Motorsports – Page 5 – Strange Rhythms

Texas World Speedway – A Trackday Visit

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 ryan

Every weekday starting at 5:45am, a series of alarms set off and challenge my dreams to a gauntlet of consciousness. Nearly all of these battles end with the army of alarms prevailing and me begrudgingly rolling out of bed. Some hygiene maintenance and feet shuffling later I sleepily set off to go to work at my job that is literally down the street from me. And oddly enough, this is how fired up I am in the morning for a career I actually like.

Last weekend however, I sprung out from my nest of pillows at 4am just to get my gear together for a 2 hour trip to go watch race cars all day. There’s something about track day.

NODRFT – End of Year bash

January 6, 2015February 5, 2015 ryan 3 Comments

I’ve been back in the United States for a little over two years now. Previously, the only competitive drifting I had seen in person was the occasional stuff held by the local Guam boys at our fresh little skid pad in Yigo, and that seemed to be a once in a blue moon thing. Once I got over to the mainland, I was able to fanboy over a bunch of fancy skid chariots on an absurdly regular basis. It’s gotten me kinda lazy as I now realize that I’ve never had to even leave the state to get satiated. Cue NODRFT’s End of Year Bash.

Travel 5 hours for one day with my fragile new camera in 110% chance of cold ass rain? Ya Goddamn right.

Texas Street Legal: Round 0 – Part Two

December 25, 2014February 5, 2015 ryan

Texas Street Legal: Round 0

November 5, 2014February 5, 2015 ryan 4 Comments

You like drifting, yeah? I’m 66% sure you do, just by inferring from the site’s AWSTATS traffic break down (hayyyy). I bet I can also tell you why you like drifting and why you surf the net looking for photos of cars killing the environment in sideways fashion: because it’s cool as hell.

2014 Lone Star Bash: A Snippet

September 22, 2014September 23, 2014 ryan

Everytime I sign up for a grassroots drift event, I hear this imaginary voice saying, “Hey, you’re going to drive, not take pictures. You need the seat time! Don’t bring the camera! Why are you packing a telephoto?!” It further devolves into creepier depths of schizofrenia, but I always end up checking out of the conversation all the same. In retrospect, this is probably part of why I still suck at drifting.

Offset Kings Texas // Round 6 of Formula D 2014

September 19, 2014August 16, 2015 ryan

Time is a constantly changing variable that progresses on a linear path. Whether we like it or not, it’s always moving forward, and we cant help but plot our own positions in relation to that ever lengthening x-axis. To put it simply, some things change and some things stay the same. In our case, the watermark is new and the pictures are hgher-res, but we’re still gonna be those awkward nerds with big cameras.