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Month: June 2015

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    24 Hours of Le Mans // Entertaining Statistics / 2015

    As some of you know, I’m not only a motorsport photographer, but an Internet marketer that loves analytics. In a recent press release from World Endurance Championship (WEC) I read that the latest edition of Le Mans 24 hour race attracted 263 500 spectators, the biggest in the past 20 years. Here are some interesting statistics (and my pictures from 2014) that I got from WEC: Spectators at the circuit – 263 500 spectators at the circuit, 200 more than in 2014. – 30 100 spectators at the first day’s practice (Wednesday 10th June), 56 000 the second (Thursday 11th…

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  • SUUR VÕIDUSÕIT // Thursday Practice / 2015

    Suur Võidusõit (Big Race) is considered to be one of the top circuit racing events in Estonian calendar. Many different classes take part: BMW 325 Cup, Porsche Carrera Cup, HRX Camaro Cup/V8 Thundercars, Formula Ford Zetec, Formula Scandic, Legends, Baltic Touring Cars and so on. Yesterday was the first training session before the “Big Race” of Saturday. 2. In the morning teams were setting up their pits, setting up their cars and getting ready for testing 3. So called “Legends” were winning the quantity race between disciplines. 4. Baltic Compact Cap Championship? Or 1600? Or how is it called? 5. These hatches were looking…

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  • Car Spotting in London // 2015

    I believe that London is the easiest city in Europe to spot exotic cars. I planed to go and walk few hours near Sloane street and give it a try.  When I was planning I was still get lagged, so I woke up very early and thought that it’s better to walk around empty London than just sit and wait. I went walking around Hyde park, waiting for one gallery to open. City was quiet, people walked with their dogs or just jogged. Busses were slowly passing, people waking up. By this stage I already walked quite a bit and went to…

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    MY TOP 5 RACING STREAMS

    I belong to a generation that watches news, different events and plain entertainment on Internet rather on a TV. I’m used to the idea that most of the action can be watched LIVE online. Here I made my personal Top 5 chart of the online racing streams I follow. 1) NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series This one is probably my favourite, even though I can’t check it live. Event is usually uploaded on the next day. The fact that it’s not live actually makes it even better, I’m able to fast-forward the slow parts: pre-staging, interviews, etc. American drag racing is…

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  • Vanasõidukite Suursõit // 4th Tour / 2015

    Union of Antique Vehicle Clubs of Estonia organises The Grand Tour of Estonia once in every five years. This is the fourth time the Tour is held.  Everybody are welcome to join the tour if they drive a vehicle at least 35 years old. Since Estonia is a post-soviet country, majority of the machines are from Soviet Union: VAZ, GAZ, IZ, RAF, ZAZ, ZIS, ZIL and so on. Still, condition of most vehicles is staggering and it brightens my mind to see them on the road.

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    GUEST POST // REMI MÕNGELIUS / STANCEST ’15

    Kell on 7:00. Esimene kell tiriseb. Avan silmad ja ohkan õnnest – jess, sain üles. Käin tühjas korteris ringi ja pakin asju kotti. Miks? Sest Tallinnas on Eesti oma Lowliferi üritus, kuhu on oodata ka mitmeid välismaa kutte nii Balti riikidest kui ka Soomest ja Venemaalt. Kokku oli väljas ca 70 autot, aastavahemikus 1960 kuni tänapäev. Piiranguid ei seadnud ka päritolumaad. Nii JDM, USA kui ka euromehed olid külg küliti ning tundusid omavahel läbi saavat. Ning kui ma õigesti mäletan, siis isegi BMW ja Audi omanikud ei läinud kaklema ☺ Isiklikult oli mul rõõm näha, et vaheldust pakub järjest suurenev…

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  • BRITISH DRIFT GP // DRIFT ALLSTARS / 2015

    First round of Drift Allstars reminded me an EEDC (Eastern European Drift Championship) event in Riga in 2014. There very few drivers, but the quality  of them was on the highest level. Lack of entrants was due to Gatebil event in Sweden and British Championship happening on the same date. Biggest upset for me was the absence of Polish drivers: Pawel Trela, Piotr Więcek,  David Karkosik – we want to see you at every round of DA events. This time round it were Janis Eglite, Luke Fink and “new flying finn” Juha Pöytälaakso who were trying to apply pressure on raging 2014 champion…

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  • NEZ DRIFT // ESTONIA / 2015

    North European Drift championship. Few years ago it was most anticipated event in our parts of the world. Now it seems that it has grown into Baltic championship where few Scandinavians are competing for fun. Still almost 40 competitors arrived to put on a show. Estonians were in good form and almost all qualified well. Latvians were the main competitors. 2. Eduard Vahemets made a guest appearance with his Mustang. 3. Juha Pöytälaakso brought his E92 smoke machine. 4. Max Power! 5. Martin Vaga was showing strong runs all day. 6. Weather was very hot, many teams were double checking the cars…

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