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Nov 13 2009, 06:39 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 15 comment(s)
With the Mustang, Ford is in possession of a very valuable property: a modern car with soul and character. Think about it: the vast majority of car companies these days make all of their models with uniform styling features. It's even hard to distinguish between different cars of the same class these days. It's for this reason I've developed a bit of a soft spot for this retro macho machine, especially the hotted up versions that companies like Shelby and now RTR are putting out. The...
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Nov 10 2009, 06:58 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 18 comment(s)
Man I'm tired... I just feel asleep while sitting here working on these photographs. It appears I'm still recovering from a wild week in Las Vegas last week. Oh well... best to crack on and get this story written up before I fall asleep again! It was a pleasant surprise to see Pagani brought over one of the Zonda R chassis from Italy. This was probably one of the most striking cars at SEMA and was the centerpiece of the Pirelli booth. The Zonda was set up right beside the Falken booth where...
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Posted
Nov 08 2009, 06:54 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 30 comment(s)
Last year at SEMA , I spent a lot of time walking the floor, processing photos and preparing stories for Speedhunters.com. However this year, we had Mike Garrett taking care of these duties, so I was free to focus on securing some exciting new Speedhunters business partnerships and collaborations for 2010. My partner in crime, Rachel Kelly and I were so busy doing back to back meetings, that I didn't get to shoot the whole show. Oh well... I still have some Speedhunters reports coming out this...
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Posted
Nov 07 2009, 02:49 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 31 comment(s)
Okay, let's continue right on with more coverage from the 2009 SEMA Show. I'll start with this 1984 CRX Mugen Prototype that Honda brought out. A 1980's Honda might not be the first thing you associate with the SEMA Show, but who doesn't like vintage Japanese tuner cars? It was cool to see Honda pulling old cars out of it's collection for the SEMA display....
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Posted
Nov 06 2009, 01:29 PM
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Mike Garrett
with 31 comment(s)
I'm back home in Los Angeles now, still feeling the pain from three days of traversing the Las Vegas Convention Center, and glad to be done with the crowds and madness of Vegas. Now that I'm settled in at home, it's time to dig in for some more coverage from the show. One trend that's seemed to stand the test of time is pro-touring muscle cars. Even though you can buy brand new retro muscle cars from these days, I guess you can't beat the real thing. The 'Cuda above was one of my favorites. Under the gleaming bodywork is a twin turbo Viper V10....
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Posted
Nov 04 2009, 06:07 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 56 comment(s)
Alright let's jump right into some photographs and impressions from my second day of walking the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center at the 2009 SEMA Show.
Up above is something that should excite the traditional "JDM Tuning" fans, a super clean R34 Skyline GT-R found in the Rotora Brakes booth....
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Posted
Nov 03 2009, 07:01 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 41 comment(s)
Ah yes, the chaos of SEMA.
After a an early flight from LAX I rushed to the Las Vegas Convention Center this morning for the first day of the 2009 SEMA Show. Although my legs are already numb from walking so much, I've only been able to get through a small portion of SEMA's exhibit halls.
Here are some highlights and observations from what I've managed to take in so far -...
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Posted
Jul 20 2009, 09:11 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 9 comment(s)
Hot off the press comes Joshua Herron's latest drift film masterpiece; this time showing all the action and then some from Formula D Las Vegas. Enjoy!
:R
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Posted
Mar 01 2009, 06:10 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 30 comment(s)
Was browsing Ziptied this morning when I found this incredible video clip from this weekend's NASCAR race in Las Vegas. Not only does driver Jamie McMurray avoid a crash with a long drift on the bank, but Formula D driver and Speedhunter Vaughn Gittin Jr. was even mentioned by the announcers on TV during their commentary.
Even if you don't like NASCAR, the video is pretty awesome to watch!
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Sep 10 2008, 05:39 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
When I was at the Tokyo Special Import Car Show earlier this year, I was absolutely stunned by the ASI Tetsu GTR Bentley Continental GT when I saw it. Now I am not a connoisseur of exotic cars, nor do I particularly like the Continental GT, but there was something about this car. The crazy paint and sakura graphics surely had something to do with it, but I really haven't seen anything like it before. Besides the paintwork, ASI's Tetsu GTR's have carbon fiber wide body kits and output around 800hp, so they have plenty of power to back up the looks. To get behind the wheel of one of the 29 Tetsu GTR's that will be built, you are looking at about $800,000....
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Posted
Jul 18 2008, 04:00 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 4 comment(s)
Since we've been publishing a series of photos from my recent trip to Battle of the Imports in Las Vegas, I thought I'd put together a special gallery focused on our good friend, fellow Speedhunter Christian Rado. Here's a photo of Chris's World Racing Pro FWD Scion TC at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway start line, right about to launch. What the photo doesn't illustrate is the deafening sound of the engine - everyone around the car was doing their best to plug their ears, but it...
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Posted
Jul 17 2008, 11:16 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 13 comment(s)
Since we already posted a previous story about Battle of the Imports, I thought I'd just make a quick gallery of some of the drag Hondas at the event. There were TONS of them all over the place! It seems like Battle of the Imports is the place to be if you want to see the best of the privateer drag race prepared Hondas. The west coast had a strong showing at this event, but I know it's only a fraction of the cars that are really out there! It seemed like there were quite a few drag Hondas...
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Posted
Jul 16 2008, 11:51 PM
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Antonio Alvendia
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It's been a really, really long time since I've been to an import drag race. This past weekend, since I was planning to attend the Formula Drift event in Las Vegas, we thought it would be only fitting to spend some time over on the straight line portion of Las Vegas Motor Speedway to check out Battle of the Imports! For those who don't know what's up, the guys from Battle of the Imports are the OGs of the import racing scene - Battle was the first event to popularize import drag racing...
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Posted
Jul 16 2008, 05:50 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 5 comment(s)
I'm regretting a bit not heading out to NV to see this epic battle in the desert.... Looks like it was a good one.... at any rate the Riceboytv crew were there with their cameras so we can get a good sense of the action. Nice job guys!
:Rod Chong
Riceboytv
FORMULA D BRINGS HEAT TO VEGAS!
Toshiki Yoshioka wins big in Las Vegas!
Formula D Las Vegas Practice and Qualifying
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Posted
Jul 15 2008, 03:42 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 16 comment(s)
Whew! I just got back from Las Vegas late last night! I'm sure some of you have been checking the site for the Formula D Las Vegas photos, and here they are! I decided to put up an action photos gallery, since that's what many of you are looking for first and foremost, right? On top, we have John Russakoff driving his light blue AE86, with Samuel Hubinette giving chase right behind him! Samuel's Viper always seems to be in tandem bouts against AE86s... Alex Pfeiffer (Formula D Atlanta...
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Posted
Jul 13 2008, 05:46 PM
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Antonio Alvendia
with 28 comment(s)
When you're playing the Craps tables in Las Vegas, my good friend Brian Urbano always says " always bet on the 8 and 6. " That appears to be true also at drifting events in Las Vegas, because late last night, legendary AE86 driver Toshiki Yoshioka from Team Droo-P piloted his AE86 with its normally aspirated (nitrous assisted) blacktop 20 valve 4AG to beat everyone in the entire Formula D field!!! This was only his second time competing in a Formula D event - the first time was at Formula...
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Posted
Jul 12 2008, 01:48 PM
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Antonio Alvendia
with 13 comment(s)
On the night I drove up to Las Vegas, I was watching the outside temperatures soar up to 118 degrees, and this was at around 10pm. At 4am that same night, it was still at 115 degrees. Super hot. Thankfully, it has cooled off just a bit, due to a thunderstorm which cooled off the track last night, and lightning that lit up the night sky like the LED and neon bulbs covering all the casinos on the Vegas Strip. While the weather may have cooled off just a bit, the action at Formula D's pre-event...
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Posted
Jul 03 2008, 04:48 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 16 comment(s)
Well it's official.
Former D1 star and current Super GT driver Manabu "Max" Orido will be be competing in the upcoming Formula D event at Las Vegas behind the wheel of the Project Mu/3T Motorsport/Yokohama Tire JZS161 Aristo. It's been a while since Orido has competed in pro drifting so it will be very interesting to see how he does against FD's finest during the much anticipated match at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on July 11-12......
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