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Sep 07 2009, 02:35 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 8 comment(s)
"What's the difference between a Car Spotlight and a Car Feature?" ... this question was asked to me by the various Speedhunters writers, a few times during the first months of the website's existence. The answer I gave them was like so: a car feature shows pictures of all a car's major components and provides detailed information, whereas a Car Spotlight has limited photos and limited information. Spotlights are usually done when we find a car that we think is cool, but we...
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Aug 04 2009, 04:40 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 16 comment(s)
Hot on the heals of Will Roegge's new Speedhunters All Star Bash video, we're proud to bring you a second Willow Springs video. This time it's grip action from the Red Line Time Attack event from a few months back. This is the footage we shot while making the Chris Rado Driver's Experience Film .... it seemed a shame to not put together a montage video. As the Speedhunters audience is from all corners of the globe and a good portion of you may never set foot in California, we figured...
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Jun 11 2009, 11:30 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 22 comment(s)
Agh I'm getting a bit backlogged here.... Need more hours in the day!... Anyway, let's have a quick look at my final set of observations from the twin Red Line Time Attack and Just Drift events from Willow Springs the other weekend…...
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Jun 03 2009, 04:35 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 1 comment(s)
For your high resolution viewing enjoyment, the high horsepower battle between the FX Motorsports NSX being and the GST Impreza during the final moments of the Redline Time Attack at Willow Springs.
Widescreen and standard versions available now in the Speedhunters Desktops section.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Jun 03 2009, 03:07 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 26 comment(s)
Ok, let's quickly look at day two of my visit to Willow Springs for Red Line Time Attack. We were primarily at the event to shoot HD footage of Chris Rado's Scion tC but I did pick up my still camera from time to time in order to document my own automotive observations from the event. The day started out with a quick blast down the freeway from our hotel in Palmdale up to Willow Springs. The experience of the California desert is all about open space and big sky.... two things which quite...
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Posted
Jun 03 2009, 01:29 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 19 comment(s)
With all that was going on last weekend at Willow Springs, I still have plenty more photos to post from the Redline Time Attack and Just Drift combo event. If you got tired of the grip cars on Big Willow, you could just head over to Balcony for some drifting - a pretty cool setup really. There were also different events at Horsethief Mile and the Streets of Willow, but I didn't get a chance to check those out. When you think about it, with all of its courses WSIR is as close as you'll get to "Ebisu Circuit USA". All you have to do is replace the mountains of Japan with the barren Mojave Desert......
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Posted
Jun 02 2009, 04:39 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 30 comment(s)
For my second bit of Redline Time Attack coverage from Willow Springs, I wanted to highlight some of the day's fastest cars. The level of the American time attack competition continues to grow by leaps and bounds, and many track records would be broken before the desert sun set at WSIR. Before we move on, you also have to remember that unlike the Japanese time attack events which are held in the cooler winter months, this all went down under blazing 90-degree conditions!...
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Posted
Jun 02 2009, 01:20 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 20 comment(s)
Erg.... feeling a bit foggy today... I just had a pretty intense three days out in the desert shooting the final round of the NFS Drivers Films project with Chris Rado... it was also a great chance for me to see both Red Line Time Attack and Just Drift events up close and personal. Upon arriving at the track on Friday, the first item of business was to meet up with Chris, to check out our muse for the weekend: his updated Scion tC Time Attack monster. You'll recall that we featured the in-progress...
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Posted
Jun 01 2009, 04:25 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 34 comment(s)
Man, I love living in California - the place where the geography is just as diverse as the car culture. Last weekend it was hot rods and customs in the cool coastal breeze, and this weekend it was time attack under the hot desert sun at the Redline Time Attack event at Willow Springs International Raceway. Even with the hot and dusty weather, competitors and fans came out in large numbers for the second Redline event of the season. All the big time attack regulars were out to run on "Big Willow", plus several new cars made their competition debut this weekend....
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