Graham Downey runs H2 Class @ Infineon Raceway

Congrats to Graham and his H2 win at Infineon Raceway. Here's some good in car of Graham Downey driving Liam Downey's H2 Civic. Great battle between him and Mike Lock in the black 4th gen Prelude.

Detailed by an Addict

After a few track days the S2k started to look pretty rough around the edges. This car has seen more miles on the track and going to the track than all the daily driving miles added up. Thanks to Leo from Detail Addict for polishing up the car. The end results were AMAZING! One thing Jei forgot to mention was to have them hold back on the tire shine.....not so good for the Toyo R888's :) For more on the step by step detail procedure of Jei's S2k, visit there site at DetailAddict.com

H-Series Shakedown @ Infineon Raceway

Brandon Kraus attended the Honda Challenge season opener to further dial in his 4th gen Prelude. The H22 motor built by BlackTrax was designed to compete with the K-series. Needless to say this H1 spec 240hp motor is hanging with the best of them out there. Things Brandon changed to improve handling included upping the spring rates to 1100 lbs front and 1600 lbs rear, new speedway sway bar settings, new alignment specs and the addition of a front splitter. "The car handled much better than the first shakedown at the end of the season last year."  It was unfortunate the day had to end early because of a RF axle popping out. Brandon used his back up axle but it also popped out. The car was brought back to Roger Kraus Racing for disassembly. Jei from BlackTrax found a loose bearing in the intermediate shaft which may have contributed to the axle popping out from the other end. During disassembly, they found broken 1-2 synchro sleeve that will also need replacement. This guy keeps driving hard even when the clutch hydraulics go out. Stay tuned as BlackTrax upgrades the transmission and hits the track again. Hopefully it'll take a bit more abuse Brandon gives it :)

Hella Flush ThreePointFive

We attended another track day over the weekend, this time it was the Team Drift Championship presented by Fatlace. We came down to Buttonwillow Raceway Sunday morning with hopes of no rain throughout the day. Luckily, the weather was good with short little drops of rain, but no big showers, considering the 50% chance of rain according to the weather site.

In this photo are Jei and Andrew Gillis from Gillis Motorsports battling it out behind the M3 which was past the next corner by both of them.


Jei and Natalie were out racing their cars in the Advanced group having a great time.. a little track time for the weekend is always a plus. Jei in the S2000 and Natalie in her STi.


It was great to see Mike out in his 510, he was having a great day out there and Ham(his dog) was his pit crew.. how cute.


I think Jei should've had a "Slow traffic move to the right" on his windshield because he was sure passing a lot of cars out on track with his Kraftwerks Supercharger working flawlessly all day long!


Hella Flush 3.5 was as strong as ever considering how far the track is for most people.. Always good to catch up with old friends!


Three car tandem was an exciting to watch as all of them were "go hard or go home" for the $1000 first place!


Calvin Wan brought out his Personal FD for some fun, he had Phillip from 360vm out filming, could a new video be in the works? Probably...


It was a joy watching the Hella Flush competition bring some heat as they made their laps around the track.


To see all of Tom's photos click here!

HellaFlush 3.5 @ Buttonwillow

It was a day of drifting, gripping and showing all in one. The rain stayed away keeping the track dry for the entire day.. Follow us on our Facebook page for some quick pic uploads. More to come

Import Tuner April 2010 Issue - HF III @ BlackTrax

Still one of the best gatherings we've had in a while. Thanks to Fatlace x HellaFlush, Import Tuner, the photographers, and of course all you people who continue to support the NorCal scene. See you at HF 3.5 Buttonwillow this Sunday!

HELLO 2010!

I can't believe that its already 2010! Where did the last 8 years go? It's crazy to think back on the last 8 years we've been around and all the crazy things we've done, places we've been to and great friends we've made along the way.

I wanted to take a look back at a FEW of them wonderful times through the last 8 years. Stay Tuned for more as I dig them out of our archives!

photos by Natalie Bressem


1. Hiro Fujita and the awesome Hondata tuned AE86. We used this picture for an advertisement before the movie @ Century Theaters... yes it was for F&F Tokyo Drift!

2. Our first trip D1GP. An awesome experience for any team to be a part of.

3.24 Hours of LeMONS Round2.
heres an example of the dedication we have when racing, while I was on the track @ night, the motor gave out, and suffering from blows (LeMons was kind of real life bumper cars back then) that both Brent and Liam achieved earlier, we towed the car back to the shop and did a motor swap only to find out the headgasket was bad, drove to Gilroy got another motor then got back to the track just in time for drivers meeting!
Stay tuned for more pics!