2004 Show Summary:

The First Annual Georgia Tech Auto Show was held on March 27, 2004. Sterling Skinner had committed to the possibility of having a large automotive show on campus on a Monday morning after taking the Landmark Forum, a motivation and life organization class presented by Landmark Education.

Dave Lynn was the first person to join Sterling Skinner in his commitment to host the show at a very critical place in the planning.

Highlights of the show included the participation of Larry Huang with his Crawford DP03 Daytona Prototype race car that he had purchased and painted with a color scheme celebrating his loyalty to Georgia Tech, several Panoz cars brought by chief engineer John Leverett and Jason Barnes, the Kudzu DLY race car entered by Jim Downing, two of the custom cars built by John Evans, and Tim Carlton’s lifted Jeep Cherokee with no doors.

The speaker was chosen to be Norman Garrett, the concept engineer for the Mazda Miata.  He spoke on his time at Georgia Tech in the early 1980’s and how he was able to turn his experience organizing autocross events on the Tech campus into the design of the best selling sports car of all time.

Winners:

Pre-1984 Stock Category

1st Place:    Scott Downs and his 1958 Ford Fairlane 500

2nd Place:    Henry Cotten and his 1967 Corvette

3rd Place:    Chris dos Santos and his 1965 Mustang GT-350

1984 – 2004 Stock Category

1st Place:    John Evans and his Evans S3 LM

2nd Place:    Chris Rinehart and his 1994 Corvette ZR-1

3rd Place:    Tina Heil and her 2001 Viper RT/10

Modified Rear and AWD Category

1st Place:    Chaz Cone and his re-bodied 1998 Corvette

2nd Place:    Criag McClure and his 1956 Morgan +4 w/Ford V8

3rd Place:    Ali Abbasi and his 1996 BMW M3

Modified FWD Category

1st Place:    Bryan Crosby and is 2000 Celica GTS

2nd Place:    Drew Chappuis and is 2002 Honda RSX

Truck and SUV Category

1st Place:    Tim Carlton and his 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee

2nd Place:    Alexis Godschaulk and his 1996 Range Rover

Motorcycles

1st Place:    Rafael Suazo and is 1997 Honda CBR600F3 “Carmen”

2nd Place:    Joe Perkins and his 1942 Harley Davidson

Racing and Experimental

1st Place:    Larry Huang and his 2004 Crawford DP03

2nd Place:    Larry Huang and his Ferrari 360 Challenge race car

3rd Place:    Richard Martin and his Porsche 911

Student Beaters

1st Place:    Geoff Toon and his 1991 Acura Integra

2nd Place:    Crit Bennett and his 1972 Mazda RX 2

Best Aesthetic Design Award

Jason Barnes and his Panoz Roadster

Best Engineering Award

John Evans and his Evans Automobile

Special Awards

Jim Markell and his 1939 Bantam

Jim Downing and his Mazda DLY and Citroen 2CV