New European 4wd record holder

Video filmed and edited by Treble2

The GT-Culture / Duke Racing R33 Skyline GTR set a new European 4wd drag record at Santa Pod recently with a time of 8.3 seconds @ 164mph, on its way to winning Round 1 of the HKS Drag Series. Unlike Fuujin (see below) this car was prepared in Japan by Duke Racing and has ran low 8's in Japan before being exported to the UK. It held the previous European record with an 8.8 and now has taken half a second off that time,with more to come

Fuujin Runs

Sumo Powers new Nissan Skyline R33 GTR drag car, called Fuujin had its 1st proper runs at Santa Pod and ran a 8.54, not a bad acheivement



This was the cars 1st proper run and there is still a lot more to come as its development cycle continues to the 7 second barrier....

Time Attack Round 1

Wow what a weekend,full of surprises and broken records. Loads of new cars,updated cars and new drivers. A lot of the teams watched 2006 with interest and now have entered the 2007 series. It can only get better

This round and all rounds of the 2007 season will be shown on MotorsTV

The overall winner was the Zen Performance Subaru Impreza driven by GT/BTCC driver Matt Allison with a 1:14 lap,3 seconds quicker than the fastest lap from the 2006 final

2nd overall was the Roger Clark Motorsport Subaru Impreza WRX driven by Ollie Clark losing by just two tenths of a second to the Zen car

3rd overall and breaking up the Japanese car dominance of the event was Steve Gugliemi in the Audi 1.8 turbo powered Gugliemi Motorsport Lotus Elise

Simon Norris in the Norris Designs Evo IX SWB was 4th overall, but is 1 to watch as always, perhaps the snot rocket has met its Subaru Nemesis??

Andy Barnes's Sumo Power 350Z didnt make the final but was a fine sight ontrack, moreso as the pink paintwork made it easier to photograph, hopefully will place better in the remaining 3 rounds

Unfortunatley for Mick Wade, the Distinctive Cars York R32 GTR suffered from problems all weekend but should place better next time, gotta love the R32 GTR's

and finally 'Fast' Rob Barnes in the Sumo Power Evo VIII widebody put blown off boostpipe problems behind him to record a well deserved 5th overall

A few of the teams were still not ready for Round 1 whereas others will be making adjustments for Round 2 which will take place at Silverstone on June 3rd as part of the Japanese Tuning Show Keep an eye on the website for the latest info

Almost ready....

Well the European Drift Championship / Time Attack starts this weekend so Im off to Donington later. Got my new lens too,a Sigma 70-200 F2.8 so some good photos to come hopefully next week. Time Attack is fully booked so hopefully everyone makes it there, despite long nights for some this week doing final preparation work. Not making any predictions on results either!

Time Attack 2007 - enter new challenger

The Sumo Power Nissan 350Z is now competing in Time Attack for 2007, driven by Sumo head honcho,Andy Barnes, with 500+ bhp. Above is a video of him practicing at Donington Park which is where Round 1 will be held with an indication of just how fast this car is. The camera car is a Mitsubishi Evo V RS

Happy St Patricks Day

Being Irish,its a must!!

Or as we would say:

Beannachtai na Feile Padraig oraibh!

Slainte is tainte! (Health and wealth!)

May you're troubles be less,
And you're blessings be more.
And nothing but happiness,
Come through your door.

Lunar Eclipse

For the first time since 2004 the sky was set to bask in the spooky reddish light of a full lunar eclipse,the Earth moved between the sun and the moon. The Earth cast its shadow on the moon, leaving the largest natural satellite to bask only in refracted Earthlight, which it reflected back to us in all its bloody glory.

So I got out my camera,tripod and stayed outside for 2 cold hours



Need a bigger lens for next time