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Author: Rcubed

  • Nissan Fest at Evergreen Speedway – Part Three

    Nissan Fest at Evergreen Speedway – Part Three

    First of all, I would like to apologize for the time it took for me to edit these photos. I had to meet a stringent application deadline. The write up to such an event would be much better if I wrote it immediately after it had happened. Nonetheless, it was an awesome experience! I’ve never been that close up to the action! Although some details are hazy, the sound of tire-squeal, the screaming crowd, the smell of the tire-smoke, and the debris hitting my face remains vivid in my memory. Northwest Nissans really know how to throw events! A free-admission drifting showcase is unheard of but these guys pulled it off!

     

    It was my first time being so close to the action and I didn’t know exactly what I was supposed to photograph. Tried many techniques but it was all pretty panicky at the time. As the day progressed, I managed to calm down and be more selective of my shots. Thanks to Gaelen Norman for giving us the media passes! Here are the results of the day:

    Here are some car show photos.

    Also check out parts one and two of our coverage.

  • Station Wagon.

  • 2011 Stage Green Road Rally

    2011 Stage Green Road Rally

    Waterwerks NW hosted a TSD Rally where 18 teams took part in Washington State. Our starting point was at 425 Motorsports in Bellevue and our destination was The Old Spaghetti Factory in Tukwila. If you’re not familiar with what a Time, Speed, Distance (TSD) rally is, here’s a brief explanation from Wikipedia.

    “The object of these rallies is to maintain precise times and precise average speeds on various segments of a predefined route. Each team usually consists of an amateur driver and navigator. Teams usually start a regularity rally at fixed intervals creating a field that is spread along the route.”

    We participated in the rally ourselves driving a Mazda 3 and our friends helped represent the 604 in their Integra GSR.

    Teams were given instructions one minute prior to starting and started their runs at one minute intervals after each other. Our rally would take us over two hours to complete and would cover 83 miles in a state that was unfamiliar to us Canucks. The team cars were varied, from widebody Audi RS4 to a BMW E39 M5 to a VW truck. There was some really slick rides!

    The rally took us on some nice windy roads as well as the freeway. This rally wasn’t about which team could get to the destination the fastest, but which team could come closest to the time that the boys at Waterwerks NW had set. The following trophies were given out during our dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory:

    Stage Green Road Rally winners:

    Team Clueless with a time difference of 51 secs off the target time. Great job guys!
    Best Rally Team Name: Team Milf & Cookies
    Best Rally Team Costumes: Team German Hearted

    Our team placed fifth overall with a time of 6:48 off the target time. Not too bad considering it was our first road rally in another country! We like to give a shout out to Waterwerks NW for putting on a great event and all the other teams that participated in the fun! We’ll definately be back next year in full force!

  • A Bug’s Life

    A Bug’s Life

    I stumbled upon these guys on NASIOC and they were looking for a photo shoot. I’ve always loved the bug-eyed Imprezas so we went ahead with a mini shoot!
    Elwin drives the 2003 Rally Blue Wagon with flared fenders while Andrew drives the silver/black two-toned sedan.

    2003 + 2003 Bug eye WRX

    Enjoy!

  • The Big North West Subaru Meet

    The Big North West Subaru Meet

    The artofstance guys headed down to Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA for the Big NW Subie Meet! We could tell we were getting closer to the location as we saw more and more modified Subarus converging on the location.

    It was fantastic to see hundreds of cars from the Pacific Northwest and beyond to meet and share in passion for these AWD rally proven monsters on a hot sunny day! There were also vendors and sponsors that had Scoobie parts/services at discounted prices. A short autocross track was also set up to provide some racing. We even decided to enter my car into the car show at the last minute just for kicks to represent Vancouver. We’re looking forward to next years meet!

    Here’s some of the cars that were there:

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  • Art of Stance @ Stancewars

    On July 3rd, Art of Stance attended StanceWars at Bellevue College…

    We’ll let the images do the talking.

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  • Drei Bayerische Motoren Werke-Z8’s

    Artofstance.com attended the “BMW Heritage Day” out at Autowest BMW in Richmond.

    More to come…
    (Added Bonus: Pre-Processed Image Here)

  • Practical: Monster – BMW E39 M5

    0-60 in less than five seconds while still having room for 4 passengers and a set of golf clubs. This E39 BMW M5 has a serious split personality. The owner, Jeremy, explains it best. “With a family coming soon, I needed something more practical but still a little fun.” Boasting a 394 BHP 4.9 Litre V8 monster under its hood, its plenty fun!

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  • Coming Soon – Stanced Infiniti G35

    Stay Tuned.

  • Natural Habitat

    Natural Habitat

    The 2011 Subaru STI goes back to its roots with the sedan and a big box wing. I ran into Tommy at the UBC parkade parking beside my 2010 STI hatch. We began chatting and it led to this photo-op with his car! The weather forecast called for rain but we pushed for the photoshoot anyways and decided to go for a dirty gravel road to honor the Impreza’s rally heritage.

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