Rod pointed out to me that there was a big meeting over at the Eibach headquarters in the USA. After some searching I found a whole bunch of nice pictures from some members on the NWP4LIFE forum. Looking at the pictures I'm really jealous, the pure quality of the builds is something I can only [...]
One thing you might notice about Japan is the "team spirit" of its car enthusiasts. Whether its drift teams, VIP clubs, or even ita-sha groups, there are organizations dedicated to every type of car and model out there. Sometimes the clubs will be a broad group of friends that simply enjoy driving and hanging out, [...]
As we creep towards the end of Mazda month, I still have a couple of special features left to do. You have already seen some of the privately owned RX7 track cars in Japan earlier this month, but now it's time to look at the "top guns" of this. These are cars the cars that [...]
Earlier this month, there was a discussion about the roadster community amongst a few of us Speedhunter folks and the subject of the Kinod Photography group came up. I hadn't heard of them previously, so had a look at their site and was rather impressed with what I saw…. One photographer particularly stood out: a [...]
One subject I find quite interesting, is to observe how an eastern based culture, like Japanese drifting, is digested and reinterpreted in westernized countries. I've been lucky enough to have attended Drift events in the UK, Germany, USA and Japan in the past year and enjoy chatting with event organizers, drivers and magazine writers about [...]
Last night, a movie producer friend and I drove up to Santa Barbara to watch the screening of Audi's "Truth in 24" documentary film, which made its debut at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. I first heard about this film from a story that our own Andy Blackmore wrote on Speedhunters. His brief story somehow [...]
OK, now we go from the classics of the New Year Meeting back to coverage from the HKS Premium Day at Fuji Speedway, starting with another shot of NOB doing a demo run in the HKS Aristo. This was actually my first time shooting at Fuji's drift course, which I have to stay is quite [...]
I guess I'm one of those people that's easily influenced when it comes to cars. When I'm shooting a drift event I'll think about how nice it would be to build a cool a 180SX or Soarer, and when I'm at the circuit I dream of a properly done Honda S2000. Nothing though, is more [...]
Sometimes people come up to us and ask "what exactly is the purpose of Speedhunters… why are we doing this? What is this project all about?" The answer to this question is not simple… on one hand "we", as in the Need for Speed team are connected into all sorts of automotive scenes, events, teams [...]
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The First time I came in contact with the drift team called Sexy Knights was after I saw a DVD from Gripvideo a few years back. In the clip they had a meeting with several other driftteams at Showup, Asahi. It's like a grocery for car products. After the meeting they went out drifting in [...]
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I took these photos with my Canon SD800IS point n shoot camera when we were filming the Birth of Pro Street film for Spike TV at Formula D Seattle in 2007. This FC “truck” belongs to a guy named Earl, who I met on the practice day before Formula D. His FC stuck out so [...]
Just spotted this picture at The Ku Cars blog. They are a pair of Porsche 935's. Does anybody have more info on the amazing looking cars? -Jeroen Willemsen
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This past Sunday, I visited the 60th Grand National Roadster Show, which was held at Pomona Fairplex. I thought it was really interesting to revisit the famous Fairplex for a hot rod show. I'm a total newbie to hot rod shows, as this was only the second hot rod show I've ever been to (the [...]
Now for some more action from the HKS Premium Day at Fuji Speedway. The challenge between the HKS CT230R and the GT300 race ars may have been for bragging rights only, but HKS took the battle quite seriously. As you can see in this opening shot, the car was under attention from the HKS mechanics [...]
Does anybody remember this car build by Gluck Tuning Garage? Funny thing is I was just listening to a mix tape made by Asher Roth when a good friend of mine called me up and said he just bought a Z3. Because it is Mazda month I immediately remembered this rotary powered Z3 and I [...]
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