Dion (phattydre) and his wife Jamie wrote this excellent piece for eurotuner last summer which got published on the February edition. They covered the show while actually working for Achtun!ng… an impressive feat of time management skills!

Here’s the article:

2009 WaterWërks NW – Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington
We Return To The Northwest For One Of The Region’s Finest Up-And-Coming VW/Audi Shows
February, 2010
By Dion Spina
Photography by Jamie Spina, Joel Parker

In its second year, the ‘09 WaterWërks NW event brought together European car enthusiasts for a car show, autocross, food and plenty of activities. The organizers pulled out all the stops to ensure participants and spectators had plenty to do throughout the weekend.

A free BBQ on Friday night was hosted by Auburn Volkswagen to kick off the activities, and they spared no expense feeding at least 400 people with an amazing spread.

The main event was held at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, WA where a span of the parking lot had been provided on Saturday to Audi, BMW, Porsche and VW enthusiasts for a 1:25sec autocross. This was followed by a VIP-style dinner hosted on the stadium’s party deck.

On Sunday, the autocross course was scaled down to make room for the main event;a car show featuring old- to new-school European models, along with several crowd-involving activities.

An all-wheel dyno, car teeter-totter, raffle prizes and can-crushing contest for bagged rides were just a few of the activities. There was also a humorous dunk tank where friends and family could soak local enthusiasts. All proceeds from the activity supported the American Diabetes Association.

Vendor row had lots of eye-candy for enthusiasts, from shiny go-fast parts to cool project cars. As title sponsor, Fine Tuning came out strong with its imported Mk2 VW Golf GTD on display. Its “Demon Rally” Mk2 project car also stood front and center for all to see.

Achtuning/Hartmann Wheels rolled out an ensemble of cars, including its S3-converted Audi A3. A Golf Rallye from europeanplates.com, plus examples of the Mk6 GTI and TDI from VWoA were all reasons to keep people drooling. And to top it all, VWoA brought the Performance CC SEMA project car as a last-minute surprise (et 2/09).

With a successful ‘09 under their belts,the ‘10 event promises to be another unique car show experience for everybody to enjoy. To find out how you can attend or participate, check out waterwerksnw.com.

Congratulations on the coverage guys!

Source: Link.

Just now, we spotted some coverage on Performance VW’s website that we wanted to share since Mike and Jesse got mentioned on the article which states,

“The show brought countless top-notch air- and water-cooled cars, and some especially close competition in the Corrado and Mk3 Jetta classes. StageAwesome members, Tyler Lawerence and Mark Montgomery, won their classes respectively with Lawerence’s beautiful black SLC on 17” TH Lines and Montgomery’s Mk3 Jetta with a 1.8T swap on Carlines. Also taking home awards in their classes were: Ben Meyer with his Mk4 Jetta on chrome Bentley wheels, Ryan Love with his shaved Mk3 GTI, Jesse Van Nostrand and his ’04 R32 on colour-matched Raderwerks splits, and Daniel Nastalski with his freshly resprayed Mk2 Jetta GTX on widened Corrado steelies. Catching everyone’s eye though was Mike Gilbert and his Audi A6 which, thanks to an RS6 front bumper, Bagyards and 20” MMRs, was awarded Best of Show by DubAllstars Club at the end of the day.”

Congratulations to Jesse and Mike on the trophies! Way to represent BPC abroad fellas! :thumbup:

Source: Link

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Congratulations on the feature Brandon! And yes, we do think your car is hellaflush!

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