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Despite somewhat unseasonably cold weather Toronto Motorsports park Cayuga was packed on Sunday for the 2013 CSCS Finale. Like all the events leading up to it competition was fierce on the track with time attack records once again being broken and drifters laying it all on the line. It's been a few rounds since I've been able to attend personally so I was looking forward to getting back on the track and taking a few shots, as such the track action is up first with show and shine photos following soon after.

While s-chassis and AE86s have proven themselves tim,e and time, again as capable drift cars I'm positive I am not alone in wishing that there was a little more vehicle variety in the drifting world. Sure it might not be the most cost efficient way to go about things but there is something to be said for those who do things the hard way.

About mid summer I acquired a Tuner Invasion flyer, stuck it on my fridge, and didn't think much about it until I happened to have a booth beside show organizers Jay Jones and Steve Luangpakdy at the Sherway Nissan Megameet. Both of them said the show would be worth the trip to the hammer so I took them on their word and made my way westward. True to their word Tuner Invasion ended up being a great show with a great variety of cars.

I'm pretty lucky to be made aware of a lot of interesting builds via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and today's truck was brought to my attention by long time reader Clint Jolly Green (who has a real last name that's hard to spell). My initial reaction to being tagged in the photo below was 'holy Kansas look at those doors' followed by quite the eyebrow raise when I noticed the rear wheel/tire situation.

A few weeks ago Importfest hosted a 'Mega Meet' --aka a show and shine-- at Sherway Nissan is Mississauga. The event was open to all make and model of vehicles with speciality awards reserved for Nissan entrants. Dealership shindigs are often hit or miss but this one was pretty solid offering up a variety of cars from classics all the way to big money exotics. In addition to cars there were a few food vendors, the Grey Cup, a handful of cheerleaders, and a couple Toronto Argonaut players.

While reading another excellent Keith Charvonia feature on SpeedHunters it became alarmingly apparent that I have yet to do a Theme Tuesday on the classic white wall tire. Unsurprisingly there were a number of cars equipped with said tires on my hard drive so this one came together fairly quickly.

It's no secret that people here in North America are becoming increasingly obsessed with the enthusiast culture in Japan. Print publications like Super Street periodically run features on shops and gatherings in the land of the rising sun, while on-line media houses like SpeedHunters have hired Japanese correspondents to provide an in depth, on-going look into their scene. On the flip side Japanese enthusiasts have begun to take great interest in what we are doing and one of the magazines providing those in Japan a close look at the North American Enthusiast culture is USDMFREAX.

I've posted more than my fair share of eyebrow raising motor swaps and conversions both here on the site and on the fan page but I think this one just might take the cake. Regarded by many -including Enzo Ferrari- as one of the most beautiful cars ever built very few people see it necessary to do much of anything to the Jaguar E-Type.

Every year tucked away in a small corner of Mississauga The Roadmates (One of  Canada's Oldest Hot Rod Clubs) hosts a corn roast for members and friends a like. This event has an atmosphere very similar to the Majestics/Luxrious BBQ making it another one of my favourite events of the season. One of the elements that makes this event so enjoyable is that there is never any shortage of stories being tossed around by people who have been doing this whole car modification thing for longer than I've been alive.