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Mar 16 2010, 10:32 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 27 comment(s)
Yesterday we looked at World Racing's preparation for the 2010 season, and now it's time to catch up with another Scion race car - the Papadakis/Rockstar tC drift car driven by Tanner Foust....
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Mar 15 2010, 01:12 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 30 comment(s)
Last week I headed over to the World Racing shop in Torrance to check with in the guys as they readied Chris Rado's time attack Scion tC for the upcoming season. It turned out the car would actually be seeing some dyno time that day, so the scheduling had worked out perfectly....
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Mar 11 2010, 02:21 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 12 comment(s)
Alright, here's a build that may lack speed, but more than makes up for it with charm.
David as big fan of the Speedhunters and is living a bit of the dream life, restoring vintage cars in at his home in Nagoya, Japan. David's stable includes several different JDM classics, and the latest addition is this 1967 Mitsubishi Minica 360 micro wagon....
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Apr 22 2009, 11:49 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 15 comment(s)
April is themed Drift Month on Speedhunters, but it seems like we've been a little distracted with all the Long Beach GP coverage on the site... I probably should have also visited some Drift shops like Garage Boso while I was in LA last week, but didn't quite get around to that... oh well -- next time!... I did make it out to three shops though: Twins Turbo Motorsport, SOCAL Speed Shop and Chris Rado's World Racing. They aren't drift shops per se, but I think you'll be pleased...
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Apr 02 2009, 04:32 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
Wait, a four-door drift car project that doesn't have a Toyota or Nissan badge on it? That's right.
This E36 3-series BMW is being built by Swedish drifter Mikael Svensson for use in the Nordic Drifting Series. Mikael and the Swedrift team are hard at work finishing up the car, which is going to be powered by a 900hp turbocharged M3 engine. The four-door E36 still has a ways to go before it's track ready, but the team is planning on a "clean" exterior look that includes a set of fender flares modified from a Mk.1 VW Golf. Mikael has been building and racing BMW's for 20 years, so we can't wait to see what the finished product looks like....
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Posted
Mar 31 2009, 01:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
If you've been following the global drifting scene, then you should be familiar with Norwegian drifting star Fredric Aasbo, who appeared at last year's Red Bull World Drift Championship in his JZA80 Toyota Supra. Fredric and the Japan Auto team actually liked the American drifting experience so much that they decided to leave the Supra in SoCal for future use, and that meant they needed to put a new car together for use back home in Northern Europe....
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Posted
Mar 26 2009, 07:24 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 31 comment(s)
Twins Turbo Motorsports builds bad ass stuff day in and day out and this Dodge Viper is no exception. This car, when it is finished, will be beyond bad ass. The owner of this car has owned nine other Vipers before this one in every imaginable configuration. When Twins Turbo was tasked to build this car, they were told to dream up the meanest, baddest street Viper imaginable --and to get it done. This Viper is getting a complete redo from head to toe for the fact that the Twins Turbo built V10 will...
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Posted
Mar 25 2009, 02:08 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 22 comment(s)
If you have been following Speedhunters regularly, then you've likely read about Chris Rado and the World Racing team's adventures with their Scion tC time attack car. The team has been hard at work redoing the car for the 2009 time attack season, and I just spoke with Chris a bit about some of the updates they are doing to for the new season. From what he's told me, this car will truly be bringing American-built time attack cars to a whole new level....
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Posted
Mar 24 2009, 11:48 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 35 comment(s)
For some reason, people have a tendency to underestimate Bergenholtz Racing. That's a mistake. Big mistake. Bergenholtz Racing was the most successful privateer drag racing team in the NHRA Sport Compact Series, using unrelenting determination and ingenuity to clown the big dollar budget of GM over and over and over again. Don't believe it? There's a display case full of Wallies (the coveted NHRA Wally Parks trophy) at Ron Bergenholtz's Orange County home to prove it. Ron B and the...
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Posted
Mar 20 2009, 09:47 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 20 comment(s)
In 2005 the first US Time Attack event was held at Buttonwillow California. Like most companies K&N decided to give this new form of racing a try. We set out to turn our outdated 2003 G35 into a full on race car. Unfortunately there were some snags along the way. The car made it to SEMA, was featured in magazines but never made it to the track. This will all change in 2009; once again the car will receive a full makeover and be re-incarnated into a meaner, more track worthy competitor. Here is...
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Posted
Mar 18 2009, 01:01 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 22 comment(s)
The Toyota Soarer, or Lexus SC as it's known in the states, is one of those cars that a lot of people talk about building, but never seems to get past the "idea stage". As you've seen, there are plenty of high quality Soarer drift cars in Japan , but there aren't many legit drift SC's in the USA. Well, that's about to change. Veteran driver and fabrication master Alex Pfeiffer is in the process of putting together a new Lexus SC300 for use in Formula D Competition. The...
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Posted
Mar 18 2009, 03:46 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 6 comment(s)
Maybe some of you guys remember the crash of two R33's owned by Japspeed in the European Drifting Championship during the last round on Silverstone. Luckily, both drivers, Shane Lynch and Danny Ayles, got out without any injuries. Hooray for doorbars! Click here for the video of the crash. The car snapped back viciously and bounced off the tyre wall into Danny's car. Shane had no chance but to hold on and await impact. Danny, who was in transition (hand-braked sideways), could not avoid Shane's...
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Posted
Mar 17 2009, 02:15 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 25 comment(s)
With just a few weeks to go until the 2009 Formula D season opens on the streets of Long Beach, we've been getting a lot of fresh info regarding new drift cars and updates of current cars. The guys at Gardella Racing in New Jersey have just released some photos and info on the Pontiac Solstice that Ryan Tuerck will be driving in FD this season. In 2008, Tuerck had some nice showings in the capable, but simple-looking Solstice, and there's no doubt that he should be able to improve on that with this new car....
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Posted
Mar 16 2009, 06:00 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 29 comment(s)
Over the next few weeks, as everyone anxiously awaits the start of the racing season, lots of car builders from all over are preparing their new cars. While this particular car is not intended for professional drifting use, I thought I'd just show some snaps of this Mazda FC3S truck that's being built at JTP Motorsports, the garage of Formula D FC3S driver Justin Pawlak . While we have shown you other FC3S trucks on Speedhunters previously, this particular FC3S truck is a bit different because...
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Posted
Mar 16 2009, 04:40 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 25 comment(s)
Not too many of us would consider an EP3 Civic Type R as a competitive option in a Time Attack series, considering the likely opposition of Lancer Evolution's, Impreza's, Skyline GT-R's etc. With 'just' two litres of normally aspirated power going to the front wheels, the EP3 would already be at a disadvantage to the more powerful four wheel drive competitors. Unfortunately for this years Pro Class competitors in the Irish Time Attack series at Mondello Park, Stone Racing is planning...
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Posted
Mar 14 2009, 09:07 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
It's natural that when it comes to Japanese car tuning, people will tend to look towards Japan for the latest and greatest in car builds. This doesn't mean that there aren't incredible Japanese car builds coming from places of other than Japan. For example, the Roger Clark GC8 Impreza or Martin French's Altezzas that have been featured here on Speedhunters recently. When it comes to American-tuned Japanese cars and Lancer Evolutions in particular, West Chicago's AMS Performance...
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Posted
Mar 11 2009, 03:00 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 20 comment(s)
Yesterday we looked at Martin's 2010 Time Attack project . During the middle of the article I mentioned his SR20 powered Altezza which I mistakenly thought I had wrote about before. The joys of getting old, eh ? For 2009, Martin is planning on campaigning two Altezza's, one in Ireland and one in the United Kingdom. Both car's will be aesthetically similar but with contrasting paint work and some 'small' differences under the bodywork. The first car pictured is the Irish car. It...
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Posted
Mar 10 2009, 03:21 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 40 comment(s)
When Rod asked me to write an article on some up and coming builds from Ireland, I already knew what and who to write about. Some of you may remember Martin Ffrench's Altezza build from January, some of you may have seen him drifting the Race of Champions track on the new Redline Magazine DVD and even more of you will be aware of his talent behind the wheel. I've known Martin a few years now and I've come to learn that he won't settle for anything but absolute, one hundred percent...
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