The 2nd Round of the 2012 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, “FUJI GT 500km RACE” was staged at Fuji Speedway (of Shizuoka Prefecture) over May 3rd and 4th amid the Golden Week holidays in Japan. This race is one of the GT rounds fighting 110 laps and where throughout, the greatest focus is on how the teams may work out strategies effective over the long distance as bringing out the best performances by machines, their tyres and the drivers, as these factors [...]
Shingo Saito was the overall winner during the 1st round of the 14 scheduled for D1GP Japan. The 1st round titled 'Tokyo Drift' took place last weekend in Odaiba, Tokyo. Over 8,500 spectators battled the cold rain to watch their favorite drivers hit the track over the 2-day event.
LONG BEACH, CA – Team Falken started the 2012 Formula Drift season the way it finished last year, with one of its factory drivers on top of the podium. For the second year in a row, Justin Pawlak took first place at the Long Beach opening round, making it a three-peat for Falken at Long Beach, one of the tire brand’s two home tracks. Formula Drift defending champion and Team Falken teammate Daijiro (“Dai”) Yoshihara was second. Before a capacity [...]
Today was an exciting day in Autobacs Super GT Racing as the 2012 season officially opened in Okayama, Japan. The dry, sunny conditions were perfect for the season opener as all the competitors took to the track. Aside from practice sessions this was the first time the teams took to the track together with changes to the vehicles and some new drivers compared to last season. The competition was absolutely fierce as each racer wanted to take the lead during [...]
Following its successful debut appearance in 2011, BMW Group Classic is returning to the Retro Classics show in Stuttgart this year with an array of visitor highlights. In the spotlight alongside the range of services offered by the BMW Classic Center – including restoration of historic customer-owned BMW models – in 2012 are the new BMW shop for replacement parts, historic motor sport (touring car racing, in particular) and a showcase of the various BMW 3 Series generations. “We’re delighted [...]
Big thanks to Chris and PlusONE crew for having us at WekFest! Photos by : EmotiveImage
IntunedOnline's Alex Wong was on site for the Grand Opening of McLaren San Francisco. This new dealership and service center adds to the growing list of McLaren retailers in North America. McLaren used the event to promote it's MP4-12C road car which is more then ready to tear up the coastal highways of California. For more information go to: http://www.sanfrancisco.mclaren.com/
The Washington Auto Show is the starting point of the automotive year in the D.C. area. The event was held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center between January 27th and February 5th giving spectators a chance to see everything new in the industry. Fans were treated to a variety of cars including the Ford EVOS Concept, the New Subaru BRZ and a series of exotics from Lamborghini and Ferrari. FIAT appeared to continue their popularity in D.C. with their [...]
The Canadian auto show circuit kicked off in Montreal with the 44th Edition of the Montreal International Auto Show. As like previous years the MIAS hosted manufacturers from around the world to showcase the latest and greatest in the automotive industry. The 10 day show gave over 205,000 spectators a chance to check out all the new cars under one roof and even peek at some vehicles of their dreams and the future. A few of the unveilings that stood [...]
Intuned Online's flags were raised for the first time in Japan just as the sun began to rise. The occasion was Yura Mode's No Name Heroes drift event. Drivers from around the area came out to test their skills on the track. Professional Race Driver Manabu Orido was on site to check out all the action and meet with some of his fans. These amateur drivers left everything on the track including most of their tires and some assorted bumpers. [...]
The Yura Mode Shop in Japan has become no stranger to the drifting scene. Specializing in drift products, these car builders also like to host their own drift events. This last round titled 'No Name Heroes' showcased drivers who really pushed their cars to the limit. As an added bonus for this round special guest Manabu 'MAX' Orido (Super GT) was in attendance. With the number of spectators present in addition to the growing number of participants there's no doubt [...]
The USAF 25 Hours of Thunderhill, the longest road race in North America. The race was far from smooth. There were several full course throughout the race for various on track incidents and a 30 minute red flag overnight for a Factory Five Cobra that dropped its fuel cell on track and caught fire in Turn 2. The driver wasn’t hurt but it was the second major incident of the weekend. The other being the Kiwi Racing Honda Civic that [...]
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Race 1 of the JAF Grand Prix SUPER GT & Formula NIPPON FUJI SPRINT CUP 2011, bringing together Japan's premier production car race, the SUPER GT, and Japan's premier formula car race, Formula Nippon, took place on November 12 at Fuji Speedway (one lap 4.563 km) in Shizuoka Pref. As the first JAF Grand Prix in 20 years, this event has been especially full of interest, with the two big race categories competing on the same days again this year. [...]
Final event of the season for Global Time Attack, this time at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. Tyler McQuarrie blitzes the famous road course and takes a new track record in the FX Motorsports NSX. Photos by : EmotiveImage www.emotiveimage.com
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It's Halloween morning and Intuned Online is just at the beginning of the cross-country trek to SEMA; the premiere aftermarket automotive event. This is the most important event of the year for everyone within the automotive industry attracting media, buyers, manufacturers and exhibitors from around the world. The week long show takes over Las Vegas each year and can be seen from the time you walk in to the airport terminal. As always Intuned Online will not only provide coverage [...]
New York COMIC CON 2011 Location: Jacob Javits Center in New York City Date: October 14-16, 2011 What started out as a noble ambition to offer the North American east coast a similar taste of San Diego’s massive comic book themed convention, has quickly become a rapidly growing giant of a rival to California’s own in a matter of five years New York City’s own Comic Con is now officially the largest and most exciting convention on the east coast [...]
,Subiefest, the largest all-Subaru event in America posted a banner year at Los Angeles' Pomona Fairplex this October. Subiefest management used 2010 attendee feedback to provide refocused content to include more of the community, better activities, and add value for sponsoring brands and vendors. The result was close to 100% growth in attendance since last year, and attendees coming from far as Seattle, Boston, and Washington, D.C. "Subiefest went through a huge transformation this year: a new venue, all new [...]
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As part of the launch of the all-new 2012 Honda Civic; Honda Canada assembled a cross country 5 city tour to promote the vehicles. In addition to the 2012 models Honda created a club atomsphere at every venue with some of the top acts around; for Montreal the event featured Grammy-Nominated Wolfgang Gartner. As part of the spectical, certain modified Civic owners were able to showcase their work by invite only. As the music bumped into the night and based [...]
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The MOTEGI GT 250 KM Race, Round 8 (final round) of the 2011 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, took place at the Twin Ring Motegi (lap = 4.801 km x 53 laps) in Tochigi Pref. on Oct. 16. The race was won by the MOTUL AUTECH GT-R with drivers Satoshi Motoyama and Benoit Treluyer. As for the GT500 class Drivers' title, it went to the 2nd place finishers in this race, Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli (S Road MOLA GT-R). The season [...]
As the temperature began to drop outside, the anticipation continued to heat up inside as IMPORTFEST: Canada's Biggest and Baddest Car Show was about to hit Montreal for the first time ever. The show brought in some of the best cars and special interest vehicles from Ontario and Quebec as well as some competitors as far away as Chicago and Indiana. In addition to show cars the event also offered fans a chance to meet some of the top models [...]
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