When your boss brings you a stick of gum that’s almost 2 feet long, that doesn’t mean you have to stick it in your mouth all at once….
-D.
Jul 25
Autocon 2012
Hot like FIYA! I think those three words pretty much sum up Autocon 2012… this event was a tough one for me personally with having setting up and running the Tanabe/SSR booth as well as coordinating my team stuff. Organizing a group of 20 cars as well as running a vendor booth in the extreme heat really takes a toll on you. We got in at about 8am and it was already warm at that point. I heard temps throughout the day eventually went over 100 degrees! The lot was huge and provided ample space for the many patrons, vendors and cars on display at the event! We got a great spot right by the front entrance which was awesome and I’d like to thank Justin, Nate, Rene and the rest of the staff for throwing a great event!
Onto the pictures.. I didn’t get a chance to take as many pictures as I’d like but a few friends helped man the booth while I snuck away for a bit to snap some pics of all the cars. Looking at others coverages, I misses a lot of cars that I should’ve snapped but there was just so much going on, it was hard to take it all in (that’s what she said! Sorry, had to throw that one in there)
Congrats to all the winners and those that endured the heat throughout the day!
Picture from www.stancenation.com
Here’s a pretty cool video coverage from the event also:
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Jul 25
Flying Horse?!
Legend has it that the Mistubishi Starion was originally named “Stallion” to compete with the Ford Mustang here in the United States. Here is one example of this old school sports car on 14 x 8.5 Front and 14 x10 Rear SSR MK III wheels from Japan.
Source: http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/671463/car/573040/profile.aspx
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Jul 23
Formula Drift – Seattle, WA
Image borrowed from www.chrisforsberg.com
Over the past weekend was the Formula Drift event in Seattle, WA. While there were 54 competitors in this stage, unfortunately Chris Forsberg of Team CFR did not place on the podium this time. No worries though because Chris is still in the top 8 on the overall season standings. We wish him good luck in the next stages leading up to the grand finale!
For in-depth coverage of FD Seattle, you can check out NWMOTIV’s articles on the event.
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Jul 20
BMW 1 Series with Professor MS3
you can see more pics. @ http://1013mm.com/blog
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Jul 20
Pictures from Hot Import Nights LA
Here are some pictures from Hot Import Nights LA on July 14th. This was held at the LA Convention Center’s South Hall. The amount of cars at the show seemed less than the last LA event but still a good turn out. Sylvania Lighting was pretty involved as well as their Silverstar zXe logos were everywhere! the top teams were rocking their bulbs and they even gave out cash prizes of $2500 and $1000 for lighting awards!
This particular event had some interesting stuff like an IGN Gaming competition and live pro wrestling! Pretty cool that they’re trying to get exposure from other markets. Here are the pics! Big thanks to Gus R. Photography for the pictures!
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Jul 19
Why you eat so much!?
I recently met a friend for dinner and found out her appetite is huge! It was a revolving sushi restaurant where you can basically choose plates off a conveyor belt type deal. It was her first time going to anything like this and she was in awe! Well take a look at all the plates she ended up eating from all of the excitement!
Is she covering her face because she’s ashamed? Either way, she’s not doing a very good job because she’s trying to see what I’m taking a picture of.
For this, she gets an “accomplishmint”
-D.
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Jul 19
Wingin’ It!
We love Hot Wings! We love cars! It’s like a match made in heaven. Stop by chat, and grub with us at the Tanabe SSR booth this Saturday at Autocon!
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