Jdm rims on cars12/9/2023 ![]() It’s so cool seeing even older models hit up the track too, like this RS replica that was flexing its muscles as it got ready to warm up its flat six during the first couple of laps of the day.Ī few cars in front I couldn’t believe what I came across: a stunning 356 prepped with the unmistakable Outlaw look, shaved of its chrome bumpers and hood trim for a cleaner, more race-ready sort of style. Ultimately it’s the more sought-after older 911s that take center stage like this 993 GT beast sporting the RWB-like stacked GT-wing set-up and must-have sticky semi-slick-shod JDM rims hiding under those factory riveted-on fenders. This can come in the form of actual Cup cars – there were quite a few at this race, which seemed to accept pretty much any sort of entry, from your low-budget stripped Civic, to ex-Super Taikyu racers. GT3s are always popular and don’t get me wrong, they’re great cars, but there’s always other Stuttgart metal that catches my eye. No matter what sort of grip event it may be, you know you’re going to find a good number of Porsches and that was especially true for this particular Taikyu race. It’s not often you see these older Skylines out in action, especially boasting visibly aggressive modifications like over fenders and plenty of aero bits. It was this group of old school R30 Skylines that I had to walk over to first, my frozen index finger struggling at each press of the shutter button. But with each exposure, I quickly realized all of this would be perfect for a sort of old-school Speedhunting post, a great way to portray to you car enthusiasts out there the way the Japanese approach their time attack cars – from the vehicles they use, to the way in which they tune them and prep them for on-track abuse. I wasn’t even sure what I’d be doing with these shots, such was the spontaneity of it all. And you know what – that’s exactly what I did! With one hour or so to kill, I wasn’t going to waste a single second because the cars that kept driving past me to line up for the warm up session at 9am were making me drool profusely. It was sort of a more relaxed idlers 12h race that Larry and I participated in last summer, and I emphasize the term relaxed because this is another quality that makes these days out on track so pleasant to check out.Įverything is open you can happily head out into the pits, check out what’s going on and move from pit garage to pit garage to take a closer look at the cars. Sounds confusing, but it wasn’t it was just an excuse to get out on track with your buddies and have some fun in a racing environment. It turned out this was an amateur six-hour endurance race where teams were able to use one or more cars during the race. ![]() The number of entrants alone was just ridiculous, but the actual variety and quality of cars plainly blew me away. ![]() Now I’ve been to my fair share of soukoukai events at Fuji, but this was unlike anything I’d seen. And that was lucky because I had no idea what was going on that morning on the main track. Being my very un-Italian self I ended up arriving at FSW a good hour before our scheduled rendezvous. I had set up plans to meet with Miura-san of Rocket Bunny and Yoshimori-san of Sarto Racing to shoot the candy red “Bunnied” CLK on location at Fuji Speedway. That’s precisely what I was confronted with during a very, very cold Sunday morning last month. Wandering, stumbling upon things – it’s the essence of what we do here at Speedhunters and nothing quite gets the excitement flowing like coming across a paddock full of amateur soukoukai (track day) machines ready to hit the track. These are by far my favorite sorts of posts.
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