SPEED HERO Blog — Automotive Life

Hunting Season Has Begun

Cap D's second season has officially opened. Walls were kissed, cars were mangled and glory was obtained. There are photos to edit and traumas to relive so stay tuned over the next day or two. For now, enjoy the bloopers. Bentmafk indeed. Chris Vriend was collecting battle scars throughout the evening. The man is curb-hopping, wall-tapping, disco-dancing machine. Read the article


Capital Drift, Friday May 21st.

This is a first in Speed Hero History that we use the blog to promote and up coming event. It's worth it, our local events are just that local, grass roots and fun. Bring the friends and family, CapD needs the support both in spirit and financially. Come see regular joes tear up their cars and some grass. What: Drifting! When: May 21st, Drifters show up at 4pm, crowd gates open at 5:30pm. Where: Western Speedway, Langford, BC. Who: www.CapitalDrift.ca


Radical Moving Mini Truck

These videos popped up in my recommended list. I found them kind of shocking, simply because these are the days BEFORE the internet. So the origins and sharing of this style of 'euro' lowriding in my mind was centralized mostly to the United states, especially Florida and California....However, these videos are straight from Japan. Who influenced who and where was the spark originally? What types of medias were being watched and by whom? I used to be an avid follower of Lowrider and Eurolowrider magazine when I was younger, and there was no Japanese influence I remember being written about...


Bananigans.

I don't know these people.


A certain sort of Fetish.

Hard tops and cool runnings. I'm always a fan of interesting and multipurpose car roofs. It's a rarity in it's own, and I'm not talking about putting in two sunroofs. Rather, various transformations of roofs for the purpose of fun and leisure wrapped onto something sporty and quick is interesting and different. Pictured above is a BMW E36 with a Baur roof conversion. A coachbuilder amoung the rest, Baur BMW's are rare but not something new. However, getting your hands on a Aplina Baur conversion is...