The
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach kicked off this morning with the
American LeMans cars circling the track. At 7:30AM, the pleasant sound of birds chirping was interrupted by an even better sound - a symphony of exhaust notes produced by the thirty three competition cars of the ALMS Series. All the people in the neighboring apartments definitely woke up to the sound of screaming engines if they weren't awake already!
The Streets of Long Beach get transformed into a race track about 2 months before the annual
Long Beach Grand Prix and as it gets closer to race day you can almost feel the excitement in the air. This will be the last year in which the ALMS will be running as a stand alone series, merging with Grand Am racing in 2014, and ultimately becoming the
United SportsCar Racing Series.
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Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | Apr 19, 2013 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 911, Alex Job Racing, ALMS, American LeMans, Antonio Alvendia, Dominik Farnbacher, Dyson Racing, Fast & Furious 6, FLM09, Giuseppe Risi, Long Beach Grand Prix, Luis Diaz, Marc Goossens., Mazda, Mazdaspeed, Mike Kim, ORECA, Porsche, Rex Torres, Risi Competizione, SRT Motorsports, Streets of Long Beach, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, United SportsCar Racing Series, Weathertech |
Formula Drift on the
Streets of Long Beach is always an event not to be missed! The start of racing season (drifting season, actually) always feels like the first day of school. The drivers have new cars and new liveries, the race teams have new umbrella girls and updated outfits, and even photographers come through with new camera gear to capture the happenings at Formula Drift. This year, we had to contend with lots of clouds blocking out the California sun. We even had a little bit of rain fall at the event, but it certainly didn't dampen out spirits!
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Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | Apr 19, 2013 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 2JZGTE, 350Z, Achilles, Achilles Tire, AEM, BRZ, Daigo Saito, Formula Drift, Forrest Wang, Infinity ECU, Jhonnattan Castro, Long Beach, S13, S14, Silvia, Subaru, toshiki yoshioka, Z33 |
The Formula Drift 2013 season kicked off here in the streets of Long Beach! Every year as the roads in Long Beach get prepped for the Grand Prix, Formula Drift always has the honor of christening the pavement with tires and the air with tire smoke. With many new drivers debuting their car for the first time in pro leagues there are also a lot of returning veteran drivers on the lot. Every year having to outdo themselves a lot of drivers bring new cars and even more horsepower with them to the track. As we bring you live coverage of the weekends events follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, at @MOTORMAVENS and @86Fest, for updates and images of the First Formula Drift competition of the year.
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Posted by: Mike Kim | Apr 13, 2013 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: Achilles Tire, Alex Lee, Chevy Camaro, Courtney Day, Dai Yoshihara, Daigo Saito, Daijiro Yoshihara, Discount Tire, Erica Nagashima, Falken, Falken Tire, Formula Drift, Forrest Wang, FRS, GoPro, Hankook, Holly Allen, Justin Pawlak, Megan Racing, Mike Kim, Robbie Nishida, S13, S14, Sadie May, Scion, Stephanie Kay, Taka Aono, Taryn Kelly, Tire, Tomei, toshiki yoshioka |
NASCAR was pigeonholed many years ago as a redneck, Southeastern cultural phenomenon. It still has some of that down home feel, but when you drop the
Sprint Cup and
Nationwide series into the heart of Southern California car country, it melds almost seamlessly with so much of the culture surrounding things that go vroom-vroom.
Consider NASCAR evolved out of the uncanny abilities of drivers who spent most of their time trying to outrun the police... No, really. Most of NASCAR’s original heroes cut their driving chops running moonshine (illegal grain alcohol) in the 1920s to the 1940s. Not only were these guys phenomenal drivers who regularly escaped certain prison time, they were clever mechanics, who could tune a 1930s Chevy to outrun just about any municipal vehicle of the day.
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Posted by: Tom Stahler | Apr 02, 2013 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: AJ Foyt, Auto Club 400, Auto Club Speedway, Big Bill France, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Camry, Danica Patrick, Darrell Waltrip, Donnie Allison, Fontana, Fontucky, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, Oliver Petalver, Richard Petty, SPRINT CUP SERIES, Tom Stahler, Toyota, Travis Pastrana |
Formula Drift always holds a
Preseason Technical Inspection Day before the annual race season starts. The objection of the tech inspection is to go over each car to verify that all safety equipment and chassis modifications are fair and accounted for. When it comes to building a race car, whether its for drift, drag, road racing or rally, safety has to be a high priority for any team.
Source Interlink Media was the host of this year's tech day. This was a free event to attend for those enthusiasts and fans who want to get up close and personal with the cars and drivers. They had food trucks, free energy drinks, and of course, lots of local car show enthusiasts and their rides in attendance!
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Posted by: Mike Kim | Apr 01, 2013 | Categories: Gallery | Tags: 2JZ, Achilles, AE86, Audi, BMW, BRZ, cx, drive m7, E46, emergency hookers, Falken, forgestar, Forrest Wang, FR-S, FRS, garrett honeywell, Garrett Turbo, GSR Autosport, Hankook, hankook tires, Jeff Jones, LifeBlasters, M3, Megan Racing, melygrace, meyssa grace, Mike Kim, mini, Nissan, R8, racing, Rocket Bunny, Scion, Source Interlink, staycrushing, Subaru, Taka Aono, TE27, te37 sl, Tomei, Toyota, Tra-Kyoto, Volk Racing |
NYIAS is here! The
New York International Auto Show Media Preview Days have just kicked off, giving members of the automotive press a sneak peek into what's new from all the automotive manufacturers this year. There are tons of cars to look at and lots of ground to cover, so we'll keep updating you with more photo updates on the blog and of course, our social stream...
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Posted by: Erik Fuller | Mar 28, 2013 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 2014 911, 2014 911 GT3, 911, Concept Car, Crusher Orange, Dodge, Erik Fuller, Genesis, GT3, GTI, HCD-14, Hyundai, Jaguar, Jaguar XJR Sedan, New York Auto Show, NYIAS, NYIAS 2013, Porsche, Viper, Viper TA, Volkswagen, VW, XJR |
Looking through the photos we shot at the 61st Mobil 1
Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida (Their official name is WAY too long to say in one breath; it means Sebring had a good ad sales guy), we couldn't help but drop our jaws when staring at this
Corvette Stingray from
Howey Farms Racing. We don't know much about the car and the driver, but apparently it was being driven by
Clark Howey, a man with years and years of track experience at Sebring under his belt.
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Posted by: Pat Daly | Mar 22, 2013 | Categories: Carspotting | Tags: 24H of Le Mans, ALMS, American Le Mans Series, C6.R, Circuit de la Sarthe, Clark Howey, Compuware, corvette, corvette stingray, Fresh from Florida, Howey Farms, Howey Farms Racing, Mobil 1, Pat Daly, Patrick Daly, Petit Le Mans, Sebring, Sebring 12H, Sebring International Raceway, Stingray, Tommy Milner |
