Steeda Autosports' Camp Steeda and SVTOA Celebrate Weekend of Ford Power
Sunshine, great cars on and off the track, and a little bit of history written this past April 23rd weekend as Steeda
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| Dario Orlando, President of Steeda Autosports smiles as Hau Tai Tang, Director of Ford SVT holds a Steeda Billet Lower Trailing Arm for the '05 Mustang. (Photo: Steeda Autosport) |
While no official track record was broken, over 120 Ford performance vehicles registered and turned laps at the 3.7-mile Sebring circuit, making the event one of Steeda's largest and most successful ever.
This Ford-only special occasion featured a car show jam packed with Mustangs, trucks and Foci (Focus), as well as performance vendor exhibits, on-track driving instruction and a myriad of get-togethers.
The largest social gathering of the event was a Saturday night banquet sponsored by Trader Publication's Mustang and Ford Trader magazine, a book for the assisting Ford enthusiasts shop for older, collectable or specialty vehicles and parts.
After the sold out banquet, Ford Motor Company's new SVT Chief Engineer Jay O'Connell made a stellar presentation that left
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| From his college days to the present day, all Jay O'Connell does is make cars... and make cars better. (Photo: Steeda Autosport) |
Following Jay was the raffle and auction, and with this another record was set as roughly three times the number of prizes seen in previous years were raffled off, all donated by Steeda and its marketing partners. A highlight of the auction was the opportunity to do hot laps in Ford's GT40 supercar, with all proceeds going to benefit the Big Brothers / Big Sisters charity.