On my way into Xtreme Toys in Portland today, I spotted this BN kitted IS300, which belongs to my friend Nick Rodriguez. I’ve never been a huge fan of Altezzas, but the first time I laid eyes on this car, I couldn’t pull them away. The stance is perfect. The fitment is perfect. The kit, paint, visors, and wings are all perfect. Not to mention, he’s repping MotorMavens. It all comes together to look so right. Cars like his are far from common in the cold and rainy winters of the Pacific Northwest. (more…)
Posted by: Justin Shreeve | Feb 24, 2011 | Categories: Oh Snap | Tags: 1/10th scale, 521, ABC Exclusive, Altezza, BN Sports, drifting, Grid, HR-2, IS 300, IS300, Justin Shreeve, Lexus, MRR, Nick Rodriguez, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Portland, RC, Rota, Shreeve Films, SSR, Toyota, vancouver, Vienna, Washington, Xtreme Toys, XXR | 13 Comments »
The other day, I stumbled across some unused ContourHD footage of John Russakoff in his F20 powered Corolla at Ken Block’s Gymkhana GRID Invitational. He ended up doing very well that evening, so rather than letting the clips get lost in the endless sea of footage that is my hard drive, I decided to upload them raw for all to enjoy. (more…)
Posted by: Justin Shreeve | Jan 29, 2011 | Categories: Video | Tags: AE86, Corolla, drifting, F20, Grid, Gymkhana, John Russakoff, Justin Shreeve, Ken Block, mass appeal, S2000, S2k, Shreeve Films | 5 Comments »
All of my footage of the MotorMavens Mass Appeal | Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana event went to Joe Ayala for our video coverage of the show… or so I thought! I just found this ContourHD clip of Toshiki Yoshioka driving the Driftspeed S15 Silvia and a few more while reorganizing my external hard drive. (more…)
Posted by: Justin Shreeve | Jan 28, 2011 | Categories: Video | Tags: Contour, ContourHD, drifting, Driftspeed, Grid, Gymkhana, Irwindale, Irwindale Speedway, jdm, Joe Ayala, Justin Shreeve, Ken Block, mass appeal, POV, RHD, S15, Shreeve Films, Silvia, toshiki yoshioka, Yoshioka | 7 Comments »
Here are some more much overdue photos from
Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid Invitational. At first, “
gymkhana” may sound like a martial arts discipline (to those unfamiliar with the automotive version) but it's actually a starting line and a finish line joined together by all sorts of interesting obstacles such as cones, tires, and barrels which, when arranged just
so, require a driver to perform all sorts of interesting maneuvers such as reversals, 180 and 360 degree spins, and figure 8s - all while racing against the clock. The reason I stressed that this is the automotive version is because, you may be interested to know, there is an equestrian version as well. As you can imagine, there's a lot less smoke - unless they figured out how to get a horse to do a burnout when I wasn't looking.
Read more...Posted by: Oliver Petalver | Dec 14, 2010 | Categories: Gallery | Tags: 1978 Ford Escort RS Mark II, Aaron biggie Brown, Alex Pfeiffer, Andrew Comrie Picard, Andrew Gillis, Avon Bellamy, BioMCN Nissan 350Z, Calvin Wan, Crawford Performance, Daijiro Yoshihara, Discount Tire, Discount Tire Nissan S13, Ford Fiesta, Ford Mustang, Formula D, Greg Leone, Grid, GSR Autoworks E92 BMW 3-series, Gymkhana, Gymkhana Grid Invitational, Invitational, Jeff Jones, John Russakoff, Joon Maeng, Jordan Lipman, JR, Justin Shreeve, Ken Block, Kevin Abbrings, Kyle Mohan, mass appeal, Matt Powers, Mike Essa, Mike Kojima, MotorMavens, Oliver Petalver, rally, Stephan Verdier, Time Attack, Tony Brakohiapa, Vaughn Gittin Jr | 7 Comments »
