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Month: September 2016

  • GUEST POST // REMI MÕNGELIUS / DRIFTING VOLVOS ON LATVIAN ICE

    Guest post author: Remi Mõngelius // Facebook / Instagram Here’s a short story from early January of 2016. It’s 10 pm on a Saturday night when i get a phone call from Henri Puhmas: ”Yo, i’m taking the Volvo barge drifting in Latvia tomorrow, wanna tag along?” Promises of Volvos, drifting and a guarantee of smelling like Diesel and Oil by the end of the day.. Who could turn down such an offer? Next day, I pulled myself together at 4 AM and we started driving at 5. The serene still asleep world felt surreal and was quite a sight to see…

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    Guest Post // Andrej Tkačenko / Steyr 220 Gläser roadster (1939)

    Guest post author: Andrej Tkačenko // Facebook / Instagram / Website For me as an amateur-photographer it was a pleasure and honour to do the first photoshoot of this spectacular car right after it was restored. So, what makes this roadster unique? – it is one of few ever made and even less known to exist (only 4 cars are confirmed in 2016) – each of the roadsters differ slightly, unique body and a lot of hand work – almost every line of the car is a complex curve (teardrop shape) – art deco style, not typical for German coachbuilders, its body is…

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  • NitrolympX // Hockenheimring / 2016

    It’s nice to see you again Hockenheim. Small town with buildings that don’t go higher that an average tree. At first sight it seems that the tower that belongs to the fire station is the highest man-made structure in the region. If you arrived to Hockenheim on an appropriate weekend you’ll hear some loud noises from the distance. They will come from the forest that is on the edge of the town. Those be racing car or bike noises that are amplified even greater by the huge structures of the Hockenheimring complex that puts the fire tower into a different,…

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    Guest Post // Robert Linevskij / Rudskogen Motorfestival

    Guest Post Author: Robert Linevskij // Facebook / Instagram I believe most of freelance photographers know that feeling when you get a call or an email from customer saying that in couple of days they need you at an event and then you’re just left there living the rest of the days thinking how cool the weekend is going to be. This time I was invited to Rudskogen Motorfestival as a cameraman for Superbike Round 1 & 2 finals, so the rest of the time I spent on the track photographing cars in action. Rudskogen Motorfestival is a growing automotive…

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    Guest Post // Anton Abitaev / DTM Moscow Raceway

    Anton Abitaev is my friend and motorsport photographer from Latvia. He was kind enough to share some pictures and words in Russian from the DTM weekend at Moscow Raceway. Since he was an official photographer for the track, he got access to the pitlane. Guest Post Author: Anton Abitaev // Facebook / Instagram Человек любит придумывать себе традиции и я не стал исключением. Каждый год в конце лета я сажусь в самолёт и лечу в столицу России, после чего ещё пару часов езды на автобусе для журналистов от станции метро «Строгино» до небольшого города Волоколамск, где я провожу все выходные, с пятницы…

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  • HGK Drift Challenge 2016

    Latvian drift car builders HGK Motorsport definitely gained additional respect over this weekend. Not only they brought Formula D drivers (Ryan Tuerck, Chelsea Denofa and Matt Powers) to race at Bikernieki circuit, they also made killer configuration to the circuit itself. It seems that all available HGK cars were in action, Sergey Kabargin even brought his 1000kg Corvette to Europe for the first time. Ryan Tuerck got the E46 Kit Car that he drove back in 2013 when he visited for the first time. Chelsea Denofa was behind the wheel HGK’s fresh built – golden E92. Matt Powers, being a…

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    Ultimate Hot Wheels Collectors Guide for Beginners // 2016 Edition

    Hello dear reader, indeed this is the ultimate guide for collecting Hot Wheels die-cast models, especially if you live in 2016. I won’t be writing a lot of prologues, you can find all that on Wikipedia, I will just mention a few significant years that are important for collectors, like 1968, the year when the Hot Wheels brand was launched by a company called Mattel. Business immediately took off. In their first year, they made 16 castings which are now known as The Original Sweet Sixteen, and cost tons of money. 1968 model lineup included: Beatnick Bandit, Deora, Ford J…

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