My day at the track!

Hey all!

So here's the skinny. Hooked up with some Corolla buddies of mine on Saturday and we all decided to hit the track on Sunday morning. We go out there and pay our 60 bucks and get 40 minutes worth of track time. I give my camera to one of the guys who came to watch and he took some videos of me on the last run, which got cut short cause the R-34 blew an intake pipe off and had to get towed off the track.

The first round I was running on my shitty tires and the best time I pulled was a 54 second lap. For the second run I borrowed a friends wheels and tires (Watanbe's with Potenzas on them) and the grip was insane. Fastest time the second round was a 52 second lap. I was getting confident and braking harder and later. Then we all came into the pits cause of the GT-R and I parked with the e-brake on and the motor running to cool it down. I get back in the car and the brake pedal goes to the floor. Brakes were completely toast, rear pads gone and fluid (Im guessing) boiled.

All in all an awesome day! Anyways, enough of my jibber jabber, on to the pics!

I'm the white hatch in the middle.


The pits.


Two mint rollas in the parking lot.


Putting a little something special on. :)


New hotness!


Damn those wheels look good!


On the track.


The other guys I went racing with.




More of me. :)


My buddies personal favorite.








My personal favorite.


And finally a short video of me on the track. The video is kind of boring but the background music sure is good! Also, at the end you can see the blue GT-R at the side of the track with an engine that wont stay running.



Cheers guys!
David

Cool motorcycle shop and a day at the track

Hola,
Headed to a motorcycle shop here in Nagoya with a buddy of mine and checked out some pretty sweet and rare bikes. Place is called "Red Baron."

Went with a couple of my buddies here who drive Hachi Roku's to a race track called Spa Nishi Ura. I didn't race that day (although I have raced at a different circuit here called Mihama Circuit). Took some pics of the amazing cars I saw plus a quick vid of the group coming down the main straight.

Not sure what this bike was but it was pretty sweet with its front and rear swing arms!


Thats a lot of Bikes.


A little Ducati love :)



On to the race!

Rollas in the pits.


Some more Rolla love.




ITB's on a 4AG :D


The field.


A nice R-34.


Dems some fat assess. :P


Nice FDs.





This BMW tuning shop (ASP Performance) is actually about 3 blocks from my apartment!


The scenery.


And a short video :D



Cheers!
David

My epic roadtrip across Japan!

Howdy all,

I moved from northern Hokkaido to the Detroit Motor City (when it was in its prime) of Japan, better known as Nagoya.

So the back story is, I moved to Japan as an English teacher. Anyone who has done this not with the JET program knows that it is probably the worst idea ever. I made terrible money and worked 6 to 7 days a week for 12 hours a day. I saved my what little money I made up and bought my Rolla (old pics here: http://hachiroku.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15389 ).

I then started looking for a new job. Flew to Nagoya twice and got a job at a subsidiary of Toyota working on manuals. Much better pay, pretty sweet hours and I'm around car dorks all day. So, I packed everything I had into the back of my Levin and set off on the best road trip of my life!

The video is very terribly put together and quite long (17 minutes) but I mostly slapped it together quickly so I could show it to my parents back in America. Once I find a good 10 minute song that fits the tone of the video well I will re-edit and put up a shorter, better version.

The trip was 2200 km and I split it up over 5 days hitting every squiggly road I could find on the map. I couldn't help myself and I took off through Gunma and drove Irohazaka, Akagi, and Myogi! All in all an unbelievable trip and without a doubt the coolest thing I've ever done in my life!

Video on Vimeo:

Road Trip Across Japan from David Love on Vimeo.

Cheers!
David