[July
31st 2004]
With the BFGoodrich Sport Compact Nights Tour
rolling at full steam ahead and the momentum of
successful shows in Saskatoon and Edmonton behind
them, Team SCP pulled into the Winnipeg Convention
Centre with high expectations.
This being SCN's third stop in three weeks,
a broken and battered production team soldiered
through the motions of setting up the last show
on the Midwestern leg of the tour. Little did
they know that the city of Winnipeg would bring
the cliché about "saving the best
for last" to life as the venue went from
full to over-capacity in a matter of minutes and
stayed that way until after the trophy presentations.
The legends of Portage Ave were all in attendance
as Lowlife Customs, Toysport Auto F/X and the
Zucru showed up with their best four-wheeled machines
(or sometimes three if you count Lowlife's airdraulic-equipped
rides). Kevin Wong successfully defended his title
as Best JDM and the De Guzman brother's Celica
could be found holding court in the BFGoodrich
booth.
If this year's event sounds a lot like last
year's show, think again. While the usual suspects
returned to the scene of the crime, several hot
new rides came out of the woodwork like Omar Kiani's
Veilside 350Z who took home Best Nissan, and Brad
Mills' Infiniti G35 was the top Luxury car at
the show. JG Speedsport gave spectators a glimpse
at a beast-in-the-making with their candy orange
CRX and Evo Garage stepped up their games from
the year before by bringing some of the hottest
cars at the show including several boosted Hondas
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Advance Electronics,
one of the city's oldest and most respected
12-Volt retailers proved that after all
these years in business, they still know
what the people of Winnipeg want by flying
in none other than Miss Sport Compact Nights
2003, Kymberly Mei. Imvasian.com had Coors
Lite/Maxim model Crystal Lo sitting pretty
in their booth as feature model Christine
Isabel held court at the Performance Auto
& Sound/SCP booth while Miss BFGoodrich
Chanel Ko did what she does best for SCN's
title sponsor.
All in all the Winnipeg stop of the BFGoodrich
Sport Compact Nights Tour proved to be a
fitting end to the Midwestern portion of
the tour. Stay tuned as SCN takes over the
Maritimes with the return to Exhibition
Park in Halifax on August 14 and wrapping
up the Sport Compact Nights at the Moncton
Coliseum on August 25.
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