It’s F1 Season! After watching the Australian Grand Prix, I remembered I had a classic F1 pictures folder; pictures that I have collected scouring the interwebs during my sleepless nights. It’s amazing how these cars developed in design and technology over time.  I probably have over 100 pictures of classic Formula 1 moments and this Nostalgic Wednesday I have selected a few of my favorites for your viewing pleasure.

Enjoy.

Moss in BRM 1959

Ferrari 512 around "the Ring's" Karussell 1964

87' Ayrton Senna in his Lotus 99T

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Import Reactor, one of Houston’s last surviving Import Tuner shows. Import Reactor, like last year, ended up being a good time, but unlike last year, it took place in a new location and therefore suffered a bit logistically. When I arrived on the first day (Friday), I thought the event would surely end up in disaster. A Japanese themed car show tied with an Anime Convention (Anime Matsuri) that occurred within the same vicinity as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. It was like throwing gas on a fire, especially day one. Starting off it was a logistical nightmare, the hotel had forgotten to reserve spots for the car show overnight, so at the butt crack of dawn the Import Reactor crew had a TON of hotel guests sitting within the car show vicinity. This led to a full day of back tracking for the organizers of the car show itself. Therefore, when we arrived, it was chaos.

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After meeting up with Paul Morgan, Jace, and Tito (the organizers of Import Reactor) I could tell that something was not right. The guys already were fighting up hill because the venue was not an ideal location for a car show, but this was a whole different ballgame, they were in a bit of trouble, and trying to make due with what they had. Not only did these guys not have their main guest, Smoky Nagata, but they also were not going to be debuting the V12 Supra from Top Secret because of the recent Tsunami disaster in Japan. All around, these guys were having a pretty tough time.

Joe's all business GS, was not playin' that day.

But, to the mere organizer, these factors would have shut them down and made them run away with their tails between their legs, but not these guys. The team of Import Reactor by day two had pulled the show together and had things moving along pretty damn smoothly.

Nostalgic Love.

And judging by the smiles that were on everyone’s faces, it looked like the competitors were having a great time too, and things were back on track….

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