Mini Nationals in Garland this weekend. I was pretty bummed that they did not follow the rules they told me when inquiring about the show. I was told that all the new Chargers, Challengers among others were not going to be in the same class as the Crossfire. Not that I have a problem with those awsome cars, I wanted to compete against more similar vehicles to mine. The day of the show, they put us all together which made a large class of some very nice cars. Some were driven frequently and some hardly ever. Since I drive almost daily, I figured I didn't have much of a chance. The other thing I did not know is it was more of a concourse type judging where you drove your car under a tent where five judges picked your car apart. Every aspect for interior, exterior, trunk and engine compartment. Heck they even asked people to check their glove box.

Anyway, it was a two day show and I am very pleased to say that I represented the fellow Crossfire owners well with a second place among good competition.

Steve

 

Heartiest Hill Country Congratulations. Well done!!!! You were in a class of your own, stompin' the big boys.

John P

'05 Alabaster Ltd cpe #36827 built 06'04 in service 08/06
Mandrus Millenium Wheels w/tristar caps
General UHP 240x55/18 front 265x30/19
Magnaflow 16633 ordered
Sprint booster
KN Air

 

Congrats!

Represent SRTs... REPRESENT!!!

 

Nice job!

Those natural starbursts in your first image are priceless

 

Wow, 2nd place in a concourse type of competition is prerty impressive and awesome! Congrats!

 

2nd place is great, how many cars were there?

 

Congrats!!! That's a HUGE HONOR!!!

 

There were at least 168. My class was the largest. My engine compartment really helped me out. I had points taken off for a few blemishes on the paint thanks to the previous owner where it was touched up so I needed all the help I could get.

Steve

 

Steve,you should be really proud, congratulations.
Were you in the same class with Vipers?

 

Great job! Nothing wrong with a silver medal especially with that number of vehicles present!! I'd be proud!

 

No, fortunately they were in "Special Interest" class. The guy that was beside me in the picture owned both the red truck as well as the Viper. In person, both were stunning. Both were heavily modified with nothing but the best of everything. The Viper had a beefed up and blue printed transmision, Quaffie (spelling?) rear end, Paxton turbo, unbelievable stereo and on and on. The truck was much of the same. He has a Prowler he did not bring due to needing a third driver. Must be nice huh? He was about 60 yrs. old and just loved the SRT engine. He supercharged his Prowler but wished he would have transplanted the SRT motor into it. Would'nt that be something?

Steve

 

Congrats Steve!

 

Thanks guys, the only disappointing thing comes to mind is that there were no other Crossfires at the show nor did I see any during the 160 mile round trip. At least everyone at the show was reminded of this unique automobile.

Steve

 

Congrats buddy! That baby was CLEAN!!!! I stopped by and saw Steve and his competition and 2nd place is a huge deal! I wish you lived closer to me so I could drop my SRT off at your house for a week or two and let you clean mine up! LOL~

 

Thanks Scott,

I was very pleased. You missed some of the best cars that showed on Sunday only. They judged both days. I wish I had more time to talk but besides sweating my butt off, I had to give the car another once over before judging.

I think I will pass on this weekends events at Ennis but if you go, I will be looking forward to your results.

Steve

 

Outstanding Steve and awesome presentation of the XF. Be very proud of your results. I have entered several shows and judges have a difficult time classifying our gem. The result is to just put us in with other Mopars. I have been judged as a "domestic", an "import" a "sports car", a 'copue", etc. The funny thing is we always win sonething. Again, great job buddy.

 

There is cleaning and there s cleaning. You must have the patience of a saint. How much time does it take to get ready for and event like that? You must garage it for aweek or more?
Congratulations, I'm glad you are on the Mopar side.

 

Blackberry,

It took two and a half weeks of diligent effort. Two full days just on the engine compartment and that was starting with what most would be considered very clean. I used a buffer with an orange pad worth about 18 hours then I applied 5 coats of wax a couple days apart from each other to let it cure somewhat. Only 3 hours on the interior.

Rubbing and scrubbing till my fingers just about fell off.

Steve

 

ichon,

There were many people that didn't even know what kind of car it was. Out of three shows, I have taken two seconds. This was the most intense regarding the judging. All in all, it was a fun weekend.

Thanks,
Steve

 

Thats fantastic!.. Congrats!!