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Camp Festival Gallery
A huge thank you to all who support the vdub concept and special gratitude goes out to our sponsors for their efforts. Please don't hesitate to support the following brands... they are indubitably the most outstanding on the SA market.
VW Hatfield Bryanston Speed and Sound magazine Webasto Redbull AZ Projects Goldwagen WAG Autostyle Revo VAG Technik Eurohoodride Power Pipes VWClub of SA Drews Auto XXX Car Audio Mintys Performance VW Nasty Designs Showtime Fanatics Kwikfit Fordsburg Fahrvergnugen Durashine
This is truely a benchmark event and we will continue improving every aspect thereof. This year featured a wide variety of dubs from the furthest corners of the country. The enthusiasts had a monumental blast in spending not one but two days dedicated to their dub honeys. Once again the festival featured arguably the most diverse collage of people and aficionados in local motorshow history and vdub drivers are destined to enjoy even better future shows.
Attendance statistics for 2012 were as follows:
Scirocco Chalet visitor - 70 Caravelle Log Cabin visitor - 40 Cabrio Safari Units - 50 GTI Dub Camp - 1000 Velocity Day visitor (Saturday) - 2243 Velocity Day visitor (Sunday) - 1498 ............... Security staff - 53 NW Traffic Police & SAPS - 11 Venue management - 9 Medical - 3 Sponsors/ promoter staff - 92 Cleaning personnel - 33 Organizing team - 15 ................ PAX TOTAL - 5117
Thank you to all the Vdub fans who trekked from all the surrounding provinces. Thanks to MAD Promotions for their models ;) Thanks to photographers Jude Tyrrell, Percy Tim and Tyrone Noble. Thanks to Victor Pardal for the outstanding MC work. Thanks to S.A.Bike owner Simon Fourie and Ninivah for the extra mile in accomodating our crowd! Also thanks to Pixel Proz for our pressured print media needs. Big up to Nasty Dezigns for always being extra nasty ;) Thanks to Anat, Chip n Dip, Bakgat and Shique catering stands for feeding the carnivors. We salute Pedro at Gear Shack for last minute technical assistance. Huge thanks to the DJs Shaun Harry, Twins On Decks, Sammy Stone and Ryan Bloxham for entertaining the masses. Thanks to Stanley for documentation assistance. Mr Shezi your vital role in the show is much appreciated. Last but most importantly thanks to the man above for looking over everything!
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The festival picture gallery is below:
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VDUB FESTIVAL 2012 - REVIEW
In 2008, the guys from Cum Laude sat around a table and brainstormed ideas for their next event. They had no clear idea what it would be but they knew one thing. Ok maybe it was more than one thing… they loved music, they loved having fun, they loved bringing people together and most of all the loved their Vdubs! With all of that in mind the Vdub Fest (or Vdub Day in its early form) was born.
While the U.S and Europe have events like Wuste Fest and Worthersee to please the VW and VAG enthusiasts oversees, there has never been a dedicated event on the scale and nature of these for the huge and passionate Southern African scene to enjoy. Not until now that is….
With 5000+ visitors in attendance for the 4th annual edition of the show, more than 14 dedicated sponsors exhibits, multiple aftermarket vendors and stalls, the Vdub Fest is the biggest aftermarket VW gathering in Africa! Visitors came from all corners of the country. Crews from PE, Durban, Free State, Cape Town and Limpopo were in good attendance and are assured to be there in numbers again next year. With home ground advantage, the Gauteng crews were always going to impress though. Crews from SuperDubz, CheeseLiving, Showtime Fanatics and the Vura Six Club of Soweto were out in full support with an impressive collection of convoys and vehicles on display.
Being a 2 day event, the Vdub Fest covered almost every aspect one could ask for in an aftermarket event. The Fest opened on Day 1 with the Sound Off and Dyno Competitions run by XXX Car Audio and Drews Auto respectively. There were also various live displays and exhibits from sponsors and vendors to keep everyone busy. The heat was a scorcher on day 1 as well but the eye candy wasn’t going to let that get in the way, the day then closed for day visitors and overnight visitors were entertained to a rocking afterparty. Day 2 was entirely dedicated to the Show and Shine competition; after all, that’s what the Fest comes down to.
With Vic Pardal as MC, the crowd were constantly entertained and “schooled” on every aspect of the aftermarket scene as car after car was displayed on the main judging stage. The judging panel had their hands full judging more than 200 cars. The standard of competition was intense (to put it mildly) and the number of entrants mind boggling. A brief Highveld thunderstorm caused a short break in proceedings, but once the rain had cleared the show rolled on.
Everything from Euro look to Rat look to Standard and Stock was on offer this year. Of course Mk1’s were present in their numbers but the varieties of Aircooled’s were just as prominent. Custom paint, sticker bombs and decals were some of the popular styling themes that came through this year. Engine builds were similarly diverse and it’s clear that a number of mack’s had suffered many a long day and night under the hood getting the cars ready in time for the show. The level of detail that was seen was amazing and all in attendance were treated to an exhibition of this workmanship. A number of guys built cars specifically for this event and the amount of time and effort put into some of the cars were evident for all to see. The final scores were extremely close but once all was said and done the most outstanding vehicles announced were as follows………………
Show and Shine Winners>
· Best Mk1 – Azza · RU Mk1 – Mo H · Best Mk2 – Roy Campario · RU Mk2 – Zahid · Best Mk3 – Nathan · RU Mk3 – Alistair Bowes · Best Mk4 – Muaaz · RU Mk4 – Musty · Best Mk5 – Shea GP · RU Mk5 – Toureg Smith · Best Mk6 - Fred Dobson · RU Mk6 – Enrico Naidoo · Best Polo – Cubez · RU Polo – Phillipo · Best Caddy – Maldino · Best Other – Livy Moodley · Best Bus - Anil · Best Aircooled – Khotso Ramario · Best Paint – Muhammed Ismail · Best Wheels - Azza · Best Engine – Henk Dam · Best Interior – Waseem Farie · BEST OF SHOW - Shakeel Abbas
Dyno Winners>
Out of 18 cars that entered, 16 were turbocharged either in petrol or diesel and 2 were NA. Temps were very high during the course of the day which resulted in a lot of heatsoak. Turbocars hate heatsoak!!!
· Highest 2.0 Turbo TSI/TFSI Platform – Shaheen Moosa Mk5 GTI 177KW · Highest 2.0 Turbo Non TSI/TFSI Platform – Donovan Jooste 173KW · Highest 20v Turbo – Paul Van Niekerk 180KW · Highest TDI – TBA Pending model info from IASCA · Highest Normal Aspirated 4cyl – Clement Noar 88KW · Highest Normal Aspirated 6cyl – Arno Bossert V5 70KW · Highest powered VDUB @ the fest – Paul Van Niekerk 180KW
Winners shared in an array of prizes sponsored by Goldwagen, Webasto, Autostyle, Mintys, Eurohoodride, Fahrvergnugen, TheWheelShop, Durashine and Kwikfit to mention but a few. Vdub Fest looks set as becoming the aftermarket benchmark for years to come and as the Vdub Fest motto goes, “not for the faint hearted”, you’d better make sure you’re strapped in for this one come next year!
The Wolfsburg sunroof winner>
# Ticket holder 013660 was selected at the live draw. The owner of the corresponding armband/ticket has until 10th March to claim his prize. Failure of any claims from the public by the deadline would mean that the prize is forfeited. The value of the prize will then be donated to the respective charities.
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Be sure to grab the next issue of Speed and Sound mag as well as the international Performance VW mag for its own exclusive pictures.
Keep your eyes peeled for
VDUB FEST 2013 - The Liquid Experience! . .
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