{"id":73058,"date":"2023-09-19T10:13:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=73058"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:19:25","slug":"in-memory-of-springfest-fallfest-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/events\/2023\/09\/in-memory-of-springfest-fallfest-is-born.html","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of SpringFest, FallFest is Born"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SpringFest is a well-known car show that began in 2004 and\ngained momentum with the introduction of the modern-day Dodge Charger and\nChallenger. The event gained even more traction in 2010 when Ralph Gilles himself,\nthe CEO of Dodge at the time, attended the event in Southern California to mix\nand mingle. By 2019, there were more than 2,000 cars in attendance, including concept\ncars and sneak peeks at future lineups. Unfortunately, the event was cancelled due\nto the COVID pandemic in 2020, and it never returned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Landeros, owner of Staga Motorsports, took it upon himself to pick up right where SpringFest 2019 left off and FallFest 2023 was born. Just four months shy of the event, he secured a venue with one goal in mind \u2013 to continue the legacy of SpringFest. Several vendors were in attendance and the event hosted about 300 display vehicles. Staga Motorsports also provided a vehicle that was raffled off, with proceeds going to Foster Love in Brea, California. Here\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"an inside look at FallFest 2023 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.streetmusclemag.com\/event-coverage\/socals-2023-fallfest-mopar-show-picks-up-where-springfest-left-off\/\" target=\"_blank\">an inside look at FallFest 2023<\/a> at Anaheim\u2019s Angel Stadium! Let us know in the comments if you\u2019ve been to SpringFest, and if you\u2019d consider FallFest in the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpringFest is a well-known car show that began in 2004 and gained momentum with the introduction of the modern-day Dodge Charger and Challenger. The event gained even more traction in 2010 when Ralph Gilles himself, the CEO of Dodge at the time, attended the event in Southern California to mix and mingle. By 2019, there were more than 2,000 cars in attendance, including concept cars and sneak peeks at future lineups. Unfortunately, the event was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic in 2020, and it never returned. Eric Landeros, owner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":73074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[497],"tags":[1922],"class_list":["post-73058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-car-show"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023FallFest_Feature.jpg","social_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023FallFest_Social.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73076,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73058\/revisions\/73076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}