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Broken Stop Watch
Break out the summer tires.
My favorite time of the year: Hunting Season! I've got my barrel honed and sight adjusted. Beginning is the best few months of the year, where cars come out of the woodwork, maybe even only for a few jolts around the block, and back into storage. Some fresh oil and gas, a few laps around town, and back under a cover she goes. Let's begin with some quick snaps of rarities of recent. Thanks to Jodie, her patience and her camera! [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="1024" caption="A rusty Corvair! There's lots of these, weird handing issues though."]
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Somebodies got a case of the Mondays.
After the mind blowing day Sunday turned out to be we feared that nothing could top it. We made our way back to Nikko Monday morning thinking what could possibly be going on at 10:30 on a Monday morning? [caption id="attachment_180" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="The best way to start the week"]
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To our surprise, there was a group of drifters and a group of grip drivers taking turns using...
Japan, the ride, the sequel.
While at the Tsukuba Hyper Meeting Alexi let us know that he was leaving early to check out an RB meet at Nikko circuit. We were invited along and excitedly accepted of course. Tsukuba was a lot of fun but nothing prepared us for the overwhelming nature of Nikko. It's an unassuming track hidden away from the world and surrounded by the hills of what looks to be an old quarry site. You take a rough road off the highway and follow it through a single lane concrete tunnel, once through the tunnel you're met with screeching tires and the...
Japan, the ride.
So I can't even fathom how to tackle the amount of information and experiences we brought home with us. That being said, this is a primarily automotive themed site so that's as good a place as any to start. The first big event we made it to was the Hyper Meeting at Tsukuba Circuit. We arrived the night before and after talking to some super nice security we were allowed to park and sleep on the premises. Saturday, April 12 started very early for us as people and cars started arriving at about 4:45am. Car started seriously rolling in around...