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This is the optimal ride height. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.”Car culture has always been a form of expression. A canvas. It’s loud it obnoxious, but it’s personal. Take this picture for example. The lowering of the suspension, tyre width expansion and the deep camber of the…

I wonder what non Motorsport people think when they see racecars or racing or race looking cars. Are they fascinated? Intrigued? Amazed? Or maybe they just don’t understand it. Think it’s hideous. Ruins the car. That’s probably it. It’s probably more “why would you?” then “why wouldn’t you?”. I can understand that if I’m being…

Lights red.Tracks Baren.Final checks done.Electronics ONIgnition ONStarter ONand just like that, the entire soundscape is consumed with the soundtrack of internal combustion engines. Everything goes mute for a second. All is tuned out. Your senses are heightened. You feel the gentle idle reverberating through the car, down your spine, in your feet. The smell of…

Life is routine. Everything is done by the clock. Wake up at 7. Work at 9. Home at 5. Stop at the supermarket quick- need some bread. 8pm. TV show is on. 10. Getting drowsy, work tomorrow. Sleep at 11. Wake up at 7. As much as you try to break the cycle it’s just…

There something special about a Subaru. It’s just something about the way these cars have been created. The drawings of a dreamer. There’s just something so intriguing- inviting- about the shape and style of the Impreza. It’s by no means pretty- there Is no flowing lines and accentuating curves. Rather juxtaposed to that are the…

To drift an automobile is a tribute to ones understanding of control, balance, power and poise. To tandem drift is to be in an entirely different league. To be at one with ones car,yet to further have the capacity to anticipate- to foresee- to visualize the motion of a secondary, 1.5 tonne machine at the…

As the sun sets over the rocky red sands, the dust begins to settle on another winter evening on the Arabian peninsula. A calm silence descends. Except it doesn’t. From deep within the desert dunes, something begins to stir. An awaking. Among the sand and stone, a black, cascading river of black, rich like the…

The last shot of Xi’an. The is known as “Halal street” where all the signs indicate the food served as being Halal. It’s funny how in the far far east, almost 7000km away from the Arabian peninsula, and the birthplace of Islam. For the ancient travelers of the 8th century, this was no small undertaking,…

The temple looking structure in the distance is the Drum Tower of Xi’an. Erected in 1380, it was stocked with a massive drum, struck at dawn and dusk, to signal the starting and ending of each day.Along the upper floor lies a hall which hangs many large drums. Each was decorated with intrinsic and beautiful…