Formula D | Long Beach Season Opener Photography By Nelson Queralta & Emil Garcia Words by John Pangilinan Round 1: Streets of Long Beach Kicked Off the Tenth Season of Formula DRIFT Presented by GoPro to a Sold Out Crowd;Daijiro Yoshihara Takes the Victory and Leads the Championship Points Chase  Long Beach, Calif. – April 13, 2013 – Formula DRIFT presented by GoPro begins the tenth season of competition with Round 1: Streets of Long Beach. Daijiro Yoshihara in the America’s Tire / Falken Tire Nissan S13 takes the victory and leads the championship points chase. Round 1: Streets of Long Beach started off the tenth season of...

Formula D | Long Back 2013 Another Season Begins Photography by Nelson Queralta Another year of Formula D is here. As the qualifying rounds started, there were a few changes for the 2013 season. For starters, all drivers got two runs to make qualifying. The first run was your qualifying run. However, if a driver did not make the Top 16, they were given a second run to make the Top 32. There were some surprises though as Nate Hamilton and Corey Hosford did not make qualifying. In addition Walker Wilkerson did not pass tech. There was some excitement in qualifying as Justin Pawlak had a bad wreck. The car was repaired and he did make Top...

SEMA 2012 Re-Kindled Enthusiasm Photography by Frank Leon & Michael Alvarado Specialty Equipment Market Association, or SEMA as the rest of the world knows it. Once again we attended SEMA and much to our surprise there was a resurgence of enthusiasm in the air. The past couple years at SEMA had been good, but it did not have that “WOW” factor, maybe it had something to do with a harsh economy or whatever. This year there were so many manufacture builds that they overflowed into the outside parking and show areas, and not just slapped together garage builds, we saw a lot of quality built vehicles. There was also a continued growth...

3SDM From The Ashes Where Euro Flare meet Japanese Style Photography by Jasper Ash   Jasper is not just an important contributor to State of Stance. He is also a tuner much like all of us. He has a car, which he loves, and enjoys modding as much as we do. That is more than evident in his latest setup. Much of us remember his Scion tC on Roti’s or on the ever popular SBC Enkei RPFs, but this last set of wheels takes the car into another level. Blending the car’s Japanese-esque lines with the very euro style of the 9.5″ wide 3SDMs is bold, it’s classy, it’s sexy, it’s just damn genius. Wheels alone don’t make...

TunerLife Tour Orlando UTI Campus Photography by Viet Dang Orlando, the 1st stop on the UTI TunerLife Tour 2012. All I can say is it was a great event. Many came out to showcase their cars, hang out with friends, eat good food, and shop some swag from all the vendors. I want to thank all that came out to the event and be a part of the 1st stop on this tour. We cant wait to meet everyone and look forward to our next stop in Dallas on April 14th. Make sure to check out info on the tour dates and stops and to register for this ALL FREE event at TunerLifeTour.com ...