Moving right along to the finals from this past weekends Canada Day DMCC Drift celebration at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.
For the finals I was lucky enough to score a media pass from my friend Trevor at tdott.me which allowed me to take photos from the infield.
Just like qualifying a few cars lost some battles with the course but once all the dust, fiberglass, and tire smoke settled Pat Cyr wound up taking the podium for his second straight first place in the 2012 series.
Alex Gosselin, Danny Bernier, Claude Poirier and Alex Michaud
Just a few shots from some of the earlier battles involving the above drivers, they were all pretty close.
Alex Gosselin early in the finalsDanny Bernier continued his smoke shows all the way into the top 16Alex keeping it close with Claude
Peter Chrisikopoulos
The Peter Chrisikopoulos / Dave Briggs tandem battle was one of the most exiting pairings of the day and it called for several OMT’s (One more time).
Often Peter’s entry speeds put him farther ahead of DaveBut Dave would catch up in the corners and stay there
Brad Carlton
Brad drove really well through to the finals and while he didn’t podium he did put on a show for the hometown crowd, ass out since 2009.
These two photos are nearly identicalSorry Brad
Dave Briggs
After two OMT’s and Dave actually breaking his car he was able to move on past Peter to face Pat Cyr later in the top 16.
Dave Brigg’s pre course induced face modificationsAnd afterBriggs trying his best to leave Pat behind
Marc Landreville
Marc Landerville put up quite a fight in the finals but eventually an on off course excursion left him sidelined with 12 or so degrees positive camber to the left rear wheel.
Marc’s entries were pretty awesomeAs the event went on Marc’s car took a bit of a beating, looks pristine here thoughFollowing Brad’s line to a teeMarc keeping things under control while Simon Schaffner drops two wheels off
Francis Tasse
Francis Tasse managed to score third place after Landerville was knocked out due to mechanical trouble, that’s not to say he didn’t drive very well.
Francis could always be counted on to enter hotTasse / Pardis battles were very close, if I recall there may even have been some passingPat right on Francis’ door
Bob Patinka
Bob Patinka drove his LS powered Nissan all the way to second place.
I figured Bob would have lost his other fender but it miraculously held onBob vs Alex
Pat Cyr
Pat Cyr was driving incredible all day long when chasing no one could shake him he would just adapt and follow the leaders line perfect, and when Pat was leading he was calm and control like he was on the course all alone.
Well deserved first place for Pat and Drift Posse.
Probably noticed that this shot is the current cover shot on the fanpagePat way out ahead of someone in a tandemI think this might have been in the earlier tandem with Brad PaauwPerhaps the last time I will get a chance to shoot this car on the track so I took a lot…Without a doubt the best panning shot I have ever taken thus far.Pat rightfully Stoked.
Best of luck to all of the drivers in the rest of the 2012 season and I’m already looking forward to seeing them compete again next year.
I love looking at vintage coverage from all areas of the hobby because it is a great way to see what styles were here to stay and continue to stand the test of time and which were ‘of the era’.
I hesitate to use the word fad because it has a lot of negative connotations and some styles tend to boomerang and come full circle in the end anyway.
Furthermore all of us followed a “fad” at one time or another that we either look back on and chuckle or cringe.
In high school I had some huge ass JNCOs man…
Cutting your springs now is a bit of a cheap way out but for some platforms it’s still the only way to get lowStraight up timeless lookThis appears to go back only to 1997 which explains why it still looks pretty relevantI think I could count the amount of these I have seen modified in anyway, shape, or form, on one handPersonally I think this car would look better without the wheel coversThis show looks to be full of all sorts of interesting ridesNot too often I see trucks get the traditional wire treatment nowadays in ONTHubs, whites, and one hell of a fading photoI hope 10 years down the road I can still at the very least host this site and people can visit it for old show coverage to bring back memoriesThe cotton ball show setup is one of those things that seems to go in cyclesOne of the most aggressive, looking chopped tops I have ever seenAnother aggressive chop this time with a radical front endOn the topic of chops I think a bit of one would look great on this, though with all that glass…Looking in the background… is that a Geo Prizim?Not sure what the story behind the light isVega I think? PintoWait another Vega? Or is it an AMC? And another PintoThe amount of attention to detail in the paintwork of a well built lowrider is just insaneSwitch in one hand beer in the other?You know a lot of these guys cherish these photos and use them to remember the good ol daysSome obviously also have crates upon crates of magazinesCan anyone identify these wheels? Love this lookCheck the fashion…Do people still buy copies of Penthouse with the internet? Serious question.That guy looks exactly like the lowrider guy…
To me a great drift event shares a lot of similarities with a great BMX event. Parts get destroyed, knuckles get bruised as frantic repairs are made, women get heckled (and men get heckled right back), there’s a guy with dreads (sometimes named Grant) rapping in the corner, more than 70% of the crowd is cheering for the hometown hero and you get a chance to catch up with friends you may only see once a year
All of the above combined with incredible driving are what make DMCC events at Mosport so damn enjoyable and truly make me wish there were more stops out this way.
For 2012 DMCC switched things up by running the course in an entirely differently than how it was run in 2010 and the new configuration seemed to be just as challenge as the last with the course hungry to take out wheels, suspension components and body parts.
Today’s coverage runs through the list of qualifiers I was able to capture in order.
‘Magic’ Mike Pollard – DNQ
Sometime during practice Mike Pollards steering rack gave up the ghost so he took one from another 240 in the parking lot in order to compete. Unfortunately in his first run he mangled a Work VS-XX wheel and reportedly took out his sub frame ending his day.
Magic Mike moments after impactObviously Mike isn’t worried about which authentic wheel to runG’damn
Brad Paauw – 15th place qualifier
As mentioned in yesterdays coverage Brad runs in both CSCS and DMCC and here he was able to qualify 15th.
Brad’s NV Motorsport sponsored car never seems to have any issues
Eric Paradis – 14th place qualifier
About mid day I uploaded a photo to the fanpage of Eric’s convertible LS1 powered 240 on the fan page and Eric drove well enough to grab 14th spot in qualifiers.
Most of the field seemed to be running 0 or positive camber in the rear, a stark contrast from what’s seen in the show and shineEric smoking his way to 14th
Claude Poirier – 13th place qualifier
Claude I remember from DMCC 2010 because his car had Cheetah livery that made me think of Ben Jonson every time he came down the hill with his super loud LS powered 350.
Cheetah livery gone and replaced with D-max
Alex Gosselin – 12th place qualifier
I beleive Alex managed to hold onto all his body panels and wheels through qualifying which wasn’t an easy task.
Alex appeared to have one of the straightest looking cars of the event
Danny Bernier – 11th place qualifier
Another LSX powered car Danny really put on a smoke show any time he was on the course.
A look at Danny’s car in the pits450 horse will put down a ton of smoke
Dave Briggs – 10th place qualifier
Though he might have had a few issues with entry speed Dave Briggs (in the tandem battles) Dave was super consistent and competitive all day and had quite a few good battles with Peter Chrisikopoulos.
Lots of photos of Dave in part 2 of the coverage
Tomy Boivert Bellemare 9th place qualifier
Tomy qualified 9th managing to truck his way through a crazy 3 wheel drift on one of the last corners of the course.
Wild as hell, never lifted though
Brad Carlton – 8th place qualifier
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen Brad drive but he looked really good out there in his now LS powered 240 and qualified 8th joining the other two drift posse drivers in the finals.
Sounds good, looks good, drives good
Peter Chrisikopoulos – 7th
You might remember this Neo Motorsport sponsored car from the Squeaky Clean ‘Coffee’ coverage. Every entry by Peter was followed by a ridiculous amount of smoke.
Shout out to the announcer for making it through his last name every time too.
Peter and Briggs duked it out several times in the finalsPeter repping for Drift Posse
Joe Thiffault – 6th place qualifier
Joe also had a bit of an off course run in during his second run that wrecked his wheel pretty gruesome but his first run was good enough for 6th and he had the car repaired and ready for the tandem battles.
The first of two AE86’s in the runningSaid mangled wheel
Bob Patinka – 5th place qualifier
Another name I remember from 2010 Bob made it past qualifying to put up a fight in finals
Bob’s car is also LS poweredSolid all day
Alex Michaud – 4th place qualifier
Alex piolited his damn near blinding yellow s13 to 4th in qualifying
Alex leaving the track after practiceLaying it all out during qualifying
Francis Tasse – 3rd place qualifier
“Hollywood” drove his way to third behind evil clown eyes.
Hollywood stepping out of his officeThis helmet is awesome, unless of course you are scared of clowns then it is terrifyingShowtime for HollywoodThrough the last clipping point
Pat Cyr – 2nd place qualifier
I spent a lot of time in the Drift Posse area before things got started talking to Brad, Curtis, Dan, and of course Pat himself.
I’m excited to see him in a FR-S next year but I will be sad to see his current car retired.
Zombie Army Doom SquadWell worthy of retirement, but still lots of life leftPat flying through his qualifying runMeanwhile the Drift Posse BMX team gets some practice in
Marc Landreville – 1st place qualifier
Marc Landerville who won the 2010 Mosport DMCC stop qualified first and was looking to carry that momentum into the finals.
Prior to qualifying Marc’s team was working hard to get his rear end fixed up from what looked to be another wheel to solid object encounter500 horse sr20 doing it’s job
Stay tuned for more DMCC coverage to come this week.
Back with the second and final part of the Coverage from CSCS Beach Burnout at Grand Bend, which is exclusively track activity.
You’ll probably notice straight off that bat that there are no drag shots in today’s post, that’s because most of the vehicles I saw on the strip were pretty well stock and didn’t make for the most exciting photos.
Some more serious machines were running earlier in the but by the time I made my way over they were half way back on the trailer, I know some of you would love to see more drag coverage on the site I promise to grab a few more shots August 19th back at Cayuga.
On the flip side the road and drift courses were busy all day and because both events could be run at the same time it gave participants tons of track time which I’m sure they all appreciated
Road course up first…
Of all the cars I shoot on the track EK’s can be consistently counted on to get on three wheelsZ braking hard before the turn aboveNot that I do not mind this but the moving box should prep a moving truck (or van), that would be wild…Nice to see this MKI out on the track tearing it up with the more modern vehiclesThis Stage Four Celica got fourth in super front wheel driveAs mentioned in part one here’s a shot of Touge Tuning’s Subaru out on the trackI posted this shot of Ken Wagan’s FD on the fanpage about a week ago…I always end up taking a lot of shots of his FDOne of the few shots of this corner that turned out
Grand Bend Drifting was a great change of pace from Cayuga (from a spectators point of view) because while most of the drivers have the Cayuga course pretty dialed you could tell it took a few drivers a little bit longer to adapt to the Grand Bend course which made things more interesting to watch.
I missed qualifiers, but managed to get a shot of Riley between practice and top 16 before his fuel pump took a shitBrad Paauw was competing in yesterdays DMCC eventA little show boating during practice keeps things funFaceless wonder on initiationThat nasty looking Silvia I uploaded a few days agoNo face because drift carCan’t say I’ve seen this car out before but he was fairly consistent throughout the eventConsistent drivers are the easiest to take photos ofLast oneChris was running pretty well also especially when you consider he had a few sleepless nights rebuilding his car from the last timeHe said something on twitter (@IknowCDLC) about the passenger door being the only dent free panel left on his carHis hoods probably in pretty good shape too actuallyAnthony was running really well, never seems to have problems adapting to new coursesMarin and Anthony had some of the best battles of the dayBoth followed each others lines very well, but Marin ended up taking itAnd going on to take the winPaauw Brad Layin’ down some rubber during the demoTiresmart car showing the benefits of a tire sponsorUntil next year
Titoboy Approved, a local appearal and lifestyle brand, has teamed up with YOKOHAMA Canada for 2012 with the goal of developing one of the top tuning teams in Canada.
They started off a little quiet and secretive with just a few teasers here and there but now they are ready to make some real noise.
It feels like I should have posted this truck before, but from what I can tell I have not.
I am probably getting it confused with other small vehicles like a Nash Metropolitan or this ‘Postman Pat’ car, at any rate this custom truck is pretty damn cool.
Built by ‘Chance’ a member of the AcrophiobA club this pint sized wonder lays right out and appears to be cable of towing a matching bagged trailer equipped with a pocket bike.
Information about the logistics of the whole thing are pretty damn scarce but one of the streetsource forum members had this to say.
The frame was one of by Robert at Insanity scooterworks. The original body was one his dad made out of Masonite and fiberglass. Don’t know if he made another or redid it. He’s been building it for a while. Pretty sick though.
Chances are pretty good one of you truckers out there have more info so feel free.
Part II of the CSCS ‘Beach Burnout’ coverage will be up tomorrow, I had hoped to have the post up today but there are only so many hours in the day and I spent a couple shooting these two cars last night.
Sunday I will be at DMCC at Mosport, and I am flip flopping back and forth in regards to whether or not I will actually enter the show and shine.
Probably come down to how soon I can get out of the house…
Flashback Friday
It’s been 2 years since the last time I went to a DMCC event so I’ll just take it back to then.
Going to be sitting more or less in the same spot as before as I couldn’t snag a media pass this year, there’s always next year right. using my telephoto again because I couldn’t snag a media pass this year. There’s always next year right?
My girlfriend grew up in a small town near London called Dorchester and would spend many a weekend at the Grand Bend Motorplex, her fond memories of the venue had me looking forward to going for the first time at last Sundays ‘Beach Burnout’ event hosted by CSCS.
While like all CSCS events (when it doesn’t rain) it was a good time I think the turnout was definitely hindered by the fact that Grand Bend is quite a ways from the city, which is a shame because Grand Bend is a great race facility with reportedly one of the fasted quarter miles around and has food far superior to Cayuga.
Show and Shine wise many of the people who opted to stay home, or attend a closer show like the Niagara Truck and Tuner Expo covered yesterday, were replaced by owners of cars I had personally never seen before.
I was wondering what became of last years Top Tuner CarsI am sure there is some stipulation that they can’t ever be plated so I wouldn’t be surprised if it just vanishes in a yearMarble paint is slowly but surely starting to cross the border…Speaking of new things in the scene, I have now seen 3 modified Rukuses this year which is 3 more than last years 0That’s what happens when you get into an accident with a Drag wheel I guessClean row of DC’sFocal Point Concepts on hand180 on VSX wheelsThe brushed aluminum finish almost makes it look like barrels as lipsSkyline I don’t believe I have seen beforeTSX using basically the same color pallet as the car aboveThe owner of this RX-8 seemed pretty stoked I was taking a photo of itRX-7 on bright blue Rays G-Games, not a wheel I see a whole lot of these daysThis car seems to bounce back and forth between AMF and Ertefa boothsLoved this. Reminded me a lot of this Civic in terms of period correct and cleanlinessReally well maintained, cars like this make me think I should clean my bay more than never.
Once the track festivities started to wind down I decided to head through the pits and take a closer look at some of the cars that were tearing up the road course, drift track, and 1/4 mile. A lot of these cars were ones that I have seen at every round of CSCS proving that racers and drifters are a little bit more willing to travel far distances than the show and shine crowd.
The emblem and what I can see behind the grill makes me wonder what’s going on under the hood of this Crossfire another swapped one perhaps?I seemed to somehow miss every single one of this cars runsLooks like it means business thoughJDM Rides splash page Type RGot a few shots of this out on the track, fast carPlated ‘Slowbaru’ this car was going for a world record (not sure which), the run I saw it did 10.26 at 137mphGreat to see this car at back to back events, now if only I could get a good photo of it runningThis e46 just looks rightThink I might have a photo of it on the track for part 2 as wellThis car laughs at your Carbon Fiber splitter, “it’s the wood that makes it good”More accustomed to seeing 240s on the drift course than the road courseGrip for daysHella FunctionalKen Wagan’s Stage Four Rx7No LS hereSeems to change every yearChris was able to get his e30 back together again to competeRiley on the other hand ran into some fuel delivery problems that kept him sidelined after the finalsHe had his bed off and a lot of you were asking about his rear setup so here’s a pic, it’s no longer on leafsHis motor setupClose today out with the party truck
Part 2 should be up either tomorrow or Saturday, and will consist of entirely track coverage.
The inability to be in more than one place at a time is starting to become a problem, I had a great time at last years Truck And Tuner Expo and would have liked to attend again this year but I had never been to Grand Bend prior to Sunday so I ended up there instead.
However the Nine O Five guys have always been very supportive of the site so there was absolutely no way I was going to let the show go by without some guest coverage.
As luck would have it my friend Jon O was close enough to Niagara to head out for a couple of hours, he told me he enjoyed the show and was treated great the entire time he was there.
It also looks like a lot of the truck guys who I don’t see all that often were there so next year I will plan to do a better job of clearing my schedule.
Matt aka MsequencE and the owner of this previously featured s2000 (which is now a different color) holding it down on the ones & twosSome of the TNT crew and their lowered shopping cartKhaos models with said kartA certain someone made sure all the models posed for Jon, I don’t even get that treatment!About time model coverage made it’s way back to the site though…I do not want a motorcycle. I do not want a motorcycle. I do not want a motorcycle. I do not want a motorcycle.
Cars
DJ Matt’s daily driver which as far as I know is running prototype Neo Motorsport coilsWide body Tib on the increasingly popular DAI Candy wheelsGTS coupe, probably my personal favorite model viperThe ‘Evil’ Fiat still rocking tons of pokeS2K with what looks to be a J’s inspired bumperClub Racer s2000On point 300zxNice looking FDAnd not too far from the car above was Adam’s Scion, which is probably one of the cleanest in the areaThis is the inside of a Mazda AZ-1Simple yet effective RSXSpeaking of RSXs it seems like the local population of fitted ones has gone up significantly since last yearStrip ready foxThis time last year Zach’s Soarer was bagged, not it is back to static and looking greatXXR’d e46Nice MkVThe last time I saw this Benz was at Vagkraft in 09Jon spoke with the owner, sounds like he might be thinking of sellingAlright eagle eyes, what’s this?
Trucks
The site’s been batting 100 with the truck content lately and Jon is just keeping a good thing going.
Juiced! Also I would be interested in more info about the truck to the left of this oneBronco O Bama to the rightDumped stepsideGreat to see trucks that were out last returnThe Tiki truckLooks to be tucking lug, or damn closeThis Ranger als appears to be very close to tucking lugs.
Congrats to Nine O Five Rides for another successful event and thanks to Jon for doing some guest coverage.
Jon has actually agreed to shoot more events west of the city so he’s been added to the contributors page along with Mike McConnell out in Calgary.
Two Saturdays ago Scarborough Scion (aka the dealership trusting enough to let me test drive an FR-S at Stretch & Poke) had a launch party for the ‘Toybaru” inviting Toyota/Scion owners and their friends to come out for good times and good (free) food.
The show & shine turnout wasn’t crazy but the amount of people who wanted to drive the new Scion was, the cars were out being test driven the entire night by those eager to see what all the hype was about.
Since the coverage isn’t huge I am just going to get right into it.
This was crazy… I think it had around 30 thousand miles and was virtually spotlessThis guy really made me look bad for showing up with a dirty carThis couldn’t be the original battery… could it?Interior hardly looks usedPair of clean early YotasThis is a good look (stock height aside), sent it over to Jay at JDM EGO to tempt him a little bit since he just picked one upTC with green wheels that had a bit of flake to themCF under hoodAt least at this show a car didn’t air out right beside meDirectly across from the cars aboveSK rolled out and laid out
Speaking about SK Performance about midway thought I was talking to Sharad about how crappy my headlights look and that I should get off my lazy ass and use my restoration kits I have and he brought over some of his tools and gave them a quick once over to make them look a little better.
BeforeDuringAfter…. it’s started to come back so I think I am going to use the kit then get them clear bra’d but at least I know it is fixable
Anyway back to the show, Ultra Auto Sound brought out their Scion demo cars which kind of make me miss having a system a little bit.
I do not miss people stealing said system however.
This took home best Scion, I don’t have any exterior shots though…All of these cars were playing the same song at the same time so it was hard to tell which was the loudest but I have reason to believe this was pretty loudTC called Orange Juice full of Focal componentsThis exhaust on this car is absurdly loud!The wheels were put on this car minutes before the event, some fine tuning yet to be done but should look alrightVSx’d Is250This car took home the trophy for best ‘other’The hand painted art work in the bay was an interesting touch, kept under the hood was a good choice because it could easily be something taken overboardNice build
Scion and Scarborough Scion are doing a great job of catering to us enthusiasts and they actually hooked me up with a whole bunch of stuff to give away which I will be making an announcement about very soon.
It used to be that modified trucks did a few things; went up and off road, down and layed sparks, or dropped and down the strip. Lately however people seem to be experimenting with wider wheel and tire setups in addition to sending them around road courses.
Based on the demand and love for Oliver’s truck on the fanpage and positive reception of Riley’s drifting Nissan Hardbody it’s safe to say a lot of you are into trucks outside of the norm just as much I am which is cool because I love low trucks of any variety.
Today’s Theme Tuesday is made up of drift trucks and trucks that take styling cues from the ‘flush’ scene, similar but slightly different than the previous JDM Minitruck Theme Tuesday in 2009.
Most of the trucks sliding seem to be imports, I’m guessing because of motor options and weightThis one was pretty popular a few years back not sure if it is still kicking ass…and he can still carry a roofing ladderImagine campers became to truckers what bike racks are to car guys? That would be a little weird.Speaking of racks I would love to see this truck without oneMore truck rackLots of dope trucks out in HawaiiPhilippines holdin’ it downIs it wrong to like both of these?Heavy on the stretchFat and flushAnother Hawaii truck, not sure which 6 lug wheels those areI’ve seen this kicking around on the SW forums for awhileAnother SW posterFrom the frontInteresting to see rear camber on a 4 door BlazeDamn, I gotta look up more on this truckExtreme on BBS wheels, if I recall correctly e36 bolt pattern and S10s is just a few mm offSimple, cleananother lookThis is so sick, though I feel the lip is unnecessaryBoosted Canadian Ranger with bed sides that were flared out with a bottle jack and then re weldedNot going to lie I kinda want one of these nowOf course I had to throw a shot of Riley’s truck in here, more later this weekAnd by popular demand Oliver truckRoller via staticmotion.ca
