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DAYTONA BEACH A global shortage of computer chips is resulting in record low inventories of new cars and trucks at auto dealerships throughout the country, including here in the Volusia-Flagler area.
Glenn Ritchey Sr., president and CEO of Jon Hall Chevrolet in Daytona Beach, said his dealership currently has barely over 200 new cars and trucks on site at a time of year when he would normally have more than four times that number. It s the lowest inventory of new vehicles that we ve had in the 50 years I ve been with Chevrolet, the veteran auto dealer said.
Ritchey said the same is true of his other Daytona Beach dealerships: Ritchey Cadillac Buick GMC, Daytona Hyundai and Subaru of Daytona.
After the 2020 edition of Jeep Beach was called off amid the slew of event cancellations tied to the coronavirus pandemic, the Paces were more eager than ever to return to this year s event, which runs through Sunday in Daytona Beach.
“It’s a Jeep family,” Pace said. “It’s a ‘Jamily.’ We’ve met just some of the nicest people here.”
On the beach, the couple parked their customized 2020 Jeep Gladiator next to one of those Jeep Beach friends.
Lance Collins, 51, met the couple at Jeep Beach four years ago in the hotel bar at The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach Shores. It turned out that he lived less than an hour away from them in Wilmington, Delaware, and that they had mutual connections in the roofing and home design industries.
DAYTONA BEACH When thousands of Jeep vehicles and the people who love them roll into Volusia County for the annual Jeep Beach celebration this week, it marks another welcome sign of optimism for the area’s tourism industry, hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic over the past year.
Hoteliers anticipate sold-out rooms over much of the event, which shifts into high gear on Monday and runs through Sunday, April 25. Likewise, restaurant managers and other tourist-related businesses also are expecting the Jeep fans to boost sales.
The beachside Hard Rock Hotel, the event’s headquarters hotel, will be Ground Zero for many of the week’s activities. The list includes “Jeeps At the Rock,” two days of beach activities on Wednesday and Thursday that feature a surf school, games, vendors, prize raffles, drink specials and a pool party.
That sound you hear is likely the rumble of thousands of Jeep vehicles headed to the World’s Most Famous Beach, as the annual Jeep Beach gathering returns after a one-year COVID-related hiatus.
Starting with a Sunday morning 5K Fun Run at 9 a.m. on the beach behind the LandShark Bar & Grill on South Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach, there will be a week’s worth of events aimed at Jeep owners and the people who love them.
For the non-Jeep owners, the event offers ample people- and vehicle-watching opportunities with so many gleaming, customized examples of the famous brand out and about on area roads and, of course, at the beach.