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Mar 18 2010, 03:03 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 38 comment(s)
A friend of mine sent me a link this morning showing a new MX-5 special edition from Mazda of France. Designed by LK Paris, the concept seems to be capitalizing on the flat black trend, which is apparently alive and well.
I'm not sure if the friendly little Roadster is the best candidate for the flat black treatment, but it's an interesting idea nonetheless.
What do you think?
-Mike Garrett
Source: Left Lane News...
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Mar 18 2010, 01:04 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 19 comment(s)
It's hard to believe this massive event is only a couple months away now.
Check out this fresh preview video that was just released. Never before have so many high profile time attack cars gathered in one spot to do battle...
-Mike Garrett
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Mar 17 2010, 01:05 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
Sometimes it's amazing what you can find in your own backyard. Or your old backyard I should say.
A couple weeks ago I was visiting my family in the Fresno area when my brother told me about a car shop near his work that I should check out. So one rainy afternoon I packed up the camera and made a visit to Hedges Speed Shop....
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Posted
Mar 16 2010, 04:08 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 10 comment(s)
Today we got word of a new motorsport event that will go down this summer near Virginia City, Nevada.
The Spectre 341 Challenge is a hillclimb event being put on Spectre Performance in the spirit of the old Virginia City Hillclimb. This no-holds barred run down a closed mountain road is open to everything from pro-touring muscle cars to tuner cars. They must, however, be street-registered vehicles.
More details are on the way, but it's sounding like quite the event and we are planning on making the trip up to Nevada to check it out.
For now, you can find more, including the rules and entry info on the official event website.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Mar 16 2010, 01:58 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 17 comment(s)
I might be just a little biased in favor of the new Chevrolet Camaro. After all, it's the car that won me a hundred bucks.
No, I didn't win an outlaw street race. In fact I won the money long before my week-long test drive of the 2010 Camaro SS. ...
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Posted
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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Posted
Mar 15 2010, 03:21 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 24 comment(s)
When Audi released the second generation TT a few years ago, the car's styling won over many who weren't sold on the first generation car.
With just a drop and a set of wheels, the new TT could be transformed into something special, and that's just what Christophe Waterplas of Belgium has done with his '07 TT 2.0 turbo....
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Posted
Mar 15 2010, 01:12 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 31 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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Posted
Mar 12 2010, 04:09 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 20 comment(s)
A Speedhunters reader by the name of Kevin sent us an email sharing a radical BMW build he found. Based here in the US, this 1988 M5 is one of the most thorough privateer track cars I've ever seen....
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Posted
Mar 12 2010, 11:02 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 12 comment(s)
As I walked through the pits at the March Meet last weekend passing drag cars of all shapes and sizes, I spotted an absolute monster of a vehicle.
Was that an old school ambulance? Indeed it was. From the time when they were made from fullsize passenger cars and not from vans.
And it wasn't just any old ambulance, but one of the fastest in the world.
Meet Nurse Ratchet....
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Posted
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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Posted
Mar 11 2010, 11:32 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 27 comment(s)
I've been shooting time attack events in California for a while now, and at each event I always find myself gravitating towards the cars built by Evasive Motorsports. Part of it is the fact they are usually at the top of their class, but another was their perfect resemblance to the Japanese time attack cars we love.
Needless to say, when Evasive main man Mike Chang asked me to come out and have a look at the shop, I couldn't turn him down....
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Posted
Mar 10 2010, 12:15 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
As we gear up for the onslaught of the 2010 season, everyone seems to be getting busy. Yesterday I tagged along with Chris Rado and the World Racing team to a dyno session for their time attack Scion, and in just a bit I'll be heading out to the Inland Empire to get the latest on the Rockstar Drift tC. Before that though, I need to finish up my coverage from the weekend's Famoso March Meet....
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Posted
Mar 10 2010, 10:19 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 47 comment(s)
Honda's new CR-Z has only been on sale in Japan for a couple of weeks now, and already tuners are jumping into the fray to see what they can do with the "Sports Hybrid". Spoon's CR-Z has already been outfitted with uprgaded brakes, suspension, wheels, an exhaust system and an ECU tune. Seems quite promising so far. Spotted over at Autoblog . -Mike Garrett
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Posted
Mar 09 2010, 01:32 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
Moving right along, here's the second part of my trip to Famoso Raceway for the 2010 March Meet.
March has always seemed like the unofficial start of the racing season, and taking in this drag race culture was a fantastic way for me to kick off the 2010 season....
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Posted
Mar 08 2010, 03:39 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 42 comment(s)
Reader's Month might be over, but we are always looking for cool reader-owned vehicles or guest blogs to post up.
Here we have a JDM-spec Mitsubishi FTO GPX that belongs to reader Jacob of Australia. The FTO might not be the most popular platform around, but you have to love the 2.0L V6 that revs all the way up to 8250 RPM.
Cool car, Jacob!
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Mar 08 2010, 01:41 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
This weekend a huge number of drag racers gathered at Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield to take part in the annual March Meet. The March Meet has long been one of the biggest nostalgia drag gatherings around and this year was no different, even with rain off and on throughout the weekend. With Sunday looking like the day with the smallest chance of the wet stuff, I headed up to Famoso to have a look....
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Posted
Mar 05 2010, 09:45 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
Well it's Friday, the last day of Skyline Week. Have you guys had enough yet? To finish off my journey through the Speedhunters archives, I've assembled a gallery highlighting some of the late model Skylines and GT-R's featured on the site. I've included V35 and V36 chassis cars, as well as the R35 GT-R....
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Posted
Mar 04 2010, 09:03 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
For my final trip through the Speedhunters archive, I've gathered a selection of R34 Skylines of all types. There was A LOT to choose from, but I think I've assembled a pretty nice spectrum of cars here.
Here they come -...
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Posted
Mar 03 2010, 11:28 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 12 comment(s)
Continuing on, here's a selection of R33 Skylines pulled from the archives of Speedhunters. From drift, to time attack, to drag they're all here.
On with the 33's!...
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