Today, John Brooks, Rod Chong and I passed our time blasting through the Autobahn at top speed, in the air conditioned comfort of our hired Lexus, as we watched the German countryside pass quickly through the side windows of the car. As we bumped Rod’s custom “1971″ mix of funk and soul music out of [...]
Right now, I’m sitting in my hotel room in Frankfurt Germany, with the air conditioning turned up so cold I think my laptop might have icicles forming on it soon – just the way I like it! Walking through the airport in Frankfurt, I saw quite a few people who sort of look like Samuel [...]
It's hi res desktop wallpaper time again! This time I went with a couple of images I took at the recent JCCA Tsukuba Summer Meeting. One is the Skylines in the photo above and the other is a shot from the TS Cup race. Head over to desktops section to download them now. -Mike Garrett [...]
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After his success with the Sun Auto's Cyber Evo, 'Tarzan' Yamada has commissioned Cusco to build him a new Time Attack car. This time it's different because now he will campaign this car as Team Tarzan, and he will drive the car himself in the various Time Attack series. Cusco has brought in heavyweights like Tomei and [...]
Holden Special Vehicles in Australia have launched a limited production 'W427' based off of the Holden Commodore. Only 427 units of this Corvette Z06 based LS7 powered super-sedan will be produced for the Australian and New Zealand markets. A true modern muscle car, the 427 represents the engine size in cubic inches. In modern 'speak', its [...]
The most recent round of our beloved MSC Challenge series was held earlier this month at Sekia Hills on Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Hardcore drift fans are probably familiar "Driving Enjoy Club" Sekia Hills and its hilly, tree-lined circuit which is one of the home courses for Kyushu drivers like Ken Nomura and Katsuhiro [...]
It’s time to finish up our week-long look at the cars of the various international drift series as we examine some of the cars from the European Drift Championship. Before working on Speedhunters, I had only a vague knowledge of the EDC, but I have been learning more and more about the series and its [...]
The King Of Europe is a drift series that is being held on Europe's mainland. They have eight rounds in various countries like France, Hungary, Belgium and the Czech Republic making it a true European Championship. It is more like a grassroots event, without big teams and sponsored cars and it's quite different than [...]
While looking for information on the Prodrift series a few days ago, I came across this hybrid car. I have heard a lot about the LS2 engine and people wanting to put into their car, seems like there are many advantages to running a big torque engine…… Personally, I'm not very familiar with the [...]
In the third of our BMW M1 posts, we are going to cover the BMW M1 Hommage, a concept car designed to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the original M1 designed by Giorgio Giugiaro. The ‘Hommage’ was designed internally by BMW Group Design and mixes design elements from the original the M1, the concept [...]
The London Motor Show kicks off this week and a number of debuts are planned. Although a shadow of its former self, the show is still important due to the large number of cars sold in the UK. Honda OSM Concept Honda say its just a concept, but this 'low-emission' roadster is S2000 size. [...]
Cool! Check out the Crawford Performance Subaru WRX STi, catching some 3-wheel motion as it hops California Speedway's rumblestrips! As some of you may already know, the Redline Time Attack and Live Sockets Battle was this past weekend at California Speedway. Go ahead and check out the other websites and magazines for all the competitor [...]
Thanks to Jonathan Wong and the crew at Super Street Magazine, we have some photos and results from the Super Lap Qualifying event that was held at Willow Springs International Raceway earlier this month. Although the scorching summertime desert heat does not quite make for ideal time attack conditions, many of the big names in [...]
The Pro Drift series from Ireland has begun to expand its territory, adding events across different parts of Europe. Even though it's being dominated by Irish drifters at the moment, new challenges from local drifters arise as the series moves from place to place. Pro Drift features some impressive machinery, ranging from Skyline's to BMW's [...]
Snakes, Kangaroos, Koalas, and drifting. The adventurous Aussies have a love of drifting that can rival any other country in the world and when it comes to Australian drifting, the Toyo Tires Drift Australia Series is where you will find the country's best drivers and most serious drift cars. For this post we will be [...]
