The first impression you get when stepping onto the Salt is that the place is eerily clean. It feels sterile, serene, like you've stepped onto another planet. So, as we close up speed month, let's take one last look at the Bonneville salt flats. The design of a lot of these land speed roadsters remind [...]
We thought it would be a fitting closure to our special August Speed theme to release a new Will Roegge film. Entitled "Four Hundred", it's a quick snapshot of the Nish Land Speed Record team and their Royal Purple Streamliner. The film also brings you a little closer to the experience of Bonneville… … and [...]
Just because it's been a while since I've posted a sweet van on Speedhunters, here's a photo of a dumped and flushed Toyota Estima from somewhere in Japan that's been sitting on my hard drive for a while. This reminds me that I need to get to work at "personalizing" my own van… -Mike Garrett [...]
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This weekend was a busy one for the Japanese D1GP series with a two day "double-final" event at Ebisu Circuit. Normally Dino would be out there shooting for you guys, but since he's in Italy at the moment we'll have to improvise. Here are some photos from the weekend's action at the temple of drift. [...]
Thanks to everyone who sent in their photos!… BTW We are thinking to run something similar for September's BMW month for 3 Series owners… think that will work? Are BMW owners as passionate and devoted to their cars as their AE86 contemporaries? Well we are about to find out!… In the mean time here are [...]
Here's a quick photo that Mad Mike Whiddett just sent over from the third round of the NZ Drift Series at Taupo Motorsport Park. After earning second and third place finishes earlier in the season, Mad Mike defeated Carl Ruiterman this weekend to take his first victory of 2009. So far It's been an exciting [...]
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Few tuners can rival Top Secret’s global popularity. For over a decade, Smoky Nagata and the Top Secret team have rewritten the book on modified car culture by constantly developing cars that are ground-breaking, innovative and inspiring. Indeed, many of the spectators who flood into the annual Tokyo Auto Salon dash straight to Top Secret’s [...]
The whole time I was at Formula D Seattle and Bonneville Speed Week in Utah my blackberry was buzzing away with late submissions for our AE86 day community celebration posts…. We thought it would be fitting to post up all the additional photo submissions… so without further adieu here we go… more photos from the [...]
This will happen if your tire blows out at 240km/h. It happened when Daijiro Inada tried to beat the high speed record in the Silver State Classic held in the state of Nevada. His goal was to break the record in the unlimited category. It was powered by an VQ35DE engine that had been stroked [...]
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When you’re at Bonneville you see all sorts of crazy contraptions while walking (and driving) around the five mile long pit and spectator area. You witness things that can rocket to speeds just shy of 400 miles per hour to things that are created to look the best while flossing at 20 miles per hour. [...]
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Kazuhiko “Smoky” Nagata for many years now. Nagata-san is of course the founder of the legendary tuning shop, Top Secret. Going beyond that, he is also a bit of a worldwide motorsports celebrity, in fact he is a rather unique example of a motorsports star. Not many people can [...]
The amount of dope cars coming out of the Chicago area never ceases to amaze me – this incredible Volkswagen Caddy was spotted by the Risky Devil boys at a recent BBQ gathering. If the flush Work Equip 03's don't blow your mind, then the Honda K20 under the hood will. Need to find more [...]
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I know this is a bit out of the "norm" for the Speedhunters site, but I thought it was too cool not to share! Some friends of mine over at Motorsports Management International – my management firm – have been building an over the top ¼-scale replica of the first NASCAR championship car from 1948. [...]
Chris Rado’s Scion tC certainly has a lot of people talking this year… Whether it’s discussions about the functionality and aesthetics of the fwing, or stories about him lighting up his front wheels in 6th gear on the straight at Nashville, this machine certainly has raised some eyebrows. It’s also the most extreme and powerful [...]
