The Mexican Standoff hosted by Fabricated Motorsports turned out to be a super rad event, with lots of prizes for the drivers, and some of the closest tandem action Texas has ever seen. Slide Factory’s Kyle managed a smoking third place qualifying run, while Brock qualified an unfortunate 14th place. For those unfamiliar with the competition format, this put Brock and Kyle up against each other in the first round. Kyle gained advantage on the second set of runs, advancing him to round two where he would be paired against eventual winner of the event, Chelsea DeNofa. Our newest driver, Teo Tompkins, had another good day of progression in his s13 missile car. With any luck, his car will gain some functional and appearance upgrades in the near future.
With a heat index rumored to be near 120 degrees, and surface temperatures of undetermined value, Mineral Wells was still the place to be. The pit area was full of tents linked together like motorsports fortresses. Everyone stayed hydrated and as cool as possible throughout the day and into the early evening. It’s safe to say that the competition was as hot as the weather. Welcome to Texas.
Welcome to the largest drift event in Texas, the infamous Lonestar Bash held by Fabricated Motorsports!
Image by Sy Pham
I’m super psyched to see this picture all over the internet, with my car in the foreground. Now check out some of the videos below, and be sure to keep a lookout for our cars – we were blessed with some really neat shots!
Kyle’s car ran like a top all day long, transforming a mountain of used rubber into a smoky haze with ease. My car suffered a couple small issues – a bent tie rod and a broken front bumper. Once the tie rod was replaced, my car smoked up the Federal 595′s all day, until suffering a broken downpipe, indicating it was time to put the car back on the trailer. Now that everything is repaired, look for us to be out again soon.
Fabricated Motorsports drift event at Grand Sport Speedway in March 2010. This was a great event, and I was able to get so much more footage thanks to Epic Action Cameras, even despite some critical problems with the car early in the day.
Please be tolerant of my video and editing quality – I’m already editing beyond my means with the meager software I have. I’m slowly saving for my coveted iMac.
All of the new aero is test fitted and good to go. I’m not currently running the front bumper until I devise a better mounting solution to work with the vent in the nose. Overall, I think that G-Corp’s Flash kit is going to make this car super hot once painted.
Slide Factory has been lucky over the years. One blessing is access to John Roper, an automotive enthusiast and Datsun lover, who just so happens to shoot for all of the big time car magazines. And us, of course. Thanks John! (check out his work at Roper-Photo.com – you’ll recognize a lot of cars)
This is my s13 in it’s current state. It’s about to receive Stance coilovers to replace the Tanabe units currently installed, as well as BN Sports type 2 aero and a fresh alignment. I can’t wait to see how it evolves over the next month or so.
My S13 is almost in tip top shape again. Turns out we had to replace the subframe after all. And my steering rack is dead, but it’s on the way. She goes in for tint tomorrow, and the new aero ships out this week. Following is a hodgepodge of pictures of the car and what it took to make it happen, as well as where it’s going…
So the official casualty list from that stupid crash is as follows: broken left tension rod, bent/mangled/BROKEN front LCA, bent subframe (bending it back as it wasn’t structurally harmed), broken front left wheel, rashed rear left wheel, bent rear LCA, destroyed front bumper.
So at this point I’m just waiting on new ball joints to arrive, and then I have to figure out what to do about wheels. My friend Bruce was kind enough to sell me a busted Origin Aggressive bumper on the cheap to use until I can get my new aero, so at least that’s taken care of. Anyway, on with the pics.
