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Are you ready for another great Jeep Beach in Daytona? Last year Jeep Beach 2009 drew over 350 Jeepers, their families and friends. This year the event is expected to draw over 600 Jeepers, with the main Jeep Beach event being held on the infield of the Daytona International Speedway. As host of Jeep Beach, the Mid-Florida Jeep Club has extended the weekend to five fun-filled days. Activities are geared to all Jeep owners whether your lights are round or square. This year’s Jeep Beach events include: Wednesday, May 12-Jeep Beach Kick-Off 7:00 pm-10:00 pm at Hooter’s Thursday, May 13-Scavenger Hunt Friday, May 14-Social and Vendor Meet-N-Greet Saturday, May 15-Obstacle Course, Show -n-Shine, Kid’s Activities and Vendor Fair Sunday, May 16-Jeep Beach Parade and Closing Party Visit www.jeepbeach.com for a full list and description of activities, vendors and raffle prizes or for general event information email jeepbeach@midfloridajeepclub.com This year’s Jeep…

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The Allen County Fairgrounds will crawl with more than 2,000 4-wheel drive vehicles from U.S. and Canada this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Join our own Shawn Binkley at the BDS display for goodie bags and special show discounts. This 25th anniversary celebration in Lima, Ohio will feature Monster Truck Thunder Drags, the FMX Freestyle Stunt Bike Team, Tough Trucks Challenge and many more exciting events including the return of Ms. Bigfoot. Friday, May 14 10am-6pm, Saturday 9am-7:30pm and Sunday 9am-3:30pm. For a complete show schedule, direction and event information www.familyevents.com

The forecasted thunderstorms held off and over 250 Rock Spyder 4×4 customers attended their 3rd Annual Customer Appreciation Day.  Tony from Rubicon Grill put on a great BBQ and attendees were awarded door prizes and goodie bags. Our own Chris Bowers attended this great event and presented a gift certificate for four BDS 5500 shocks to Michael Vail.  A special thanks to Jim and Karen from Rock Spyder 4×4 for their hospitality and we look forward to next year’s event! Visit Rock Spyder 4×4’s website at www.rockspyder4x4.com

Mark your calendars, the 3rd annual Worldwide Go Topless day for Jeep owners is scheduled May 8th, 2010. This event unites Jeep fans everywhere, with over 45 Jeep clubs participating and enjoying the day sans top in 2009. Jeep clubs worldwide are joining in with local picnics, trail runs, clean-ups and social events. Going topless will also raise awareness for a cause this year, as a portion of the proceeds from t-shirt sales will be donated to Tread Lightly! Contact your local Jeep club for more information.

Currently on www.truckforum.org forum members have been weighing in on their favorite truck brand. Far and away the favorite of forum members is Chevy with 51.84% of the vote, here’s the rest of the line-up: GMC 15.89% Ford 15.34% Dodge 10.3% Toyota 3.83% Nissan 1.12% Other .88% Mazda .8% Do you agree with the results? What’s your favorite truck brand? To view the results and reader comments click http://www.truckforum.org/forums/polls/6-who-is-your-favorite-truck-maker.html [print_link]

Rock Spyder 4×4 will be hosting their 3rd annual Customer Appreciation Day Sunday, May 2nd.  This family friendly event is a venue for 4×4 enthusiasts to come together and get excited about the upcoming off-road season. It serves as the first official “event” of the season for the central Ontario off-road community to show off their Jeeps and trucks.  According to owner Jim MacDonald “our goal is to thank our customers for their loyalty and continued support, as well as promote our vendors and their products.”  Join BDS’s own Chris Bowers who’ll be at Rock Spyder 4×4 for this great event! For more information go to www.rockspyder4x4.com or call the shop at 905-294-0494. ROCK SPYDER 4X4 evolved from the competitive rock crawling team, Rock Spyder Motorsports. After six years of competing and accomplishing the goals he had set out for himself, owner Jim MacDonald decided to expand on the Rock…

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