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Oct 29 2009, 12:04 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
The other day we got an email from Australian photographer Jared Ahearn who wanted to share some photos he shot at the finale of the "Stadium Drift" series held last weekend in Queensland. I'm not terribly familiar with this series, but judging by Jared's photos it looks like the event was full of the kind of mayhem we love....
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Oct 10 2009, 11:27 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 39 comment(s)
While we were in Imola as guests of the BMW WTCC team last month, we shot a film about former multiple Touring Car World Champion, Andy Priaulx which we'll be releasing shortly. He's also been writing a guest blog for Speedhunters about his twin BMW racing weekends at Imola and Road Atlanta, but right now he's in Australia racing at the Bathurst 1000 kms.
It's one of these marque international events that we'll need to Speedhunt one of these years. In the meantime, here's a great vintage video from Bathurst showing the R32 "Godzilla" showing the competition how it's done!
:R
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Posted
Oct 01 2009, 08:40 PM
by
Casey Dhnaram
with 26 comment(s)
5:30am wakeup , days like these days mentally give me the motivation to rip the donas off my bed with a passion and a attitude that thrills my body. Tuesday mornings are normally a 7:00 wakeup with the worst attitude, due to school but today was going to be different. I headed out with the same bunch of guys again, such a high quality bunch of mates, always up for a laugh and better or not, a track day! The day was magnificent maximum of about 31 degrees and not a cloud in the sky all day, it was...
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Posted
Jul 29 2009, 09:28 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 19 comment(s)
Mark Berry and Russell Newman are the two-man team that has dominated Australia’s time attack scene. You’ve already seen glimpses of their insane Hi-Octane Racing R34 GT-R weapon in previous posts, and courtesy of Auto Salon Magazine here is a closer look at what it’s packing. Previously campaigning an R32 GT-R, Mark Berry and Russell Newman have conquered numerous racing events all over Australia. The R34 GT-R started off as a standard road going version which Mark Berry purchased...
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Posted
Jul 27 2009, 01:41 AM
by
Casey Dhnaram
with 16 comment(s)
As you all may know I'm mainly a drift photographer so this was one of my first real track sprint days I've attended. As soon as we drove into the gates at the entrance, straight away I could hear how intense how the day was going to be! The sound of 4G63's and RB26's roaring around Queensland Raceway was heart thumping. I headed straight around to the dipper to get a closer look. There were going to be two sessions throughout the day; one in the morning and another in the afternoon...
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Posted
Jul 26 2009, 08:51 AM
by
Casey Dhnaram
with 16 comment(s)
A week ago or so me and some mates headed out to a private drift day at Queensland Raceway here in Australia. This day, was just one of those days, 5:30AM wakeup in winter, at the stage where you can't see 2 meters past your front door there is that much fog. The air is crisp and you're full of adrenalin for a big day! These events are held monthly during the week, and I missed out on two last semester, but I was lucky to get this day off and I'm glad i did! Myself and Robo in his Hachi...
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Posted
Jun 15 2009, 01:46 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 35 comment(s)
A few weeks ago I went out with the Midnight Mechanics crew to shoot their two Toyotas. The afternoon consisted of a crisp drive to the east coast of QLD, also known as the Gold Coast. A well known hot spot for Australian tourists. We decided to choose more of a natural and calming location, Springbrook Mountain. Springbrook is located about 20minutes inland from the beach pushing a few hundred metres high. For these two JDM vehicles they where both right at home in the mountains, with the lovely...
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Posted
May 28 2009, 01:19 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 18 comment(s)
As the morning sun hit the track the drivers were out in full potential. Raceline's Stadium Drift Pro Tour Round #3 had commenced, but a very different outlook for the day.... Rather than driving on a 15 second course they were competing on Queenslands biggest and well known raceway "Queensland Raceway"...
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Posted
Apr 22 2009, 04:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 24 comment(s)
What were you doing when you were 16? I, like most Americans was enjoying the newly found freedom of a driver's license, carting my buddies to and from school and driving around for no apparent reason. The last thing on my mind at that time was photography. In fact, I cringe when I look back at pictures I took during those days with whatever crappy digital camera I was using. The case is quite a bit different for Casey John Dhnaram, a 16-year old fellow from Brisbane Australia. Casey has been shooting for four years now, and not surprisingly drifting is one of his favorite subjects to shoot....
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Posted
Apr 01 2009, 10:40 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 11 comment(s)
Every since last year’s Superlap event at Oran Park, Time Attack has been labelled the next best thing in Motorsport in Australia. Every local forum has seen threads titled “Superlap” and “time attack” with multiple pages of replies. Build threads have been popping up all over the place with people getting cars ready for 2009. Can time attack really be a successful formula??? Last weekend saw all the anticipation finally come together where over 80 Entrants and thousands...
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Posted
Apr 01 2009, 07:57 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 7 comment(s)
I ust got this video link, from this past weekend's Australian Time Attack event at Oran Park, from photographer Matthew Mead. I'm not quite sure about the musical choices or sound mix in this video, but it does give you a sense of the type of Grip cars hitting the tracks Down Under. Watch our for a full event report from Matthew later today.
:R
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Posted
Feb 26 2009, 06:22 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 18 comment(s)
A few of my friends are thinking about dumping their Facebook accounts, but personally I'm fully addicted to the site... I love dialing in to see what people are up to around the world.... For example this weekend on Facebook, I noticed that Australian photographer Matthew Mead was out shooting at the Bathurst 12 hours. I sent him a note to see if we could have a look at his photos and he's kindly shared some snaps with us. Thanks Matt! Along with the Nurburgring Nordschleife, I'd say...
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Posted
Feb 10 2009, 02:48 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 50 comment(s)
Even since I was very young, cars have always been THE thing. Like most people of my generation, Japanese cars have always been of special interest. One car in particular has always been my favourite, the AE86. With its lightweight, nimble chassis and the high revving 4age that emits such a beautiful sound, it just screams ‘drivers car’. Of course, no surprises here, when it came time for me to get my licence it was the only car I was interested in buying. With passion for cars comes...
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Posted
Dec 30 2008, 06:10 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 10 comment(s)
Some bad news for Aussie drift fans came recently when Drift Australia announced that Toyo Tires has suspended its title sponsorship of the series, forcing the 2009 season to be reduced to just one event. Toyo says the "global economic climate" has forced them to cut back on their sponsorship activities, leaving Drift Australia without the support needed to run the full schedule its had in past years. According to the Drift Australia website, there will be a single championship round held in September at Oran Park in Sydney. Hopefully the series will find another sponsor soon because it's sad to see this sort of thing happen anywhere....
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Posted
Nov 07 2008, 06:01 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 20 comment(s)
Earlier this week we previewed the Formula D drivers that will be appearing in next weekend's Red Bull Drifting World Championship in Long Beach, and now its time for the second part where we'll take a look at the international drivers that are making the journey to California for the event. Although there were some conflicts in arranging D1GP drivers to appear ,there is still a wide variety of drivers from around the world that will be competing in the event and hopefully things will go better with D1 next year.
Anyways, on to the cars and drivers-...
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Posted
Sep 24 2008, 03:15 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 6 comment(s)
Last weekend was a busy one for drift events around the world, and with the coming of fall, many of the international series are starting wrap up their seasons. The fifth and final round of the '08 Drift Australia series was held at Oran Park Raceway last weekend, and not only was the national title up for grabs, but a pair of invitations to the Red Bull drift event in Long Beach were on the line for the top two finishers in the season points standings. How would things down?...
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Posted
Jul 25 2008, 10:13 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 4 comment(s)
Holden Special Vehicles in Australia have launched a limited production 'W427' based off of the Holden Commodore. Only 427 units of this Corvette Z06 based LS7 powered super-sedan will be produced for the Australian and New Zealand markets. A true modern muscle car, the 427 represents the engine size in cubic inches. In modern 'speak', its 7.0 Litres. Power is just under 500hp with 471 lbs-ft of Torque. This is mated to a six-speed manual gearbox. As with most HSV vehicles, the word...
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Posted
Jul 23 2008, 04:30 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 10 comment(s)
Snakes, Kangaroos, Koalas, and drifting. The adventurous Aussies have a love of drifting that can rival any other country in the world and when it comes to Australian drifting, the Toyo Tires Drift Australia Series is where you will find the country's best drivers and most serious drift cars. For this post we will be taking a look at some of the notable cars that can be seen competing in the Drift Australia series. You will find that some of the cars in the series fall under the category of "traditional" Japanese style drift cars while others bring a unique Aussie approach to drift car style......
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Posted
Jul 07 2008, 03:30 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
First it was Japan followed by the USA and UK, and now its Australia's turn to jump into the time attack world. This past Saturday saw the first round of the Australian Super Lap series held on the challenging Grand Prix course at Oran Park Circuit. As expected, our good friend Matthew Mead was there to shoot this inaugural event. If this first event is anything to go by, it looks the sport of time attack has a very bright future in Australia......
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Posted
Jun 30 2008, 08:15 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 7 comment(s)
This weekend the Aussie drifters were in action again for the fourth round of the Toyo Tires Drift Australia series at Eastern Creek Raceway. It sounds like it was quite a dramatic contest and Nathan Wong of Speed Shots Photography was at the track to bring a massive amount of event photos......
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