STANG Magazine Special Edition: Ponies In The Smokies Tribute

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PONIES IN THE SMOKIES

DALTON & MEGAN FRICKE

MEMBERS OF THE STANG MAG FAMILY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN AND INCLUSION THAN THEY ARE THEIR CARS AND THAT SAYS A LOT!

I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect being that I didn’t know the people attending and was going by myself.

The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very start and made me feel like one of their own!

SUNDAY WE TACKLED TAIL OF THE DRAGON!

If you asked me if I thought I’d be writing an article for STANG Magazine for my car this time last year I would’ve said no. If you asked me if I would be writing it about a different car than the 2005 Roush Mustang I had I would’ve said hell no. I loved that car but acquiring this one reinvigorated my passion for car shows and events!

Ponies in the Smokies is one of the shows my husband Dalton and I look forward to attending every year. Our trip starts in Delaware, where we clean the cars, pack, and head for Tennessee at around 2 o’clock in the morning on Thursday. The drive takes about a total of 10 hours, and we always take both Mustangs. Mine is a 2007 California Special with a Stage 2 Edelbrock supercharger, and his is a 2018 GT PP1 with various GT500 and GT350 parts. We made it on Thursday around 1 o’clock in the afternoon with barely enough time to hit all of the Shine Run stops. We did it though, and enjoyed our trek through the Smoky Mountains.

Friday was show day. We had stayed up late washing the cars, so we rolled in when gates opened at 8. I spent the morning cleaning my engine bay, while he set up his display with the computer he had hit on the way down. Luckily this only damaged his splitter and not his entire front bumper! He and I spent the rest of the day admiring the parking lots full of Mustangs and walking through the vendors inside the convention center. Saturday is awards, and Dalton

Members of the STANG Mag family are more passionate about fun and inclusion than they are their cars and that says a lot! I can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2022!

won one of the top 75 trophies! We spent Saturday taking photos around Pigeon Forge and enjoying lunch at Quaker Steak ‘N Lube, and that night with friends at the Star Cars museum. Sunday we tackled Tail of the Dragon!

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KIM CITRINITI

MEMBERS OF THE STANG MAG FAMILY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN AND INCLUSION THAN THEY ARE THEIR CARS AND THAT SAYS A LOT!

I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect being that I didn’t know the people attending and was going by myself.

The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very start and made me feel like one of their own!

IF I ONLY KNEW HOW MUCH FUN OWNING A MUSTANG WAS, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ONE MUCH SOONER!

Agent 99 is my first Mustang. I waited 50 years to have one. When I was younger I had posters of Mustangs in my room. I purchased it in 2015 and have had a blast meeting people in the Mustang community.

If you asked me if I thought I’d be writing an article for STANG Magazine for my car this time last year I would’ve said no. If you asked me if I would be writing it about a different car than the 2005 Roush Mustang I had I would’ve said hell no. I loved that car but acquiring this one reinvigorated my passion for car shows and events!

I joined the Wrecking Crew Mustang Club and have had many adventures with them. If I only knew how much fun owning a Mustang was, I would have bought one much sooner!

Mods I’ve done since owning Agent 99 include a Flowmaster American Thunder exhaust, Raxiom headlights and tail lights, S&B CAI, honeycomb rear deck lid, front chin spoiler, new cloth convertible top, Carters Customs rocker panel splitters, and 10mm plug wires.

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DANIELLE JOHNSON

KIM SALISBURY

Members of the STANG Mag family are more passionate about fun and inclusion than they are their cars and that says a lot! I can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2022!

PHOTO CRED: ROB WALKO

CHUCK DEKETT

AMY HOUTZ-MARTIN

BLUEBERRY - 1980 MUSTANG PONIES IN THE SMOKIES WAS BLUEBERRY’S FIRST SHOW.

MEMBERS OF THE STANG MAG FAMILY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN AND INCLUSION THAN THEY ARE THEIR CARS AND THAT SAYS A LOT!

If you asked me if I thought I’d be writing an article for STANG Magazine for my car this time last year I would’ve said no. If you asked me if I would be writing it about a different car than the 2005 Roush Mustang I had I would’ve said hell no. I loved that car but acquiring this one reinvigorated my passion for car shows and events!

Meet Blueberry, my 1980 3.3 Ghia Coupe with the vinyl roof option with 86k miles. The car is unrestored. A Facebook friend sent me the ad in February 2023. I bought the car without viewing it in person from a used car dealer in Washington state. It took about a week for it to arrive in Maryland. I was very pleased with the condition of the car. I have only replaced the tires and hood pad, reglued headliner and cleaned it.

Ponies In The Smokies was Blueberry’s first show. It represented 1980 in the 60 years of Mustang display.

While I love all Mustangs, my passion is for third generation cars. My collection currently includes ten Foxes, one 95 Cobra, one 98 GT and one 75 V8 Ghia.

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AMY HOUTZ-MARTIN

I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect being that I didn’t know the people attending and was going by myself.

The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very start and made me feel like one of their own!

Members of the STANG Mag family are more passionate about fun and inclusion than they are their cars and that says a lot! I can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2022!

PHOTO CRED: ROB WALKO

CHUCK DEKETT

RAY ROMAN DEEPBLUE20 - 2020 MUSTANG GT

MEMBERS OF THE STANG MAG FAMILY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN AND INCLUSION THAN THEY ARE THEIR CARS AND THAT SAYS A LOT!

I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect being that I didn’t know the people attending and was going by myself.

The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very start and made me feel like one of their own!

DEEPBLUE IS THE LARGEST FEMALE GREAT WHITE SHARK IN THE OCEAN TODAY AND I PLAN TO MAKE MY MUSTANG JUST AS BIG.

If you asked me if I thought I’d be writing an article for STANG Magazine for my car this time last year I would’ve said no. If you asked me if I would be writing it about a different car than the 2005 Roush Mustang I had I would’ve said hell no. I loved that car but acquiring this one reinvigorated my passion for car shows and events!

My name is Ray Roman and this is my 2020 Mustang GT, nicknamed “Deepblue20.” I have a love for Mustangs and sharks so that’s where the name Deepblue came from. Deepblue is the largest female great white shark in the ocean today and I plan to make my Mustang just as big.

She’s pushing 900whp and more to come. Tuned by Carl Messenger at Competition Auto in Spring Lake, NC where I also work as a tech. I’ve completely built the car on my own and love every minute of it. I must also thank my sponsors

CADS Detail & Ceramic Coating for making her shine like no other and Competition Auto for the parts and tuning. Last but not least, I would like to thank Mishimoto for the performance cooling parts.

Mods include a Whipple gen5 3.0, Weld wheels S77, Fore fuel system, Ford Racing carbon fiber Cobra Jet hood, Anderson Composite carbon fiber trunk, DSS 2000hp half axles, DSS carbon fiber one piece driveshaft, Steeda stop the hop kit, Viking coilovers, and rear seat delete.

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Members of the STANG Mag family are more passionate about fun and inclusion than they are their cars and that says a lot! I can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2022!

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DAVID STRESSMAN ELVIRA - 2019 MUSTANG ECOBOOST

MEMBERS OF THE STANG MAG FAMILY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN AND INCLUSION THAN THEY ARE THEIR CARS AND THAT SAYS A LOT!

I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect being that I didn’t know the people attending and was going by myself.

The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very start and made me feel like one of their own!

I HAVE OWNED MANY MUSTANGS THROUGH THE YEARS.

My name is David Stressman and this is my 2019 Mustang Echoboost. My wife, brother, and I rode up from SC in the car for Ponies In The Smokies (PITS). It was a tight fit. My wife and I took the car on a three week trip last June from SC to California.

If you asked me if I thought I’d be writing an article for STANG Magazine for my car this time last year I would’ve said no. If you asked me if I would be writing it about a different car than the 2005 Roush Mustang I had I would’ve said hell no. I loved that car but acquiring this one reinvigorated my passion for car shows and events!

I have owned many Mustangs through the years. I have owned a 1978, 1986, 1988, 1969, 1986 SVO, 1983, and this 2019.

This Mustang has been tuned by Ryan Martin and has a Parker Performance Tornado kit (CV Fabs race intercooler, charge pipes, 50mm blow off valve, cold air intake, muffler delete, colder plugs, and two separate catch cans.

It ran a 8.5 in 1/8 at Knoxville Dragway during PITS, ran it in the autocross at PITS, and I got third place in the Shotgun Alley at PITS.

My pet name for her is Elvira.

Members of the STANG Mag family are more passionate about fun and inclusion than they are their cars and that says a lot! I can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2022!

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STEPHANIE PHILLIPPI

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CHUCK DEKETT

MEMBERS OF THE STANG MAG FAMILY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN AND INCLUSION THAN THEY ARE THEIR CARS AND THAT SAYS A LOT!

I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect being that I didn’t know the people attending and was going by myself.

ONCE I WENT TO MY FIRST SHOW I WAS HOOKED.

The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very start and made me feel like one of their own!

My name is Robin Law and this is my 2013 GT Premium, nicknamed Mavis. It is one of 1,657 painted Red Candy Metallic with Tinted Clear Coat.

My Mustang passion started at an early age when my uncle ordered a new Mustang 2+2 in 1964 which he still owns today. I have owned four Mustangs. In high school, I owned a 1970 Coupe. Later I owned an 87 GT and a 1969 Mach 1.

My Dad and I bought the Mach 1 as a project car. I bought Mavis in November of 2016 as a car to enjoy because at the time I was working third shift and couldn’t participate in a lot of Mustang activities. When I switched jobs and started working days again, I started to go to a few shows thinking that my car surely can’t be as nice as these show cars.

If you asked me if I thought I’d be writing an article for STANG Magazine for my car this time last year I would’ve said no. If you asked me if I would be writing it about a different car than the 2005 Roush Mustang I had I would’ve said hell no. I loved that car but acquiring this one reinvigorated my passion for car shows and events!

stitching steering wheel, Rovos Calvinia Charcoal wheels 19 x 8.5, Nitto NT555 G2 255/40/R19 tires, Speedform GT/ CS rear spoiler, Trufiber rear black out panel, license plate surround, radiator cover, and many other carbon fiber add ons.

Members of the STANG Mag family are more passionate about fun and inclusion than they are their cars and that says a lot! I can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2022!

PHOTO CRED: ROBIN LAW

MIKE SCHEAFER

Once I went to my first show I was hooked. The modifications started soon after. Since then, I have developed a love for carbon fiber. I have many carbon fiber modifications both in the interior, exterior, and under the hood. If it’s not carbon fiber, it’s hydro dipped to look like carbon fiber. But the best thing about owning a Mustang are the friends I have meet along the way.

Top modifications include a Roush axle back performance exhaust, SR Performance cold air intake, alcantara red

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