Archive for the 'Motorsport' Category
BATHURST 12HR 2010
Justin Fox February 19th, 2010
One of JDMST’s fave photographers Matthew Mead has uploaded some killer shots from the Bathurst 12HR. Click here for more.
Sponsoring Grassroots Racing
EvilElmo February 10th, 2010
This is a question I’ve been asking myself for quite some time now. Why is the idea of sponsoring an event, team or racer such a difficult task for amateur, semi pro and even promising talent?
A talented dirt bike rider who won 70 state titles and at the age of 12 participated in 35 races, with 32 wins, 5 titles on the line and won all of those titles. You might have heard of him, Casey Stoner. Yet with all these wins and potential of being an international success, did Australian business jump on his side and help him along? According to him, not really.
Go Faster – The Graphic Design of Racing Cars
Justin Fox February 10th, 2010
Stripes, numbers, colors, and logos – the graphic visual look of a racecar has to stand out from all the others as they go zooming by. Go Faster is a collection of over one hundred examples of racecar design that documents the carefree anarchy in which they were created.
In the book, colorful racing cars are featured next to blank, white models. Thanks to this juxtaposition, Go Faster not only takes its readers on a breakneck ride through images of racing history, but also shows them exactly how the graphics modulate the look of the vehicle.
Sportcar Motion
Justin Fox February 6th, 2010
Hailing from San Marcos California USA, Sportcar Motion is a performance car parts supplier who have built two impressive Honda race cars. Spot the JDMyard logo on the DC2R above? Yeah it’s nice to see an Australian company being represented on a US car huh?
You can check out their cars and their progress here
RIP Oran Park Raceway 1963-2010
Justin Fox February 5th, 2010
Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, Australia. Recently, the land on which the racetrack is on was sold to the Government of New South Wales for a new housing development. This has lead to closure of the track and will end 47 years of motorsport heritage at the facility.
Discussion and a link to gory images here
HONDA HSV-010 GT
Justin Fox February 3rd, 2010
Without racing there is no Honda. The Honda Sports Velocity-010 GT: 1,100kg, liquid-cooled, naturally aspirated V8. Listen to it. I have been for the past 5 minutes, it’s still running in the background. Gah, lovely.
FIA GT-1 Spec Nissan GT-R
Justin Fox February 3rd, 2010
Nismo has confirmed two teams that will field it’s 600hp GT1 car in this years FIA GT championship series.
The teams are Swiss Racing Team headed by Othmar Welti and British team Sumo Power GT led by James Rumsey. Each team will field two cars a piece which means 4 of the 24 GT1 cars on the grid later in the year will be Nissan GT-Rs.
The first race kicks off in May at Silverstone Circuit. More info on this car here although I personally think it looks much better without all the vinyl here. Video here.
RE Amemiya
Justin Fox July 27th, 2007
RE Amemiya – rotary gods that hail from the Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Founded by Isami Amemiya, a man who has made a name for himself tuning rotary engines since 1974 and has become a pioneer in tuning rotary-powered Mazdas. Thirty years later, first on the street and later in the Super GT series, Amemiya has made his mark on the tuning and motorsports worlds for rotaries.
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Syms
Justin Fox July 24th, 2007
Syms – More Subaru goodness. Lots of rally based stuff by these guys.
- Motorsport , Subaru
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Key’s Racing
Justin Fox July 20th, 2007
JGTC race car driver Takayuki Kinoshita’s comapny Key’s Racing sells some super hot racing steering wheels.
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Ohlins
Justin Fox July 19th, 2007
When only the best will do. Öhlins is a manufacturer of high-performance automotive, motorcycle, snowmobile, and ATV suspension systems based in Sweden. The company was founded in 1976. In 1987, Yamaha Motor Company became the majority-owner of Öhlins Racing AB. Check the Japanese site, or the USA web site.
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Monster Sport
Justin Fox July 5th, 2007
Monster Sport – A brand serious about racing and they develop some very nice go fast bits for Mitsubishi Evos.
- Mitsubishi , Motorsport
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Suzuki Sport
Justin Fox July 4th, 2007
Suzuki Sport a company focused on the overall planning, designing, manufacturing, and sales of competition, prototype, and ordinary cars and engines.
Be sure to check out the amazing photography in the photo gallery RACE TO THE SKY 2007
- Motorsport , Suzuki
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Keiichi Tsuchiya
Justin Fox June 27th, 2007
Where would we be without Keiichi? A living legend, Keiichi Tsuchiya is a professional racing driver also known as the “Drift King” (otherwise as Dorikin) for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events, and his role in popularising drifting as a motorsport. He’s also known for touge (mountain pass) driving. The car that he uses to drive has become one of the most popular sports cars these days, Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno (a.k.a. the “Hachi-Roku” in Japan (hachi-roku meaning “eight six”)).
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NoOneBetter
Justin Fox June 26th, 2007
The official web site of Nobuteru Taniguchi, nicknamed NOB (abbr. No One Better) or “The Pimp” as a reference to his S15 Silvia which he is best known for. D1 Grand Prix Champion, JGTC driver, Tsukuba time attack driver, Super Taikyu series driver and celebrity driver/presenter on Video Option Drift Tengoku, Best Motoring, Rev Speed Video and Hot Version DVD’s concrete him as a star in many peoples eyes.
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Mobilityland
Justin Fox June 19th, 2007
Mobilityland – official web site for Twin Ring Motegi and Suzuka circuits in Japan.
- Events , Motorsport
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Fuji Speedway
Justin Fox June 14th, 2007
Fuji Speedway is a race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The circuit will host the F1 Japanese Grand Prix once again in 07.
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Uras
Justin Fox June 9th, 2007
URAS was first established in 1996 by D1 drift champion Ken Nomura. They’re a drift specific brand which offers some super hot body kits, wheels, suspension parts, brakes, exhaust systems and more.
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FD
Justin Fox June 4th, 2007
Hot hot hot. A truly amazing, well documented FD build at this Japanese blog.
- Blogs , Mazda , Motorsport
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