HIN results..

[AtifSajid]

I didnt stay around for the trophy presentation, but who won what?

I do know my Prelude won 1st Place Prelude. :goodjob:

[sweetcarz02]

Shawn (black JDM front ITR) won 1st place JDM OEM
Holly white Mitsu in NOPI booth) 2nd place Mitsu./1st place JDM overall
Nathan (blue EG up front) won 2nd place JDM overall

[Tuner]

Did any of you guys think that the event was small? I saw all the cars in under an hour. I thought it was a waste of my $25. What do you guys think.

[SwiftGTiRacer]

does any1 have pics of the winners?

Swifty

[AtifSajid]

Did any of you guys think that the event was small? I saw all the cars in under an hour. I thought it was a waste of my $25. What do you guys think.

But its not just about the cars, I was there for a LONG damn time, but I think it was worth the money, if you hang around get involved with whats going on, get free stuff and all that i think its worth it. I know its all about the cars, but I think its also about what is going on at booths and so on.

[NzProjeKt]

yeah the vendors play a HUGE part....
Just between the giveaways/models/performances let alone the vehicles it was def. worth the $25 !

[Nittanys1]

I took home 4th place 4dr wild


congratz atif, sure was a hot prelude :D

[AFSil80]

A couple of my friends were told to go home after sitting in line for almost 4 hours.

They had preregistered.
Showed up Friday night to drop off the cars.
Told to come back in the morning since 'larger teams were expected, and were having spots reserved.'
Came back Saturday morning at 10:30
Sat in line until 2:30
Were told that they were too full, and were told to go home.
Were not refunded for their preregistration

Kind of a fucked up system, isn't it?

[Axix23]

Damn!!! I am sure they would have to??

[Nittanys1]

when Win got kicked out last year they never gave his money back to him....but they really should. last time i had a simalar problem with a show they just credited me for their show next year.........

[DeadDoc]

I believe it was something like 40+ cars had to get turned down for entering. I was one fo them.

I was told they werent doing refunds then but to email someoen on HIN's website about it. If that doesnt work i see a bunch of pissed off people coming.

[nickrd]

Yea, the Saturday roll-in was so messed up. Seems like they oversold the show and/or vendors were taking up way too much space then previous shows (ie. XM Lounge, Toyo trailer, etc).

I took home 4 awards:
1st place 4-door Mild
Hottest EDM
Hottest BMW
NOPI "Elite" car recognition

[AFSil80]

Yeah, getting no refund is about as homo as a closet full of AIDS-infested transvestites...

Congrats to those that won, though!

[IMWEZL]

Wow! Not to be an ass but some of those cars could have parked outside in the lot. There were two IS300 just taking up space...I could see if it was a vendor's booth and they were advertising something special. I was with my wife the whole time so $25 wasn't worth it. If she wasn't there I would have taken some pics of the models. The Scion GT4 challenge was worth it! Although the guy I raced was probably mad as hell because I kept on trying to bump my way thru.

Jay-G

[tatodotcom]

anybody see the 300zx that looked kinda like a ferrari? it was different, didnt really like it, but i had good time

[AtifSajid]

The roll-in was fucked..I said fuck it when I was in line and just rolled up to the gate and turned out to be the last car they were letting in...whew...

[The Yousef]

I didnt stay around for the trophy presentation, but who won what?

I do know my Prelude won 1st Place Prelude. :goodjob:


congrats bro :goodjob:

[the big slizzard]

hey Nick this is Albert with the maxima. Your car looked great as usual. Nice talking to ya. take care man...


Yea, the Saturday roll-in was so messed up. Seems like they oversold the show and/or vendors were taking up way too much space then previous shows (ie. XM Lounge, Toyo trailer, etc).

I took home 4 awards:
1st place 4-door Mild
Hottest EDM
Hottest BMW
NOPI "Elite" car recognition

[nickrd]

Hi Albert, thanks!! Nice chattin with you too..

Congrats again to all the winners as well! :)

[Nittanys1]

Nick you got a pic of your car? good job on the win!!

[nickrd]

Nick you got a pic of your car? good job on the win!!

Thank you sir, much appreciated :) Sure, here's a couple before roll-in and at the show:
http://www.pbase.com/nickacs/hin_atl_052805

A couple really great shots taken by Joey Redmond ('sweetcarz') are here:
http://www.pbase.com/nickacs/new_look_05_pt3

Thanks again..

[Nittanys1]

NICE http://www.v6performance.net/forums/images/smilies/shocked.gif

[DerrickT]

Joey Takes nice pics

[Cliff]

seein a 4 door skyline in person was pretty sweet....

[Cool Cat GTR]

I'll have to agree the roll in was messed up. Our cars got there before 3 and it was after 6 before they got into the venue. It was hot as hell outside. From what I understand the Fire Marshall was the ass that cut off entry into the building on Saturday. Sure seemed like there was additional space for more cars.

Congrats to everyone that took home trophies. We took home Hottest Mazda with our Miata and Hottest Honda - Other with the S2000. Saw a lot of good friends. I too enjoyed seeing a four door Skyline. The guys in that booth were great to meet.

[Allstar3.8T]

The cars all looked nice....the show has outgrown that venue, way to go ATL.
The show as always seemed a bit flawed at times. Ex;
-The roll in was VERY messed up.
-The pre-reg people that got turned away was messed up.
-An Integra winning "Best Acura other (other than integra)" was another obv flaw (Nothing against the owner or car...and its a MAN not a woman stupid bimbo).
- Wild BOS was questionable IMO, I thought it was Timmays.
How many entrants did "Dream motorsports" bring anyway? More than 15?!
I agree w/ another namesless guy from another team who says if you " make the NCCA mad, you'll never place again." I agree 110% Ex; John Marshes SLAP SQ #1 car 2 yrs in a row, and not placing top 3 in Audio presentation....again?! Even w/ over 50 install pics on hand, and more $ in audio than some whole cars. I call BS again.
Alot of nice cars won, and I dont wanna take that away from anyone....nice work.
Congrats to NickRD and RED who both took 4 awards, great showing.

[Silvernbluepearl]

Dream Motorsports ended up not winning for participation. I believe that Elite won with 19 registered

[Nittanys1]

yeah they took the award from us due to ppl who cant add......

[eugene.ua]

anybody see the 300zx that looked kinda like a ferrari? it was different, didnt really like it, but i had good time


Yeah, i saw the 300zx.. what a waste of money and time..

[Allstar3.8T]

Congrats Elite, that was 1 of many awards worth questioning. Well deserved!

[CodyW]

being pre-registered and waiting 3.5 hours one day and 6 the next to still get turned down due to a few asses cutting to the front of the line (and not being able to get my money back) sure was fun http://www.driftmechaniks.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Ronv350z]

Well there was a lot of nice cars there, sometimes shows get messed up by judging but its just one show. Does anybody know what car took best 350z? Congrats to Tim nice job. Sometime not winning gives you the drive to go do something else to your ride so the next show you can have a better chance.

[DeadDoc]

Dream Motorsports ended up not winning for participation. I believe that Elite won with 19 registered

Did that include ones who got turned away, 2 elite members i believe got turned away and me who registered with them.

I do swear though that if they dont refund ima be pissed.

[Brett]

Thats not with the 2 they didnt let in, if they would have let them in we would have had 21 :D But I know we where ticked they didnt give us that at the show, it took John going up there after and having them recount

[veritekracer]

Congrats Travis!!! Congrats Atif!!!! Dang Nick, 4 trophies!!!! Well deserved wins, all of yall. Congrats to all the winners. I had to work the whole weekend. My friends who went told me it took them 5hrs to get in!!!!! Some of my friends in 3SI, actually the whole group were turned away, even tho they pre-reg'd. Total BS!! I wanted to go this year, and was thinking of next year since I missed it this year, but now I'm not so sure. They better refund those that were turned away, that's for sure, and they better be more organized, otherwise, I don't think ATL will support this show.

[AtifSajid]

I now that next year, I'll be there in line early as hell, but they need to change venues, and get something bigger.

[Allstar3.8T]

I dont know how you Elite guys got them to make the mistake right. Last year they gave the wrong VW the Best award, and they told me they did mess up, but "too bad" .
HIN is riddled every year w/ apathy.

[lowjack]

Grats to all the winners!

I failed to win an award this year but there were a lot of more deserving cars than my 350. Some were flat out sick.

On a happy note the family, car, and I were interviewed for Turner Networks and that was well worth it.

Osta,

Scott
350z

[veritekracer]

HIN was held at the Georgia World Congress Center 2years ago, then last year and this year they moved to the Ga Int'l Convention Center. They're gonna need to move back to the World Congress Center to accomodate, that is if they make things right with those that they turned away, cuz that's still leaving a bad taste for many. I would think they would refund, and give free admission and passes for next year at the very least.

[Nittanys1]

only problem with getting into the world congress center is the entrance to the place....worst design ever you scrap like hell trying to get your car in....or atleast I did and i know a few other that did too!!! but yet it is bigger.....

[veritekracer]

That's true Travis, especially if they used the entrance 2yrs ago, going across the railroad tracks. There's another entrance tho, when my car was @ the AJC Auto show that they led us through that was a lot better, on the other side, across from where they staged us in that parking lot.

[Nittanys1]

ic well we need to to see if they move it to there next year and if so we should call someone an tell them to use the other entrance!!! I also hated the parking lot that they had us meet up in before we rolled in the roads around there are crap not to mention the driveway into the lot....

[USMC_is300]

i got turned away also that would have made 22 for ELITE

[LaurenK]

Josh won Hottest Acura, I think? Woot woot, congrats everyone!

[Allstar3.8T]

Yeah , Josh won hottest Acura Integra, Angel won Hottest Acura "other"...... Wha?!!

[josh nixon]

yeah, i dont get that one either....and they just changed this award around this show. in charlotte and orlando there was only one best acura award AND it paid $100!

[JC]

Well, congrats to all the winners. Like Ron said though, Losing inspires you to do better and improve. I plan on taking this lose and building off of it.

[chmura]

I dont know how you Elite guys got them to make the mistake right. Last year they gave the wrong VW the Best award, and they told me they did mess up, but "too bad" .
HIN is riddled every year w/ apathy.


that was a bad memory....lol

[Elroy2002]

yeah roll in was fucked up this year. after hours of waiting in line on friday and saturday and being promised that i had a spot in the show me and adam (who were the two elite cars by the way) were told that the fire marshall shut it down. i went to talk to the NCCA guy and i got a free comped show out of it. so i dunno. i was pissed but whatever. definatly needs to the at the world congress center next year. It's good to see that there are that many interesting cars though. makes competition harder though.

[Jaimecbr900]

Roll in was like watching a couple of monkeys bang a square peg in a round hole. It was unorganized and totally done wrong. They knew before hand how many people pre-registered. They were all huffy and puffy in the 1500 emails they sent before the show about being there ON TIME, HALF a tank of gas, being together, blah blah blah. Well, I know a lot of us did exactly as told and STILL had to wait 4-5 hours in the hot ass parking lot with numnuts on a scooter in charge without even as much as a walkie talkie to find out what the hold up is. That is slack as hell IMO. For the kind of money we all paid to be there, they should have had a much more organized.

They kept telling me that we were being held up because of people having to be turned back because too much gas, the ramp was backed up, they were moving cars around, etc. Well, Mickey came back and told me we were getting jacked around after he had been up there himself. I went up there myself after that only to confirm what he said. I came back and blew a fuse. Only after a phone call to our NOPI contact did we get escorted in. That IMO is BS. I saw a ton of cars outside Saturday.

The results were only a continuation of the fiasco from the day before. There were several people IMO that got robbed yet again this year. Several people did deserve their wins. Nick was one. Josh was another. Patrycja was another. My buddy Rick that won Best Lexus too. And there were several others. IMO there were also several big screw ups in the decisions. But you know what? That's the way the ball bounces and part of some of the shows. Comes with the territory. Congrats to all the winners regardless.

[euromaxima]

I took home 4th place 4dr wild


congratz atif, sure was a hot prelude :D

I thought you were in mild.

[Nittanys1]

they classified me in that class, in both HIN Orlando and Atlanta. I didn't say anything to them they just put me in it when i pulled in the building.

[JC]

Here you go guys, here are the official results from Hot Import Nights Atlanta:

http://www.nationalcustomcarassociation.com/z2005_05_28.shtml

[chmura]

Here you go guys, here are the official results from Hot Import Nights Atlanta:

http://www.nationalcustomcarassociation.com/z2005_05_28.shtml


WOOOOOOOO HHOOOOOOOOOOo