As cool as watching the clock while famous drivers wrestle cars around a track is, one of the most interesting and more fascinating aspects of time attack for me has always been the cars themselves. So while I really do enjoy to shoot action, it’s the paddock that attracts me the most at the yearly [...]
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After a somewhat disappointing event last year, spoiled by snow, rain and a track that didn’t want to dry, the Tsukuba Super Battle couldn’t have been blessed with better conditions today at Tsukuba. Freezing air and cloudless blue skies are always the perfect recipe for optimal time attack conditions, and the 78 cars in attendance [...]
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Sendai Hi-land is the track that Nissan chose to develop the R35 GT-R on. This isn’t at all surprising as it’s one of the most challenging and technical circuits in Japan, throwing a variety of corners, elevation changes and chassis-testing sections into the mix. It’s also an awesome track to shoot at, which is precisely [...]
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You may have noticed that I sort of skipped over one very important car on the Super GT set up posts. The STI BRZ of Team R&D Sport represents all that is right about the Super GT series. From an enthusiasts’ perspective, to see a much anticipated model get converted into a mean looking racer [...]
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It took exactly one year for the SUBARU Legacy B4 GT300 to go from zero to hero in SUPER GT's most widely-subscribed class – and what a journey it has been. Last year's debut of the car (at the Suzuka 700-km event in August) was a bit of a disaster as the car suffered mechanical [...]
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??????????????? It was an event I will always remember. Thursday Practice: ??????????????··· I couldn't believe how popular Japanese vehicles were. ???????????????????????···???????????????????? But because of this the event had a lot more impact than similar events in Japan. PANSPEED RX-7?????????????????? I also felt the PanSpeed car was in top form. ????????????????????????????????????? This was [...]
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