When Speedhunters launched in May 2008, we were a breath of fresh air, exhaled with fervor and enthusiasm into the established world of automotive media. At the time, there weren’t many internet groups engaged in automotive story-telling, with a photography-led approach. Nor were there many media outlets who devoted themselves to the breaking down of barriers between car scenes.
Perhaps it’s our incredibly short attention spans, but we found the so-called automotive magazine categorization systems to be rather limiting. As hardcore petrolheads, motorsports history buffs and auto-otakus, we wanted to see and document everything cool and exciting happening in the world of cars. No one was going to tell us that we couldn’t be as excited about automotive history or hot rods as much as professional drifting, endurance racing or modified streetcars.
So mission accomplished then, right? Speedhunters now boasts a huge international audience and is reasonably well known amongst the many movers and shakers of automotive culture the world over. Perhaps now is the time to put up our feet and congratulate ourselves on a job well done.
Actually, no. Not at all.
There’s a huge amount of work that needs to be done to take Speedhunters to the next level. It’s now time to question everything and see what needs be done to get Speedhunters ready for the next five years. We’ve done ok for ourselves, but that’s no reason to get complacent.
Over the course of 2012, the Speedhunters that you have come to know and love will be slowly and carefully examined, redesigned and rebuilt. We will keep what works and what’s popular, while introducing a whole new set of features and tools for you to play with.
Some of these upcoming changes are the result of the feedback that you gave us during the great Speedhunters Poll of last December. You guys had a lot to say about the state of Speedhunters – there was a lot of praise, but also a lot of constructive criticism too.
A big message to us was that you wanted us to work on our approach to writing. You love our photographic styles, but being that many of you are quite knowledgeable about cars you want our writers to present more depth in our articles.
Some of you also suggested that we start some technical-focused articles too. Cars are machines after all, and while you appreciate our culture-focused approach, you’d also like us to get into more detail about car tuning, customization, manufacturing, motorsports and driving.
And finally, you also wanted to see more car features. Time and time again we’ve seen that car features are the most popular Speedhunters stories each month, so a new focus on detailed, well-presented shoots is going to go play a major part in evolving the site.
With this in mind, I’m very pleased to announce that we’ve signed up several amazingly talented new people to the Speedhunters team. Joining us to fill the position of New Zealand Editor is the former Editor-In-Chief of NZ Performance Car magazine: Brad Lord. Since leaving NZPC, Brad has founded G-Force magazine, an NZ-based performance car quarterly. He’s an experienced hand when it comes to automotive media, and will be able to bring a fantastic level of quality and depth to new his Speedhunting role.
Brad will be shooting car features or covering New Zealand events, depending on what’s happening each month.
He’s going to start out by presenting the recent Leadfoot Festival.
This is NZ’s answer to the UK’s Goodwood Festival Of Speed, and I’m excited to learn more about this cool new event concept.
Next weekend Brad will also be linking up with our own Mad Mike Whiddett for the D1NZ finale. Mike is currently leading the championship standings and we’ll be rooting for him to take this year’s D1NZ crown.
We also have a new LA-based Speedhunter joining the crew, Sean Klingelhoefer. He’s just finishing a tenure with Super Street Magazine and is taking on the new position of Speedhunters Features Editor. (nice photo m8!)
Sean is hugely skilled as both a photographer and image compositor, and I’m fully expecting him to produce some epic shoots for Speedhunters this year.
He’s a rare example of someone who not only is massively talented as a
photographer and writer, but as a former mechanic he also has a good level of
technical knowledge and curiosity.
From this unique viewpoint he’ll be tackling event coverage with a more detailed and technical approach than we’ve seen in the past.
He’ll also be focused on shooting a wide range of car features each month, including everything from Hot Rods and Japanese Modifieds to new performance car tests.
Also new to the Speedhunting team is UK scene-stalwart Bryn Musselwhite, who like Sean will be primarily focused on shooting car features.
Based in the UK, I would call Bryn a bit of a connector: he seems to be everywhere and know everyone. He’ll certainly be opening some new doors for Speedhunters in the UK and Europe for us.
Bryn shoots and writes for several magazines in the UK including Classic Ford and Retro Cars, and he’s also a well-known announcer at British car shows and drift events.
He’s already got his April Speedhunters car shoots done and dusted…
…and will be getting right under the skin of these cars.
The list of machines he’s started to source for us is nothing short of spectacular. Watch out for the first shoot to drop this Thursday.
We have some updates with the existing core Speedhunters team too. Firstly, Dino is going to be delivering even more car features each month.
He’s been working hard to secure access to the latest machines…
…Both from the factories…
…and the builders. We’re really stepping up our efforts to bring the latest, freshest cars to the pages of Speedhunters.
Meanwhile in the US of A, Larry Chen has now officially joined the Speedhunters crew, moving across from his previous 2011 role as Team Need For Speed photographer. Larry will be our main Formula D correspondent this year, but we also plan to ship him out to a wide range of international motorsports events. He’s recently been out at Irwindale Speedway with Scion Racing shooting their Formula D contenders and will be along shortly to showcase photos of Gushi and his new FR-S Formula D machine.
Larry will also be checking in with Fredric Aasbo and Matt Powers over the coming days, to see how their final Formula D season preparations are going.
It’s now been a year since Justin Pawlak celebrated his first win in Formula D and we are eagerly anticipating what dramas the 2012 event holds for us. Our FD Long Beach coverage will be ramping up shortly!
In our Speedhunters Poll we asked you what types of motorsports you want to see more of this year. And while most of your answers to this question were somewhat predictable, we did note that many want to see more Rally and Rallycross on the website.
So next weekend will see Jonathan Moore and Ross I’anson heading over to shoot Round One of the European Rallycross Championship at Lydden Hill. They plan to meet up with Monster Energy driver extraordinaire Liam Doran for some insider stories.
I should also mention that Jonathan will be transitioning to work for Speedhunters full-time, starting next month as our new European Editor. His involvement will now mean that the site will be fully updated during the European time zone. We will now have editors on duty around the clock, ensuring the site is always showing the latest automotive content.
While we are on the subject of rally cars, Paddy McGrath is about to take his light capture devices out to the upcoming Circuit Of Ireland tarmac rally event.
This is one of the world’s oldest rallies, having been first run in 1931. It now forms a leg of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) and will see a host of international competitors hitting up Ireland’s rally stages.
Meanwhile, Mike Garrett will be heading out to the desert glitz of Las Vegas.
He’ll be covering the car portion of the Viva Las Vegas event.
We love traditional and Rockabilly-style rods and customs on Speedhunters, and no month would be complete without some views into this amazing scene.
Is this enough for you to contain in your brain? Well there’s more coming up, including Dino’s coverage of the Exciting Car Showdown in Nagoya, Japan.
It’s an event that continues to impress with its amazing selection of cars and trend-setting styles.
We’ll be showing you all the details of the event, both inside and out. Dino also plans to pick up some car features from the local Nagoya area and will be working hard to publish these on the site as quickly as humanly possible.
A few days after I return to my Stockholm base from Formula D Long Beach, I’ll be back on a plane to meet up with Jonathan at the legendary Monza circuit in Italy.
The reason? Speedhunters is going to be sponsoring the Belgium-based WRT squad on their Audi racing programs this year, which include campaigns in the World GT1 Championship, the Blancpain Endurance Series, the Nurburgring 24 Hours and the Spa 24 Hours.
This is the team which resoundingly won last year’s Spa 24 Hours, and after checking out the seriousness of their operation, we knew that we wanted to collaborate with WRT for 2012. We’re currently developing some new editorial, video and media plans that we will be rolling out at the Nurburgring 24 Hours in May. Watch this space for more details.
In the short-term though, we have Round One of the Blancpain Endurance Series to cover.
There’s nothing like a big, powerful GT racing car…
…and when you consider there will be over fifty of these cars battling on track at Monza, you can start to get a sense of our excitement!
We’ll showcase more about our upcoming collaboration with WRT and Audi in the coming weeks as the GT racing season kicks into gear. Personally speaking, I can’t wait to point my cameras at their new Audi R8 LMS Ultras!
So what else is going on this month?
The D1GP season will be kicking off at Odaiba, and Dino will be sure to showcase the latest news. We’ll be watching the debut of the new FT86s with great interest.
We also have the Long Beach GP coming up, and Sean will be pairing up with the Falken American Le Mans Series team for an in-depth look at their program…
…while Larry will be teaming up again with Team Corvette driver Tommy Milner as he chases his first ALMS GT-class victory.
We also have the start of the 2012 British Drift Championship coming up at Teeside.
Speedhunters is now an official media partner of the BDC, and we’ll be putting all our efforts into bringing you the most relevant, up-to-date info about this championship, care of Ross I’Anson.
As April turns into May, we will also be dropping in on the UK Dub scene for the Early Edition Show.
The UK VW scene still manages to challenge us about what a modified car should and shouldn’t be, with new styles created and rulebooks broken. Expect flame wars.
For those JDM-purists in the audience we will be rounding out the month with coverage of the HKS Premium Day event at Fuji Speedway, which is running later in the year than normal.
In particular, we’re eagerly anticipating seeing the latest state of R35 tuning as the battle heats up to extract increasing levels of performance from the current iteration of the GT-R.
Also watch out for the start of the American Time Attack season with Round One of the GTA series at Button Willow in California. Get ready for new records to be set.
But first, let’s start out with some grass-roots Japanese drift action, with Dino showcasing the D1 East Divisional event at Nikko circuit.
So that’s our new editorial plan for you. Expect new levels of quality writing and technical depth to match up to Speedhunters’ photographic standards. More car features, new technical articles, a wider range of automotive events and the addition of experienced new team members will have a big impact on the quality of our work.
We are also planning to rebuild our commitment to doing more shop tours, retrospectives, drive stories, museum visits and build articles.
Sunday to Wednesday of each week will be devoted to our international event coverage, while each Thursday will see us publish Car Features and Special Features like Retrospectives, Shop Tours, Museums and Temple Of Speed stories.
Each Friday of the week will also see the Special Features continue, as well as a drops of the week’s desktop images. We’ve been a little inconsistent lately as to which stories get desktops and which ones don’t, so are aiming to address this.
But this is just the beginning of what’s in store for Speedhunters this year. In around two weeks time we will be relaunching a much improved version of the site and will continue to develop the project over the course of the year. Expect many announcements for new Speedhunters media collaborations, driver programs and event plans over the coming months.
We are going to be challenging you about what you think Speedhunters is, and even how you relate to the act of Speedhunting itself. So while it’s perhaps a little bit of a provocative statement for me to say “Everything you know is wrong”, I have certainly been telling this to myself as I try to keep looking at Speedhunters with fresh eyes.
This is a big year for Speedhunters, and what we are starting today is only just the beginning of a much bigger vision for the project.
You’ll see soon enough :>
:Rod Chong
OFFICIAL SPEEDHUNTERS SUPPLIERS
Exciting times! Looking forward to the new coverage...
So.... where's Linhbergh? If he isn't coming back, I'll be very disappointed.
YYYYEEEESSSS MORE FUN FOR EVERYONE....... THANK U
You guys are on the RIGHT page. I'm really looking forward to this, keep up the awesome job guys!
OH MY GOD, thats awsome, lots of change to take place..Good luck
I'm so excited!!!!!!!111
Keep up the good work
I wish I could work for you guys, it would be awesome 
moar build threads can only be a good thing... I hope. If it turns out half of these are about bagging ecoboxes and land boats I will be disappointed
Keep up the good work. I read your website and articles everyday and love the variety which I haven't seen anywhere else.
Are you guys working on a mobile form of SH. It would be really cool to have SH on my Iphone
I've been a fan since 2008 and I'm looking forward to the evolution of Speedhunters.com. I'll continue proudly sporting your license plate frames on both of my sleds. Best, Phil.
Awesome! Seems like you guys are going to be BUSY! haha But with all the new faces, things should get done quickly
Appreciate everything you guys do!
Excellent and cannot wait!!
U mention story telling so can I ask where is lingbergh and chalres? I cant remember the last time I saw them on here??? they were the two best storytellers for me and something been lacking since
But this will be a good month! bring it
good stuff!
nice to see sean on board as well!
Whatever you're paying Sean Klingelhoefer, it's not enough. Congratulations on picking him up and I can't wait to see what he'll bring to the table.
Henorabuena y mucha suerte al equipo de Speedhunters!
i love you guys. i read you people every single day of the year. best automotive coverage in the internet. thank you all.
Man, That was a long read, haha
Now I really want to know what's going to happen in two weeks.
Sounds good. If I have one request, it's that we get a lot more desktops.
Very flattered to be involved with Speedhunters, Trust me it's a big inspiration to be working with the names you see above, this can only get better.
My favorite thing about your website is my least favorite about some of the magazines I read. And that is the fact that u guys cover ALL types of cars, and they don't. I love the tuner scene. But I also love hot rods. And being able to come to ONE place to get everything from timers to hot rods to rally to even a little NASCAR, is really awesome. Thanks for being my one stop shop for car culture.
very cool! waiting of the new tools.. (maybe a forum? community`s cars battle roll? amateur photo`s contest?!) .. =D
yyoslime i took a duece.
Excellant, Carry on with the good work.
However, has no-one been at the BTCC at Brands Hatch this weekend for the opening rounds of the UK's premier motorsport series (it was a good weekend by the way). I doubt you would miss any Formula D event never mind the opening round. But still, i look forward to seeing this site evolve.
Great news! Well done Speedhunters!
I cannot wait to see Larry's Formula D coverage and behind the scenes posts.
Unfortunately, I will miss Linhbergh's awesome posts!
Sounds like this is going to be one hell of a year!
As Saulo said,how about a forum? I think it would work out quite well.
be cool if we could enter our cars to be shown also on the website..
Only open-cockpit I saw was a rod. Cover motorsports, yet no Formula 1, Formula Renault, 3000, etc.? Makes sense. Blargh, both Monza and Marina Bay coverage from last year was nice, those are the 2 I remember being featured, forgive me if you did others. For real though, you covered the noses, had some stuff about F1 aeros, car reveals and that was it. Last post even tagged with 'formula 1' was February 29. Absolutely nothing about Melbourne, nothing about Kuala Lampur. This season is gearing up to be absolutely amazing, Big shift, a lot of midfielders are moving into the front of the pack. Bruno Senna hitting points in the wet(like uncle like nephew? We'll see). Upsets a plenty. Ferrari going from awful testing and terrible Qs to Alonso getting 1st in Malaysia. You guys cover event after event in NZ/Aus, but not the opening Formula One race in Australia. I know travel is an issue for a number of the races, but come on, there are a number of very accessible tracks.
Sean Klingelhoefer? Bringing the heavy guns out this year Rod
Now let's have Jonathan Brooks back in the fold!
See you in Long Beach this weekend.
dont know what to say...
keep it up speedhunters! <3
I love the stuff you guys cover for us!
Go Speedhunters!
No Linhbergh? That's pretty shitty. Also, Brad Lord? Ugh.
Bring it on !
Yesss more rally and more shop tours! It sounds like you guys have some really good stuff planned for us, I can't wait
can't wait to see all of that !
Speedhunters needs to move up !
Btw: I think it would be nice for rally, drift and other types of 'Action' articles if you had a nice little video with all the good action. The photos are great and they need to be kept as the focus of this site, but as petrolheads I think we all like to see the action, how its moving. I think it would be a great addition, it would just complete the coverage.
April fools joke? I hope not. The proposed changes have me pretty excited!
Extremely excited about this, can't wait to see all the new content AND the new design.
As always!!!... Grat GReat Great articles...
What I loved the most is your your attempt to sit infront of a mirror and take al look.. not always looking in the past with nice pics but also trying to find thngs to make better and take a step forewards!!
One point from my side..
You always had your so called "wallpapers" posts and we LOVED the pics..
but hey.
Please provide those pictures in at least 1920x1080 or even higher..
What is a real petrolhead doing with a 1024xXXX or whatever resolution picture!!??
That is really something you could start to give to your audience as a gift..
We love the pictures and we lave to show them (as a background wallpaper) Please provide them in high resolution!! Thanks!!
BTW...
you are searching for more car stories...
wait until we have finished our back to the roots JDM Rx-7 FD german streetlegal timeattack car!! <3
We let you know when there is a time when it`s worth a feature!
Old pic:
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/7236/dpp0146movementwall1280q.jpg
My brain exploded. Thank you speedhunters! Everything from your photography to writing is always a pleasure to read. As a daily (or I should say hourly) speedhunters reader its great to see what you guys put on.
Im particularly exited for more car features/spotlights and builds, as well as shop tours. I always draw my inspirations from these types of posts.
There is one new added features I myself and I think many others would like to see and that would be a sort of page dedicated as a reference to builders and parts suppliers that are are hard to find on google.
Any EXIF data on the lambo picture in the night?
Keep up the good work speedhunters!
This just truly shows how speedhunters is so committed to the automotive community. Keep it up guys!
Sounds like a plan! Speedhunters is about to get even better.
Speechless, sounds sick!
Like "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" Rod dreams of Speedhunters-
One word Rod- Further.
Looking forward to the new year of great idea's and love seing Speedhunters on the up. I have been following you guys since you started and i always look to you guys to show whats new and happening around the world. So good luck , much love and respect from South Africa !
Those are some really big changes! But I'm wondering, will you ever change the 672 x 448 resolution for all pictures? I mean, it must be very handy and light for you guys to handle all those images with such size, but sometimes there are amazing pictures and you can't get them in bigger resolutions.
Anyway, I'll be waiting for the stuff that comes from Japan, as always. Good luck, SpeedHunters!
Awesomeness. Keep up the good work.
If I could make one little suggestion, however? Could you make your RSS feed contain entire articles including pictures instead of just links to the article on the site? I use google reader to keep up with feeds from my fav sites, but speedhunters is pretty much the only one I have to leave my RSS aggregator to view. Just a suggestion, cos it pisses me off
Good work though - love the photography. Keep it up. Looking forward to the new UK stuff
I look forward to it, btw loved the snowy picture of the ring.
Dope, look forward to the changes
I'm excited!
Fantastic news, really looking forward to all the exciting changes and editions
Sounds awesome, great work guys. Now I just need a Speedhunters sticker for my S30.
Congrats Sean K!
EEEEEE!!! the only thing is missing is an instagram account
i got a question, is there any equivalent site for motorcycles like in speedhunters format? i dont think there are. Cause as much as i like car culture,i also love bike culture and it has much history as cars do
good work as ever and i cannot wait to see where this will lead ... on to bigger and better things !!!
one thing i do wish tho.... a cull on the narrominded idiots who have nothing better to do than flame posts that thay have no interest in ..... THAT is the only thing that lets the site down at the end of the day! were all petrolheads / gearheads or whatever you want to be called but we all have the same passion and thats cars !! should bring us all together !
but i know you have no control over that !!
Wow,Digging the attitude about the improvements never stopping!
Good work, covering all styles and subjects without playing them against each other is the way to go.
Looking forward to the new format.
Yes! Fantastic guys, dev.speedhunters.com is the most entertaining thing in my life at the moment, and I love everything you guys do. Hopefully Speedhunters will be a tool that the young and new generations of car owners can use to keep the automotive passion alive! I'm so damn excited!
I know Charles has left ( and quite frankly Speedhunters has been lame since he left) but where is Linhbergh and Andy Blackmore? Another one disappointed if they are not part of the team.
My only worry is you will go too-mainstream, but fingers crossed
hooray for more rally in the mix!
I can't wait to see where the site is headed! If only I could get some Speedhunters stickers stateside to rep my support.
Brilliant news, really looking forward to the UK editor
Again. I know I've said it nearly every time I leave a comment, but here it is anyway; thank you. For me this is the best website going and to add rally and rallycross to it is icing on the cake. On a side note, I'm getting totally hooked on Shift 2. Only thing I need now is an old Subaru to mess with. Keep up the great work and I for one am looking forward to the future of Speedhunters.
My only complaint is when you do a feature on a factory car (like the juke, or a new accord) out of the blue, yet you dont say right up front that this site is getting money to advertise this new car.
These articles (advertisements) dont fit the mold for your car features and its obviously an advertisement for the make and manufacturer, which is totally fine! and expected that you are getting payed to feature a new factory car, got to make money some how but its insulting to your readers (or atleast me) when you dont tell us up front that it is indeed an advertisement and that you guys are being payed for featuring the article. Everytime I see these fake articles that read more like advertisements I come back to this site less and less. My only complaint,
sounds great Rod , well done
so psyched for Sean Klingelhoefer to be on the team. but wheres Lindbergh, havent heard about that dude in ages
As always!!!... Grat GReat Great articles...
What I loved the most is your your attempt to sit infront of a mirror and take al look.. not always looking in the past with nice pics but also trying to find thngs to make better and take a step forewards!!
One point from my side..
You always had your so called "wallpapers" posts and we LOVED the pics..
but hey.
Please provide those pictures in at least 1920x1080 or even higher..
What is a real petrolhead doing with a 1024xXXX or whatever resolution picture!!??
That is really something you could start to give to your audience as a gift..
We love the pictures and we lave to show them (as a background wallpaper) Please provide them in high resolution!! Thanks!!
BTW...
you are searching for more car stories...
wait until we have finished our back to the roots JDM Rx-7 FD german streetlegal timeattack car!! <3
We let you know when there is a time when it`s worth a feature!
Old pic:
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/7236/dpp0146movementwall1280q.jpg
My favorite thing about your website is my least favorite about some of the magazines I read. And that is the fact that u guys cover ALL types of cars, and they don't. I love the tuner scene. But I also love hot rods. And being able to come to ONE place to get everything from timers to hot rods to rally to even a little NASCAR, is really awesome. Thanks for being my one stop shop for car culture.
You guys are awesome. The fact that you cover so many different car cultures with such knowledge is what I love and have not seen it anywhere else. It makes you guys the best.
Also your latest article in NZPC mag was very insightful. What you expect was quite an eye opener for me. So in general a big thank you!
How about some of the major off-road races like Baja 1000 or Dakar rally?
You guys are the best, Thank you
Ive been following this website for about a two years now and im happy to hear that there are going to be a few more technical articles... hopefully very well detailed ones.. i love following the builds, it inspires me to pour money into my own cars.
THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE! As an enthusiast is all areas of automotive. This is the kind of depth I have been wishing you guys do. Seeing all aspects of the automotive in all parts of the world really inspires me to somehow find my niche when I'm building my car. But there is one thing I wish you guys would dip into.....FILM. While seeing photos of all these cars, I wanna hear the beasts too!
You guys are an endless pit of straight awesomeness.
Can't wait to see more of the technical articles and more car features! Exciting stuff coming indeed.
I like the involvement you guys are putting into your reader base. If those are the plans on this website than I have no doubt in my mind that website hits will explode when everything gets put in place.
I agree, I think a mobile version/app would be great. I'm on the road alot and would love an easy way to access SH! I'm really looking forward to the new Speedhunters, good luck!
Keep up the great work kiddies.
Linhbergh seems to be gone, they seem to have let go of Charles Kha, Will Roegge, and Casey D too!
Bring back John Brooks. His articles were the reason i visit everyday.
Go speedhunterrrrrrrrrrs! =D
So are you no longer backing Schubert Motorsport?
BTW if you need a good Australian correspondent/editor, I suggest getting in contact with Mark Boxer. He is a great writer and photographer.
A forum would be great
You seem to have forgotten a developing region in the Middle East...
WE WANT LINHBERGH!!! He gave such a cool and unique flava to SH....
I didn't realise NZ was a more important market than Australia...
Other than that, keep up the good work with the site.
Thank you Rod and the Speedhunters team, it is so refreshing to see an organization that truly caters to its audience. I'm astounded by these promises as they address the main gripes I had about the site. You all do such an amazing job already I can't wait to see these positive changes!
I want to see technical content that goes beyond simply putting the car's spec sheet up here. I'm always looking here for new ideas about how I want to build cars. It would be awesome to see the editors getting feedback from the builders about specific decisions that went into building their cars, like why they routed their intercooler piping this way instead of that way. And if the writer isn't sure about something, he or she should not be afraid to ask the audience, I feel confident that at least one person will know the answer no matter what the question is
Can't wait for the changes!!
Will you guys cover The Drift Muscle events? D1 just isn't interesting anymore to me since Daijiro and Tsuchiya split from D1.
...o yea, and where's Linhbergh been?
Damn, I can't wait to see guys get real into work. Y'all seem really serious seeing that this was a long ass read, lol. I had to keep myself entertain with music. Good luck
holy crap!!!
this isnt a aprils fools joke is it? because this seems waaaaaay too good to be true!
im lost for words! keep up the good work Speedhunters! oh and by the way whats the news with the Speedhunters Official app?! :p
This just truly shows how speedhunters is so committed to the automotive community. Keep it up guys!
Keep up the great stuff guys. Also, Sean I think I met you at the GT Academy finals back in March of last year?
And just when I thought Speedhunters couldn't get any better
Exciting stuff guys! Looking forward to what's ahead!
Weeee~ More cars......
Noticed nothing about Australia, guess the Australian audience is not as important as there would not be as many people in Australia although probably as many people in Australia as there are sheep in NZ?
Can we have someone in Aus keeping an eye on all the events and updated about the scene.
More Rally less stupid hurr durr tokyo drift and HERRAFRUSH KEWL BRO. stupid drifters wish they could drive as good as a WRC rally driver.and for the drifting fan boys who are going to cry that a drifter can rally go watch a Group B race...WRC is for boys, Group B was for men-juha kannkunnen- 4 time world champion
sounds like the most interesting site on the internet is getting better!
And stickers! We need them!
Great to hear, when you have the mass audience of speedhunters it provides great opportunity's to teach, and maybe even evolve auto journalism, as the likes of Top Gear and Keiichi Tsuchiya. Acknowledging the need for In-depth articles made my day!
great, thanks for bringing us so much action. btw do we still have a chance to see Linhbergh post?
Anyone know anymore information on the top r32? advan/ motul?
Where is our dear beloved Linhbergh?
Tx for the support all. And BTW don't worry Linhbergh is still with the team.
Zeph, the R32 will appear as my first feature car for Speedhunters on Thursday.
Whit out Dino's huge work Speed hunters would be just another sad blog in the endless internet.
No offense but Dino's stories and pics are the Shit! Whit big S!
Going to be better
Speedhunters will always reaming my daily read ... and quite frankly I won't be able to get enough of it. But what happened with Charles?
Brain overload...improving on an already good formula? Ill take 2!! Super excited and cant wait to see whats in store. It would also be nice to add some video footage to some features. Some car-music is always good for your health.
Making the best even better. The speedhunters team never disappoints, keep up the great work. The new additions are much welcomed; I look forward to your future posts.
Thanks for the kind words everyone, I'm very much looking forward to joining the team. Stay tuned, there's a lot to come...
I like the variety on this site...
But to be honest it's the Japanese posts that are the main reason I visit here.
I wish Dino could get an assistant so they could get more pics and cover more events. Street meets, garage visits and grass roots drift events are my favourites.
Also vids from the street meets would be cool, no need for fancy editing or music, just a walk past the cars, maybe let the drivers know before hand so they can do a pose.
Thanks
anyone know where is lindboy... lindbergh
Thanks for the updates! I love Speedhunters commitment to 1) International flavor, 2) automotive variety and 3) photography standards.
"...more shop tours, retrospectives, drive stories, museum visits and build articles." Yes! Thank you!
"As hardcore petrolheads, motorsports history buffs and auto-otakus, we wanted to see and document everything cool and exciting happening in the world of cars. No one was going to tell us that we couldn't be as excited about automotive history or hot rods as much as professional drifting, endurance racing or modified streetcars." You said it right there. Keep up the great work!
The proposed changes sound great, you guys are really taking a step forward! I thank you for all the coverage you have been able to provide since the website's introduction. It would honestly be very disappointing to not see Linhbergh come back this year again, I really hope he does. Both his writing and photographic skills are amazing, it would be a shame to see him go
Yes! So excited!!
duuude u almost made me cry. YES for Speedhunters. Thank you for burning my brains with cars MASS PROPS FORM PERU!
duuude u almost made me cry. YES for Speedhunters. Thank you for burning my brains with cars MASS PROPS FORM PERU!
Sound's incredible! I just hope that you don;t forget what's good and trash it. The change should be good, or else........
Too bad. no Linhbergh. Gonna miss his post...
SO PUMPED FOR THIS YEAR! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE CHANGE!!! XD
P.S. Sean's pix looks a bit over-edited for me. Plz don't turn Speedhunters into Stanceworks guys lol...just sayin'...=P
"Expect new levels of quality writing and technical depth to match up to Speedhunters' photographic standards. More car features, new technical articles, a wider range of automotive events and the addition of experienced new team members"
Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou! This is shaping up to be a very exciting year for speedhunters. Cannot wait!
I'd also like everyone to remember that this is a FREE service. Amazing!
Don't forget about the grammar!. I love reading your articles but when words are misplaced or missed all together it makes for awkward and often misleading reading. Especially so on the technical articles. I hope someone see's this and takes note. Thanks.
cant wait
Guys! i sincerely make my best wishes for your brilliant future, you've got a lot of interesting projects and i hope you can accomplish everything in the best way as you ever done.
good luck to all the speedhunters staff
kind regards,
Ale
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet more awesomess from dev.speedhunters.com looking forward to it
We defo need stickers so i can put some on my car!
This all looks like good news and I look forward to the unrivaled coverage!
Speedhunters Nothing else mathers!!!!
i love speedhunters regardless even it it stayed the way it was id still get on day in and day out
Us Likers, will keep liking!
great job guys, you've inpirired me and a few friends to start a similar blog for the Canadaian car scene, yes thats right Canada in our bitter cold still loves the automotive culture and cant wait to see where you take my Homepage in the future! Amazing work, Linhbergh will be missed but i am sure that the site will continue to grow and give us headway into the future of Automotive (and the past).
Thanks for keeping my work day exciting.
cheers,
Dave
Speedhunters 2.0? I think yes!!!!!
I can't even descibe how excited I am! Cant wait!
I'm just wondering... Is Dino enough to cover all the things happening in Japan? No need for another guy?
This post is very good news though... 1 of my requests was more staff, there they are!
More Rotarys please!
Damn you guys are awesome
It is great to hear this place is improving.
I've always loved the photography, whether it's "artsy" or "fly on the wall" type pictures, but sometimes the whole article is let down by poor spelling and grammar. Hopefully having more localised editors to help proof-read will help this.
I'm also looking forward to the Rallycross coverage (hopefully with video) as well as other forms of motorsports and more technical features. As much as car shows are nice, it's the sight and sound of things being driven that gets me salivating.
Ill be looking forward to less dumpmestic articles. Thanks.
Can't wait to see what Linhbergh will bring!!
Speedhunters, you guys are awesome. Keep up the great work! You've inspired me to do my own speedhuntin in my own town. Haha. I'm very excited to see what's to come!!
Great piece of work.
Nice to see the words and pic's of Bryn Musselwhite from our little island making the pages of "Speedhunters" . I have always loved looking at the features from all over the world on this place and long may it carry on into the future.
The new ideas sound superb and as you were the first to start all of this off in a big way long may you continue.
Sean Klingelhoefer, u serious??? I see this going downhill fast.
Love the direction and I am glad you folks are concerned enough to listen to what we like to see. I have been following this site late 08 and have loved coming here and loved all the content. I am definitely in agreement with the new focus and I am looking forward to this upcoming year.
Awesome! Looking forward to see everything!
I'm just wondering, how can I become a Speedhunters photographer?
A desktop with each feature article would be absolutely fantastic.
you guys do a great job
speedhunters team your awesome
good stuff...excited to see it all come together
fabulous
A polo I bump into all the time along side jap drift articles. What can I say, love it.
Less stance,
fresh supreme hat
I'm looking forward to it. Keep going!
Hello Speedhunters, I've been an avid reader for 3-4 year now. I don't leave comment as much I'd like or should but I am now. I am so happy to hear you will be going more in depth with the technical aspect of things. How and why things are built or fabricated is by far my favorite part of any car. Like you, I don't like just one genre of vehicles. I do focus more on the racing, tuning, type builds, but I don't care if it is a time attack, a hot rod, Japanese, European, FIA, drag, street car, stanced, I think you get the picture. Your team embodies, writes, and photographs everything I once searched several places to find. I still get several mags each month, but I still always come back to your site. Why? In my opinion it is everything I have ever wanted. I wish all of you safe trips around to your destinations(aka my dreams), keep up the incredible work, and above all HAPPY SPEEDHUNTING!!
HA HA I LOVE U GUYS!!
no homo.
You guys have one of the most comprehensive sites there is - hell, where else can you expect to see Bonneville-spec hot rods up against GT racers and festivals full of stanced cars? It's great.
I'm looking for the technical side of things and GT Racing !
Glad to see you guys are changing some things. I know change is tough but as long as you keep the good and add more good then you will have something great! Good job and good luck guys