From our guest photographer and writer, Lawrence Liang: Every year the UBC Sports Car Club caps off their summer event series with their Team Enduro autocross. Taking place on the skidpad at the BC Driving Centre, the Team Enduro has drivers making their usual runs in the morning followed by the team event in the afternoon when each team member gets a shot at an extended lap of the autocross course, hence “Enduro”. Each team consists of 4 drivers and, at the end of the day, the team with the lowest combined time is crowned the UBCSCC Team Enduro champions. 
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Art of Autocross – UBCSCC Team Enduro
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Revscene 2011 Summer Meet – Life’s Good Indeed
It was the annual Revscene summer meet on August 21st, 2011 at Adesa Auto Auction in Richmond. The Speed Syndicate, Blackmarkers, Rise Auto Salon, Open Road Scion, BJ Autohaus, Autowest BMW…Art of Stance were just some of the supporters of the local car scene that were at the show. This is one of the biggest events the Westcoast has to offer. Hosted by Revscene.net, the largest car and lifestyle forum in the Pacific Northwest. With over 400 cars in attendance, the show spilt out onto the streeet as the lot quickly filled up. All this…for free. With the help of hardworking volunteers, Revscene manages to pull off a large organized meet every summer year after year. The summer meet gatherings give car enthusiasts a chance to get together all in one place and while spending the afternoon with old buddies, meeting new friends, and checking out hot cars. It shows the Vancouver car scene is big and very much alive. Grab a drink, your favorite snackies and enjoy the photos.
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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.
Enjoy!
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Getting Tailored with some Waterwerks Thrown In
This weekend we made the trip down to Tacoma to check out two events that were happening at Cheney Stadium. Tailored Seattle was a showcase of stanced rides from the Pacific Northwest. Many friends from BC made it down to the event to show off their cars and it was great to see BC well represented.
Waterwerks 2011 was also this weekend at the same venue bringing VW and Audi enthusiasts together. Here’s a taste of what both events involved.
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Tailored Seattle 2011
A sneak preview of the Tailored Seattle event that took place at Cheney Stadium.
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The 600hp Mercedes S55 Sleeper
A few months before we started Art of Stance, Richard and I were a little familiar with Quinton’s car. We’ve seen it at The Speed Syndicate’s anniversary BBQ and I’ve read a little about it on the build. We got the chance to get to know it a bit more when we went down to Formula D and met Quinton for the first time. Quintons supercharged 2005 Mercedes S55 AMG is a bit of a sleeper. Most people wouldn’t know that there is a beast under the hood that puts out 600hp at the wheels. That’s right..you heard me. 600hp in a car with very comfortable leather seats with massagers in the front. The Art of Stance crew can vouch for the seats since we all had to have a sit in it! We also played with the automatic closing doors and checked out the hydraulics that lower and raise the car..all of which is stock.
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Formula D at Evergreen Speedway
We drove down to Monroe Washington with The Speed Syndicate in the early morning to catch the Formula D drift competition at Evergreen Speedway. For many of us, it was the first time watching Formula D and we were quite excited. We knew we were close to the venue as the long lineups of spectators rolled into the parking lots. Also the screeching of tires, roar of boosted engines and cloud of tire smoke told us this was place to be. This is part one of our photo coverage of the drift competition. Let me just say that the experience was incredible! It was such a joy to watch these skilled drivers compete. To be able to walk into the pit areas, watch the crews work, talk with drivers, and see these cars up close is fantastic. I highly recommend driving down next year to watch it live. We’ll be sure to cover the event next year!
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Yokohama DTP Show 2011
The DTP show came back this year after being in hiatus for the past couple of years. The turnout was good with local shops and cars representing. Vancouver doesn’t get a lot of shows like this so hopefully DTP will spark more events/shows throughout the year for the local car scene. It was unfortunate that the typical pacific northwest rain decided to show up but that didn’t seem to dampen the spirits as there were still large crowds coming to check out the show.
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Royal City Show and Shine 2011 – Hot Rod Heaven?
After attending the Big Northwest Subaru Meet, the next day was the Royal City Show and Shine in New Westminster. For the whole day, Columbia Street is closed off and hundreds of classic muscle cars, hot rods, and whatever is unique are put on display for the general public to have a look. Its a great day to spend with the family and to check out some vintage rides.
I was pretty bagged from the Scoobie show the day before so I wasn’t really planning to catch it this year. However I was in the neighborhood after a lunch with the girlfriend so we thought we’d go check it out. Here is a small sample of the cars that we saw.
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