Team Zapco

Team Zapco Kills in Cali

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WCA at Drive 3

Team Zapco does it again out here in CA, thanks to the Zapco LE and LX amps, and of course, Team Zapco West Coast captain Jim Becker and his great tuning.

WCA at Drive 1          WCA at Drive 2

Dominic Yanez and Richard Papasin took the top two SQ scores this weekend and dominated their classes at the MECA show at Drive Customs in San Luis Obispo, CA. See scoreboard attached, along with a pic of Dominic and his medal. Also included is a shot of the Zapco LX amps showcased in Dominic’s install. The two top Zapco vehicles were at a dead tie, and Dominic earned the SQ best of show by virtue of the tonality tie break. Either way, great wins and sheer domination for Team Zapco!

Team Z MECA Finals

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Hmm…The last post was Jim Brecker’s Cali Finals win before that it was Kirk Proffitt taking Bama Finals.

Well Finals are over and here they are: World Champion ModEx Kirk Proffitt and World Champion Masters Class Jim Becker

Kirk Proffit (Lft) and Jim Becker (Rt) with their championship trophies.

Kirk Proffit (Lft) and Jim Becker (Rt) with their championship trophies.

Jim Becker in San Jose, CA

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Congratulations to team member Jim Becker.

1ST Place Master Class  and SQ  Best of Show

Jim drove 450 miles up to  the MECA show in San Jose  from southern Cal this weekend. It was the first official outing for the new Z-150.2 LE amps which he had just installed last week.  Jim took first place in the Master Class (best of the best)  and also received the SQ Best of Show award.

Jim won CA state finals last year but couldn’t make it to national finals. But he got some satisfaction this weekend. To get top spot at this show he had to beat the car that won nationals last year. Doesn’t look like it was a problem.

We want to thank Jim for all his efforts for the cause and for taking his weekend to drive up north and keep the Zapco train rolling.

Kirk Proffitt – Ready for Finals

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Congratulations to Kirk Proffitt for locking up his points for finals in Mid-July.

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Kirk has taken the Acura to four MECA shows this season. At all four shows he has taken 1st place in Mod Ex and also taken home the Best of Show award.

Kirk’s running six of the Zapco Z-400.2 amps mounted in a V on a single pair of custom built end plates. Guess you could call the whole assembly a Z-400.12.

You can see more pictures of the Acura on Kirk’s US Team-Z page.

Wuxi International Show

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Mr Yang from Wolfree with some of the Zapco winners

Mr Yang from
Wolfree with some of the Zapco winners

 

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June 7th-9th 2014, was the 10th annual Wuxi International Car Modification Show at Wuxi Taihu International Exhibition Center. 

Zapco’s distributor Beijing Wolfree AV was the Title Sponsor of the “World Grammy Car Audio Championships”

With a total exhibition area of 55,000 square meters, Wuxi has became the car modification industry benchmark. The show featured car modification, a professional drift show, the Car audio Grammy competition and, of course, the hot and lovely car models.

There were seven classes in the audio competition in stock and modified categories based on retail value of the equipment. The top prize was the Wolfree Cup and all the cup contestants ran Zapco amplifiers.

Judging was by the China MACE Audio Competition organization and MACE founder Kv Low of Malaysia was on hand to help judging and speak about the fine points of sound quality.

Rock band “Tang Dynasty Band” was on hand as well for entertainment.

Here are some more pictures from the event:

 

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Winning at Wuxi

Winning at Wuxi

 

Anniversary Party in Indonesia

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25 June, 2014

Erik Lim and the crew at PT Intersis Sejahtera Abadi, in Jakarta, helped Zapco CEO ,Vincenzo Biasella, celebrate Zapco’s 40th anniversary with a dealer show, a Zapco/EMMA Contest….and a party. It was all held at a sport club outside Jakarta, and it was a huge success.  Registration for the EMMA contest had to be stopped when they ran out of space for any more cars. EMMA Judges were on hand from Indonesia and Thailand to evaluate the 30+ SQ cars. Awards were given for the first 3 places in SQ 2-way, SQ 3-way, and SQL. One award was given for installation for Install  Best of Show.

Members of the local audio press were there to conduct interviews and discuss Zapco’s plans to the future in Indonesia, and to get an early look at the new Zapco offerings. At the after party they introduced the new Zapco products, including the new Limited Edition amps and the new ASP-Q1 in-dash parametric EQ/crossover.   There was a lot of excitement about the new amps and the new processors in the works. The ASP-Q1 is expected to be big in Asia. They have been waiting for replacement for the SX-SL, which has been the reference standard for processing in that area for many years.

Aileen Qiu of Zapco was also there and we thank her for these pictures.

Team Zapco Indonesia

Team Zapco Indonesia

Erik and Enzo checking out a system

Erik and Enzo checking out a system

Congratulations on a great install.

Congratulations on a great install.

 

Checking out the System

Dinner and presentations

Dinner and presentations

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Vincenzo with EMMA Judge, Mr. Pong from Thailand

Checking out the new stuff

Checking out the new stuff

Checking this one out VERY carefully

Checking this one out VERY carefully

 

 

Talking to the press

Talking to the press

Winners

Winners

Enzo with Zapcoman Franz

Enzo with Zapcoman Franz

Our thanks to Erik's whole crew.

Our thanks to Erik’s whole crew.

 

Team Z at the Unified North American Finals

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On October 19th and 20th, MECA, IASCA, USACi, and dBDrags all met up in Huntsville, Alabama, USA, for a unified Car Audio Finals. Team Zapco was there. Also there, were our friends from Team Audio Xperts in Vacaville, CA who represent for Zapco in California.

Official Team Zapco cars were entered in 4 classes and took first in every one. In fact, in the tough Modified Extreme Class Team Zapco took three of the top 4 places! Highlights? Kirk Proffitt, a Huntsville local, took the Triple Crown in IASCA. Of course he took 1st in Class, but he also took High SQ, High Install, and high RTA/SPL in single seat judging. That makes Kirk’s Acura the top single seat car in all of IASCA. Grace Hedrick took top honors and the championship in the Modified Street class, and we believe she is the first woman ever to take a world Championship in SQ. Of course Ally Miller over in Mod-Ex is just getting started and is already 3rd in the world. To read the complete article of the results of the Unified North American Finals “click here.”

MECA Alabama State Finals with Team Z

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At the Alabama State Finals:

Two of Team Zapco’s crowd favorites continued their winning ways by taking the two top spots in the very competitive Modified Extreme class.

Kirk Proffitt took 1st place in his Acura with a Zapco V6 in the trunk (6 x Z-400.2). Right behind Kirk was Ally Miller (millerlyte on the forums) in 2nd place with her Earnhardt Chevy Monte Carlo running the Z-150.4s.

Of course this is Zapco news and our interest is Sound Quality, but these cars are entered in more than one class at the shows. There are awards for Install, Best of Show SQ, SPL, and several other things at the events. As you can see, these cars took home between them 5 trophies and 4 medallions. That’s a lot of booty for one show. And no, I don’t know who’s head that is.