Event Coverage: ESX Dealer Tour and Subaru Shop Day @ Gillman Subaru SW
On Saturday, Mayday Garage was out at Gillman Subaru Southwest as Houston welcomed West Coast Subaru tuner Easy Street Motorsports (ESX) while Gillman Subaru was having their first shop day of the year. Sunny skies and perfect temperature were the welcoming forces for the Subaru shop day as we collectively arrived to the dealership bright and early to start the day at 7:30 am.
Stephanie from ESX and future Subaru driver
Events: ESX Motorsports Tour Stop and Subaru Shop Day
Mayday Garage will be out at Gillman Subaru Southwest this weekend hanging out with the local Subaru community and greeting Subaru tuning legend Ali Afshar as he makes his Houston stop of his ESX American Dealership Tour. During this tour, Mr. Afshar and his crew will only be present at a few selected dealerships, and Gillman Subaru SW is one of them! ( I think you can thank the man Wally for this one.) So come hang out with ESX's Ali Afshar, Wally, Mayday Garage, and the rest of the local Subaru gear heads as we kick it and eat some AWESOME BBQ! It is going to be a great weekend, ALL CARS ARE INVITED, so we will see you out there! For more details about the event, click HERE. Stay tuned for Mayday coverage from this event.
03/06/2010 - 9:00AM -6:00PM @ Gillman Subaru SW, see you there!
Wek-Fest 2010: MaydayGarage coverage pt. 1
So, we continue our coverage of Wek-Fest. As we had mentioned before, we had been awoken to the sound of exhausts and scraping frames at about 6:00am on Sunday morning. When I had run outside of the hotel to see what the hell was going on, it was apparent that cars were already starting to line up to enter the show. ...
Infinite Line
Wek-Fest 2010: A Preview
This past weekend we ventured out to California to check out Wek-Fest in Japantown, San Francisco. When we heard that this show consisted of Nor-Cal’s finest, we really did not know what to expect, the anxiety was killing us the whole way to San Fran. With us being from Houston all we could hope for was what has come to us in blog features or what hits the magazine stands. We were sure in for a surprise though, not only were expectations met, but they were surpassed. These crews rolled out hard, and I sure as hell cannot remember the last time a tuner show I went to had that level of energy, it was damn impressive.
No room for the Wek.
Events: SF Wek’Fest 2010 : JapanTown San Francisco
Soooo, this weekend I will be flying out to San Francisco from Texas for what I believe is one of California’s most hype, up and coming car shows, Wek'Fest. I mean, how can you even deny the fact that these guys over there at Wek'Fest / Wek'Sos sold out of 450 spots in the span of 9 days. Shit, people better take note because these guys obviously know what they are doing and that is how come I am rolling out there. First stop will be Fatlace, some restaurants, then party it up with Ben Terry from Stanceworks, Mayday Mikeyy, and hopefully meet up with Cipher Garage and Motormaven's own Antonio Alvendia. Stay tuned for coverage from this event, California’s top Hard Parkers in Japantown San Francisco is definitely something you dont want to miss. For More information visit WEK-FEST site. Check out that roll call, dayum, I can't wait!
So who all is going??
-JohnP
Breaking News: Smoky Nagata of Top Secret to Come to Houston!!
On March 31, 2010, Houston will experience the legendary Smoky Nagata of TOP SECRET Japan like no other has before. Smoky, along with one of his trusted Top Secret Mechanics will be coming to Houston as special guests to local Houston car show, Import Reactor. Smoky however, is not just coming as a guest, he will also be tuning TWENTY Nissan cars over the span of THREE DAYS at local tuner shop Secret Services with a new ECU prototype, Top Secret Process.
The Chosen Nissan Cars to be tuned will be selected from the Nissan 350z, Nissan 370z, Infiniti G35, Infiniti G37, and R35 GTR. Over the span of three days, the first two will be PRIVATE tunes only, no public access will be granted. But, on the third day, from 3:00pm until 12:00am the Houston tuning community will look on as Smoky Nagata puts his personal touch on the remaining cars to be tuned.
This is truly a golden opportunity for anyone who has dreamed of having their car tuned by Top Secret Japan. Not only will 20 lucky people be able to meet the one and only Smoky Nagata of Top Secret, but they will also be able to have their cars tuned by him as well.
Meeting Smokey Nagata has always been a dream of mine and in March, Houston will get to experience the legend himself. OH HELL YES!
For more information on this legendary event check AnimeMatsuri.com.
Stay tuned for more things to come at MaydayGarage.com
- JohnP
Event Coverage: NST 5th Anniversary Drift Competition & Car Show Part 2.
They say a picture says a thousand words, and if that's true, we have a ton of things to say in this second installment of our coverage of the Drift and Show competition held at Gulf Greyhound Park in LaMarque, TX.
Who's got dat ass covered?? MAYDAYGARAGE!
Let's get to it.
Event Coverage: N.S.T. 5th Anniversary Drift Competition & Car Show Part 1.
This past sunday, the good folks over at NonStopTuning, a.k.a. NST, celebrated their illustrious 5 year anniversary in La Marque, TX with over one thousand close friends and family! While some businesses celebrate with cheaply made cake and cheesy party hats, NST took it a few steps further by holding a drift competition and car show held at Gulf Greyhound Park just south of Houston. Despite the bitter forty degree weather, that didn't seem to stop the hundreds of spectators from (as JohnP so eloquently put it) getting their drift fix. Luckily, there wasn't any disappointment from the drifters as they put on their multiple layers of clothing and kept their heads warm in their helmets.
- An LS1 powered S13? Yes.
Event Coverage: N.S.T. 5 year anniversary drift event! pt. 0 a preview.
This past Sunday MaydayGarage was out kicking it with our local Texas drifters for the Non Stop Tuning 5 year anniversary drift event. Mike, owner and founder of N.S.T. and local drift icon Aaron Losey from Fabricated Motorsports put on the drift competition and car show. 40 degrees and a slight wind chill was the welcoming weather for a pretty chilly exhibition of drift as we all literally froze our butts off. But hot as hell or cold as hell, we always find ourselves weathering it out to get our sideways fix.
Russel Walker Getting Wicked
Event News: One/One Showcase by Fatlace meets Formula D!
With the recent collapse of Hot Import Nights last year and the growing pains in the tuner car show industry, Fatlace heavyweight and tuning OG, Mark Arcenal, has stepped up to the plate.
"Formula DRIFT in conjunction with Fatlace, LLC, is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural ONE OF ONE, the Fatlace Car Show Series. ONE OF ONE is the official Car Show Series of Formula DRIFT and will be held at each 2010 Formula DRIFT event nationwide. The first show of the series will go down at Formula DRIFT Round 1: Streets of Long Beach, adjacent to the track."
Man this is hype! BRING FORMULA D TO TEXAS THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Read more @ Fatlace
JohnP