Please Vote to get the S15 to SEMA 2013!

[Mr. Music]

Hi folks,

As the title reads, please vote to get my brother's S15 to SEMA! He's competing in Performance Auto & Sound Magazine's "Tuner Battlegrounds" where the top four cars will be on display at the magazine's SEMA booth this year. The competition works in stages with each stage being half the number of cars as the previous stage. You can vote every 24 hours by signing in with your Facebook credentials at my brother's Competitor Profile page. He had a booth spot lined up but the company pulled out of the show and the deal fell through (a tire company which shall remain unnamed). This competition is looking like the only hope for us to get the car to SEMA this year.

So far the car has made it to Stage 1 - the top 64. Voting for Stage 2, the top 32 cars, is currently open until August 18 @ 3:00 p.m. EST. Below is a breakdown of the stages and the voting schedule for each. Our goal is to make it to Stage 5 at least so that the car can be on display at SEMA. Once at SEMA, voting for the top two cars will be via text messages and the top two cars will be featured in the magazine.

Stage Voting Schedule (all times EST):

• Stage 2 - Top 32: Voting closes August 18, 2013 @ 3:00PM
• Stage 3 - Top 16: August 19 @ 10:00AM - August 26 @ 3:00PM
• Stage 4 - Top 8: August 27 @ 10:00AM - September 2 @ 3:00PM
• Stage 5 - Top 4: September 3 @ 10:00AM - September 9 @ 3:00PM (Winners TBA @ SEMA)
• Stage 6 - Top 2: TBA @ SEMA

More pics can be seen here:

• My Flickr photostream
• My brother's Instagram page

Votes can be cast every 24 hours by signing in with your Facebook credentials at this webpage (click on the "Login With Facebook" button): Tuner Battlegrounds Battle for SEMA: Alexander Bauza. Once you've logged in with your Facebook credentials, click on the "star" on the Competitor Profile page right under where it says "Tuner Battlegrounds Battle for SEMA" to cast your vote.

Please vote as often as you can and spread the word! Having the car finally be at the show would be a dream come true for my brother (and I) and would be a huge payoff for the countless hours we've spent working on the car.

Thanks for looking (and hopefully voting)!

[Mr. Music]

Although there have been no replies to this thread, it's got a decent amount of views and I've noticed voting pick up since I posted it. I'm assuming that some of you are voting and thank you for that! Please keep voting every day!

My brother's S15 is paired up against a (horrible) Camaro - which ever of the two cars gets more votes by Sunday, August 18 moves on to the Top 32 and still has a chance at being at SEMA. PASMAG updated the website a bit and it is now easier to keep track of how competitors are doing in the competition. When you go to my brother's Competitor Profile page, you'll see the vote totals for both cars - we're losing to the Camaro. Please vote!

[Mr. Music]

Check out some pictures of the car's journey to its current form.





















Short video from Homestead-Miami Speedway: http://flic.kr/p/fg2Rzw

Sunday, August 18 is the cutoff for votes to get the car into the Top 32 on it's way to the SEMA Show. We're losing pretty badly right now so every vote counts! Go to the car's profile page, sign in with your Facebook credentials, and click on the star to cast your vote!