After nearly 20 years of boating and water skiing at local lakes and the Colorado River, Ken Wood of El Cajon, Ca was burned out and ready for a change. He and his longtime love, Susie, have always had friends who went to the desert, so they thought they would give it a try. Ken had ridden motorcycles since he was a kid, but after he took his first ride in a long-travel car he was hooked!

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Normally, when i take a walk through the campground, i see a lot of different types of chassis and ask people how their cars feel while driving them through the dunes. As i started asking questions, i realized not many people understand “Tuned Suspension.”

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By: Scott Swenka

Oct 13 - 14, Orangewood RV Center of Surprise, Arizona and the American Sand Association hosted its 4th Annual Pound Sand Show. This year’s show had a good vendor turnout, with big names such as: Suspensions Unlimited, Ride Now, Federal Sand Rail, WhipLash Racing, and Sand Tech Motorsports. The Viper Truck Club of America had a decent display as well. Industry related magazines - Sand Addiction, Sand Sports, and San Diego Off Road also provided free magazines to be given away at the entry gate. Approximately $400 was collected from the sales of “hat pins” dedicated to the memorial fund of Major Troy Gilbert who was killed in action on November 27, 2006 while flying a mission over Iraq. We estimated the overall attendance to be around 4000. Key people involved in the event were - Bill Harris - Consignment Manager at Orangewood RV, Scott Swenka - ASA Checkered Flags Chairman, and Marc Tracy - Owner of Orangewood. All of the vendors provided some excellent giveaways for the drawing that took place throughout both days. The KeyStone Performance Fuzion 382 was also introduced at the show, a toy hauler that is not matched by any other toy hauler maker with two slides, large 16 foot garage area, and two high quality LCD TV’s. Scott Swenka of the ASA presented Bill Harris with a plaque from the ASA at the end of the show on Sunday. Next year’s show is shaping up to be even bigger and better which is slated for Oct 4-5, 2008, and will be located at the Speedworld Dragstrip in Wittman, Arizona. It will provide an even larger venue and services for the vendors to show off their stuff.

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