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Mar 14 2010, 03:00 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 25 comment(s)
Did any of you watch the F1 race today? I'm a bit irritated to be honest, as I think the new "no refueling" rules have really spoiled the show and made F1 even more processional than it already was. Ergh DISAPOINTED!!!... Anyway moving on, I wanted to share some photos with you that I took a few weeks back in the UK. All of you now know that the Top Secret Drag R II Skyline R33 is alive and well in the UK with its current caretakers: G Man and the Skyline specialist shop: TR Racing...
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Mar 05 2010, 08:57 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 31 comment(s)
I hope you guys enjoyed Skyline Week on Speedhunters and found it to be a somewhat eye opening experience. I had a sense that the Skyline community was a global massive, but seeing all of the reader's rides submissions has deepened my understanding of this international scene. One key cultural flashpoint for all things GT-R related is the UK -someone once told me there are now more GT-Rs in the UK than in Japan itself! It's a statement which very much could be true given the strength of this...
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Posted
Feb 13 2010, 01:53 PM
by
Jonathan Moore
with 42 comment(s)
Under a grey tarp in the corner of the Sumo Power/JR Motorsport factory was a little piece of Nissan history, a dusty but beautiful early '80s 2-door coupé DR30 Skyline. Parked up next to the two brand new race-prepped GT-Rs, it was in stark contrast to the high-tech engineering of the 2010 GT1s. Sumo Power boss Andy Barnes filled in the details: "The car used to belong to the director of Nissan GB. Each year he would import a Japanese car; in 1987 he imported this one – it's...
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Posted
Feb 03 2010, 10:30 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 11 comment(s)
Before I start i must make one thing clear, I dont own this hardcore track focused Evo VI RSX you see before you but I know a man who does, Tony Elrick. Unfortunatly at this moment in time Tony is in hospital recovering from a serious road accident (thankfully not in his Evo) so he can't give you the story in his own words but I hope I can do Tony and the car justice, hopefully seeing this will help his recovery that little bit extra! So lets start from the beginning, purchased back in 2005,...
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Posted
Feb 02 2010, 01:53 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 49 comment(s)
Hey Speedhunters. My name is Alex Quail and I’m from Milton Keynes, England.
Living in MK (a few minutes from the Aston Martin factory), and thanks to my group of friends, I have always had an unusual fascination with cars and Japanese culture. Whilst other kids played with their Action Man figurines and skipping ropes, you could find me and my friends racing our Tamiya Mini 4WD cars across the playground. These interests naturally developed in to a love of Japanese cars as I entered my teenage years, and from that point on my life has pretty much revolved around trying to fund my obsessive hobby....
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Posted
Dec 07 2009, 01:30 PM
by
Ross Ianson
with 24 comment(s)
Its been a very busy year here in the UK drift wise, 3 top level championships all hotly contested all coming down to the wire to reveal the 3 respective champions. It all kicked off back in April with JDM Allstars Newcastle. Set right on the quayside the tight technical 'street' style track produced some jaw dropping driving straight from the off.. ..If you wanted to score big you had to run the wall! Two drivers stood out from the off Dan Chapman and Remo Niezen. scything through the top...
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Posted
Nov 30 2009, 09:24 AM
by
Carl Jarrett
with 9 comment(s)
A few of you might remember a post I did a few weeks ago about this car. Well the work hasn't stopped, he's done a lot of work on the aero and has some new snaps of it out on track. Check out page 39 and up on his build thread . Enjoy! - Carl Jarrett
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Posted
Sep 18 2009, 01:32 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 1 comment(s)
A nice view of the recent JDM All Stars event at Silverstone through the eye of Al Clark.
Plenty of BMW's here to stay on theme as well...
Enjoy!
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Sep 14 2009, 01:15 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 26 comment(s)
Every year in the UK, Japanese car enthusiasts get together for the massive Japanese Auto Extravaganza, better known as JAE. The 2009 edition of JAE was held this weekend at Wicksteed Park in Northhampton.
Photographer Rich Sams was kind enough to send us some photos from the event....
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Posted
Aug 11 2009, 10:57 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
Here's another bit of cinematic action from the JDM All Stars event at Wembley Stadium - this one presented by JDM All Stars itself.
Lots of cool cars here, and I really like the use of a camera car in some of the shots.
Enjoy!
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Aug 03 2009, 06:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 9 comment(s)
A lot of nice car films coming out lately eh? Here's a nicely done piece by Stephen Brooks from the recent JDM Allstars drift event at Wembley Stadium.
Love that big-winged Levin on Work Equips!
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Jul 30 2009, 12:50 PM
by
Ross Ianson
with 7 comment(s)
For my final installment from Wembley we are going behind the scenes looking at the set up and execution of the event. The build actually started on the Monday and a call from JDM Allstars inviting me down to have a look at the planned track was too good a opportunity to turn down, as its a fairly local event for me i joined the enormous car park surrounding London better known as the M25 and went down to see what was in store. Team Japspeed drivers Steve Biagioni and Shane Lynch were already on...
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Posted
Jul 28 2009, 11:15 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 16 comment(s)
Bright and early Sunday morning i arrived back at JDM Wembley for the main event and if the previous days qualifying session was anything to go by this was going to be the event of the season so far. A few of the cars had sprouted new decals and appendages in preparation for the days competition, after a fantastic qualifying performance Brad (lightning) Mcqueen's new bumper sticker was still intact...for how long it would remain that way was was yet to be seen.. ..as was Peter Barbers "soft...
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Posted
Jul 27 2009, 09:55 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 16 comment(s)
In 2008 JDM Allstars made history by hosting the first ever drift event in London, in 2009 they were back to do things bigger and better. Shooting a new track always makes me a little apprehensive as you never really know what to expect, however all fears disappeared as soon as i saw the venue, the round was to be held in one of Wembley's immaculate car parks so smooth grippy tarmac and a fast and flowing track all with Wembley stadium as a back drop and 50 of the best drivers in Europe, defiantly...
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Posted
Jul 14 2009, 04:38 AM
by
John Brooks
with 18 comment(s)
Santa Pod was real busy over the weekend, Ross has already brought you the latest EDC action from Saturday and I made the trek round the M25 and M1 early Sunday morning to have a look at this year's Retro Show. It was Editor Rod's idea to send me as this sort of event, get back to your car enthusiast past, he commanded. To be truthful, I wasn't sure about this or what to expect when I got there. I suspect that had he been there it would have been a very different article but the diversity...
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Posted
Mar 30 2009, 04:40 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
Ah yes, as you've seen throughout the month here on Speedhunters, we are pretty excited for the new season of motorsport around the world. In keeping with that theme, we just came across these shots taken at a preseason drift practice day at England's Santa Pod Raceway thanks to James, who was there shooting trackside. From the pics, it looks like there was a nice variety of cars out there, including a few pros from the European drift scene....
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Posted
Mar 23 2009, 09:58 AM
by
Paddy McGrath
with 21 comment(s)
It would seem that for every year that passes that the Irish & UK drifting scene always surpasses itself. Since the first pair of tires were burnt in anger back in 2001, the scene here has expanded into something beyond what any of us could of imagined. Although we may not have factory backed teams like in the USA, it would appear that it is only a matter of time before we are on a similar playing field with our American cousins. For 2009, Prodrift have teamed up with UK series BDC to bring us...
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Posted
Feb 28 2009, 02:00 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 14 comment(s)
When we went on the very first Speedhunters trip to the UK in April of 2008, I was excited to attend an EDC drift event. Thanks to the generosity of our hosts, EDC's own Andy Barnes and Glenn Horncastle, the European Drift Championship Round 1 event at the famous Donington Park motor racing circuit was very fun and exciting! However, there was one particular car I didn't get to see in person... and as it turns out, it was the car I wanted to see in person the most! In my opinion, Chris Parry...
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Posted
Jan 07 2009, 10:20 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 21 comment(s)
Erg I seem to be in the grips of permanent jet lag. Every day this week, I've woken up at 02:00 AM on the dot...Bleck..... However, this does allow me to get some blogging done on Speedhunters, which I suppose is good for you lot, our cherished readers..... hey, so I thought I'd start out my Autosport Show coverage by talking about the journey from London to Birmingham. This was an event in itself hahaha. I travelled up to the show with Andy Barnes, one of the founders of the European Drift...
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Posted
Oct 17 2008, 08:59 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
Clash production has just released an excellent hd video compilation of the Richard Clark Motorsport Impreza time attack car from the UK. You might remember that we also did our own car tour video on this 850hp monster earlier this year. The car, which is driven by Ollie Clark had a dominant season in 2008 with four wins as well as the season championship in the Pro Class of the UK TIme Attack series. Man, I would LOVE to see this car make the trip to Japan to run at Tsukuba and see how it does against Japan's best. For now, enjoy this high energy video set to the beats of some old school Chemical Brothers.
Clash Production
Roger Clark Motorsport
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