VTEC Club at Streets Of Willow (Round Uno)

Woke up on Sunday morning around 4:30am to head out with my wife and daughter to Willow Springs for the first time. We met with a group from our area (Inland Empire) off the I-15 and 138. There were a few Hondas that looked familiar. We waited for about 20 minutes, nobody else showed up, so we headed out with that group. Most of the road was one lane and the group was driving slow, I hate driving slow. The road opened up and a Blue S2000 followed me as we left the group behind. Later on we ran into the black EH Si Hatchback (below) and I decided to take my first rolling shot with my new 16mm wide lens. I really liked the hatch, simple and clean. Then I took another of the S2000. Finally we arrived at a Chevron station, all sorts of track cars where there. We grabbed a bite to eat and headed towards the track. When we arrived at the track there weren't too many people there yet, but slowly it got packed.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere at the event. Everyone came prepared with tools and their spare track tires. It was even more fun smelling the tires, brakes, and the rich fuel from a few cars. When behind the lens you can see the focus and how serious the drivers are. I didn't introduce myself to many people just a few familiar faces and met a few new people. I like analyzing the vehicles from the pits to the track how they move which takes better turns. But also I guess it's all the seat time and practice the drivers put into the track and the time they put into what to do next to the vehicle to improve. I really dig that some Hondas had the cut off rear bumpers to create less drag. What surprised me was the number of females enthusiasts tracking there cars! Not sure how many, but I saw a few. Good to see ladies getting behind the wheel and blasting around the track. I enjoyed my day at SOW hopefully to make it to the next event. Hope you guys and girls enjoy the coverage and like the blog. ^_^

Bobby Summers Hatchback

Brandon Camacho S2000 Heading to SOW

Finally the first round started at the track and I started gathering some shots. What I really dig about track events is the smell of rubber and brake pads. Each car has a slightly different sound, which is cool. Besides that it's the atmosphere! Everyone is in a good mood, people say what's up or introduce themselves. Overall all the "VTEC Club" competitors were awesome at the track.

Matt Rojana S2K taking the Last turn

Brandon Camacho lovin his Setup on his S

I like that more Ludes are on the track, this one was gutted out catching up to that Mustang

S2K on CE28's

EJ8 Coupe with the Driver Smiling =)

More Ludes ^_^

Volk Rays wheels were a popular wheel at the Track

Yellow on gold

James Ingram new accessory

Love the setup

James getting ready

EF's

You rarely see TSX's at the track, odd because they were used for larger SCCA racing events...

S2000 on Regas

Not sure is she was giving the peace sign to me or someone else lol

Chris' track inspired CRX, now that it is being raced, is it still "inspired"?

I was wondering why this EF was fast as lightning. It's K-swapped. Tom Attack, killing it.



My favorite sedan on love this build



Love the retrofit he did to the lights ^_^

Rolling out for e next session

I think every generation Honda was out here, well mostly the Civics

Pepe's track FG2 but he's on his daily setup right now

The TSX had some nice beefy tires on those polished RG2's

The only NSX on the track

Angel tracking his EM1

Immaculate ITR

The line up of some the S2K's

Matt Rojana S2000

Duane's CRX

Love the sticker, props to the female owner!

Big Wang!

A lot of drivers have the cut rear bumpers these days.

Almost took out that cone!

Can you believe theirs a Honda behind this Evo 10?

JHPUSA

Jay Batulan Valle Sedan

3 wheelin on the Integra

Yuta Akaishi vs Evo

TSX & NSX

I didn't get to many shots after this they were all blurry =(

A shot of the FG2

On the way out, spotted this second generation Civic, looks like it needs some minor work.

I wanted to congratulate all the winners at the event. Hope everyone enjoys the coverage, I know it's not the best photography but I enjoy doing it, and I enjoy supporting events like. For you guys & girls that don't know me, im still a shy guy but im a humble and loyal guy. Not here to get famous, just want to support those who support me.  #passionoverfame

-Andrew G. 

A Day With Muscle. . .

It was a hot Saturday, cruising in the Civic, on my way home when I spotted a group of Hot Rods in a parking lot. I rushed back home to get the camera to shoot a couple of photos. The lot was filled with a slightly older crowd of people just chilling and talking about each other projects. I don't think they expected to see a Civic roll in, but I still managed to turn a few heads.

I have two older brothers, both of them were into the muscle cars. One of them would drove a Black 5.0 Mustang Foxbody, and my other brother had a white Pontiac Trans Am with the bird in the hood. When I was growing up I looked up to my second oldest brother who also had a 67 Chevy Camaro. I remember spending days watching him work on it late into the night. I always loved hearing that thing start! The rumble from the exhaust was intoxicating. I grew up and ended up messing with imports, but till this day I still want a 67 Camaro, which is my favorite chassis, I guess I'd also take a 72 Camaro ^_^.

Moving along... after I shot the Hot Rods I was going head home, however I heard some action at the Auto Club Speedway. So I decided to go check out some of the Drag Races. Hope you guys enjoy some of the coverage, thank you!

When I shot this photo, they asked me if I had a media pass to be taking pics. I told them no so they push me away from the races lol

Picking up all the Rocks along the way

New Gen of the Chevy Camaros

Not your every day El Camino

My second oldest brother had a 71 Camaro, too bad he wasn't able to finish it.

Do you like Beef? I know I do

Was in love with this Camaro

Three dragsters along side each other.

Never seen so much dirt in my life.

Well, I'm back. Surprisingly with more support than I expected. It seems you all don't mind my chatter too much, so I'll "keep the party going". So you say the car in a previous post. Here are some more detailed shots of the car.

You can see on the outside it's not that bad of a car with the exception of that rear quarter panel, which I already have an awesome solution, more on that later! You can clearly see the pounds of dirt on the car.  The engine on the other hand is definitely going to come out. The previous owner had heard some noise coming from the head so he took it apart and never got back to putting it back together. He then moved to Japan to teach English and the car just sat for years in the High Desert. This car will be my daily once it's up and running  as well as my toy car to enjoy at the track, that being said, I was hoping to find a dual cam KA. I was previously learning how to drive in a dual cam KA and that was more than enough power to slide the car. I'd like to continue learning with an "underpowered" power plant to master my skills which will then make driving in other "high powered" vehicles easier whenever the time comes for that. The condition of the car is something that should be noted as it is completely stock which excites me more because anything that is done to this car will be my taste and to my liking. There is enjoyment in the idea of starting from scratch.