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Oct 13 2011, 05:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 25 comment(s)
I've been spending a lot of time lately nerding out over the scale models that guys in Japan have been building. I thought you guys might get a kick out of this one. It's a USDM-inspired NA Roadster with a kitbashed 4AGE turbo swap.
For more shots, make sure to check the builders Minkara profile.
-Mike Garrett...
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Oct 04 2011, 01:30 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 2 comment(s)
To complete the 2011 Roadster and Rotary Meeting properly I though a nice selection of desktops was in order, so I've chosen my five favorite shots from the event... ...and resized them up for you in either Widescreen or Standard sizes. So go on over to the Desktops section and download what you like from the Pan Speed RX-8 in action... ...to their mighty RX-7 time attack car leaving the pits. Enjoy! Roadster & Rotary Meeting coverage on Speedhunters -Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Sep 28 2011, 10:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 14 comment(s)
In this final installment from the Roadster and Rotary Meeting I will be focusing on some of the action from the most anticipated part of the day, the races. With most drivers having had plenty of practice throughout the various sessions... ...it was great to see them all go up against each other in a tightly contested battle, which included a proper grid start. After the Roadster Class was done it was the turn of the Rotary guys, in a mix that included 11 FDs, 3 FCs and 2 RX8s. Like I mentioned...
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Sep 27 2011, 07:15 PM
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Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 14 comment(s)
With superb driving conditions at their disposal those that were participating in the Roadster & Rotary Meeting really went for it when it came to setting lap times. This first picture shows Naoki Hattori at the wheel of the Pan Speed RX-8 setting his fastest time of the day, a 1'58"087. Right behind him in the little Auto Garage K2 NA was Matsubara-san managing a 2'00"335, an extremely fast time for a Roadster. To put that into perspective this little demo car was right on...
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Sep 26 2011, 07:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 20 comment(s)
I've been doing quite a lot of traveling this month, making the trek down to Osaka in order to cover the King of Sedan Festival. I came back to Tokyo for three days, just enough time to post up the coverage from the year's biggest VIP meeting before shooting off once again, this time by train thankfully, up to Sendai in the northern part of Japan. My destination, just like last year, was to be Sendai Hi Land... ...and the yearly meeting of Roadsters and Rotaries. It's hard to believe...
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Posted
Jun 29 2011, 09:00 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 12 comment(s)
Hopefully you guys have been enjoying the selection of Hot Rod Spotlights I've been sharing from recent events. For my final Rod spotlight of the month, I present to you this heavily modified 1929 Ford. ...
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Posted
Jun 22 2011, 03:30 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 9 comment(s)
Welcome to the third and final part of my look at the 2011 LA Roadster Show.
The slammed Ford Woodie is quintessentially a California thing, and a fine way to kick things off here....
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Posted
Jun 21 2011, 02:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 9 comment(s)
If you consider yourself a fan of Hot Rods, particularly those of the open top variety then you owe it to yourself to get to the LA Roadster Show.
Here's the second part of my look at this Father's Day weekend tradition in Southern California....
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Posted
Jun 20 2011, 01:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
This weekend I headed to the Fairplex in Pomona for the 2011 edition of the Los Angeles Roadster Show. With this being my first visit to the LA Roadster Show, I wasn't quite sure what to expect.
Surely there would be lots of cool Roadsters to see, but I was in no way prepared for the sheer size of this event....
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Posted
May 29 2011, 04:00 PM
by
Linhbergh
with 32 comment(s)
Earlier this month, while at Formula D Atlanta, two brothers came up to me and introduced themselves. They both knew how much I am a fan of Mazda's roadster offering and started talking about just how they both fell in love with the car. Then they started talking about their project Miata they were building together. One of the brothers, Andrey Filipov, was kind enough to send us photos and also briefly write about the build of their Mazda project: I ended up with this ’90 NA6 by pure chance...
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Posted
May 11 2011, 03:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 58 comment(s)
Over the past few days I've been severely bitten by the bug to pick up another Mazda Roadster as project car. I'll have to wait until I have the space for another car, but browsing through all of the Roadster profiles on Minkara has only made the bug even worse. That's where I found this rather inspiring shot of a white NA on a country road in Japan.
Anyone else have a car they can't get off their mind right now?
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Mar 25 2011, 02:00 PM
by
Linhbergh
with 48 comment(s)
Let's put the facts on table before we move on. This Mazda Miata isn't the greatest looking car. But that's not the point --not even the slightest. This car has been built to get around a track as fast as possible. The only thing this car was built to impress was the clock. It's a purpose built, home brew budget daily driver. Yup you heard that right. The owner, builder, and race driver, John, drives this car daily. Before any of the aero craziness you see now, John built the car...
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Mar 24 2011, 06:00 PM
by
Linhbergh
with 33 comment(s)
It is no surprise that we Speedhunters love Mazda's rear-wheel drive roadster offering. It is even less of a surprise that I, of all the Speedhunters, love these quirky and happy little cars the most. So when planning started for my 18 day trip to Texas, I knew I had to contact the guys from Mayday Garage to help organize a local Miata meet in Houston. Both the Mayday guys and I posted on various forums to generate interest in the meet. The online response was a bit luke warm. But when I arrived...
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Posted
Mar 15 2011, 05:30 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 35 comment(s)
It's no secret that we here at Speedhunters love the Mazda Miata. I've personally owned a few of them and although I don't have one in the garage at the moment, there are times when the urge to pick up another one is very strong. One of those moments came on Saturday when I found this gorgeous black LE Miata at the Remix Car Show at Irwindale Spedway....
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Posted
Feb 16 2011, 01:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 31 comment(s)
The next reader build showcase we have comes from Andy in Rhode Island. For the past four years, Andy has been hard at work transforming a mild-mannered NA Miata into a turbocharged wide body beast of a sports car. ...
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Posted
Feb 10 2011, 04:17 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
Just wanted to throw up this quick random snap I found on Minkara up because it reminds of two things that I love about Japan - the cool cars, and the parking areas on the side of the highway.
Looks like a beautiful day to be cruising around in this pair of Mazdas.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Oct 22 2010, 08:30 PM
by
Linhbergh
with 63 comment(s)
Let's cut to the chase. I've never been in any car that accelerated as hard as this hairdresser's car and I've been in a lot of fast cars in my time as a speedhunter. Most of the really fast cars I've experienced were race cars of some sort. But this Mazda Roadster is born and bred to be a street car, putting down killer times at the drag strip is just a part time job for this little guy. I came across this car while perusing the pit lane of the Irwindale Thursday Night drags...
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Posted
Oct 01 2010, 05:03 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 52 comment(s)
This week Dino brought us spotlights on a couple of NA-chassis Mazda Roadsters he found at the Roadster & Rotary meeting in Japan. One is the slightly beat up, yet cool looking street/drift machine pictured above, while the other is the race-tuned NA from Auto Garage K2....
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Posted
Sep 30 2010, 11:35 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 19 comment(s)
The best thing about hitting smaller regional events in Japan is that you come across cars that you would never otherwise see. Take this Auto Garage K2 tuned NA Roadster that I run across at last week's Roadster and Rotary Meeting in Sendai Hi-Land. I was really impressed at how fast it looked out on track, managing to stay with some very highly tuned RX-7s. I went to check it out in the pits after the event ended, when it was left to cool with the hood propped open. The four individual throttles...
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Sep 30 2010, 09:07 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 12 comment(s)
It was so refreshing seeing a track full of Roasters last week in Sendai. I often see the one-make series at Tsukuba where a field of almost stock NCs go against each other in a series of tightly fought races, but the highly tuned cars at the Roaster and Rotary Meeting were just on another level, managing to keep up with a lot of RX-7s out on track. These little Mazdas definitely have a lot of potential, which is precisely why I will have to try and find more to shoot in Japan. One of the nicest...
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