SPEED HERO Blog — western speedway

Driftmania followed a deep driftdepression

My jaunt to DMCC at Western Speedway started much like the rest of the drift events, at the crack of dawn walking a ridiculous distance. What the hell kind of word is jaunt? The big disappointment of the day was not seeing the Toyo/Cannonball R34 run. Apparently it blew an oil pump and was under heavy repair the rest of the event. Read the article


Son of B.C. Day Coast Drift takes Manhattan

I'm not feeling very wordy but I realized how few of the photos I had posted from the B.C. Day event at Western Speedway. Time to fix that. I swear I took pictures of other cars too. I swear. I can't help it, I really like Toyotas. I'll show you mine if you show me yours. Read the article


B.C. Day Coast Drift - The Reckoning

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. Pretty nice walk though. 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...


B.C. Day - Coast Drift at Western Speedway

It's late. I'm tired and have a face that feels like the sun's surface. Tonight, you get a teaser, that's all. Real post tomorrow. Don't miss it. !!!


Capital Drift Round 4

I headed out to Capital Drift round 4 at Western Speedway July 10. The turnout was small, the action was not. If you weren't there then you should know that you are killing drifting. Tires as smooth as the car that assasinated them Drift Safari had some serious representation in the forum of not one but two SR20 powered 86's. Trent Stromkins was out in his newly (very newly) completed 86 after he ended up painting a track wall with his last...