Making Moves since 2008
Leading the Sport Class during the 2010 Machismo 500
I can’t believe it’s 2011 already. First of all, thank you all for all your support in 2010. As with most people, 2010 has been a challenging but interesting ride. Second, apologies for the lack of updates. I know it’s been a while since my last post in September discussing the results of CalSpeed Karting’s Round 3 of their newly formed Super Series. All I can say, is that a lot has happened since then, both good (racing the 2010 Machismo 500 and winning the Sport Class) and bad (finishing poorly in Round 4 of the Super Series).
Redline Time Attack
AutoClub Speedway
11/14/10
Enthusiast RWD
2:03.143….slow =\
KWV3
Cobalt XR2/XR5
Stock Wheels Dunlop Star Specs 225/255
Photos: taken from various members of www.s2ki.com
In 2007 at the American Honda Motor Co Inc. headquarters, in Torrance, California, the largest gathering of S2000′s assembled in the parking lot into the event known as Homecoming. Nearly 500 s2000 from all over North America traveled to be part of it. Chief engineer, Shigeru Uehara, aka the “Father of the S2000″ made his appearance to reveal the new s2000 CR, Club Racer, to the masses.
Then, in 2009 rumors and interest of a Homecoming II emerged on the S2ki forums. Michael Trinh and his team worked quickly to talk to Honda to secure a date and work through all the logistics. He updated frequently to let everyone know what was going on. Then when all was set, Homecoming II was announced.
More than a year in the making, Homecoming II was here…
Richard here. Thought i’d share about my trip to JCCS 2010(Japanese Classic Car Show). It was a little weird being there as a spectator rather than the one showing their car for once. Had to drive around the lot for a while to look for parking and waiting in line to get in. haha.
This year it was back at Long Beach, CA at the Queen Mary Park right next to the ocean. Such a nice setting. Got the Queen Mary in the backround as well as that submarine they have right next to it as well as all that water.
In the show there were the usual cars that were there in previous years but there were also some new ones, and some new ones that caught my eye. One of them was this Datsun 610 wagon, had a 510 IRS rear end conversion, slammed to the ground with the rear wheels all cambered in. Also this one 240Z from Heartbreakers in NorCal. Such an awesome Z. Looks like an old skool wangan car from back in the day. There was a huge section of Datsun 510s with different swaps as wells as other datsuns, toyotas, some hondas, mitsubishi/dodge, subaru, and others. Big turnout as usual. Toyota also brough out some older race cars, one of them being a ’80 Celica IMSA racecar. There were also people driving from as far as Canada to show their cars. One of them being a AE86 Corolla with a Toyota 1UZ V8 drift car!
When i first got in, i got stuck in the AE86 Corolla section as i kept running into friends i havent seen in a long time. Was hangin’ with my fellow Cressida buddies most of the time from Sparkle Garage. One of the cars being a ’71 Toyota Crown RHD and ’84 Toyota Cressida. both suuuper low, japanese Shakotan style.
Well, below are some pics of some of the cool cars taken with my phone. You’ll find more coverage on this event on sites like Motormavens.com Speedhunters.com and some others.
A-Main Rolling Start
103 degrees Fahrenheit. This was the expected high temperature when CalSpeed Karting held Round 3 of their Super Series Championship last weekend in Fontana, CA. The extremely high heat and a full field of racers resulted in some very exciting and dramatic races throughout the day, two of which I managed to qualify for the A-main and (barely) surviving an hour long enduro.