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  • Gatebil Rudskogen // 2016

    Just before the current trip to Gatebil I realised that this would be my fifth time at the event. A small anniversary then. So why do I keep coming back? Since I even didn’t like last year’s event that much. Not to mention that I’m getting more and more introverted with age, so loud parties and 40 000 crowds are usually a no-no to me. Heck, I even bought a pair of noise cancelling headphones recently, just to keep the outside world a bit more away. I can’t really explain it, but every time the dates for next year’s main…

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    American Beauty Car Show // 2016

    American Beauty Car Show in Haapsalu was always one of my favourite events on the year, just because of the aura it brings to this small city in Western Estonia. I won’t bore you a lot with details, I wrote all that in previous years here. For photographer’s point of view, what’s happening on the streets is more interesting than what is at the show venue. Two takeaways I made: 1) Estonians started building hotrods based on american cars 2) pinstriping got more popular. Enjoy the gallery! ON THE STREETS IN THE CASTLE

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  • Lowlifer // Stancest’16 / Lennusadam

    Another year passed and it was time for the annual Stancest meet organised by Estonian Lowlifer Car Club. It was usual summer weather for Estonia so everybody happily wore their favourite hats, scarfs and winter coats. Exhibitions itself definitely improved from previous year bringing more international cars as well as more “custom”. Here’s my take on the event with this fast 1-hour edit. Winners: “Best Bagged”: Sami Vilamaa Jaguar XJ6 1989 “Lowlifer Special”: Ats Metusala Lada “Best Static”: Ruwe Saare VW Corrado G60 1989 “Best Wheels”: Olari Raamat Volvo 240 1983 “People’s Choice”: Olari Raamat Volvo 240 1983 Main Award “The Stancest”: Olari Raamat Volvo 240…

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  • ADAC Zurich 24h Nürburgring 2016

    I wanted to go to Nürburgring for a very long time. In 2014 I even accredited to the same 24h race, but was unable to go. This time everything went smoothly and I experienced what is the toughest 24h race in the world. It’s hard in general, so when heavy showers, hail and fog hits the track – it all ads up. I was able to make sunny pictures only during the morning training. After morning practice it was time for the WTCC. I will make a separate post about them later on. Now it was time for the main race.…

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  • Fastest Corvette C2 in the world

    I’ve photographed this 1965 Corvette few years ago on a very hot sunny day, so hot in fact that my shoes were getting glued to the tarmac. Owner (Kimmo “SIX-5” Nevalainen) bought it around 10 years ago, fully rebuilt it, repainted it, changed everything. Car is built for multi-purpose, it’s good in corners, good on drag strip and at a car show. In April Kimmo improved his World Record run (fastest C2 Corvette) for Standing Mile – 201.3 MPH (323.96 KMH) He drove it on Le Mans track, at Nordschleife, Hockenheim, etc. Engine is aV8 400cui that goes to 7000 rpm, 1000+ hp

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  • Crac: can he kick it?

    Another Estonian drift season, eighth if I’m not mistaking, started recently. First round was held in Latvia and already there Team Ghost showed that they mean business this year. Jarmo Luht, team-mate to Kristjan “Crac” Klemets got to the second step of the podium and now it was Crac’s time to shine. Kristjan qualified 3rd, but Jarmo did even better and got the top place: both drivers had their aim on the target In Top 16 Klemets was driving against Rait Lember and luck turned its back on the BMW driver A tough Top 8 was expected, since Kristian would go…

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