Does Technology significantly impact our entertainment or has our art finally paved the way for our future? It is an argument that has been talked about for decades. Here at State of Stance we believe that technology is a product of movies. Most of what we’ve come to know as advancements in technology have all been the inspiration of someone’s creative mind for a movie or entertainment program of sorts. It comes as no surprise that General Motors is attempting to create a real life transformer. Using Google’s self-driving platform General Motors hopes to test a prototype replicating “Bumble Bee” from the Transformers franchise....

Red Bull Global Rallycross Poised for Breakout 2014 Season Press Release by A Sobel Red Bull Global Rallycross enters the 2014 season, its fourth full year of competition, set for an incredible breakout year. With a radically improved calendar, factory-backed competition, and the introduction of title sponsor Red Bull, the 2014 Red Bull Global Rallycross season will build on three years of solid foundations to produce incredible, high-flying competition. Coming off of a strong 2013 season finale on the Las Vegas Strip, Red Bull Global Rallycross will debut a number of new and exciting venues similar in scope to that event. The 10-race...

Strasse Wheels 2013 In Review Here’s a review of a few of 2013’s most popular vehicles showcasing Strasse Wheels with a variety of exotic and high performance projects. Strasse kicked off 2014 with a record start and have plenty of new wheel designs, feature cars and plenty more in store for all of our clients and fans.   ...

Formula Drift 2014 Tickets on Sale Words by: John Pangilinan Long Beach, Calif. – January 29, 2014 – Formula DRIFT kicks off the eleventh season of competition beginning with Round 1: Streets of Long Beach on April 4-5. Tickets are now on-sale and can be purchased online via the Formula DRIFT website, www.formuladrift.com “This will be our seventh consecutive year drifting on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Street Course,” said Jim Liaw, president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. “With the new season brings new cars and new drivers to the Series and we are excited to kick off the action in April to another sell out...

Industry Leak Joey Redmond’s Veloster Photo by Trusted Source     Through a trusted source, we have received, on halloween conveniently enough, a photo of Joey Redmonds Matte Orange Hynudai Veloster SEMA Build. The Photo is as real as real gets and we are excited to see the car up close and personal next week at SEMA. Enjoy the teaser/leak, and hopefully it holds you all over until next weeks reveal.  

Road to SEMA Submission Contest     The Road to SEMA Contest is a user submission based contest in which fans enter their vehicles for review by the State of Stance staff. 8 vehicles will be chosen, photographed and featured by State of Stance. Features will be released 1 at a time in the 4 weeks leading up to the SEMA event. We encourage all of our fans to submit their vehicles. Winners will receive a State of Stance Swag Pack and be considered for Show Booth cars for the 2014 season. Submissions will open immediately. See below for contest rules.   Contest Rules  – Submissions can be made immediately to...

Nitto Tire to Sponsor King of the Hammer The Toughest 4×4 Race in SoCal Words by Sinan Kanatsiz Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc. Returns for Second Consecutive Year for King of the Hammers Off-Road Challenge and Sponsor of Six Teams Vying for 4×4 Championship Cypress, Calif. – Feb. 5, 2013 – Nitto Tire returns again this year as Presenting Sponsor and sponsor of six topnotch off-road racing teams for the grueling seventh running of the Griffin King of the Hammers Presented by Nitto Tire on Fri., Feb. 8, 2013.  The tough 4×4 race will be the culmination of this years week-long event billed as the most impressive to date...

Nurotag 2KXIII The Series Nurotag changed the scene earlier this year with their groundbreaking event style. Prescreening participant vehicles, limiting vehicles to only 100, and their innovative hashtag spectator voting. The success of the show has lead the way for the 2013 Nurotag Series, aka Nurotag 2KXIII. it will be a four event series with stops in Miami, Orlando, Virginia, & Chicago. State of Stance is joining the Nurotag team and will bring you coverage from each and every event. We are extremely excited about this series and can’t wait for the action to...

Staff Spotllight : Nelson Queralta Eyes of the Beholder   Words by Emil Garcia        Under normal circumstances more than one great thing does not come from a disbandment, however in this case two great things have come to light. Earlier this year we introduced Roly Dee as a new staff photographer and StanceTV producer. Today we have the lucky pleasure of introducing our new Director of Photography, Nelson Queralta. Nelson was once a part of the now extinct Smerk Films, and after all the members went their separate ways he continued to shoot under the NQPhoto Moniker. After landing a job the local Splashlight Studios, he dove head...

Formula D Round 7 – Irwindale, The House of Drift. State of Stance is on Location to witness the gripping Title Fight. Come over and say hi to our staff in the pit area. If you are unable to attend you can always catch all of the action on Formula D’s Live Stream.

ALMS & Grand-Am Partner up A New Championship is Born Words by Emil Garcia Press Release via ALMS / Grand-Am In our beautiful country NASCAR has always reigned supreme. It was a simple concept; Americans did not want any form of racing that did not involve Carbureted Pushrod V8s. That was until 1998 when Don Panoz, Father of the legendary car builder Dan Panoz, Formed the American Le Mans Series. American Le Mans held its inaugural race, the 12 Hour Endurance, right here in Florida at Sebring International Raceway. The Series has come a long way, growing from an eight race calendar to as many as twelve until finally settling on ten....

Exotics & Espressos More than just Foldgers in your cup Photography by Emil Garcia & Nelson Queralta   In extravagant fashion, Prestige Imports the leading Lamborghini and Exotic Car dealer in South Florida, brings us another Exotics & Espresso event. Just like one would expect, an abundance of wealth is showcased for all to drool over. Some of the world’s finest cars driven and displayed like eye candy for enthusiast. We were on hand to snap some of the action along with a peek at Prestige Imports owner Brett David’s personal gold wrapped Aventador.  Enjoy! ...

Formula D Round 5 – Throwndown is in full effect in Monroe, Washington. Many New Changes and Many new faces, this years battle in seattle should be very exciting. Make sure to catch all the action of todays festivies on Formula D’s Livestream

Changes in the Air Formula D Musical Chairs? In an interesting turn of events we find FormulaD Driver Joon Maeng without a seat for Seattle. Bergenholtz Racing issued an official statement yesterday afternoon stating they would be parting ways with Joon Maeng. “Effective immediately, Bergenholtz Racing and Joon Maeng have both decided to part ways. “Though we both gave our blood sweat and tears to achieve podiums, we still couldn’t get the formula right. In our quest to win, we realize that change must occur and sometimes that involves tough decisions. It is with great heart-felt regret that this has to happen but I believe it...

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TunerLife Tour Dallas The Tour Continues The TunerLife Tour brought to you by UTI, Scion, State of Stance and EventWerks continues on to the next stop: Dallas, TX on April 14th 2012 Only a month away!!! REGISTER NOW!!! Its an ALL FREE event so REGISTER NOW!! Visit TunerLifeTour.com for registration and info. See you...

LowerWider Apparel | Pre-Sale Launch LowerWider Apparel by State of Stance Yes this is it, the official pre-sale launch of LowerWider Apparel, a clothing line by State of Stance. With high quality soft cotton tees, custom LW logo woven labels on the sleeve and top quality design printing. But get yours now!!! Pre-sale quantities are very limited!!! Visit our shop and get...

Its All In The Details Realizing Small Things Make Big Differences Photography by Hector Chacon There are different ways to build a car. You can prepare it to shred through cones at an autocross event, give it the corner balancing and power to weight of a perfect road course car, or throw on several coats of wax and tire shine and take it to every show you can drive (or trailer) it to. Then there is yet another way, however it is a path that is commonly over looked and that is precisely what Karl Izler has done with his MKVI GTI. He built it as VW should have from the factory, using tons of OEM parts and some quality aftermarket bits to...

Illest One Year Illest Celebrates One Year in Los Angeles Photography by Joseph Ginzburg Last month marked the one year anniversary of the Los Angeles Illest Boutiques opening. Over the last few years the Illest Clothing Line has done great things and made great accomplishments. Our very own Joe Ginzburg was there to cover the good times that were had by all that went to celebrate. The event was held in Pasadena, CA and the turn out was large. Amongst the crowd of Illest fans was Walker Wilkerson, Formula Drift driver for the Fatlace S13. Local DJ Resident SERTS spun ’till the we hours. ...

The Irwindale Flag at Half Mast Irwindale Cancels All 2012 Events Irwindale Speedway has been the home to many events for the past 12 years. One of the most recognized of those events being NASCAR, and of course our favorite being Formula Drift. Even our very own Editor-in-chief, Leo Diaz, has memories there; seeing history take place as the very first US D1 event was held there. Throughout the years the track has seen its series of rough patches, however this most recent rough patch has led the track owners to release a press release stating the current cancelation of all major motoring events for the 2012 calendar year. This may come as...

As the sun was high in the sky over Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the IZOD IndyCar 300 went green sending out 34 drivers on a 300 mile journey to the checkered flag. Concerns circled throughout the paddocks as drivers debated the high bank of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, yet the race continued, but only to end in dismay. Dan Wheldon (33) was an English born two time Indianapolis 500 winner who was a high spirited, inspiring individual to all who met and knew him. Wheldon started at the back of the pack for the Indy 300 and by the eleventh lap had already made his way up to 24th position and inching closer up the grid when tragedy struck. Two...

How did you spend your Sunday? Maybe you were celebrating Easter with your family? Or just stuffing your face full of peeps! What were we doing you might be wondering? We did a shoot of a “Panty Droppin'” Lexus LS430. Stay tuned for the full feature coming soon! Leo – Producer Chris “Squeek” – Photographer Frank – Equipment/Teaser shot...