This past weekend V.I. attended one of the biggest shows of the season, Ocean City Custom Car show in Ocean City. Showing for V.I. were Tara, Lauri, & myself. In attendance were myself, Wendy, Tony D., J.J., Vernon, Dan, Tara, Lauri, Paul, Jen M., Mike B., & little Mikey. Vivid cleaned house!!! Tara took 2nd in the Mazda class, Lauri took 2nd in the Volkswagen class, & I took 1st in Toyota Mild class. It is great for all 3 of us to take home trophies in an Elite Show like this one. The weekend started out as we all met up to see 2 Fast 2 Furious. The movie was awesome! Afterwards we got on our way trying to get over the Bay Bridge by midnight so we didn’t have to pay, we made to the bridge in no time, we got over it at 11:46. With the adrenaline rush of the movie in us we were rolling. We made it to O.C. by 1:30 and went our separate ways to our hotels. We met up at the convention center at 7 am the following morning, as usual it was raining. We decided to hit up The Dough Roller for some breakfast and there we ate them almost out of food! After breakfast since it was raining and the judges decided to do the judging on Sunday, we rolled out and hit up the boardwalk to burn some time. With the rain, you are limited on activities in O.C. but it didn’t stop us from tying to enjoy the day. On the way down to Tony’s pizza for lunch, we hit the Bull Wrestling game, a major test in strength. First there were a few “I can do this guys”, well, they did nothing. Then me and Mike showed them how to do it with the Brutes! The big bulls. We tore em’ up and the losers took a walk. We then went to Tony’s pizza for lunch where we ate and I was sung “Happy Birthday” to by the Russian waitress’s. From there some of us went miniature golfing and some went to sleep for a few hours. Later that night some got together at J.J.’s for a small party and some went out for dinner. The next morning we showed up at the show around 9 and it was cloudy, but never rained, thank God! So we set up and did our thing. The cars were smokin’ and the Bikini Contest was hot. In the end we ended up cleaning house taking home trophies and some other prizes. A few local clubs that were there were Sudden Impact, Street Illusions, Nice Dreams, & Full – FX. In closing, in was a rainy, cloudy, but successful weekend for V.I. The next show is June 21st at Patterson H.S. Hope to see everyone there!

Mel Grupp
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