Category Archives: events
Club Loose: Spring Moves
Words & Snaps: Johnel Zeller
Well now that it’s finally getting warm out and majority of us here on the east coast are finished hibernating, it’s time for everyone to get back into the swing of things. So if you’re in the tri-state area and drifting happens to be what you’re looking for, Club Loose has you covered with a bunch of events lined up for this season. I’ve attended two so far and between watching the A class drivers tear up the entire track or the B and C class guys pushing their cars and skills to the limit, I can honestly say it’s never a bad time.
The future events seem very promising with the the number of spectators and drivers continuing to grow each time. There’s always those few die-hard drifters that never fail to show up to every event they can and that kind of passion is what I love about this sport.
JDM Chicago Season Opener 2012.
The JDMC Season Opener was a Rain or Shine event, and lets just say the weather was really pushing that statement. The entire day was a constant downpour, but luckily it let off a bit so I could wrap my camera up in a plastic bag and get some shots before it poured again. Despite the insane amount of rain there was still a great turn out, there were even people out of state that made the drive out to the meet. Huge props to Ginash and all the people from JDMC that helped organize this awesome event.
So now for a bit of background info about JDMC: “The Chicago-based online magazine & community. We started out with a mission is to feature rare and modified Japanese cars from the Chicagoland/Midwest area. We have since expanded by covering cars and events on a national and global level. Additionally, we hope to bring together the automotive community and give recognition to the people that make it what it is.” It was started in 2009 by Ginash. Check out their forum at: http://www.jdmchicago.com. Ginash explained: “We really wanted to do a blog and start featuring local cars. It has expanded since then and now we do alot more stuff on a national level. When we first started it, no one was doing anything like it in Chicago, so I talked to alot of the local media guys and we launched it around June of 2009.” Now enjoy JDM Enthusiast’s heaven!
Auto Mass Part 2- Car Show Coverage
You’ve seen some of the Street Drift cars from the Windy City and now for a sample of the rest of the car scene from the area. There were plenty of unique builds on display, there was even a Toyota Starlet there! Rather than just telling you what was there I will just let you see for yourself!
Relay for Life Carshow
This past weekend Relay for Life held their first carshow in Tracy. CxH of course had to be there, we’re a big supporter of finding cures for cancer. The show was a great way to raise awareness and it was a pretty good turnout! There were cars and bikes from all different scenes; jdm, euro, muscle, old school, etc. Enough talk, your here to see the cars right? 
Auto Mass Round 1 | Part 1
All I can say is WOW. This was the first Drift event that I have ever attended and it was absolutely incredible! There were some outstanding drivers and cars out there. With that said I’d like to give a quick shout out to The Risky Devils for coming out, they put on a fantastic display for the spectators! A few of my personal favorite cars from the Drifting portion would be a gorgeous Z31 300zx, 1JZ swapped Nissan Hardbody, a very clean pearl white FC RX7, and a Formula Drift FD RX7. I hope that Auto Mass continues and has more events over the summer, because the event they threw was outstanding. It gave me goosebumps to watch the advanced class dive into the corners at such insane entry speeds and keep complete control all the way through. Although there were some very close calls the drivers all were able to react quickly to avoid cars that had spun out. Click “READ MORE” to enjoy pictures of the drifting portion of Auto Mass Round 1 2012! Stay tuned for coverage of the car show that also took place at Auto Mass.
Fiat 500 Abarth Driving Experience | Day 2 Magic is Real
By now hopefully all of you have read the last 2 posts about the Fiat 500 Abarth Driving Experience because this post is where it all comes together.
Fiat 500 Abarth Driving Experience | The Teams
Let me start of this post with a little bit more explanation about the event. Fiat USA invited a 10 bloggers, as well as 5 facebook fans and 5 professional drivers to a full day of driving with
XDC x HIN Phoenix 2012
A couple weeks ago I went up to Phoenix for my first real drift event (Aww!) and I had an awesome time! This year’s XDC at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix was a great event, they combined it with HIN to give us plenty to do between all the drifting that was going on. There was no shortage of things to look at and do at the event!
Click through for more photos and drift action!
Formula D 2012 Round 1: Streets of Long Beach, main event coverage
Photo and words by RJ Deslate, video by Mikey Dang
Formula D is back again and how awesome can the inaugural event would be when it is held Long Beach Grand Prix track utilizing turn 9, 10 and 11. Yes, they are literally using the streets of long beach. For this season, there has been an abundant amount of rookies and one of them already built a huge fan base stateside. His name is Daigo Saito and he is the reigning Formula D asia champion and D1GP japan champion.
He is currently driving this Lexus SC430 built by Bridges Racing and running on Achilles tire rubber and under the hood; it sports a 2jz-gte producing around 1200 HP!!
During the beginning of the Formula D season, one would usually see drivers with different teams, vehicles and sponsors and for this year, Drift Alliance OG, Ryan Tuerck is one of them. He now drives the Retaks LS3 powered s13.5 rocking fifteen52 wheels on Maxxis tire rubber. He seems very comfortable with the car and ended up being the number one qualifier in the qualifying rounds.
Now for the Main event …. click READ MORE to continue . . .
