2015 Tuner Battlegrounds Playoffs

The Third Annual Tuner Battlegrounds Playoffs provides automotive enthusiasts with an opportunity of a lifetime - to compete against other passionate enthusiasts in North America* for the ultimate award: a PASMAG Cover Feature! Hundreds of automotive enthusiasts register each year but only 1 (one) will be left standing. Seeding for the 2015 Tuner Battlegrounds Playoffs begin immediately, and inclusion and placement to the Top 16** of 32 depends on votes earned throughout the 2015 Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Season. Between September 8 and October 12, 2015, online voting will take place to narrow the final competitors to 2 (two), one round (Stage) after another. Seeding for the Third Annual Tuner Battlegrounds Playofss begin immediately, and inclusion and placement for the Top 16 depends on votes earned throughout the season in 2015 Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Season, an award category competition where participating competitors have competed and been voted on through online and text at partnered shows throughout North America. The #TBGLIVE competitors will be seeded in relation to their total number of votes accumulated in 2015 Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Season: more votes means better odds to get to the SEMA Show.

In Stage 1, the elimination process begins to seed 16 additional competitors with newly registered/qualified submissions for the 2015 Tuner Battlegrounds Playoffs and #TBGLIVE competitors that have not accumulated enough points in 2015 Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Season to be seeded in the Top 16. Online voting takes place between September 8, 2015 (10:00am EST) and September 14, 2015 (12:00pm EST) to narrow the total number of competitors to 32 at the end of Stage 1. The Top 32 competitors advance to Stage 2, the head-to-head battles.

*Contiguous United States or any province in Canada
**The #TBGLIVE competitors will be seeded 1 to 16 in relation to their results and total number of votes accumulated in the 2015 Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Season, while the remaining 16 will be decided in the #WILDCARD round of Stage 1: Elimination.

HOW TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT STAGE?
Competitors must obtain votes at www.tunerbattlegrounds.com. Rather than PASMAG's internal staff acting as judges to select the winners, that responsibility will fall in the hands of the audience (the fans, show-goers and friends and family of the competitors). With a click of a button, the audience will be able to vote and choose their winners one Stage after another. In Stage 1: Elimination, the 16 #WILDCARD competitors with the highest number of votes will advance to Stage 2: Top 32. In Stages 2-5, the competitor with the highest number of votes in each Battle will advance.

HOW TO VOTE?
Facebook is used to verify you are not a robot.
STEP ONE - GO TO A COMPETITOR'S PROFILE PAGE
STEP TWO - LOG-IN USING FACEBOOK
STEP THREE - CLICK THE YELLOW STAR ON THE TOP OF A COMPETITOR'S PROFILE PAGE
Voting is limited to 1(one) vote per Facebook account per 24 hours of the posted Third Annual Tuner Battlegrounds Playoff competitors.

TUNER BATTLEGROUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP: FINAL STAGE

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE COMPETITOR WITH INSTAGRAM, TWITTER AND/OR BALLOT.

VOTE USING TWITTER
Create a new post and use the designated hashtag of a finalist you would like to vote for.
• TO VOTE FOR TBA FINALIST, USE THE TBA HASHTAG IN YOUR TWEET
• TO VOTE FOR TBA FINALIST, USE THE TBA HASHTAG IN YOUR TWEET
Voting is limited to 1 (one) hashtag per Twitter account of the Third Annual PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds Playoff Finalists.

VOTE USING INSTAGRAM
Create a new post with a photo/video and use the designated hashtag of a finalist you would like to vote for.
• TO VOTE FOR TBA FINALIST, USE THE TBA HASHTAG IN YOUR POST
• TO VOTE FOR TBA FINALIST, USE THE TBA HASHTAG IN YOUR POST
Voting is limited to 1 (one) hashtag per Instagram account of the Third Annual PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds Playoff Finalists. Only public votes count.