The Video – We had another successful day at Auto Club Speedway for our second annual client appreciation day at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. In attendance were 40 drivers getting driving instruction and taking fast laps around the road course. We also had 100 people take ride alongs in the three T1 Corvette race cars on hand for the event. Lastly I must thank our cosponsors from Bell Computer, LANCAB, McMurray Stern, Simply Fresh Fruit, Alternative Business Solutions, Car MD, Telecom Brokers and SurePass who helped us to put on this event.
We have already reserved the date for 2013 so mark your calendar now. We will return to a Friday date as that seems to be more business oriented. The date is Friday, November 8th, 2013. Let us know if you plan to be there.
Here is a short fun video to remember the event. I love the faces of the people when they get out of the race cars. Do you appear in the YouTube video?
Bell Computer (video rendering) – William Chen – (909) 598-1006
william@bellcomputer.com
http://phps.bellcomputer.com/
LANCAB (computer and network cabling) – Yafa Boyer – (888) 316-3259
yboyer@lancab.com
http://www.lancab.com/
McMurray Stern (storage systems, filing systems and library shelving) – Cindy Mazon – 562-623-3010
cmazon@mcstern.com
www.mcmurraystern.com/
Simply Fresh Fruit (cut fruit bowls) – Bill Sander – 323-586-0000
bsander@simplyfreshfruit.com
http://www.simplyfreshfruit.com/
Alternative Business Solutions (accounting software support and prepaid legal) – John Yoder – (714) 667-0323
JohnYoder@att.net
Car MD (consumer empowerment for car diagnostics & repair) – George Stroesenruether – (714) 241-1862
GeorgeS@CarMD.com
http://www.carmd.com/
Telecom Brokers (Internet, Wide Area Network and phone connectivity) – Jessica Wilson – 949-715-3752
telecomquoterequest@gmail.com
SurePass (computer Security) – Kevin Raineri – (888) 200-1844
info@surepassid.com
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