Well, I've been back from Japan for a couple days now, still dealing with a bit of jet lag and readjusting to the 100 degree + temps here in California's central valley. For now I'd like to continue with some more random car sightings from both the Japanese countryside and in bustling metropolitan Tokyo. This [...]
This weekend must have been the most hectic two days of drifting I have ever covered. Okayama Circuit was the place and the D1 management decided to try out a new format, running two rounds in two days. It was also my first time at the circuit, and I was impressed by the track, which [...]
Earlier this month I posted a couple of the dress-up tuned vehicles that were done by Noblesse in Japan, but Noblesse also tunes Hondas for the track. Their latest project is a bit unconventional but I'm quite excited about it – a Honda Insight circuit car. With just coilovers, wheels and tires, and brake pads [...]
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Last weekend, the Redline Time Attack series headed out to the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois for their third event of 2009. A country club with a race track? If only we had something like that here on the west coast… Thanks to Rich over at AMS Performance (located in nearby West Chicago), we [...]
Despite the loss of several major manufacturers, the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show is shaping up to be an interesting one. This is thanks in large part to Toyota, who should have auto journalists swarming over the cars in their booth. Besides the production Lexus LF-A and a possible version of the 086A project, there’s word [...]
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I’m sitting here working on these Ferrari Museum photos, but am finding I’m suffering from a bit of writers’ block. Perhaps it’s the distraction from the media wave surrounding the death of Michael Jackson, or perhaps it’s the fact that by time Dino and I arrived at the Galleria Ferrari, we were both pretty frazzled [...]
BMW continued their winning streak at the last round of the World Touring Car Championship in Brno last weekend. Alessandro Zanardi won the first race of the weekend after starting from third on the grid. The ex IndyCar champion was helped to the win by one of the strangest maneuvers I’ve seen on a track in [...]
There is a corner of Santa Pod that is forever Japan. It just seemed right to see the hordes of Japanese car clubs packing out the hard stand that runs alongside the drag strip: from the biggest, meanest supra-cars to more modest town hatchbacks via the cleanest classics this side of Tokyo. From the moment [...]
Forging a career as a Professional Creative-Person is not an easy manuever. You need to have several things working for you to achieve this. Firstly, you need to be able to excite people about what you do. They need to believe in your creativity so you better have some kind of skill in presenting yourself [...]
As someone who spends most of his time working with different types of creative people, I do enjoy getting involved with young, talented artists in order to help them get their careers going. I'm in the unique position of being to help creative people from time to time and see this as an opportunity to [...]
Monday morning, 10 am, I'm sitting in the foyer at the head-office of Audi Japan waiting to pick up my ride for the week. With this being Exotics and Luxury month I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get behind the wheel of something special, a car that defines the modern day exotic, [...]
When I was up in Ebisu for the D1 Street Legal the other week-end I heard the guys from Team Orange were going to organize a special car meet on Saturday night. With the promise of a night drifting exhibition there was no way I was going to pass this up, even if I was [...]
As I begin to get ready for my departure towards Okayama for this week-end's D1 Grand Prix event, I thought this would be a good time to wrap up the coverage from the D1 Street Legal round up in Ebisu. This was rather amusing, all the judges posing for the official D1 photographer and pulling [...]
The Japan based Super GT photographer, Len Clarke recently got in contact with us to share some of his photos from rounds one, two and three of the 2009 Super GT Series. Tx Len for the photos! -Rod Round 1 at Okayama International Circuit Andre Lotterer in the Petronas TOM'S LEXUS SC430 puts his machine [...]
Does the name Andy Sapp ring a bell to you? People in the US drift scene will know him for his Atlanta based BMW drift car…. but automotive fans about the world should also note that Andy has recently put together quite a slick looking automotive web project called Motor Mavens. Have a look…. congrats [...]
