Optima has a video contest... sorry about that to my fellow non video recording auto enthusiasts who don't consider ourselves the next Spielberg of the Ken block set.. and you can submit a video demonstrating why you ought to be awarded a ride with the following

https://www.optimarideshotgun.com/

You can also enter to win an Optima Yellow Top battery

https://www.optimarideshotgun.com/sweepstakes

Have you tried out the AR (augmented reality) headsets? Like Google Cardboard, Samsung Gear, Oculus, or the Optima Battery SEMA headset they gave as schwag last year?

The OPTIMA Virtual Realty app puts you in the middle of the action with a collection of five different virtual reality videos with OPTIMA PowerPro Ambassadors.

Fly over a desert hill with Corry Weller in her SR1, or catch a huge bass on Lake Vermillion with Edwin Evers. Feel like burning some rubber? Join James Clay in his iconic BMW and experience the M1 Concourse like never before.

The OPTIMA VR app is optimized for the Samsung GEAR VR headset, and works with all universal VR headsets including Google Cardboard and Daydream View.

Download it in the following app stores:
 Google Play
 iOS App Store
Oculus

Have you heard the story of the owner and founder of the House Of Kolor?

This was the winning Best Short Film of the 2017 Optima Film Festival https://www.optimabatteries.com/en-us/experience/2016/11/optima-announces-winners-second-annual-optima-ultimate-film-festival

The Optima Film Fest is on for SEMA 2016!

On Wednesday, November 2, the OPTIMA Ultimate Film Festival is taking over the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas (2 blocks to the left as you face the LV Convention Center) at the intersection of Paradise and East Sahara, to showcase the industry’s best performance automotive storytellers and adventurers.

The event is from 7-11 p.m., with performances from punk rock pioneers X, appearances from industry celebrities and influencers, free beer and wine, and the opportunity to vote in real-time for the winning films.

Last years coverage of the Optima Festival is http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Optima%20Film%20Festival

Tickets are free, but limited in number, so register today. Get your tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/optima-ultimate-film-festival-tickets-27681498106

If you’re interested in submitting a film, the final submission deadline is Friday, September 30.

For more information or to submit, please visit optimafilmfest.com.

reminder, the Optima Film Festival during SEMA is coming up in 2 months, so get your short movie in!

Generally speaking, the purpose of the Optima Ultimate Film Festival is to solicit video submissions from the public in two (2) categories (a “Short Video” category and an “Action Video” category) focusing on the performance vehicle enthusiast’s passion and hobby. Optima will select videos to be shown at the OUFF, which will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the time of the SEMA Show (scheduled to occur November 1 – November 4, 2016).

 The OUFF will take place in Las Vegas, during SEMA. Participants whose videos are selected by Optima for screening at the OUFF will receive tickets to the OUFF, and the selected participant’s videos will be considered by Optima for honors at the OUFF and potential broadcast on a national Optima television program.

http://www.optimafilmfest.com/rules.html

Heavy Metal Concepts - Off Road Journeys, my choice for best film in the Optima Film Festival

the Optima Film Festival was GREAT!

Winner of short film: Donuts with Doughnuts



but I thought this one was the best



Winner of full length: Jarret Brooks Chasing a Championship



and a lot of people (me) liked this one best



Other short films in the contest can be found at https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=optima+film+festival

the film festival was preceeded by a concert by Reverend Horton Heat

She liked the smell of gasoline
Liked the smell of gasoline
We were only seventeen
She liked the smell of gasoline

Betty was a girl
I knew back in school
A really funny person
She was pretty cool
She said that pistons pumping
Really turned her on
But the next thing she said
Was way long gone

She liked the smell of gasoline
Liked the smell of gasoline
We were only seventeen
She liked the smell of gasoline

Brother's Chevy Nova
Parked in the front yard
All the neighbor boys
Were trying really hard
To hang around with Betty
Underneath the shade tree
But Betty only wanted
To hang around with me

She liked the smell of gasoline
Liked the smell of gasoline
We were only seventeen
She liked the smell of gasoline

So young and dumb
So dumb was I
Dumb not to hear what she implied
If I'd known then
What I know now
I'd been all over that
All over that and how

She liked the smell of gasoline
Liked the smell of gasoline
We were only seventeen
She liked the smell of gasoline

real product accomplishments is the best advertising; Optima Batteries