So on our convertible Nissan 370z drive we found ourselves spending the night in Laughlin, Nevada. Ricky Cervantes and I came up with the most amazing game ever. We played roulette at every casino on the “Strip” in Laughlin with a system. The first person to lose $20.00 at the table (you start with a $20.00 bill) we have to walk away and leave. The only casino we ended up never reaching this point was River Palms where we played for around two hours and were both up so we left. Here is how I stacked up and we plan to head that way again so let me know if you wish to join.
I went to the 2009 JEGS Engine Masters Challenge in Ohio earlier this year to shoot some video and photography for Mobil 1 Racing oils. They had these hero cards out featuring my photography at Performance Racing Industry (PRI) this month in Orlando, Florida. Jason Small grabbed some for me at the Mobil 1 booth and they look fantastic. My photograph of BES Racing Engines had a great feature photography I took above with their LS7 that made 719hp all motor.
I put this together to show a client the work we did in Slide America. I thought the quick 10 page look book came out pretty cool so I decided to upload it here on my blog. It’s got magazine coverage from Turbo Magazine, Import Tuner, HCI, and S3 Magazine along with our New York Times review and IGN.com stories. Let me know what you think!
I went to the NHRA Museum and watched the Bergenholtz Racing CRX get inducted to the museum. Here is my 1991 CRX DX lined up at Silver Dollar Raceway in southern Georgia. I owned four CRX’s in my life and looked up to the Bergenholtz Brothers drag car for years. Here are the four CRX’s I owned.
1989 Honda CRX – Nitrous D16
1991 Honda CRX Si-B16A
Tried to make this swap look as factory as possible and it worked pretty well. It was a pretty clean B16A swap with a S1 transmission.
Here is a snapshot of our garage right now with the 2010 Camaro SS we have on loan from Chevrolet for a Road Trip and my 1966 Mercedes Benz. The cars are lined up front front/back if you can believe that the HUGE 2010 Camaro is that much shorter than the Mercedes. I have been loving every second of driving the Camaro SS around!
To find my interview, hit the On Demand button and find the section labeled Dave Mirra and I come in around 14 minutes.
So once you hit the 14 minute mark I come in the show for around 10 minutes with Jarod DeAnda. We talk about my favorite SEMA car, my true thoughts on the Rhys Millen RM450, and the first time I have talked about our 2010 project Fantasy Drift that we are excited about in our staff. We also brought up our UTI Nissan 350z Project Car and my fun 1966 Mercedes to finish out our interview. Thanks to Jarod for giving me a minute to chat on the live stream for SEMA.
We hit El Toro for a quick SEMA preview video of Neil Tjin’s 2010 Chevy Camaro. The car will be in the AirLift booth on display all week if you would like to take a close look at it. We shot this video in a small timeframe and I think it came out great as a small teaser video. Let me know what you think!
I’ve had my chance to play Forza 3 for a while now but it’s finally out to the public. Stay tuned to the main blog since I will be releasing a basic “drifting starter tune” along with ways to get the Wrecked logo for your own cars and content from the premiere.
Don’t worry about me here out on the west coast. I know it’s flooding, pouring rain for the next 70 days and you guys might need boats to make it around but I pulled the weather report for the rest of 2009 in Los Angeles and it says sunny. Cody Wellons from S3 Magazine has even started a website called ATLflood.com which has a photo that looks strikingly like it was from my old house at 1280 West.Thank goodness we moved out west to the drought. I have yet to see a harder rain than a sprinkle in the year I have lived here and it rarely lasts more than 30 minutes, amazing I know. One thing I don’t miss is the stupid rain.
Before Baywatch and the pollution was a very crowded Venice Beach. This photo was linked on CurbedLA and I had to post it. I have been on a vintage Los Angeles kick lately and this was a great moment in time. I cannot believe the beach was this packed back in the 20′s. It looks like less people in Los Angeles had jobs back then compared to now.
