FD Vegas wassss HOT! To say the least.

The event went off pretty well with a few little blips on the radar. I want to start off by giving a big thanks to everyone that made it happen; crew, sponsors, friends, family. thanks a bunch everyone..

on with the pictures!

Pretty and clean.. thanks halo!

Robert and Marc came out as crew.. thanks guys! Marc’s snoring made the ride up interesting

spicy italian, yes please!

most of the trip was pretty quick/easy.. decent weather, no traffic or car troubles..

one of the random storms we hit just as we were going through the steepest part.. a blessing in disguise! the van was working extra hard to get over the steep grade but didn’t overheat because the weather had cooled down so much

quick stop at the track to unload (110 degrees out) and check out this cool pit space! Can’t mistake it as anything but mine this way I guess!

Robert’s friend hooked us up with a room at The Las Vegas Club for the weekend in downtown vegas by The Freemont Experience. It was definitely an experience.

back to the track and ready to go.. good luck charm in place

We stayed on thursday night and watched the supplemental practice. It was good to see how other drivers were attacking the course. On friday during practice I spun and got hit by Yoshie, it was unfortunate but I was lucky enough to get back out on the course in time for the qualifying runs.

here’s a video of my last qualifying run:

and here’s some pictures from just a few of the media sites that were out there

vegasdrift.com

just after impact–captured by driftfotos.com ace, larry chen

cardomain.com

unfortunately I didn’t make top 32, but we did get a few laughs out of the rain that started up just as we finished loading the car to head out for the night–here bryan explains why it’s wonderful that the van’s windows won’t roll up as it starts pouring:

we dried off… eventually made it back to the hotel and had a great night.. and was lucky enough to be surprised by somethin extttra special

until the next update I’ll leave you with a picture of what a might-as-well-be-a-brick phone looks like when it locks up on the way to vegas:

Went out to Camarillo airport for an event held by Drift Day to hang out with Brogers and the folks over at Team Allstars.

at the shop with 2 of the 3 cars snug in the bay

love that APR wing

these cars are the real deal.. when you pull off the 1-piece carbon fiber front end the real beast that makes these cars what they are is exposed.. cosworth power!

more on these soon..!

Check out this month’s issue of Modified Magazine, it has some sweet coverage of the Performance Nissan that FD did a demo at not too long ago. It also has some other sweet articles, so swing by rite aid and pick one up!

seeing this from my desk at work makes me happy..

Happy 4th of July everyone, hope it was good

Tons of fun and tons of heat! This was my chance to play around a little bit before vegas and I had tons of fun. Nicolez headed up to WSIR with me and we took the car out to horsethief for a few hotlaps–and that’s not just a racing term; it was over a hundred out! Tires went fast, engine temps went up, but the event was a blast. It was great to see so many drifters driving and having a good time together–from all over the US!

here’s a couple pictures from toxic photos:

swanky!

getting chased down by pfeiffer

typical asb style–driving to make your way around a track littered with brightly-painted fiberglass

:)

I stopped by big willow to talk with one of the lotus guys about their challenge series and met a really cool guy named Rob who owns this lime green elise.. can’t wait to join someday!

and here’s one more by larry chen at driftfotos.com –some of the greatest photography around

John Russakoff of JSP - John’s Superior Performance responded to a post of mine on ziptied about needing a set of motor mount brackets for the 86. Took the trip down there to north SD and the trip went pretty smooth. The extra bonus was getting to check out where John does all his awesome work!

rolling down the 5s with bmike

we got there a little bit early and the guys from turbo smart were working on a new STi just like my buddy sam’s car. I think this one got a new BOV on it..

quick snap of john’s F22c turbo engine bay.. nuts! can’t wait to see how much ass this kicks

update soon w/ putting those motor mount brackets to work..

Picked up this dirty but working bluetop off of mark (who you might know as slidesquad mark) a few weeks ago and finally got around to putting the carbs on it. I’ll be picking up a pair of motor mount brackets from John Russakoff and the motor will finally be ready to go in! I’m super excited and just waiting til I have time to go down to SD to pick up the parts from John

mike came over ready for business. the kitchen gloves…. don’t ask

picked up these nifty dowels to slip the carbs on

spin that on there!

tightening everything up

bingo! its just those valve covers aren’t exactly doing it for me…

all the crap in