SPEED HERO Blog — matt tregear

Valentines day is a day for squealing tires and eating cones, well...if you're doing it right. Victoria Motorsport Club held it's second winter event this past weekend. The turn out was massive and the impressive organization kept everything running like clockwork, insurance voiding clockwork. The immense crowd is broken into two groups. It's arbitrary but as one group races the other monitors the corners and recovers cone casualties. For those interested in learning, they also offer a club car for rent. Thrash someone elses EG Civic...

Capital Drift round 5 is over and done with but was one of the most intense events so far. This will just be a prologue of the post to come. I didn't realize I could get as sick as I am right now. The battles between Matt Tregear and Grant "G penny" Koziur were intense and seeing the impeccable Duane Dickinson go door to door with G penny made it a night to remember. Pete Schroeder's car got a face life thanks to the folks at OZ Designs and looked spectacular. Keep an eye on the OZ Designs/Neptune D folks,...

My car, as you can see from pictures in previous posts, is in disrepair. It will not always be this way, but it is right now. What this means is that when I couldn't arrange a ride out to Western Speedway for the big Coast Drift event I decided "How far could it be?" It's really fucking far. I walked for about an hour into Langford before stopping for a drink. Hydrated (or at least caffeinated) I continued on my way. Within about 5...