A video from our buddy Justin Shreeve of MotorMavens fame:
The Spirit of Formula D Long Beach from Justin Shreeve Films on Vimeo.
Awesome work as always, the videos keep getting better, Justin!
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
A couple of weeks ago, MaydayGarage was on a mission across Texas to catch driver profiles of the recent Import Reactor Drift event that happened here in Houston last week. In 2 days we shot 5 cars, and 4 profiles. We had traveled to Dallas, Texas on our first day of the trek to meet up with our good friend Stewart Leask and shoot his driver profile. When we had arrived to D-town Stew asked us if we had some extra time to snap some shots his girlfriend, Aubre Houck’s car. Now, I know that there are some tuner girls out there, but, just because you are a girl doesn’t mean we will take your car lightly; all is fair in the world of tuning. Being the typical guy I assumed that Aubre’s car would be relatively mild or overly done H.I.N. style, boy was I wrong.
Sits Pretty, pun intended
Taken from Jason’s Grain of Salt Blog, this picture shows how our forefathers suffered the same persecutions as some of us today.
Yeah. Usually I'm in cuffs though.
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
This past weekend on the west coast was the season opener of Formula Drift Season at Long Beach, CA. Many things were in the mix as people witnessed the arrival of some new faces, sponsors, and of course the MUCH anticipated OneofOne Showcase, a collaboration between the notorious Fatlace Crew and Formula D. Bringing a new flavor of car show to the table in the Formula D series, the Stay Fresh crew had a great debut, check out this video shot by one of the Stay Fresh Crew’s own Daniel Kruthanooch.
OneofOne x Formula Drift x Fatlace Round 1 Streets Of LB from Daniel Kruthanooch on Vimeo.
–JohnP
Now that we have Import Reactor Drift behind us, it’s time for the main course, Import Reactor Unlimited 2010. For those of you who having been hiding under a rock, this is the show where the best of the best compete for the year’s show bragging rights, and it’s all held at the Marriot Hotel in The Woodlands, TX, just north of Houston.
Mikey's Kouki 240sx sporting our prototype windshield banner.
Wow. What. A. Weekend.
The week started with Smoky Nagata from Top Secret Japan tuning Nissans from Monday all the way through wednesday late night, and it closed with Import Reactor Unlimited and Anime Matsuri. But before the official and epic weekend got started, Import Reactor Drift was to be the opening ceremonies to Import Reactor Unlimited.
Russell Walker's purple stuff S13 ripping up the track. KP.
Good times ahead.
JohnP with some Anime Matsuri fans
3 badass rides for 3 badass days
Lighting up the tires for IRdrift
MotorMavens * SpeedHunters * MaydayGarage
Oh yes. T’was an EPIC weekend. If you missed out, I feel bad for ya! (don’t worry, we have you covered)
Stories coming up as all of us wake up and get through these hangovers.
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
….And then they said goodbye.
If you don’t see either one of these fabulous drift machines at Import Reactor, you’ll kinda have an idea why now.
Welcome to Import Reactor 2010 from MayDay DavidD on Vimeo.
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
Wednesday was the last day for Smoky Nagata to dyno tune the last batch of Nissans in Houston which happened to be open to the public as well. Fans from all over stopped by Secret Services Auto to see the legend doing what he does best.
The guys from Baker-Jackson with Nagata san strike a pose
Before you start making fart noises and jokes because of my less than funny tagline, know that Victor Sun is a rising star right here in Texas. Victor has been drifting since 2006, but actually started drifting in California where most of the US based drifting comes from. In Cali, he attended numerous Drift Day events, and even started his own Drift group, 626 Drift Crew.
Name: Victor Sun
Height: 5 ft 11 in (it seems everyone that drifts is this height)
Weight: 225 lbs.
Bloodtype: O type
Preference in Women: Sexy sexy sexy legs
Who woulda thought an itchy crotch would be such a great profile pic?