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Oct 29 2008, 02:20 PM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 7 comment(s)
I moved to a new apartment in a different city not too long ago, and it seems that there are some serious BMW affiniados here. I have seen a lot of BMW 02's lately, I have really started to like these cars. I remember Antonio found a BMW 2002 when we were in Spa to shoot the 24hrs race, he showed me some pictures on his camera and since then I have been looking for some nice examples in the neighborhood. The car in the picture is based in Australia and rocks some solid go fast parts like the...
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Posted
Oct 28 2008, 10:28 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 6 comment(s)
This shot is for Antonio, who has a soft spot for big BMWs.... this one is done up just right! I found this shot on the Driftworks Forum picture of the day thread.
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Posted
Oct 07 2008, 10:15 AM
by
Calvin Wan
with 13 comment(s)
Recently, my wife Lea and I just acquired a 2001 BMW E46 M3. This has been forever Lea’s dream car and I have always been a fond BMW fan. Back around 1999-2000 before I had FD’s, I owned an ’88 E30 M3 that I loved, truly a BMW motorsport classic. So we decided to give up our trusty S14 240sx that we had for over 6 years and move on to something a bit more mature and classy. Soon after we got the M3, I find out that there was going to be a local Hot Import Night Drift Demo in Pleasanton...
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Posted
Oct 07 2008, 04:19 AM
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Jeroen Willemsen
with 7 comment(s)
When I was looking for some photo's of The Athens Tuning Show I came across a topic on the Driftworks forum, one of the posters there posted a nice collection of photo's of the event. The Athens Tuning Show is the biggest car event in Greece, it's a mix between new cars from manufacturers and tuners from Europe. Together with the indoor show they also have a action arena outside where you can see drifters and some other special acts. This year, same as last year, Team Orange made an appearance...
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Posted
Oct 01 2008, 08:40 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 18 comment(s)
With the first ever Red Bull Drifting World Championship only a month and half away, the official Formula D blog has been abuzz with announcements about the upcoming event. The latest news is about a pair of BMW drivers from the Netherlands who will be competing. The first one is Remmo Niezen and his V8-powered E30 from the International Drift Series, and the second is Paul Vlasblom, one of Europe's most established drifters who has been seen drifting all over Europe in his famous E36 wagon. Paul actually traveled to the USA for the D1GP All Star event last year, but a customs mix up left him car-less at Irwindale....
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Posted
Sep 25 2008, 02:00 PM
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Jeroen Willemsen
with 3 comment(s)
As Mike already mentioned in his event report of the Drift Australia Season Finale , it was a busy weekend for the drifting community. In the same weekend Europe witnessed the final of the Prodrift European Series and the JDM Allstars, who decided to join forces and give the audience one hell of an event. It was held on the Lydden Hill Circuit in the UK, that meant that a lot of drivers from Ireland made the journey to compete against UK's finest. Lydden Hill is famous for their high curbing...
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Posted
Sep 24 2008, 06:31 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 8 comment(s)
The final three rounds of the 2008 British Touring Car Championship took place at Brands Hatch last weekend. Vauxhall driver, Fabrizio Giovanardi needed just 9 points to secure his second consecutive title and despite being pushed onto the grass and finishing 14th, championship rival, Jason Plato could only finish 5th, ensuring Giovanardi of the title. Race One was won by Mat Jackson in the family run BMW Dealer Team UK car. Steven Kane and Rob Collard in similar BMW 320Si's were 2nd and 3rd...
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Posted
Sep 22 2008, 06:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 24 comment(s)
It looks like veteran D1GP driver and Vertex shacho Takahiro Ueno will be saying goodbye to his iconic red Soarer following the end of the 2008 D1 season. According to a press release from Vertex USA, Ueno will be retiring his beloved Soarer and switching to an all new BMW 335i coupe which will be powered by none other than a Toyota 2JZGTE engine. The new Bimmer is currently being built at T&E in Japan, and judging by the teaser photo it looks to be coming along quite well. I would imagine that the car should be debuting some time around Tokyo Auto Salon in January. I can't wait to see what the finished product will look like....
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Posted
Sep 04 2008, 01:23 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 18 comment(s)
I was browsing through the Car Lounge forum on VWVortex when I came across a thread with buildup photos of an LS1-powered E36 M3 in Idaho. When the owner found out that his M3 had a bent frame, he purchased a new one and then began to convert the old chassis into a V8-powered track/drift car. The car's LS1 is sporting mild modifications at this point, but the addition of nitrous is planned in the future. The majority of the building is done and just a few finishing touches are still needed to complete the project....
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Posted
Aug 08 2008, 07:00 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 12 comment(s)
As some of you know, we're in Japan right now, and it's blazing hot. However, I didn't want this week to pass without posting up some photos from the IDC (International Drift Challenge) drift event we went to this past weekend at Nurburgring. The event was held at the Nurburgring Grand Prix track, which is way different from what we experienced at Nordschleife (North Course)... but Nordschleife is just an entirely different animal than most racetracks I've experienced. While I had...
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Posted
Aug 08 2008, 05:20 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 1 comment(s)
The World Touring Car Championship made its annual visit to the UK last weekend. We touched on the World series earlier this year Valencia and Pau race gallery from David Lister. David supplies the images again as we take a look at the Brands Hatch rounds. James Thompson's JAS built Honda Accord (Acura TSX for North Americans!) in action. Early days for the team and car, but James is a top driver and the team are just about to expand to a 2nd car. The Chevrolet Lacetti (Optra in some markets...
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Posted
Aug 05 2008, 07:20 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 6 comment(s)
One weekend, two of the most beautiful circuits in the World and a bunch of cool guys. That pretty much sums up my weekend with Rod, Antonio and John. I really had one of the coolest automotive weekends of my live. I left real early on Friday morning and drove to Liege in Belgium where Rod and the rest of the Speedhunters crew were staying. Once I arrived we headed straight to Spa and had a look at the training sessions on the circuit......
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Posted
Jul 30 2008, 08:55 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 13 comment(s)
I'm having a real moment here....... a moment where I feel EXTREMELY thankful to be able to see and experience some amazing European automotive cultures and meet the inspiring people who have devoted themselves to designing, engineering, promoting and driving these moving pieces of art. Wow..... Anyway... I have to start packing up my hotel room here for a haul across Germany but I thought I'd quickly share a few "moments" from the past few days. Expect to see full reports in the...
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Posted
Jul 24 2008, 01:54 PM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 8 comment(s)
The King Of Europe is a drift series that is being held on Europe's mainland. They have eight rounds in various countries like France, Hungary, Belgium and the Czech Republic making it a true European Championship. It is more like a grassroots event, without big teams and sponsored cars and it's quite different than the drift series that are being held in the UK. I'm still hoping that the EDC will come to continental Europe to host a true European Drift Championship. The major drawback in the King Of Europe for me is that not all the drivers attend all the rounds. But then again we must not forget that most of the drifters do this for a hobby and that they have normal day jobs......
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Posted
Jul 24 2008, 07:29 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 7 comment(s)
In the third of our BMW M1 posts, we are going to cover the BMW M1 Hommage, a concept car designed to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the original M1 designed by Giorgio Giugiaro. The ‘Hommage’ was designed internally by BMW Group Design and mixes design elements from the original the M1, the concept that preceded that, the BMW Turbo and mixed with BMW’s modern design language. The car was shown as the prestigious ‘Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este' event...
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Posted
Jul 20 2008, 09:47 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 4 comment(s)
Following out retrospective piece last week on the BMW M1, we can bring some images of the Anniversary races which were held at the German Grand Prix this weekend. Niki Lauda won race one, after starting on the front row, along side ex-BMWMotorsport Boss, 72 year old Jochen Neerpasch in the Andy Warhol painted 'Art Car'. The small field were made up of owners, original drivers and BMW test driver Christian Klein, who drove the BASF liveried car. Ex F1 driver, and now German TV commentator...
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Posted
Jul 16 2008, 03:57 PM
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Andy Blackmore
with 10 comment(s)
It is the 30th Anniversary of the BMW M1 supercar this year and BMW are marking the occasion in a number of ways. The BMW M1 'Procar' will return to the track this weekend, when a one-off race takes place at the German Grand Prix, at Hockhenheim. It gives us a great opportunity to go back in time and look at the first M-Power car. The BMW M1 was inspired by the Giorgio Giugiaro designed 'BMW Turbo' concept car from 1972. The original concept was very advanced for its time, so this...
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Posted
Jul 15 2008, 01:30 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 6 comment(s)
The 2008 British Touring Car Championship reached its half way mark last weekend at the Snetterton circuit in England with some classic touring car racing. The three race event was make or break for the SEAT Sport UK team, who had been struggling for out-right pace and reliability with their new Leon Turbo Diesel. Current champion. Fabrizio Giovanardi came to Snetterton with a 23 point lead over team mate Matt Neal with Matt Jackson in the BMW 320si points further 20 points behind. Qualifying was...
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Posted
Jul 15 2008, 08:24 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 7 comment(s)
Just found this video of the new BMW GT2 race car hitting the test track for the first time. Bad ass!
Source: Pistonheads
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Posted
Jul 11 2008, 11:55 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 3 comment(s)
After a break of six weeks, the British Touring Car Championship returns to the track this weekend at the Snetterton Race track, in Eastern England. Snetterton is a great track and features the longest straight in the country. This is followed by the narrow 'Esses' chicane and it always provides plenty of entertainment! Snetterton is always cold. The rest of the country could be basking in 30 degree heat (thats as good as it gets!), but it will still be Cold at ‘Snett’ The title...
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