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Weekend posts on SIE are a rarity (I like to ride my bike) however I do make the odd exception for great content like today's guest coverage. It's not often I get a chance to share what's going on in Calgary so luckily for all of us previously featured photographer Mike McConnell happened to be at this years Driven aftermarket & performance show in Calgary with a brand new camera he was dying to test out.

I've been a fan of Charles Spivak's work since he first sent in Guest Coverage of a Drift Ops event at Shannonville in 2011. After the 2012 CSCS opener came and went, and photos began to surface online, I noticed one of his photos on the Circuit Soul fan page and honestly couldn't believe it was from the same event I was at.

Shasha AnisIf you listened to the weatherman all week long than you are probably some of several people who skipped out on CSCS opener this weekend which is a shame because outside of a few quick showers most of the event was actually dry. The drag strip was busy most of the day (until a particularly hard rainfall) and the road course saw heavy use by both the time attack drivers and the drifters.

One of the most anticipated events of the first half of the summer season was the first 'Fitted' event and Downsview Park put on by Stretch & Poke. Everyone expected it to be big but I don't think I was the only one who rolled up and was shocked at the turnout.

This Tuesday I've opted to bring back the ever popular 'Dat Ass' theme but fill it with only cars that were at Sundays 'Fitted' event put on by Stretch & Poke. Gathering this Theme Tuesday took second priority to capturing as much of the event as possible so I might have missed a few significant rear ends but there is still a good amount of variety and the last picture is sure to draw some controversy.

This entire week will be full of event and guest event coverage so if you often check the site from your phone you've been warned. Leading off the week of is coverage from the Hot Wheelz & Tirez customer appreciation show & shine that took place on Saturday at Hot Wheelz & Tirez in Mississauga.

I feel as though at any time you could say "Dan recently got new wheels" and stand a 70% chance of being right. Dan being a member of Level One, and the owner of the yellow s2000 you have probably seen on Tuned-Life, Stretch & Poke, and Stance Nation, in addition to event coverage here.

It's been awhile since a build thread has appeared here, and with the season almost completely in full swing today seemed like the perfect time to post some of the local builds I've been following. I wouldn't be surprised if a couple of these builds are at the first Stretch & Poke event on Sunday.

With my recent obsession with the Japanese American low rider scene I almost forgot about all the awesome native builds in Japan. Chances are pretty good I may have posted this EF sedan sometime before but even if I did it's not like it isn't worth seeing again.

You can all thank long time reader (and previous featured ride owner) Phil for calling me out for dragging my heels on the topless Theme Tuesday I completely forgot I said I would do. I manged to pull together this post nearly entirely from other half started Theme Tuesday posts so that should give you an idea of what's in-store eventually.

In 2011 Matt ended his previous show series, Tuners Against Street Racing, to start his new endevaour Squeaky Clean. The first Squeaky Clean event had a bit of a luke warm reception (not helped in the least the weather) so for 2012 Matt started with an event focused on the cars and the people instead of awards.

It's no secret that in the quest to go as low and wide as possible some people have been known to cross the line between voids warranties and downright dangerous. Not long ago one particularily inept attempt appeared on Jalopnik and more recently people have been up in arms over a particular silver Celica from Japan.