Round 3 took place this past weekend in Malaysia at the Sepang International Circuit. Super GT’s top class have produced some of the fastest GT racing cars in the world. Some of the most dominant cars come from Japan’s Big 3 automakers; Honda, Nissan, and Toyota/Lexus. It’s interesting to see at how much output these manufacturers come up with.
Jun
14
Nom noms in Japan!
Here’s a little collection of some of the food and drinks that I had while in Japan earlier this year. The food was phenomenal and some things that were so simple and can have here every day, was just plain better in Japan. Maybe because everything wasn’t greasy and/or fried…. And you’d be amazed at what you can find in vending machines out there!
-D.
Jun
13
Street Legal GT-R Sets New World Record
Built by the folks at Switzer Performance, this Nissan GT-R is not your average grocery getter. This one hits the ground running and takes the women and kids along for the ride. Pushing 1,300 horsepower, the new quarter mile record was set at 8.61 seconds at 170 MPH. Just when you thought GT-R’s came equipped with enough ponies to test the average challenger, someone comes along and takes it to another level.
Jun
11
Kei Trucks Hit The Track
Found this online and figured it was worth a watch. It’s amazing what people do in their spare time, especially in kei trucks.
Jun
10
Tanabe USA Spring 2013 R&D Session
Here is what’s going on so far in this year’s Tanabe USA Spring R&D session: (please check out the R&D blog for up to date news on the parts we are testing!)
The R&D team taking off the stock BRZ exhaust to prepare test fitting the new Tanabe exhaust.
Welding a tip for this Tanabe Medalion test exhaust for new Honda Civic.
Tanabe springs going on Mazda 3 Skyactiv.
For more news check out the R&D blog!
Jun
06
Top Gear’s The Stig vs Honda’s Asimo
Interesting video made by the people over at Top Gear. Here you’ll see a person with characteristics of a robot and a robot with characteristics of a human squaring off. Pretty cool concept to put them two together.
Jun
05
Autocon LA 2013 Coverage
Last weekend I went to Autocon LA and snapped some pics. Last year I went to the show with a booth for work and since I was there by myself, I really didn’t get to walk around at all. That, combined with 100+ degree weather and me wearing black jeans and button up made the show pretty unbearable. This year it was scheduled a little earlier but still pretty damn hot. I went there with my team instead so I was able to enjoy the show more. The weather was still pretty warm but there was a nice breeze throughout most of the day. This year’s event was pretty packed. Staging cars was pretty tough and many of the cars were parked door to door or bumper to bumper. Making it difficult at times to take pictures or even look at some of the details of the event. I guess it’s a sign that the show is growing in popularity.









































































