High Resolution Document - Rockford Fosgate

We caught up with Ricky Mason, ex-racer and dirt trackowner…No, NOT Ricky Bobby. (although NASCAR is apassion of his) Ricky Mason grew up a country boy downMississippi way and as a young whippersnapper, Rickygot behind the wheel early. It was after drag racing in anolder friends’ Camaro SS that he made his mind up…That car would be his! Determined at sixteen, he startedpacking away every extra dollar he could till he couldreach his goal. Now there were heaps of distractions alongthe way; he had to dip into that pot to marry his beautifulwife Terry. Then there was starting off his business asa computer consultant. That’s right, our man is a smartcookie! And Ricky owned a dirt track where his friendsalong with aspiring big timers raced fender to fender.These life distractions kept pushing his dream car fartherand farther down the road.Well, Ricky’s time finally had come. But that old ’69 CamaroSS had some competition. Chevy had just released theirnew Camaro with the throwback bodystyle…oh yeah, it’son! Straight away the car was sent over to HennesseyPerformance, where the newly added superchargerpackage cranked it up to over 600 horsepower! Aftergetting his baby back, Ricky called his buddy at SoundWaves in D’Iberville and a plan was drawn up.. “Nothingcrazy, I wanna go classy…not flashy.” Ricky said. Claritywas the main focus, as this car needed to take hometitles at car shows. The crew at Sound Waves dug deepdropping two Power 10” T0 subwoofers (T0D4-10) to anchorthe trunk thumps. The in-cabin clarity was going to hit youfrom all angles…cutting the highest of highs with a T1T-Stweeter kit on the pillars, then a set of Power 6”x9”s (T1693)hits you in the back of the head, while a set of 5.25” componentspeakers (T152-S) anchor the kickpanels, and the front doorssmack you with a yet another set of T1 speakers (T1653),all accented with red LED lighting. That would be plenty forany machine, but Ricky was here to impress. It might havebeen salt water thinking, as Sound Waves loves custom boatinstallations, but just for the hal-i-but they agreed to install aset of T1 5.25” Full Range speakers (T152) flanking a videomonitor in a custom trunk-lid enclosure, perfect for tailgatingor day trips on the beach. The true beauty of the soundsystem is the complete patriotictrunk lighting scheme housingthe subs we mentioned earlierand two Rockford amplifierpowerhouses. Keeping theflag theme seen on the enginemanifold covers, the T600-4 &T1500-1bdCP Patriot custom amplifiers were picked to dothe work. “Clean and Mean” Ricky says, “I just love the claritymy Rockford Fosgate system puts out. It seems to be oneof the biggest attractions at the car shows. I’ll crank it up forthe crowd gathered around the car and no matter how loud itgets, it sounds great!”With so much time spent waiting for his dream machine to makeits way home it was only fitting that Ricky built an attachedgarage for his new sweetheart. Here she sits on soft carpet, cozywith climate control and underneath multiple security cameras.You’d think Ricky’s wife Terry would be a bit jealous, but shewas basically the reason he was able to save the money. Herfather might be a different story. Ricky said he told him, “Son,if there was a fire in this house, you’d save that car first, thenworry about the family… no son, I’m SERIOUS!”Ricky MaysonD’Iberville, MS21 VOLUME 4.0ROCKFORDFOSGATE.COM 22