The Mettle Games 2010 was Singapore’s first attempt at an action sports extravaganza. The event took place over the course of two weekends at various locations all over the island, and involved all sorts of extreme sports, like wakeboarding, aggressive inline, skateboard and mixed martial arts. There were also spectacular spectator attractions like a drift [...]
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EVENT >>> METTLE GAMES 2010 DRIFT
Posted: 17/12/2010 by jdmbrendan in Car Art, Car Feature, Events, Motorsports, PhotographyTags: Altezza, Brendan, Drifting, Mazda, Mettle Games 2010, MX-5, Nissan, Silvia, Skyline, Supra, Toyota
UNKNOWN CARS >>> BRICKS ON WHEELS
Posted: 14/12/2010 by jdmbrendan in Car Art, Car Feature, Goldmining, Motorsports, Networks, PhotographyTags: 850, BTCC, Estate, Unknown Cars, Volvo
Think of classic Volvos and one thing comes to mind: Square brick. The 240 and subsequent models up to the S80 all resembled lego bricks on wheels! Despite Volvo’s rock-solid build quality and cocoon-standard safety, design was simply not up to standard. They looked as though they used rulers to design the car! With their [...]
NEWS >>> TOM WILKINSHAW
Posted: 14/12/2010 by jdmbrendan in Events, Goldmining, Motorsports, Muses, Networks, PerspectivesThe late, great Tom Wilkinshaw has just passed away at the age of 64 from complications arising from lung cancer. The Scotsman was best known for founding his racing outfit Tom Wilkinshaw Racing (TWR), and campaigned in various series such as BTCC, Le Mans and various GT series since the 1970s. Under his guidance, F1 [...]
FEATURE >>> SPLIT SECONDS (PART III)
Posted: 06/12/2010 by jdmbrendan in Car Art, Car Feature, Events, Motorsports, PhotographyTags: Audi, BMW, Brendan, Civic Type R, Elise, Gallardo, Honda, Lamborghini, Lotus, M3 CSL, Nissan, R8, S15, Silvia, Superleggera, Timetoattack Sepang, ZTH
Aside from the Japanese tuners, there were also supercars competing at the ZTH Time attack event. A couple of GT-Rs, R8s, a Gallardo Superleggera and a CLK-DTM were out on the track making glorious sounds from their respective powerplants and exhausts! The grand-daddy of the pack at Sepang that day: the V10 soundtrack of this [...]
PREVIEW >>> SPLIT SECONDS
Posted: 11/11/2010 by jdmbrendan in Car Art, Car Feature, Events, Motorsports, PhotographyTags: Brendan, Nissan, S15, Sepang, Silvia, Time Attack, Zerotohundred
Here’s a preview shot of the awesomeness that went down last week at the Zerotohundred Time to Attack Sepang Round 3: the Final Call. More, soon! – Brendan
EVENT >>> EUROHAUS ADVANCED DRIVER TRAINING
Posted: 08/11/2010 by thunderbunnyfarts in Car Feature, Events, MotorsportsTags: Audi R8, Audi S4, audi S5, bmw 335, Denis Lian, Eurohaus, Golf Gti, Gymkhana, Nusajaya, Nusajaya flight park skid pan, Ryan, Scirocco, Vw R32
Eurohaus just conducted their Advanced driver training course over at Nusajaya Flight Park, and yes, previously we featured drift training at the same venue. This time it was not about loosing control and artistically ending up sideways, it was about driving perfection. Denis Lian, our very own Singaporean race car driver, oversaw the training as [...]