Formula D: A Chameleon Preview

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

Event Coverage: Fatlace One of One @ FormulaD Atlanta.

Wow, what a crazy weekend!
If you’ve been paying attention, myself and JohnP made a weekend trip to Atlanta, GA to check out the local drift scene and to watch the pros hit up Road Atlanta, the premier drift track in the Southeast for FormulaD. While FormulaD’s main course was of course the hot drift action on the main track, there were a TON of other things to do to keep your attention. Among these attractions, one stood out like a sore thumb, the Fatlace One of One carshow.

Fatlace's Battle Flags blowing in the cool Atlanta air

A Honda Day: Phuc Nguyen’s Crème’ 93′ EG Hatchback

I love the feeling when I come across a tuner car that I have never seen.  When we live in the world of massive automotive tuning forums, tons of blogs and even Flickr, it is a rare sight to come across a clean ride that has been in hiding.  I mean, it would be one thing if it was a car that was of rare production, but a Honda? Ya, that is rare.  So, you can imagine the excitement we had when we came across a Honda that had not been splattered across the internet in a million Myspace angles.   Imagine one that had been in silent slumber being pieced together at the pace of the owner, such as this car, Phuc’s 1993 Honda Civic EG Hatchback.   Being a tuner since the late 90’s you can see he has some classic tuner style in this car, and when we laid our eyes on it, we were in love, in a nostalgic kind of way.

Classic Touch, Classic Feel

Classic Touch, Classic Feel

Random Snap: Bare Essentials.

Some people overkill certain things. Like a dualie truck for a soccer mom, a $5k computer for someone who just surfs the internet, or when people go gauge happy in tuner cars.

Then there are people who just need the bare essentials like our buddy Robert here in his drift Cressida. Nothing fancy schmancy, just what you need to know. Actually, it’s a bit TOO minimalist for me! Rock on.

Zippy!

Zippy!

–David–
David@maydaygarage.com