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GM ECOtec VIP Owners Meet NOPI Englishtown, May 4

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NOPI Englishtown marked the second GM ECOtec VIP Owners Meet of the year. We were a bit concerned about the weather due to the fact that it was very cold and overcast with light rain and heavy wind on Saturday. We stayed positive and continued to setup the GM VIP area and it paid off big time. Come Saturday morning, it still looked bleak, but at about 11:00 in the afternoon, the sun came out and warmed everything up just right!

This event went great. We had over 31 ECOtec VIP cars and about 60 fans in attendance. They received a treat this weekend, with a full-on tour of the new HHR SS and the 2008 Turbo Cobalt SS with Brian Brown, the Chevy HHR and Cobalt marketing manager. Soon after that, Carmen Smith took the group on a pit tour of all the ECOtec/Cobalt racers. This is when the fun really began. The owners were able to get up close and personal with all of the racers and their racecars. They had a blast asking questions and talking about how they make power and what parts they use. After the tour, we all went to the grandstands to cheer on our favorite Cobalt racers as they were running extremely well this weekend and were set to run some serious numbers!

This NOPI event was not just about drag racing, as it had a great car show and a Drift event all on the same weekend. We had a great time cheering on the two Pontiac Solstices running in the drift event. Both the CSI and Gardella Drift teams did very well. It’s a ton of fun to come out and be able to see GM teams dominate all the way from drag racing to drifting!

The VIP tent was home for the owners to have a full-blown lunch catered by GM with all kinds of food and treats. This was an obvious hit and gave this great VIP feel that set off the event just right! Right outside the tent was the owner’s area located right behind the GM Tuner Tour setup. We had a great mix of GM ECOtec cars ranging from Cobalt’s, HHR’s, Solstice’s, Saturn’s and Pontiac’s. The owner’s area turned out great and made for a really cool GM car show.

Each of the VIP owners walked away with goody bags filled with posters and a T-shirt, as well as a new Cobalt hat, which everyone loved. The event was perfect. Everyone had an amazing time and asked us when the next event is going to be. Stay tuned – we’re working on a couple of ideas here and will release them here first at GMTunerSource.com.

Check out the photos of the event, and be on the look out for the next GM ECOtec VIP Owners Meet.