SPEED HERO Blog — Automotive Life

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Now that there has been a bit of time to decompress I'd like to to thank some of the people that made the last event what it was...I also need a reason to dump some more photos. Two new companies contributed to the prizes. Platform Garage is a new operation offering parts, repairs and fabrication. The site's still in progress but the passion and devotion to the sport is unbelievable, you'll notice Platform Garage plastered across half the competitors. Tire Exchange was...


Capital CITY Drift, Round the Second!

It would seem that after some serious staff changes and some organizational adjustments, Capital Drift will now be known as Capital City Drift. Don't be alarmed, it's still the home of drifting on Vancouver Island. Read the article


Teachers Pet. Brown Nosin' 4 Lyfe.

Capital city Drift happened last Friday and as James gets the Speed Hero coverage post organized I must share my fun. After some changes in staffing in multiple and odd ways, I decided to, whether it was welcomed I'm unsure, take a big part of the organization of the event. Life is a bit funny, the track we rent, Western Speedway, often has a slew of crushable cars sitting in their lot for different demo days. One of these was a near new looking '80 Corolla sedan with Quad headlights. ...


Wait, it worked?

Capital Drift round 2 has been put to bed. Full post will be just north of this post tomorrow.


Yue Loong? Me too!

Oh god I have the worst fetishes. For a long time now I've tried my best to find pictures of my favorite Nissan: The A31 Cefiro is a serious love of mine, but there's a version I've always loved. The Philippines got a rare left hand drive version of the Cefiro with a just as rare RB24 engine. Which is great, as I've recently found some awesome photos of these cars. Something about a 2.4L carbureted inline 6 in a car that every other market in the world got an EFI 2.0L and RHD. However, as much as this...