2008 Year One Experience - Southern Hospitality

Despite the inflating gas prices and a deflating economy, there was yet another impressive showing at the 2008 Year One Experience May 16th, 17th, and 18th. Over 450 participants entered in the car show, autocross competition, and made parade laps around Road Atlanta's famous 2.54-mile Grand Prix road course. Close to 2,000 miles were hit on the trip odometers of the Skip Barber instructors' cars, leading the many participants around the challenging 12-turn course at a pace just fast enough to be fun, but not fast enough to be dangerous. A few mishaps were inevitable, but, all in all, a good time was had by the participants and the 4,000+ spectators. Thanks to the crew at Year One for the invitation and another fun couple days in the sun!

	By Saturday afternoon the...        read full caption By Saturday afternoon the car show area at Road Atlanta was packed with plenty of hot commodities, including Don Dixon's supercharged '05 GTO. The Greensboro, NC, native had the help of local shop Williams Performance to win Best LS-powered GTO at the LSX Shootout, and Don was hoping to take home a trophy or two from Year One as well.	This low-riding, flat-black...        read full caption This low-riding, flat-black Impala SS wagon was one of the coolest B-bodies at the show, but was upstaged by Martin Johns' '96 and Mike Lozano's '95 Impy in the car show.
The Marietta, GA, outfit MTI...        read full caption The Marietta, GA, outfit MTI Racing, which is mostly known for its work with C5s and C6s, had its in-house project Camaro on hand, as well as several well-equipped Vettes...	...The Camaro was used to...        read full caption ...The Camaro was used to prototype an upcoming LS1 F-body Magna Charger kit. While the blower seen here is an MP112, MTI plans to make use of the new, more efficient, and lower-profile blowers on the way from Eaton.	Many third- and fourth-gen...        read full caption Many third- and fourth-gen F-bodies at the Year One Experience showed fantastic attention to detail, from Travis Pritchett's '01 Camaro to Terry Blanton's immaculate '88 Formula and a duet of Camaros from Hawks Third Gen. However, it was Dan Williams of Covington, GA, who won the 1982-2002 F-body category with his '93 Camaro. Robbie Lewis of Leesburg, GA, took runner-up in his '02 TA.