D1 New Zealand | Round 1 D1NZ Commences 2012 Season Photography by Jamie Walker D1NZ continues into another year with the start of the 2012 season at Manfield Raceway in New Zealand. Team Need for Speed’s Mike Whiddett takes the first round after being one of the most consistent drivers in day 1 practice. Congrats to all the drivers making...

Real Steel Steelies Gone Wild | Part 1 of 3 Photography by Divan Shepherd   As the fitment scene continues to overtake the globe one city at a time, we’ll be there to bring it to you. As many of you may already be aware Cape Town, South Africa is slowly growing as a fitment community. Watching this style of tuning extend to the far reaches of the planet excites me. Here are two Civic from Cape Town that are already turning the heads of locals. While parts are still scarce in many areas and some modifications are illegal in many countries, this has not stopped those with a passion. From shortened Monroe shocks up front to...

tC Teaser Two Clean and Fitted tCs Videography by Joseph Ginzburg  

Import Showcase Inaugural Event by Import Fashion Photography by Joseph Ginzburg The first ever Import Showcase took place on Feb 12th at K1 Speed Indoor Karting in Torrance California. It was an event filled with import lifestyle, music, karting, models, and of course cars! It was primarily a fitment event with lots of tucking and poking. The Low-n-Slow crew brought 14 cars to this event which was well organized and filled with high caliber builds. 1up, Royal Origins, Fkn Famous, UMWORKS, and Night Import were also among the crews that attended. NOS Energy Drink was on hand offering free refreshments as well as holding a raffle. Judging...

Dennii B Drift These Curves Photography by Frank Leon Sometimes my job can be very difficult. Many weekends away from the comfort of my home, stuck in airport terminals, driving crappy rental cars, and eating stale “continental breakfasts”. Those however are sacrifices that must be made, in return I get to hang in the paddock of many racetracks, see some of the coolest cars, photograph umbrella girls, and occasionally have phone conversations with Playboy models. I know it’s a rough life, but someone has to do it… Along this journey I happen to come across Denise Bortnak, known in the industry as DenniiB. Dennii is quite the...

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. ...

HKG Full Tube Chassis Drift Car Why Tube Chassis an M3? Becuase Racekor! HKG has been working on a purpose built drift car, the base: a full tube chasis, the shell: an E46 M. To say that this thing is sick is an understatement. Just see for your...

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...

50th Rolex24 50th Anniversary of the 24 hours of Rolex Doytona Photography by Emil Garcia “RaceKor! RaceKor! RaceKor!” That was all I saw and heard at the 50th Rolex 24. For those of you who do not know, the Rolex 24 is an annual twenty-four hour endurance race held every year at Daytona International Speedway. This race is considered to be the start of race season and this year it started with class. Rolex 24 has always been known as a proving ground for some of the world’s greatest drivers as well as up and coming drivers. The roster was filled with drivers from all different race disciplines and countries making for...