Ok let's jump straight in, to finish up my observations from Formula D Long Beach, with a look at some snaps from Saturday, the final event day. I decided to shoot the qualifying sessions from the Formula D judging tower. From this vantage point you can get a view of the full circuit which is great. I was also able to grab a quick snap of FD staff
I'm currently sitting on site at the NFS Electro Lounge, listening to the sound of roaring engines mixing in with DJ Miki Taka's throbbing basslines... I need to check out the track action in a sec, but first I want to give props to a Fredric Aasbo who qualified seventh yesterday. It's quite the performance! I take my fedora off to him!
It was a tough day in the office for Mad Mike today at Formula D Long Beach. Due to the overwhelming number of cars that entered Long Beach this year, he was only able to literally take around five practice runs before it was time to qualify. Unfortunately this just wasn't enough time to get used to and maximize the crazy grip of his new Falkens
Those of you who are "friends" with me on Facebook will know that last week Speedhunter's editor Riley Vigier and I were crunching to finishing up two videos for the 2009 SEMA Show. You've already seen our tribute to the new Formula D champion Chris Forsberg, and here's our second year end video offering: Falkenhunting 2009. A
When we launched Speedhunters.com just over a year ago we had two types of videos in production: Slo-Mo Moments and Car Tours. This worked well for a while, but soon it became time to switch things up. We moved on to creating Montage Videos which set racing action against scored music beds. This again was a good thing as we ended up making some pretty
Boy I'm tired... I've been shooting photos non-stop since the Formula D event, and haven't had a moment to sit down to get any stories prepped for the site... Let's see here: on Sunday, Linhbergh and I went to El Mirage with the NFS Shelby Terlingua for an impromptu shoot, yesterday I shot at both the Twins Turbo and SO-CAL Speed Shops
Man that Mike Garret guy is really fast!.... I'm just starting to write my Thursday report and he's already finished his.... well I have a good excuse, I was out at a film production meeting this evening. We're pulling out all the stops with a big HD video production this weekend, and have brought out some big guns to shoot the drifting
Someone suggested today on Facebook that we should rename the site, Drifthunters.... they do have a point I suppose. We do love our drifting..... Hmmm so here is yet another drifting video.. this one is quite different though from anything we've done previously. This is a Japanese street drift car typical of one that you would find drifting at Ebisu
Our resident video editor: Riley Vigier started calling this video "Ultimate Drift" during the course of the post production process. It's a fairly good descriptor for this Speedhunters drifting art film. We've basically taken all our favourite slomo shots from the 2008 Formula drift season and compiled them into a montage style music
Most of the members of Team Falken will tell you that 2008 was a pretty tough year for them. Mechanical gremlins and delayed race car builds certainly pushed their stamina limits over the course of the season. None the less, they continue to be one of the most popular teams in Formula Drift. Go to any Formula Drift meeting and you'll find that there's