EAST WENATCHEE, WA (01.25.24) – IASCA Worldwide has confirmed that the 2024 IASCA World Finals main location for both SPL and Sound Quality will once again take place at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center in Birmingham, Alabama, from October 12th and 13th, 2024. IASCA’s west coast satellite location for the 2024 World Finals SPL competition will take place at the Pavilion at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on September 29th, 2024.

Sound Quality competition will take place in the East Hall of the B.J.C.C. along with EMMA USA and MASQ, and SPL competition will take place with ISPLL in the North Hall. Set up October 11th with competition taking place on the 12th and 13th.

“With the success of the venues from our 2023 Finals, returning to Birmingham made perfect sense,” said IASCA President Travis Chin. “The venue offers so much more and the response we received from the competitors was so positive, we negotiated for 2024 right away and came to an agreement. Additionally, the venue for our satellite location was also looking forward to our return and we were able to finalize plans with them almost immediately.”

More major IASCA events being planned for 2024

Chin went on to add “2023 was such a successful year, we have been approached by other major automotive and audio related events to host IASCA events at their shows. We are in negotiations with them currently and announcements will be made throughout the course of the 2024 season. Stay tuned!”

Finals pre-registration info and more will be posted in the coming weeks.

For more information on IASCA Worldwide and the 2024 IASCA World Finals, visit iasca.com or contact President Travis Chin at travis@iasca.com. Information on the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center can be found at https://www.bjcc.org/.

TERRYVILLE, CT (01.24.24) – Badd Custom Cycle is a new Cicada Audio retailer serving the riders in the Connecticut and New England area.

Art Rickless, A.I.R. & Associates, related “Owner Doug Kroll and his team have a great following and specialize in Harley Davidson as well as other motorcycle sales and service. They have over 20 years experience in custom motorcycles and just brought in the Cicada Audio line and already have created sales and excitement from their customers.”

“We see so many opportunities with the Cicada Audio lineup of products. Our vision is a motorcycle is much more than just a motorcycle. We have been in business over 20 years and focused strictly on sales, service and bike upgrades. Recently we made the decision to add the audio category. When I heard the Cicada amps and speakers we added the line to our offerings” Doug Kroll related.

The Badd Custom Cycle showroom area is amazing. Over 20 Harleys are on display along with apparel and a wall filled with accessories. “When customers enter our store for the first time many tell me they have never seen a bike store this cool” Kroll added.

Of course Art Rickless and A.I.R. & Associates will work closely with Badd Custom Cycle to drive business heading into the bike season. Art will make sure to take a treat to Gunner, the Boxer guard dog, at the door for each visit.

Visit cicadaaudio.com and baddcustomcycle.com for more.

PITTSBURGH, PA (01.23.24) – Team Nutz, a very proactive 12volt retailer in the Pittsburg area, had a very strong showing at the recent MAX Motive World of Wheels this year at the David Lawerence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh Friday thru Sunday, January 19-21. Freezing temperatures, snow and weather advisories had little impact on attendance.

The Team Nutz 70’ x 80’ booth was filled with demo vehicles, tents, show car displays, live installations and importantly consumers. End Result, with Ed Dalesandro and Rusty North, was onsite with the Team Nutz staff of 12 who worked the show. The End Result rep firm brands Hertz, Audison and Memphis Audio were installed in several demo vehicles and experienced by thousands of attendees.

Ed Nuttall, for Team Nutz, stated, “The attendance was reported to approach 20,000 and members of the crowd were really interested automotive enthusiasts. We had literally over 10,000 customized swag items including pens, stickers, tote bags, screw drivers and lanyards to hand out to attendees. We gave out over 1500 tote bags.

The visibility for Team Nutz at the event will lead to very active days at the store following the World of Wheels event.

“Many registered for contests we offered and checked out info from QR Code we spotted around at the event. Mike Gosnik posted a number of videos to draw attention to products in the booth and posts of those videos will continue visibility for us and store traffic following the event for weeks” Nuttall offered.

Continuing, Nuttall relayed “Friday was scheduled as high school day as in past years. We had expected to see maybe 1000 high school students. Very unfortunately the bad weather forced most schools to cancel that activity of bussing students to the event.”

Following the show Saturday night Team Nutz hosted a dinner for exhibitors and crews at a restaurant across the street for over 100 who contributed to the success of the show.

“All at Team Nutz and partners certainly put a lot into pulling off this event. We worked over 3 days to set up and tear down took 1.5 hours this year…compared to 3 hours last year. We put our company and products in front a very large number of people. Literally thousands went home with some swag with our name on it too. All in all I think the show was a success. We look forward to more big events at the David Lawrence Convention Center,” Nuttall concluded.

Visit teamnutztechnology.com for more.

GUTHRIE OK (01.22.24)  The expanded 2024 KICKER AMA ArenaCross Series rolled in the huge Lazy E Arena in Guthrie on Friday and Saturday nights January 19th and 20th for Round 6. The Lazy E Arena is a mere 33 miles from KICKER’s world HQ in Stillwater.

“It was chilly outside but inside and on the track the action was red hot and the attendees were Livin’Loud. Since KICKER’s HQ is so close there were many KICKER team members and families in the stands. In addition KICKER dealer Audio Extreme from Oklahoma City was in the house along with Rick from the Marketing Pros rep firm.”

Continuing “We had a display set up adjacent to the track area and virtually everyone who entered the Lazy E Arena had a chance to check out the KICKER setup. We had a selection of KICKER products for all to see plus the KICKER Kawasaki UTV” Lorin Morrell-Maddog Media, who orchestrates the KICKER AMA ArenaCross Series events, related.

The doors opened early Friday night and there was a Pit Party on the track that lasted from about 5:30 til 6:30 before the racing action. Fans had a chance to walk on the track plus talk with riders and with other motor sports enthusiasts.

In addition to the action on the track T-shirt were fired into the crowd during race breaks and track maintenance periods. An air cannon fired wrapped KICKER T’s into the crowd. A special T had a certificate wrapped inside for a KICKER BullFrog to be picked up at the KICKER display in the lobby. Crowd members also participated in flag-waving sessions for a chance to win a KICKER BullFrog.

Concluding Morrell added “The KICKER AMA ArenaCross got off to a strong start this year. Next weekend the AMA ArenaCross returns to the Lazy E for another event. We secured many of the booth its from this event so setup of the booth and vehicles will be very easy for the event January 26-28 for Round 7. We look for a great turnout at that event as well. The KICKER AMA ArenaCross is Livin’Loud in 2024.”

Visit kicker.com for more.