Team Hybrids Dominates at the 2007 Daytona Spring Break Nationals (March 2007)

Team Hybrids, the official sound-off competition team of Hybrid Audio Technologies, once again made its indelible mark on the competition scene with wins and placements at the 2007 Daytona Spring Break Nationals, an IASCA^® Territorial Key Event and MECA^® Triple Point Regional Event.

The Daytona Spring Break Nationals represents the unofficial beginning of the 2007 sound-off competition season, and Team Hybrids USA had six competing members, and five support staff on hand to continue Hybrid dominance in organized sound-off competition.  Among its six members, Team Hybrids took home two firsts, a second, two thirds, and a fourth place finish, with strong performance across the board in the sound quality section of the judging sequence.

Rounding out the top honors once again was Andy Jones, the 2006 Team Hybrids USA MVP winner, and proverbial powerhouse in the MECA competition format.  Andy established himself quickly as the one to (try and) beat in the Modex+ class, MECA's second-highest class in their SQ format with his win over a group of exemplary sound-off veterans.  Andy was the second highest-scoring competitor at the entire event, with his audio system that had only been playing music for three days prior to the event.  Andy also won the Jonathan Mallet Soundoff Sportsmanship Award, a coveted prize amongst SQ competitors given in memory of SQ competitor Jonathan Mallet.

Also in top honors with a first place win was Rick Sellers in the Ultimate Amateur class, who branched out from the USACi competition format to compete in his first IASCA TKE event, and won his class with a score that would have been competitive in any format at the event.  Despite losing points in RTO, security, and installation, and an inability to tune his car beyond simple crossover adjustments because of a processor malfunction, Rick's score shows precisely how strong this vehicle is, and will continue to be in this class.  When speaking of Rick's vehicle, Bill Pleasant, Team USA coordinator commented "nothing beats proper speaker placement and sound installation techniques, all the while using an exceptional performing Legatia L631-3 three-way component system."

John Marsh gave an extremely strong showing in the Pro Ultimate class, with a tie-breaker for second place going to John because of his exceptional tonal accuracy score, besting his rival manufacturer competition by an astounding 12 points in this section of the score sheet which evaluates how accurately the system reproduces the musical tones.  John's 1997 Eclipse GST was located in the Hybrid Audio booth for the weekend where it was on display for the thousands of spectators that walked through the Ocean Center's exhibit halls.  And a final testimony to the Legatia L631-3 three-way system, John's vehicle was only one of two to get a perfect RTO score of 40 points.  Likewise, John's sound quality scores were some of the best given at the entire event.

Fred Harris (Amateur Street), Dave Brooks (Rookie), and Jason Pellino (Amateur Street) rounded out the collective efforts of Team Hybrids USA with a pair of third place finishes, and a fourth, respectively, in their classes.  Each member lost easy points in security, RTO, and installation, but boasted significant achievements in the sound quality portion of the judging sequence; all team placements were by virtue of strong performance in sound quality judging.

Scott Buwalda, Founder of Hybrid Audio Technologies, LLC stated "I am so proud of the Team Hybrids members that participated and once again showed the world that they are a force to be reckoned with.  Each one of these members faced adversity in the days and hours leading up to the event.  Most of these guys were still building the morning of the event.  Some hadn't slept in 36 hours.  And even though easy points were lost in other categories, one thing remained consistent: exceptional sound quality scores across the board with the six competing members.  I am very proud of my guys!"  Buwalda went on to point out that several members of Team Hybrids are still building, and they anticipate having a minimum of two cars in every IASCA^® class come the World Finals in September, to be co-hosted once again with the 2007 NOPI Nationals.

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