just returned from an incredibly hot afternoon at california speedway. here are a few of the better shots, you can click on the link for the gallery (for you poor 56kers).

this was the jdm pace car!


mugen/king si...drool


this is how the ustcc would finish


p. sharp and this bmw put on a great show, 4th & 5th ustcc


click on this link to be taken to the gallery:
http://www.villagephotos.com/p...65738

there was a little rubbin, but not nearly as much as i expected after hearing horror stories from echc. a g3 integra got into a g2 integra and sent him off, but both cars finished - i have a shot of the after effect on the g3 in the gallery.

don't mind the nascar pics in there, some cars were testing on the oval.

oh, and i took this one for .RJ...




Modified by ruthless013 at 10:14 PM 7/13/2003

 

great pics, i was up there yesterday (saturday) to check it out, sounds like today woulda been the day to go tho. oh well. How did the #1 gold jdm hondaparts car do? He was kickin everybodys *** yesterday in H1. The bikini contest sucked really badly, bunch of flat chested ugly girls and no water to pour on them, it was lame. Drift nats were alright, the turbocharged JIC 350z was awesome on course. I wish i woulda had my digi cam.

 

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ROFL!

 

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I hear ya.

NASA would love your opinions with regard to things like driver conduct. If you don't know how to contact NASA, contact me instead. karl@honda-challenge.com

--Karl, who has a bent rocker panel

 

4th pic down.. that white bimmer looks like he is getting all kinds of crossed up.

 

i was there... ill have pics soon....

 

yea, whats up with jeff today? seem like he got couple contacts with 2-3 cars. i feel bad for that DA integra.

 

excellent pictures. I particularly like the CRX #0 and #1.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by emwavey &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">excellent pictures. I particularly like the CRX #0 and #1. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks! We put in alot of time to get them up to that condition after the incident at Buttonwillow. This is what Andy's #1 car looked like just 3 weeks ago:



We had a great time, and I'll upload my pics asap, and give a little bit of a writeup. Thanks to Chris Cobetto and the other NASA-VA guys, Ryan Flaherty, and John Lindsey for a great weekend.

 

Here's my pics:
http://wchc.hybrids.jp/fontana2/

Excuse the repetitiveness; i didnt get out around the paddock much. Got some pics of the drift guys lining up for their practice run, and some mostly boring shots of the SCC shoot of our sponsors DC5R.

Here's Andy being interviewed for the umpteenth time...you can actually see his head get larger as the weekend progressed:

 

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Here are some team shots of the cars:


















This would make a nice wallpaper.

 

If only there were some hot girls...

 

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yea, that was my friend's DA. Jeff (#66) said he would help fix the damage. and the car need A LOT of work...

 

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yea, that was my friend's DA. Jeff (#66) said he would help fix the damage. and the car need A LOT of work... </TD></TR></TABLE>

really? my friend's car got bump too. maybe i should have my friend to talk to him?

PS. i remember i ran with that DA in the past in some time trial event. nice car


Modified by spoon_ek9 at 11:45 PM 7/15/2003

 

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really? my friend's car got bump too. maybe i should have my friend to talk to him?
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bumped by the #66 integra?.... he was having probelms driving the whole weekend.
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PS. i remember i ran with that DA in the pass in some time trial event. nice car </TD></TR></TABLE> thx, preety good for an ITA spec LS

 

15x7 +35 with a small spacer (3mm I think). Also use 15x6.5 +39 with a 5mm spacer in the rear on occasion. Tires all around are 205/50-15 Toyo RA-1. Front fenders are rolled, rears were flared out with a 2x4 and then cleaned up at the body shop. No rubbing after that

 

Was that Snoop Dogg interviewing Andy..?

 

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Looked like snoop, but he acted/sounded like busta rhymes. I was trying not to laugh when I took those pics.

 

i think i know who you guys was talking about....

it isnt snoop... some no name guy lol.. he was wearing red shirt right?? he was all up in the bikini contest... one of those video magazine ****... i forgot what name....

 

i think he was from TNN. some import TV show

 

nah couldnt been... cause he was cursing and stuff.....

 

they were from this place, according to the business card he gave me: http://www.tokyopop.com/

Street Fury! http://www.tokyopop.com/dbpage...e=VLA

 

Im the owner and driver for the #78 DA integra. All 4 tires lost grip and started to go sidways when i got hit. Its a race car eventually it was gonna get hurt. Too bad it got hurt this time and first place slipped out of my hands. But Jeff did apologize and will help me fix the car. Hopefully no EGOS or HEARTS were hurt during this race. But my neck and back does still hurt but im ok, its all part of racing thankfully this is not nascar or id be on my roof and the car would be on fire. One of the best wekend i have had in a while close racing the way i like it. NO DRIVERS WERE HARMED DURING THIS RACE

 

HyperFest video guys

 

nice job