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Nov 18 2008, 11:01 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 14 comment(s)
Time for a little more Nissan goodness from the archive as I post up a few of the track-tuned Skyline GT-R's I've spotted at Tsukuba Circuit over the past year. There is no place where a GT-R is more at home than running around a track like Tsukuba. It is surely one of the best places in Japan to see tuned GT-R's at their best. The car has stood the test of time and even the oldest BNR32 GT-R models are still found in abundance at Japan's racing circuits. Nearly seven years after they disappeared from the market, the original RB26-powered GT-R is still one of the quintessential Japanese performance cars....
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Posted
Nov 16 2008, 12:18 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 11 comment(s)
Super gangster, that's all I can say. I'm not even talking about the car; I'm talking about my boy Chris Manacop stopping it down to 1/25 of a second and capturing what might be the most "artistic" photo ever taken of the Retaks S13. From today's Red Bull event. There is a clearly defined subject - the car, which is sharp and crisp, as it should be. Framed nicely against a wide, blurry background. This is dope. This is the type of photo that the Retaks crew needs to get...
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Posted
Nov 13 2008, 04:34 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 13 comment(s)
It seems these days, when people think of Nissans, they automatically think of S13s, S14s, 350z, and such. However, I just wanted to remind everyone that in the mid to late 1990s, when FF Honda drag racing was the rage, the Nissan Sentra SE-R was one of the most popular Nissans to modify. It was Nissan's answer to the heavy hitting front wheel drive cars, like the Civic and Integra... especially with the popularity of SR20DET engines and turbo upgrades! I test drove a newer Nissan Sentra SE-R...
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Posted
Nov 12 2008, 09:23 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
4-door sedans are favored by drifters all around the world, and they are especially big here in Japan where Toyota's JZX cars are favorites among both pro an grassroots drifters. Nissan's primary contribution to the drift world might be the Silvia and 180SX, but they also offer plenty of turbocharged four door sedans that can be bought on the cheap and built into some pretty radical drift machines. I wanted to take a quick look at a few of Nissan's coolest four-door drift cars here. For example, how about the R32 Skyline sedan pictured above as it drifts the wet course at Honjo Circuit?...
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Posted
Nov 12 2008, 12:08 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 17 comment(s)
Nissan month is November... and as I pack up my gear for tomorrow's shoot at Buttonwillow Raceway's Super Street Superlap Battle, I just can't help but think of Ebisu Circuit, one of my favorite racetracks that I've ever experienced. Anyway, looking back through photos on one of my hard drives, I thought I'd post up a photo that I snapped in 2005. This photo was a view of the pit area at Big X, the first fusion of drifting with other extreme sports, like freestyle motorcross,...
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Posted
Nov 10 2008, 01:28 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 6 comment(s)
The Buttonwillow time attack gathering is probably my favorite tuner car event the United States. In fact this week's 2008 edition of the event will be the first time I have missed it in the past three years. Then again the "original" time attack course at Tsukuba is only 30 minutes away from me right now so I suppose I can't complain too much. Anyways, I figured I would post up some of my old photos from the 2006 and 2007 editions as a little preview to this week's event....
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Posted
Nov 05 2008, 05:00 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 23 comment(s)
Throughout this month I'm going to be digging through my archive of old photos and posting up some of my favorite Nissan shots from various events and track days here in Japan. First up, I wanted to look at some the Nissan Silvia and 180SX grip/time attack cars that I have seen at Tsukuba Circuit over the past several months. When it comes to time attack cars, the AWD GT-R, Evo, Impreza, and the FR S2000 and FD3S come to mind, but the S-chassis also has very large following among grip racers in Japan....
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Posted
Nov 01 2008, 12:47 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 7 comment(s)
Right now it's already Saturday evening here in Japan. Last night was Halloween, but it's not really the same as the USA. A pretty boring night for sure, but then I'm not really the hardcore partying type. Anyways, to celebrate the passing of another month, I figured I would post up a high res desktop wallpaper of Takahiro Ueno making a qualifying run in his Car Make T&E Soarer during last weekend's D1GP event at Fuji Speedway. Sad to see it go, but I also can't wait to see his new BMW at TAS this year! Widescreen and standard versions are available in the Desktops section....
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Posted
Oct 31 2008, 07:01 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with no comments
Just before we head into the weekend, I thought I'd post this desktop of Chris Rado's Scion TC heading down the dragstrip... Pick it up on our desktops section ! -Antonio Alvendia
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Posted
Oct 17 2008, 02:32 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
The Subrau Impreza WRC car from 1998 had to be one of my favorite cars from the 2008 Motorsport Japan Festival in Odaiba, so I had to upload a high resolution desktop wallpaper of it. I have to say that this is probably one of the most iconic Japanese-branded race cars of all time. There are also few combinations better than that of Subaru's rally team and the driving talent of the late Colin McRae. As usual, standard and widescreen versions are available in the Desktops section....
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Posted
Sep 30 2008, 10:18 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
The S14 Silvia from the Magician drift team always seems to be popular, so how about a high res desktop wallpaper of it? I shot this photo during the recent MSC event at Nikko Circuit and if you look closely you can see that the Magican decal on the driver's helmet is almost aligned with the decal on the windshield. I thought that was kind of cool.
Anyways, head to the Desktops section to download it in both widescreen and standard versions....
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Posted
Sep 25 2008, 09:59 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 3 comment(s)
News flash: I have just uploaded more high resolution RWB goodness and it's now available in our Desktops section.
Have fun trying to choose which one you want!...
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Posted
Sep 19 2008, 04:51 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 2 comment(s)
Just when you thought we were done posting stuff this week, I thought I'd just hit you up with this teaser photo... Desktop, wallpaper, whatever you want to call it... to celebrate the ongoing Porsche month on Speedhunters, I just uploaded a new addition into our Speedhunters Desktops section . It's a photo of a pristine white 1973 Porsche 911 RS (a real RS from the Porsche museum, not a clone) that I shot in Germany, while we were on our Speedhunters Euro Trip. This authentic RS was being...
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Posted
Sep 18 2008, 04:55 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 6 comment(s)
One car that definitely made waves in the United States professional drifting scene is the JIC Magic/Hankook Tires Porsche 993 GT2. This car is being driven in the Formula Drift Series by Northern California's Tyler McQuarrie, a driving instructor at Infineon Raceway. This was the first-ever Porsche to be used for professional drifting in the United States, and as a result, it made a lot of media headlines when it first came out. During the Formula D New Jersey round, it was almost impossible...
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Posted
Sep 16 2008, 12:14 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 6 comment(s)
Ah yes, some of the much-anticipated Rauh Welt hi res desktop wallpapers can now be found in our Desktops section. For this batch we have the shot above with the lime green Porsche alongside the AE86 and another shot of the yellow 911 customer car I featured earlier this month....
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Posted
Aug 29 2008, 03:57 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with no comments
It's the end of another week as well as the end of another month, so that means it's time for some more desktop wallpapers. This time I went with a shot of the Rasty JZX100 Mark II from the MSC Honjo event as well as a photo from last weekend's Idlers Meeting at Tsukuba Circuit. I thought that the Idlers photo will be a good way to close out August and welcome September which will be our "Porsche Month". I'm sure you have seen some our Porsche teasers we have been posting at over the past days and weeks. For now, you can head over to the Desktops section to get the goods....
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Posted
Aug 19 2008, 01:43 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
I'm sure everyone has been noticing our extensive Japan-focused drifting posts over the past days. In fact, we just got back from spending some time with another drifting legend who I'm sure you guys will be VERY happy to see here. For this post though, I am keeping with the Japan theme but stepping away from the drifting for a moment. When we were at the MSC event this weekend, there was a nicely-built S13 Silvia running the course, and Rod made an interesting comment to me. He said that although in comparison to other MSC cars at the event this S13 was fairly unremarkable, if he were to see the same car driving down the street back in Vancouver, he would break his neck trying to get a look at it. That's what brings me to the photo of this RX7 circuit car......
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Posted
Aug 15 2008, 06:53 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
When the R34 Skyline chassis was replaced with the all new V35 chassis near the beginning of the decade, it marked a dramatic change in the Skyline lineage. Gone were the turbocharged inline six engines of the past, and in its place was Nissan's new VQ series V6 engines. Although the newer Skylines have sold fairly well in Japan, they still haven't reached the popularity of the older models as far as tuning goes.To be honest, I haven't really learned to love the V35 coupes, but I am quite fond of the sedans....
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Posted
Aug 14 2008, 01:35 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
Just uploaded a couple new desktop wallpapers for you guys. This time we have a shot a of an S13 Silvia drag car blasting down the 0-400 at the Trust Zeroyon Festival, as well as a vintage Alfa Romeo action photo from Tsukuba Circuit.
As usual, they can be found in our Desktops section. Head over and have a look....
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Posted
Aug 13 2008, 02:10 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 7 comment(s)
I'm sure you have been enjoying all the Japan-related content we have been running lately. I know I have been reading Rod and Antonio's content from Ebisu and am seriously regretting not being able to make it up there with them last weekend. When I read Rod's thoughts on the Japanese appreciation for aesthetics and quality when it comes to car builds, I couldn't help thinking of the VW movement here in Japan, which I got to experience during this year's Street VW's Jamboree in Odaiba....
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