As if you all didn't already know, the Formula Drift series just gets bigger and bigger every year. 2008 was a pretty epic year for the series, with even more sponsors and even more drivers coming from other countries to compete in what started out as the first US drifting championship series. Now, Formula D [...]
When I was a kid, my absolute favourite place in the world was Westwood Raceway. It was quite an amazing location, carved into the side of a mountain outside Vancouver, Canada. In the late 70s and early 80s, I used to spend a lot of time there, as my father and I used to race [...]
As most of you know, as we’ve been working on wrapping up our 2008 content, we decided to put together “Photos of the Year” galleries from 2008. My first installment of this post had me picking my favorite photos posted by the other Speedhunters (or other photos that have appeared on our site). Just as [...]
Some of you guys asked for a high res desktop version of the 180SX "wheelie" photo I took at Nikko Circuit during the MSC event, so here you go. Widescreen and standard versions are available now in the Desktops section. Happy New Year! -Mike Garrett
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Some bad news for Aussie drift fans came recently when Drift Australia announced that Toyo Tires has suspended its title sponsorship of the series, forcing the 2009 season to be reduced to just one event. Toyo says the "global economic climate" has forced them to cut back on their sponsorship activities, leaving Drift Australia without [...]
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Over the past days we've made a number of posts looking back at the year in various racing series around the world, and I want to continue on that theme with this post. Since Japanese tuning culture is a big part of Speedhunters, I figured I'd put together a post looking back at some of [...]
Hey guys! Due to popular request, I'd decided to put up a desktop photo of Nakai san's Rauh Welt Porsche 930… I know some of you were requesting other photos from the story, give me a little while, and I can try to put some of those pics up later too. Working on something else [...]
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Right now Japan is entering it's annual New Year holiday where companies shut down and everyone heads home to spend time with their families, eating traditional foods and that sort of thing. I guess its the opposite from the West where people get together with family for Christmas and then party with their buddies on [...]
Unless your name is Jason Plato, then the 2008 British Touring Car Championship was a classic year, with tight competition between works and independent cars. Vauxhall, SEAT, BMW and Honda were all on the top step of the podium. It really was meant to be SEAT's year. SEAT had been in the British Touring Car [...]
I'm going to continue my "Photos of the Year" contribution with some favorites of my own photos I shot this year. As I expected, it was pretty tough to limit my selections to just a handful, and I'm sure there are stories that I'm forgetting completely. Being based in Japan, I've had the opportunity to [...]
Ask and you shall receive… I've uploaded desktop versions of this R35 GTR at Ebisu Circuit photo to our Speedhunters desktops section. Enjoy! -Antonio Alvendia
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Since there aren’t really a lot of events going on right now, I thought I’d look through my external hard drive to find some photos of interesting cars. Even though we’ve done a bunch of photos and stories (and videos) dealing with Nobushige Kumakubo and Team Orange, the cars you always see in magazines and [...]
I just noticed that some more spy photos of the Nissan FIA GT1 spec R35 race car, have surfaced on the GTRblog. I am liking what I am seeing! We'll make sure that Speedhunters get's the inside line on this exciting new race car next year. It should be interesting to see how this machine [...]
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Porsche month on Speedhunters is long over. So why would I decide to write a story about one of Japan's most influential Porsche builders, and have the aggressive wheel lip and stunningly stylish rear fender of Nakai san's Rauh Welt Porsche as the main leader photo? Because Nakai san isn't just a Porsche guy… his [...]
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Japanese Auto Sport magazine and GTCenter.net are showing images of what appears to be a GT1 or GT2 Nissan R35 GT-R testing at Fuji, just before Christmas. No official confirmation from the Japanese manufacture, but GTR Centre believe that the car is a GT1 chassis with close to 600bhp. You can see the lowered stance, [...]
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