So… the veil has been partially lifted…. Nissan has now released three official pictures of the newest and greatest iteration of the much beloved Z; this time called the 370Z for us westerners. Over here at the Speedhunters we have a slightly different perspective on the car to offer our readers. Our colleagues on the [...]
Know your roots. You could in some way, say that this is an important facet of what Speedhunters is all about. We are interested in, not only the latest and greatest automotive styles, events, releases and projects from about the world, but are also very committed to uncovering and cataloguing the past. To see where [...]
Before I move on to the rest of my D1GP Fuji coverage, I wanted to take a quick break and post up a few photos from the all-rotary meeting that was held at Fuji Speedway alongside the D1 event. I was pretty occupied with shooting D1 itself, so I didn't have time to look at [...]
This shot is for Antonio, who has a soft spot for big BMWs…. this one is done up just right! I found this shot on the Driftworks Forum picture of the day thread.
More...
The Street racers in Italy will have a hard time outrunning this Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia. The car was donated by Lamborghini to the Italian State Police. It will replace the Gallardo that was introduced in 2004. The car will be used by the Lazio Highway Police Department to sustain the security on the Italian [...]
A Custom Car expert and JDM enthusiast born and living in the wrong country. Well, that pretty much sums up Rik Hoving and me. A few weeks ago, Rod told me he had a special assignment for me. There was a guy living in Holland that had built up the largest internet Custom Car photo [...]
Wow, I didn't see this one coming! Apparently, the folks at Scion are very happy with the way things have been going thus far in their inaugural season of Formula Drift. Kenshiro Gushi and his RS*R Scion TC finished in 14th place in the 2008 Formula D rankings, appearing in the Top 16 tandem drift [...]
More...
As I walked through the field of Japanese classic cars at this month’s event in Irvine, a certain car sparked my attention, sitting way in the back, next to the Toyota Motorsports big rig truck. The car was an ST162 Toyota Celica; it was the coupe version of Toyota’s first front-wheel-drive Celica. This ST162 chassis [...]
I don't think there's a better way to open my second D1 Fuji story than with a shot of 2008 D1GP Champion Daigo Saito's 800hp JZX100 Mark II. It's no wonder that Daigo won the championship this year after getting the chance to see his driving at Odaiba and Fuji Speedway. He drives aggressively and [...]
I just can't stop staring at this photo, the car looks so good in so many ways. The gold wheels, they look like 18", together with the Fujita Engineering Version 2 bodykit are a perfect match with the classic lines of the FD RX7. I know some you purists don't want to see any bodykit [...]
More...
This wheel was spotted on a Nissan S15 during a Australian car show. The car has the best of both worlds, it sports some serious power and has some nice parts to show it off. The most striking part of the car are the wheels, they are a set of Gram Lights 57s-pro with a [...]
More...
There is nothing quite like a D1GP event in Japan. Sure there are pro drift series around all around the world with some incredible cars and drivers, but there is something special about seeing Japan’s best competing in their homeland. Fuji Speedway might not be the most iconic drift course out there, but it is [...]
For the vast majority of the Speedhunters' readership, Irwindale Speedway is the House of Drift. It is considered by most people to be the epicenter of the US drift scene; the place that has seen the evolution from amateurs making smoke in the parking lot, to the professional, multi-car, factory supported teams we see today. [...]
More...
I just got back to my apartment in Tsukuba City after the LONG drive home from Fuji Speedway. Driving the highways in Japan is NOTHING like in the US and let's just say that a Sunday night is not the ideal time to be driving on the Tomei Expressway coming back from the tourist haven [...]
More...
Just a quick heads-up for our North American Speedhunters. Speed TV’s coverage of Formula D debuts this weekend at 4pm EST Sunday afteroon. The hour long programme featuresRound 1 from Long Beach. The programme will be repeated during the week and a new episode will air the following Sunday, all the way through to Christmas. [...]
More...
