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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.
by: adrian t.
photos by: katman
The last time this car was out on the racetrack was back in march of this year. Since then it has lied dormant in Tom’s garage collecting dust while all the parts were collected, inspected, rebuilt, and procured again. For the past two months, Tom has been feverishly working to get the project completed. Anticipation is slowly setting in for all of us. Look out for this monster when it debuts at Sonoma Raceway on October 23-24 for Redline Time Attack.
for more build pics click here in katman’s facebook
CalSpeed Karting held Round 2 of their new Super Series this past weekend on the 21st. As with the first round, it turned out to be an all day affair, with the Sprint GP (with 36 drivers) in the morning, and the Ironman Enduro (with 20 drivers) in the afternoon. With four bad karts out of the six karts I had all day, getting spun out in one of the heat races, and getting underpowered karts, I had a field day trying to get a decent finish.
CalSpeed Karting held their inaugural race for their new Super Series League on last July and I have to say, that was probably one of the best efforts I’ve seen for a first race for a new league. Mind you, this is the first I’ve experienced, but I can tell you that both the Sprint Grand Prix and the Ironman Enduro ran smoother than I expected. There are still a few kinks that need to be worked out, but if they keep the great effort up, I can see this league getting bigger and a lot more competitive.
As for my results, well, it definitely could have been better.