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RANDOM SNAP>> BREAKING INTO THE NINES

Rod Chong — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:52:00 GMT

200 mph... this used to be the holy grail of 1/4 mile drag racing... who could be the first to break this magical barrier? It seemed unobtainable for many, until one day in 1964, at a New Jersey 1/4 mile strip, when a 32 year old top fuel drag racer,...(read more)

GUEST BLOG: DANIEL HOVDAHL>> POWERDRIFT NORWAY ROUND 3

Rod Chong — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Hello from Norway fellow Speedhunters! I’m a first time blogger on Speedhunters so I guess I should introduce myself first. My name is Daniel Hovdahl and I’m from the little land in Scandinavia called Norway. I’ve been photographing...(read more)

EVENTS>> RX-7 ANNUAL MEETING - P2

Dino Dalle Carbonare — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:45:00 GMT

Time now to head back to Daikoku to take a look at yet more rotary maddness from the "7-7" annual meeting. As night-time well and truly set in even more 7s began to arrive as people managed to jump in their cars after work and make the drive...(read more)

EVENT>>GOODWOOD FoS - A LA RECHERCHE

John Brooks — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:21:00 GMT

The Goodwood Festival of Speed provokes a strange reaction in men like myself, of shall we say, a certain age. It is like finding an old photo album with images of life back in an earlier time, when there were possibilities, opportunities; the dice of...(read more)

CAR FEATURE>> AWD SLEEPER MK2 GTI

Rod Chong — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:30:00 GMT

I used to have a good fashion designer pal, who once told me of a meeting he had had with Creative Director of a well known German urbanwear fashion line. The Creative Director said something quite interesting in their meeting: "Fashion is Communication...(read more)

VIDEO ROLL>> FORMAT67.NET AGAINST THE BLOCK

Rod Chong — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:25:00 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this media) Did you guys all watch Ken Block on Top Gear this weekend? Watching Top Gear do their own take on Ken Block's Gymkhana Subaru sensation was something else wasn't it? I'm sure it was a ground breaking...(read more)

EVENT>> GOODWOOD RALLY PADDOCK

Jonathan Moore — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:09:00 GMT

Goodwood can be overwhelming as an event. Over 152,000 fans flocked to West Sussex over the three days, and sometimes it was difficult to move for the crush of people in the lower paddocks and along the hillclimb. But even though there was a constant...(read more)

VIDEO ROLL >> NISSAN GT-R DOES 7:26.7 AT THE NORDSCHLEIFE

Dino Dalle Carbonare — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:30:00 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this media) Seems Nissan is on an unrelenting mission to make the R35 GT-R the fastest supercar in the world. Check out this video of their latest record lap done back in April at the Nurbugring. The driver is Toshio Suzuki...(read more)

CAR FEATURE>> GARAGE SAURUS R32 GT-R

Dino Dalle Carbonare — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Following on from my post on the Mine's R35, I thought it would be worth going back in history a little and featuring a slightly older GT-R. The BNR32 is what put Nissan on the supercar map back in 1989, and pretty much fueled the tuning boom in Japan...(read more)

EVENTS>> RX-7 ANNUAL MEETING - P1

Dino Dalle Carbonare — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:30:00 GMT

July 7th is a rather special day in Japan, if you are into rotaries that is. Every year on this day RX-7 owners flock to the Daikoku Parking Area under the Yokohama Bay Bridge for what has to be one of the biggest car gatherings of the year. Like most...(read more)

GUESTBLOG: GABRIEL TAN>> FORMULA D SINGAPORE

Rod Chong — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:30:00 GMT

My name is Gabriel Tan, I am born and raised in Singapore, having followed the local performance car scene over the years, aided by the fact that my dad used to run a car repair shop. Singapore's tuning scene is very active, with many garages and...(read more)

CAR FEATURE>> NZ EVOLUTION II

Jeroen Willemsen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:50:00 GMT

For me this car is the perfect all rounder. You can drive it sensibly on a daily basis, but you can also trash it around at a circuit at the weekend. Mitsubishi Evo heritage goes a long way, but I always had a soft spot for the ‘older' models...(read more)

EVENT>>GOODWOOD FoS - LIFE BEGINS AT 40

John Brooks — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:14:00 GMT

Back in the glory days of the Roman Empire, the alignment of the planets was considered to be critical to planning any major event. When the planets got together in line then the outlook was generally considered bleak, ask Julius Caesar, he was assassinated...(read more)

RANDOM SNAP>>AUTECH FOUR-DOOR GTR SEDAN

Mike Garrett — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:45:00 GMT

When Nissan first introduced the original Hakosuka Skyline GT-R in the late '60s , the only body style available was a four-door sedan. Shortly after, the GT-R would be moved the two-door Skyline platform and it would be quite some time (40 years to be exact) until a Skyline GT-R sedan would appear again. In 1998 Autech released a limited production four-door R33 Skyline GT-R, which paid homage to the original Hakosuka sedan. The Autech car featured all of the high tech GT-R items including the ATTESA E-TS AWD system (man, that's a lot of letters) , the RB26 engine, and widened GT-R style body work. Today they are very rare to see, so I was surprised to find this all-original example in Tokyo earlier this year. Until we see the oft-rumored R35 sedan, GT-R nuts with families to haul will have to stick with this... -Mike Garrett...(read more)

CAR SPOTLIGHT>>JR MOTORSPORTS DRAG EVO

Mike Garrett — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:15:00 GMT

Last week Rod posted a quick engine shot of this monster Evo drag car from the UK, and he looked into sending one of the Speedhunters shooters out to have a closer look at this beast. Unfortunately, we got word that the car is currently disassembled so we'll have to make do with a quick spotlight on the car using some older photos. The car was built by JR Motorsports (with the assistance of Mangus Motorsport in Canada) and according to their website, it's "the most technologically advanced AWD drag car that the world has ever seen". A look at the spec sheet doesn't give much reason to doubt that claim......(read more)

VIDEO ROLL>> 1000BHP TACOMA AT GOODWOOD

Rod Chong — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:29:00 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this media) I was just flipping through Youtube, to find something interesting to post about the Goodwood Festival of speed, and found this crazy video from the 2007 event. It's of Rod Millen's 1000 bhp Toyota Tacoma...(read more)

EVENT>>GOODWOOD FoS - VIEW FROM THE HILL

John Brooks — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:20:00 GMT

"Things May Come, Things May Go but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever........" As with the Dance so with the Goodwood Festival of Speed, despite the financial storms battering the whole economic system the FoS sailed on majestically this...(read more)

RANDOM SNAP>>ZACS WELL ALLIGNED S15

Casey Dhnaram — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:19:00 GMT

You may be thinking "Why such a basic looking S15?" This car may be basic, but its a very good example of a clean street car! It rolls on 17x9.5 Koya Drift Teks, Which although are quite common here in Australia, complete the look of the s15...(read more)

EVENT>> GOODWOOD FOREST RALLY STAGE

Jonathan Moore — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:15:00 GMT

Goodwood has acquired legendary status since its low-key launch in 1993, when it started with a handful of historic cars but a surfeit of enthusiasm. The Festival Of Speed has grown into a huge annual event with over 150,000 fans attending, twinned with...(read more)

GALLERY>> DTM ACTION AT THE NORISRING

Rod Chong — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:35:00 GMT

As the British DTM driver, Jamie Green sat on the grid at last weekend's Norisring race, he probably didn't fancy his chance of winning the race. He had only qualified in 7th position and surrounded by so many similar cars, victory wasn't exactly within his grasp... But win the race he did!...(read more)