That time of year just passed us by. Every car builders dream and nightmare at the same time. Countless hours are spent on builds that always seem to get finished as the car is being loaded on a trailer or in one case I heard, parts delivered to the convention center and installed in the parking lot right before roll-in. As always, the convention center was packed full of cars and vendors with huge displays. After walking around for 4 days, I still don’t think I really got to see everything but I definitely tried. Anyways, check out the photos and I hope you enjoy them.
Tag Archive for 'speedlounge'
Photos By: Brian Chin and Somya Siva
Canibeat presented their 2nd annual First Class Fitment show this past weekend. Compared to last year, it seemed as though the show had doubled in size along with the spectators(as if it wasn’t already hard enough to take photos). Dj’s kept the music going all day long, catered food kept our belly’s full and some RC drifting added a little action to the show. Congrats to the winners of the awesome custom trophies made with the help of CCW.
Sunday at Raceway Park’s Fall Nationals, Shift Gear hosted the 1st Annual Old School Import Showdown. It was exciting to see some of these classic cars come out for the event. Mild to wildly modified, they were all done so cleanly and most of these cars you just never see on the road. I hope to see more of them in the future.
Liberty VIP hosted their second annual Black event at Raceway Park’s Fall Nationals. There was a nice showing of cars despite the weather. Low and slow, bagged or static, flush or tucked. Take your pick, they had it all. For the winners of the show, they got to take some of the more interesting trophies that I’ve seen at a car show. Enjoy the pictures!
The Gauntlet at Wall Speedway in New Jersey is one of the most brutal tracks on the Formula D circuit that the drivers face year to year. With the steep banking turns and harsh transitions from bank to flat really takes its tolls on both the cars and the drivers. The turn 1 guard rail seem to have collected more casualties this year more then any other even taking out #1 qualifier Ryan Tuerck on his home track.
Conrad Grunewald went on to take top position on the podium with points leader Justin Pawlack taking 2nd and teammate Daijiro Yoshihara in 3rd staying right behind Justin in the points count.
The off season in the northeast can be pretty chilling. Sub freezing temps and digging out 3 feet of snow can make the simplest of gatherings more work then Ronnie and Sammie’s relationship on Jersey Shore. OGS put together a karting battle at Pole Position in Jersey City, NJ to get a little friendly competition going to get everyone ready for the upcoming season. Go-karts, food and free swag, what more can you ask for. Thanks to all the supporters and sponsors and Javier for putting this together.
HIN/NOPI NEW JERSEY from Daniel Olivares on Vimeo.
Check out this video of the HINNopi show in Jersey. Daniel is new and upcoming videographer and hope to see more rad videos like this in the future.










