I remember the first time I was on a message board and saw someone speak highly of a Ford Escort, I thought they were crazy, until they posted a picture. It was then I realized that for whatever reason the North American market really got the shaft when it came to Escorts. We could have got something cool.

Chris from CSCS (Canadian Sport Compact Series) was kind enough to remind and invite me to the upcoming CSCS event at Cayuga Motorsports park August 22nd. I had a great time last year because not only was it my first time at Cayuga but it was also my first time seeing a legal drift event. I'm looking forward to attending again this year and taking in the drag racing, drifting, time attack, and lapping events in addition to the diverse show and shine.

I like cars, this info is not new to any of you, I also really like to ride BMX and if for whatever reason I had to pick between the two I would probably chose the latter. However, I don't see having to choose anytime soon so I have decided for this Theme Tuesday to combine my two interests and post cars owned by fellow riders.

Local tuner shop, and Stance Is Everything sponsor, Next Mod is having it's one year anniversary meet this Sunday August 15th from 1pm - 5pm. Every meet at Next Mod is sure to be packed with vehicular eye candy since the crew at the shop always provides free drinks and BBQ'd food for those in attendance and if there is one way to get people to come out it's with free food.

sumTHAIguy on Mazda 3 forums has always had a pretty low speed3, and he's gone through a number of wheels since I first started paying attention to his ride. Recently he changed both his front suspension setup and wheels and in my eyes really dialed in his stance. Using the same smaller lock rings and cartridges from BC that I am he added a custom shorter spring up front (4" vs 6.7") to the mix and his now able to tuck tire on his Work Ryver DT4's.

When you ride low, no matter how careful you are things are going to: hit the ground, get scraped, get dented, dinged and otherwise damaged. Most of these things happen away from prying eyes (oil pans, frame rails, sub-frames, cats, mufflers, etc) but every once and awhile a visible piece like a lip or side skirt to feel the pain. Having these things repaired professionally time after time, can get quite expensive so a lot of us end up having a go at fixing the damage ourselves. Repairs like these are a great way to get your hands dirty in regards to body work since there is little to no risk of making the problem worse.

I go to a lot of car shows, as you probably already know from my event coverage, and doing so I see a lot of crazy things: insane and interesting motor swaps, slammed International trucks, and lots of scantily clad women are pretty much par for the course. However what is not par for the course is what I saw at last Saturdays Street Classics Cruise In. While slowly making my way outward from the ice cream truck I saw an older looking go kart sitting on the ground beside a Jr Dragster.

Since I added the Facebook 'like' button to the post pages last night I figured today would be the perfect time to do another edition of 'Readers Rides' from the facebook fan page. The fan page has been really active lately so it you are not a fan already take a look as I often post things on there that don't make it here, and generally try and be just as interactive on there as I am here. Anyway, enough plugs, let's check out some of your rides.

This sick looking Audi belongs to a poster on a BMX forum I frequent and it's pretty damn tidy. The healthy drop and monochromatic color scheme keep things pretty low key but the more you look at it the more you notice.