Pikes Peak International Raceway, August 22, 2010.
It was a long hot day in Fountain Colorado, as Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche enthusiasts bathed amongst acres of lowered, colorful, modified, and otherwise hip machinery. This years attendees did not disappoint, providing hours of detail hunting, and fun photography. From the air conditioned comfort of your internet, take a quick cruise through this years Dubs Along the Rockies ( DATR) show.
3ZERO3 DISPLAY
Never content to rest on our laurels, there was much to see in our display.Our goal for this year was more museum exhibition and less trade show display, and we think we pulled it off.
Pearls impeccable Audi R8 and beside the new HDTV display.
In between the two Audi coupes sat a new 42″ HDTV, where we displayed images and video of past events. There were alot of people drooling not only over the cars on the display, but we met a few people who were genuinely upset, that they learned about the Snowmass Automobili Exotica only after the fact.
Old School & New School
The contemporary Audi R8 juxtaposed by a 1985 Audi Coupe Quattro did a lot of interesting things for crowd watchers.
Over the years the DATR crowd has become increasingly diverse. With attendees spanning from those too young to be licensed to those that are, shall we say very experienced drivers 
and across socio-economic boundaries as well ( all great things). This years crowd unquestionably represented all colors of the VW rainbow.
Watching the various people walk up to the the Coupe Quattro and the R8 cars was a curious event. People would stop in their tracks as soon as they entered the garage, and often with a hand over their mouths, eye ball each of the cars individually. Then, seemingly instinctively, they would approach each of the cars and begin their own personal inspection.
Scotty talking tuning with two new friends.
Staying cool in the tent.
The Supercharged Champion
Matthew Collins supercharged RS4 was mobbed with onlookers from the moment the show started, until the last trophy was handed out. The PES supercharged, Stasis suspended, Methanol injected RS4 was proudly displaying its latest set of modifications for the weekend show:
Loving on the RS continues.
Posing for a new Facebook profile pic.
We could have a whole blog post dedicated solely to those people attracted by the RS4.
From Nebraska with Love.
Great taste and a historical perspective led to the recreation of these vintage VW pieces.
Zeke, Zeb and Tiffany make the drive every year from Nebraska to attend DATR. This year they brought not one but TWO enclosed trailers. To all of you complaining about the long drive back to Denver at the end of the day, contemplate pulling a 15 foot trailer for another 3 hours.
Zekes freshly painted helmet helps tell the story of Zeke’s Oval Window Bug. This Beetle is no trailer queen, this is a dragster. When asked how fast the car was Zeke knowingly smiled and replied :
“I’m not sure exactly how fast this thing is. AT 10psi, the car was running 12’s @ 124MPH. At 20psi we were still smoking the tires at 1/2 track. But trapping @ 130MPH+”. -Zeke Peterson
The Turbo Beetle S, like its air-cooled brethren, is purpose built.
The brakes, suspension, and turbo kit keep Zeke at the front of the class not only on the show circuit, but also while road racing. Listening to Zeke and Zeb tell stories of sanctioned racing on local highways at triple digit speeds is great. Imaging the black Beetle taking on American muscle cars on the open roads, makes us proud.
With the amount of jeering, focused gazing, and explicit language coming from this corner of the show, you would have expected that a live World Cup match was playing in the back of this Mk5 GTI.
Nope, no live soccer here just Play Station. But these guys were having a ball.
Lots of LOW.
Amen.
Presence.
This pearl white VW Passat CC has as much countenance as a modified Benz or Bimmer.
The Jetta VW TDI Cup Edition.
A new edition that is new to us. Its great to see the local VW dealers involved in the show scene.
Brandon Finco’s Mk4 GTI + Suspension = Finco Low
Polish Up the Hardware !
Clever trophy design this year.
Aaron Marshall yuking it up with a RS4 Cabriolet owner.
Thru the wire.
Walking back out to spectator parking area afforded some interesting perspectives on the event.
Zeke and Tiffany out for a stroll.
Some of the late model water cooled cars in front of the 3ZERO3 display.
All lined up and ready for judging.
An interesting TWIST on wheels for this Audi TT ( we like).
So fresh, & so clean.
We made the cut !
We were able to help Mike get his TDI back on the road this week.
He rewarded our efforts by repping our logo.
Acres, and acres of autos.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge,”.
- Albert Einstein.
Vintage.
There’s a motor hiding back there.
We love these inventive displays.
Not everyone has the budget for air suspension, custom turbo set ups and the like. But these boys from Chicago made the most of what they had with a creative rack display on their Mk3 Jetta. When asked they said the display was inspired by their trials and tribulations of their journey from the mid-west. Anyone that has had a mechanical failure on a road trip knows their pain. They used that energy in the creation of this rack display, and we applaud that type of creativity.
Trendy…… for now.
The red lowering spring hood prop was a great idea when we first started seeing it on cars at shows in years past. Like most well conceived and cost effective tricks such as this, it has become severely overdone in the years since. At car shows every year we always watch as new trends are born, and others die off.
And the Winner is……………..
Impressed, but not surprised.
Hard to imagine that there is a finer B7 RS4 anywhere on the planet. Matthew Collins gratefully accepted another trophy for his RS4. I wonder when Matt will ever get his car in a magazine ?????
All smiles.
Two cars, two trophies.
Zeke’s oval window Beetle saw some new, and very clean competition this year. While we always want to bring home the championship hardware, sometimes coming in second place ain’t half bad.
Champion indeed.
The GT28RS fed, Bilstein PSS9 Suspended, Methanol injected 1.8 Turbo Beetle took home top honors in its class. Giving Zeke a trophy for each hand, and more hardware for the new basement. Congrats !
As the Dubs Along the Rockies show is now behind us, the end of summer draws near. It has been an action packed summer season at the shop, but its not over yet ! Remember that there are still more track days coming up, and the Audi Club mystery rally is being sponsored by 3ZERO3 Motorsports as well. So make sure you stay tuned to the blog, and facebook to stay current and don’t miss out on the action.
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Great coverage the pics are amazing and the stories are just as great.
Thank You guys for the great hospitality we had a lot of fun and really looking forward to the next get together. FYI the trailers for 24′ and 26′.Thank You guys again and talk to you soon.
It was a fantastic weekend !
You mean “Stinko Low” Max!
Awesome blog…glad I made it out and I can’t wait for track day.
Finco Low! haha thanks Max.
@Andrew : I didn’t want to make him cry, its his first time on the blog
Be nice to Carmen…..
@Stinko : track day is a coming !