JZ Meeting 2011.....PT 1

So Jeremy and I have been trying to drive in this event for like 3 years now. Finally this year I talked to Alexi , and found out how to sign up. Since signing up I went to an event at Fuji Drift Park and broke my car, then had one month to get it back together for JZ meeting. Some of you may know that I'm leaving soon, so finding the motivation to work on the car was pretty hard. I got a push in the right direction when I went to Mobara with Brian from Panda Pirates. Riding along and having a ton of fun w/ him, I realized I couldn't leave w/out getting back out there again. All that being said, I was able to get the car back on the road. to attend and drive at 2011 JZ Meeting held by ST. Garage. Here are some pics from the event.

Fuji Speedway SS/PP Colab.... continued...

I know its late but here's a few more pics from the trip to Fuji last month.....
Brian and I at the Convenience Store before arriving at the cicuit...


Cool 90 Cresta from team Matsui Ikka. A local from Shizuoka... these dudes put in work...
Nice Aristo... 2PD... this dude was driving well all day...
PKP..... no good...

Fuji Speedway SS/PP Colab....

So I went up to Fuji Speedway w/ Brian and Snoddy this past weekend. What a day. From the 2 hr drive through monsoon rain w/ the windows down cuz my defroster doesn't work.... to the fire I had later in the day... It was a long one. I had fun none the less. It was fun to be sideways again. Crappy that the day ended w/ my car on fire and me having to leave it at Fuji... only to pick it up the next day and pay a 500$ tow fee.... SIGH. Thanks to Mimi for all the translating throughout the day. I know that shit gets annoying sometimes... I owe you.... enough of that on to the pictures.... Photo's taken by Shawn Snoddy, Minami Watanabe, and Justin Hockersmith. I' have some I took that I will put up later....

Chika Style/Doriten Event

This past Sunday Brian, Troy, and I went to Fuji Speedway for an event held by Chika Style at Fuji Drift Park. I had a blast. Wish I could've had more tires. Day went well. Neither me or troy broke anything... I ended up in the dirt a few times lol... lost my aero and muffler but nothing was wrong and both were reinstalled. Some awesome cars and drivers there. I don't really have many pics of other cars. Theres more coverage over on Brians Blog. Hopefully some more pics will surface from Troy and Jeremy (who came late in the day for moral support). For now I leave you with these pics and a vid I took while waiting to join the fun...
At the gate...

Brian takin pics of a dope crown we saw... manual with a 3037s... and yes this model comes w/ a vvti 1JZ...
My MarkII and Jun's Verossa... Love that car
A better look...
Jeremy's MarkII... takin one for the team lettin me look fly w/ his wheels haha... Appreciate it bro... he's goin w/ 19's... pics soon to follow
Me and Troy's Tire piles and spare parts...
Me and Brian had to pull this fender out... guess i should raise the car.... oooorrrrrrr a smaller tire... smaller tire it is
Drift'em till they pop...
Poor Feddy's
So midway through the day me and Brian (he rode along most of the day) noticed the car was low on power... i looked at my gas and it was on E.... WTF I had 3/4 tank when we got there..... this was thr culprit... fixed it... got more gas had to leave the track for that (more about that later) kept on drifting...
I know its crooked... don't judge me...

Black Friday Vid...

Thanks go Driftholics for the shoutouts... even though our cars were in the paddock most of the video lol... LA and I made a few appearances...

Driftholics Black Friday Event Part 2....

Thanks to the camera crew. Sarah and Dan took a lot of pics and video. Didn't really get any good video thanks to Dan's A.D.D.... Jeremy's car was down half the day so there are pretty much no action pics of his car. We did get some drifting in together but not much...
Nice Rack.... Camera rack ;)
Track conditions started off shitty... but it dried up later in the day...





Jeremy and Chad taking Jerm's engine bay apart to pull the turbine...
There's your problem!!

Driftholics Black Friday Event at Fuji Drift Park....

What A DAY.... all three cars were broken as some part of the day... Jeremy's MarkII blew his trubine on his first session... on Aaron's second session he shredded his wiring harness... and on my second to last session I broke a tie rod end... done yet??? no.. after Jeremy gets the car back together w/ the new (used) turbine, me and him finally get a little bit of tandem in... then guess what... HIS tie rod end breaks lol... opposite side of mine... luckily jeremy had brought a set of tie rods and ends so we just pull the kazama ends off and replaced them w/ stock ones (we'll be using stockers from now on... kazama can suck my balls).... aaron had plenty of wire and shrink wrap on hand and extended and rerouted his harness and then he too was able to get back out there... thanks to everyone that made the day fun/successfull... thanks to Chad our crew chief/head mechanic... was a crazy day... will get the action pics up soon.... hopefully some vids as well... Thanks to Burt for the photo's.... More to come....

Aaron and I waiting at Ebina Rest area off the Tomei for the rest of the caravan...


19x10 +16 (19 w/ 3mm spacer) yes pls...
Left to right.... Burt from BBDAN, Aaron, Me, Mai (Jeremy's wife) in the two tone (represent) family/tires/parts hauler... Chris and Jeremy bringin up the rear...

Jeremy's blown turbine...
Somethings not right here....
SMH