Monthly Archives: May 2010

Event Coverage: The Mother of All Honda Meets – Eibach 2010 Pt. 1

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In our Preview, you may have seen a few pictures of what Honda enthusiasts call the ultimate Honda Mecca, the Eibach meet 2010. I’m sure by now, if you even keep up with the Honda scene, you’ve no doubt seen the various picture threads popping up everywhere on local forum boards and on NWP4life and Honda-Tech. You’ll even see coverage from multiple blogs no doubt, such as SpeedHunters, The Chronicles, and MotorMavens, but we will be showing you a different take on this years Eibach meet. Most people only see the actual show/meet side, with thousands of people running around and taking snaps, but what you DON’T see is the perspective of someone that attends these meets on a regular basis, sort of an inside view, so with that in mind we will be letting our resident Honda fanboy give you his insight on this years meet.

As Ice Cube and Chris Tucker once put it, "DAAAAAAAAAAMMMNN!!!"


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Preview: The Mother of All Honda Meets- Eibach 2010

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Ah it’s that time of year again.
For some people it means spending your tax return to buy that new car you’ve been eyeing, for others it may mean it’s time to think about how to spend your summer vacation.

But for a few thousand people, it means it’s time to make the trek to Corona, California, home of Eibach, the famous suspension company that just so happens to host the now world famous Eibach Meet. If you don’t know what the Eibach meet is, you should go ahead and go back to watching NASCAR and look no further. Eibach has been hosting this Honda Meet for years, with each year growing at an alarming rate, with this particular year’s turnout being the biggest. As we go through the hundreds of photos taken by our buddy, Andrew Machac, we will post it as soon as we can, so stay tuned! We <3 our Hondas!

**click on the pictures to see a larger version**

This is .00001% of how many cars were in attendance, and 99% of them were Hondas

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From The Outside Looking In: A Texan’s View Of FormulaD: Atlanta Pt. 2

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In part one, I kinda went over how my past experiences with FormulaD were, all on a high note. Being at FormulaD Atlanta was something else. It was like what I remember from the Houston event, but on some serious roids. They say everything in Texas is bigger, which for the most part is true, but I gotta hand it to Atlanta, they knew what was up.

This Falken girl was SMOKING HOT, just like all day friday at Road Atlanta

Coming in HOT!


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Reminder: Texas Lonestar Bash is today!

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You don’t want to miss out on this huge event going on just west of Dallas today!

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Words from Aaron Losey:
“I humbly present to you the Lonestarbash. The most epic of all the events, the one to rule them all, and in the darkness give you blood alcohol poisoning. The epicness will be amazing, this is by far the craziest event of the year. Go and you will understand what Texas drifting is all about.

In all seriousness, I created this event to bring everyone together at the same time, so we can have the most amazing event Texas has ever seen. Last year we succeeded X 10! The whole point is by providing everyone with one target event to go to, the MUST go to event of the year, everyone gets together at the same time. Sounds simple, but what it means is a bunch of parties all over the place, crazy stories, 10 + car tandem, amazing photography and video coming out of the event, and a huge show for the spectators. The proceeds of last years Lonestarbash were responsible for renting us a road course this year, at Grand Sport Speedway. So the event is really double edged, in that it gets everyone together for something magical, and then gives it back later on!”

Everyone’s going! Where are YOU gonna be?
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com

From The Outside Looking In: A Texan’s View Of FormulaD Atlanta Part 1.

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I could tell you who won the second round of FormulaD: Atlanta, I could tell you what types of turbos and superchargers were used on some of the drift cars there, I could even tell you the weight of each car, but I won’t.

That would just be me regurgitating statistics and specs, and nobody goes to a drift event to know how much horsepower team xxx is running, no, they go cause of the excitement that Formula Drift is known for. There are no numbers to describe what it feels like there.

Three drift cars await their turn in the staging lanes on top of the hill at Road Atlanta

Tanner Foust's V8, RWD Scion TC, yes, I said Scion.

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FD Road Atlanta Random Snap: The Aero Challenged Drifter

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As we prepare for our final Formula D Atlanta post tomorrow I would like to throw down this snap of quite possibly the most aerodynamically challenged competitive drifter.  I mean, it’s one thing if wind challenges you head on, but sideways as well…man, you have to have some skill.  No your eyes are not deceiving you, this is a Honda Element, and yes, it did haul some ass at Road Atlanta. 

Big Box cuts wind

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Straight baller Status.

–JohnP

Formula D: A Chameleon Preview

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As we continue to plow through photos from this past weekend at Formula D Road Atlanta I would like to take a minute to sit back and share this bad-ass Silvia S15 with everyone.  Formula D’s main event was held this past Saturday, but Friday consisted of the top 32 qualification for Saturday’s battle.  When all was said and done with the qualifiers, the top 32 professional drivers got to go at it, literally, for 2 hours on the track at night for a practice session.  It was truly an awesome experience because the character of the cars change COMPLETELY once the sun passes the horizon.  One car that expresses its character in such a drastic way in the heat of the night is Michihiro Takatori’s Drift Emporium S15. Aside from wild supercharged Titan V8 that is jammed in that bay, take a look at this brilliant chameleon paint job.  Damn this is gangster! 

From Gold..

From Gold..

I only had one chance in this lighting to catch the various changes in the paint as this car raced by.  Displayed below is six different shades of the paint through the night light, however there was easily 10+ colors.  I just didn’t get them all.  For all of the hardparkers out there, this is how chameleon paint should work.

Cooling Off

Cooling Off

Is that Green?

Is that Green?

Creeping in..

Creeping in..

Goodbye Gold

Goodbye Gold

Hello Green!

Hello Green!

 

Now if that isn’t an awesome chameleon job, I don’t know what is.  Amazing!  If these photos gave you the whining sound of that supercharger and rumble of that massive V8 under that hood, you would definitely need a change of undies.  Stay tuned for the rest!

Drift Emporium

Formula D

- JohnP

JohnP@maydaygarage.com