Year twelve of ClubFR’s Drift Day events has begun. I’ve gone to about half of them and always had a good time.. It was great to see so many familiar faces and spend some time talking to friends from far away! DD51 was a bit odd for Me though. I was very lazy for the first half of the day and then managed to snap off almost three thousand pictures in about four hours. It wasn’t the best day photography-wise. I shot a lot with sunglasses, which always makes for bright pictures. My success rate was pretty low too, only 1 in 10 pictures was acceptable. I probably should have done some editing, a few of these got darkened/brightened, but this is pretty much how they were shot.
Below is a pair of short time lapses I shot before the track went hot and during the lunch break. Because I love shooting time lapses… After that, is the 300ish pictures that weren’t too blurry to post. :) May load slowly!
April 27, 2015 | Categories: Automotive Photography, Time Lapse | Tags: 2015, 240, 240sx, 350z, 51, ae86, angle, april, bmw, body kit, brz, burning rubber, car, cars, clouds, club sandwich, clubfr, cressida, cresta, crew, custom, damage, day, dd51, dirty love, drift, drift car problems, driftday, drifting, e30, e36, event, events, fab, fc, fc3s, frs, glitter, gnar, grip gambler, hachi, images, jzx, kitted, livery, mazda, middle america, midwest, mkiii, moonlighter, nissan, pair, photo, photograph, photographs, picture, pictures, proceed, race, s13, s14, sc300, scion, season, shot, shots, sileighty, silvia, smoke, soarer, solo, spring, start, style, subaru, supra, tandem, team, team proceed, time lapse, timelapse, tire shredding, tire smoke, toyota, track, tracker, trio, usa international raceway, wheel, wheels, wide | Leave a comment
December 9, 2014 | Categories: Automotive Photography, Photography | Tags: 240sx, angle, angles, auto, bend, bent, cage, car, cars, custom, cutting, drift, fab, fabricating, fabrication, man at work, metro, midwest, minneapolis, minnesota, mn, oppomoto, opposition motors, prep, roll, rollcage, ryan clemens, shop, sparks, tmfopposiotion, tubes, tubing, twin cities, weld, welded, welding, welds, work, workshop | Leave a comment
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I headed south of town to see some friends and have a peak at the drift truck one of them is building. Destination: Modern Automotive Performance, which has a nice shop for doing fabrication and modifications of many varieties. Several drift drivers work here, among other mechanics with different taste in cars and style. Personally, I like walking into shops like this. Older cars, made to be clean, show quality machines. New sports cars being upgraded, custom builds of all kinds, even on motorcycles. About two dozen cars packed into a not so small work space.
There were several incarnations of Evo’s, in various states. While most were street cars, with light modifications. Some were clearly drag cars, parachute brakes and all. The black, carbon fiber laden Mustang was pretty nice looking. As was the old Celica, pictured from the front, with it’s hood up.
Below, is Andrew’s Chevy S10 pickup truck, which is being rebuilt from the frame up. Quite literally, the frame, shock mounts, structure, and wider fenders have all been cut out and made from scratch. Having already gone with a Nissan 240sx with the engine from it’s japanese variant, as well as a v8 fox body Mustang and a 1jz in a Nissan pickup, He has opted to use a turbo-charged Toyota 2j-series engine. I am quite curious to see how this truck does on the track once it is assembled. It will certainly look and sound interesting.
March 16, 2014 | Categories: Automotive Photography, Random Thoughts | Tags: 1j, 1jz, 240, 240sx, 350z, 7, 8, 9, american, auto, automotive, back, bike, bmw, boxer, buggie, buggy, build, building, built, camaro, car, carbon, carolla, cars, chevrolet, chevy, classic, clean, constructing, cooper, coupe, craft, custom, customized, dirty love, dirtylove, drift, engine, evo, evolution, exhaust, fab, fabricated, fabrication, fender, fenders, fiber, ford, front, garage, german, good, gt, hachi, hand, hatch, hatchback, import, is, is250, is300, japanese, jdm, lancer, lexus, lift, m.a.p., m.a.performance, map, maperformance, metro, midwest, mini, minnesota, mistubishi, mn, mod, modern, modernautomotiveperformance, modification, modifications, modified, modify, motorcycle, mount, mr, muscle, mustang, nice, nissan, performance, pick, pickup, pipes, pontiac, pro, ps13, radiator, rear engine, s10, s13, sedan, shock towers, shop, side, sports, ss, station wagon, subaru, toyota, transplant, truck, tuned, tuner, turbo, twin cities, under, under-carriage, undercarriage, underneath, up, usdm, vehicle, wagon, work, workshop | 3 Comments
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