When I visited VeilSide in January there was a car in the corner having a new bodykit developed for it. It was a Lamborghini Murcielago, but at the time I respected a request not to publish photographs of it....
and the resulting aero kit:
The range is called Premier 4509 and like most of their newer kits the 'combat' style has been done away with in favour of smooth lines to compliment the car and look almost as if it was designed like this originally. White is certainly the new Black
The kits consist of front/rear bumpers, sideskirts and the carbon rear wing. The wheels and exhaust are available separately also
There is also a kit for the smaller Lamborghini Gallardo, the front design is identical to the Murcielago
And the third design is for the Bentley Continental GT. Like the Lamborghini kits, the design is clean and subtle and only 10cm wider than the standard GT
And the rear. Once again the creative artistic genius that is Hirano Yokomaku has created a stylish and purposeful design. One of the true automotive artists, as he moulds the design himself using foam and clay and does not sketch the design on paper.
Its back!! Time Attack 2008 will be bigger and better. More tracks, more entries and much more interest all round! An interesting weekend, for Round 1 at Donington Park: dry,windy, rain and then snow, it had it all!
The day was eventually won by Duncan Tappy in the Autosportif/TEIN Subaru Impreza with a time of 1.20.550 in the damp but had earlier set a time of 1.12.758, the fastest of the day overall
Not far behind was Olly Clark in the Roger Clark Motorsport Subaru Impreza, with 1.22.691 in the final, easily the loudest car of the entire weekend with its side exit exhaust, visible just infront of the real wheel
Third was Jamie Stanley in the RC Developments Evo 6, with some great drifting at times even though its Time Attack! His final time was 1.23.114
One of the most improved cars in round 1 was the Scoobyclinic Impreza, driven by Andy Harvey, with a strong 6th place in the final
Not long back from its trip to Japan and Tsukuba was Fensports Celica running a new sequential gearbox, eventually finishing 9th
Stanley and Darren Robinson in the Whifbitz RX7, in the snow
1st in the Forced Induction class was Kev Horsley in the Scooby Clinic supported car with 1.28.569
1st in the Normally Aspirated class was Paul Hughes in the Buddy Club UK Honda Integra Type R with a 1.36.185
Fastest overall club class lap was 1.18.286 set by Barrie Rycroft in the Distinctive Cars York Mitsubishi Evo 7
Not every day you see a Renault Clio (briefly) leading a R34 GTR
A few offs and crashes but this is the only 1 I caught on camera
And to end this overdue update, 2 of the more interesting cars running in club class:
Craig Winstanley's Mazda FD3S Rx7 -with a Chevy v8 transplant
and the Apex Performance Skyline R33 GTS - also with a Chevy V8
A Nikon D300 Digital SLR, I bought this in Japan and saved over €700 compared to what the ripoff camera shops here want for it! If you cant get to Japan, theres always ebay! Ill be using this for the majority of my photos this year
And this Canon Ixus 75 digital compact. Cheap but good value and it takes some great photos, and far more discreet than the big Nikon, perfect for snapshots. Sometimes its far easier just to let the camera do all the work, or if you want to take things easy, as it clips onto my belt, and does not need a rucksack to hold everything belonging to it. A lot of my recent photos from Japan were taken with this camera, but for action shots or when you want to do what you want as opposed to what the camera wants, the Nikon is king
Recently Prodrift held their licencing weekend at Rosegreen, for semi pro drivers to attain their pro licences, provided they were good enough
Former BN-Sports Nissan PS13 Silvia
Ex Koguchi Power / Falken D1GP Toyota JZX100 Chaser
The wall of death...
Claims another victim
My favouite photo from the day, E30 M3
A curved escalator
That is not allowed have any friends....
A western style toilet, a Japanese style toilet is little more than a hole in the floor...
Kit Kat!!! I was in shock!! Chocolate is rare in Japan, they are far more into sweets and candy, might explain many peoples rotten teeth!!
And I did buy it in Japan, not just snook over from home
Ladies only railway carraiges, sadly 'groping' is a big problem in Japan, unlike the rest of the world
Another McDonalds or this? I know what I would prefer, cheap and tasty too, not to mention healthier!!
Ah well, 14 days has passed too quickly, time to go home
The last photo I took in Japan
At least the flight home was comfortable, it was empty! I could have slept across 4 seats if I liked.JPG)
Till 2009 anyway, me and Chris had fun in Japan
