The Buttonwillow time attack gathering is probably my favorite tuner car event the United States. In fact this week's 2008 edition of the event will be the first time I have missed it in the past three years. Then again the "original" time attack course at Tsukuba is only 30 minutes away from me right now so I suppose I can't complain

As I sit here on yet ANOTHER humid and rainy day in Japan, I am reading stories from my friends back home in California talking of 110 degree heat. Yikes. Anyways, that got me thinking of shooting events at Buttonwillow Raceway during the summer and battling the dry heat and all the dust. Not fun. I took this photo during last year's Vintage Auto

The monster Evo 8 from AMS locks up the brakes heading into the "off ramp" at Buttonwillow during the 2007 Super Lap Battle final. With all the UK Time Attack stuff we have been running lately, I didn't want to leave out my fellow Americans. Last year a number of foreign teams brought their cars to Tsukuba Circuit to compete in the Rev

The Zero Sports Impreza driven by Tarzan Yamada chases down a CMG Porsche during the 2006 Time Attack/Super Lap final at Buttonwillow. There's something so cool about watching Japanese tuner machines battle it out with Europe's finest sports cars. -Mike Garrett