Event Coverage: 2012 CSCS Season Opener: Pt. 1

Jun 5, 2012

If you listened to the weatherman all week long than you are probably one of several people who skipped out on CSCS opener this weekend in fear of rain which is a shame because outside of a few quick showers most of the event was actually dry.

The drag strip was busy most of the day (which I was surprised to see) and the road course saw heavy use by both the time attack drivers and the drifters.

Today’s coverage will begin on said course, for this round of CSCS I was able to get a media pass and get right out on track which is something I have never been able to do before.

Drifting

Something that had not occurred to me about shooting on course was the interaction between photographers on each corner, I basically tried to keep to myself and out of peoples shots, but getting prime territory was a hard fought battle and if you were in someones shot they let you know.

One of the photographers ended up putting his Go Pro where he couldn’t be in hopes it would get great footage but instead it got smashed into hundreds of tiny pieces.

nissan_hardbody3 — As I said on facebook late Sunday night, this was my favorite vehicle of the event

nissan_hardbody2 — The fact that the driver could hold is own only made it better

nissan_hardbody1 — I really hope to see him at later events and get some closer shots of this truck

drift_chris — Chris ran into some trouble (well a hay bale) later in the day which was a bit of a bummer, not sure the final fate of his e30 now

pan15 — One of the early top 8 competitors

demo_marin — I don't recall seeing much of Marin last year but he's back at it this year and doesn't seem to have lost a step

drift_dylan_shock — Dylan was driving pretty well all day but this was too funny to not include

pan14 — Drifters anonymous car I think...

drift_stocky — Ryan Stock always makes it pretty far at CSCS events

drift_tandem — Ryan Stock and Anthony keeping it close in their tandem battle

drift_anthony — Antony's consistency all day made him really easy to take photos of

drift_anthony2 — His initiation points were always pretty much the same

drift_anthony3 — As was his speed and angle, he ended up taking home the 1st place spot

demo_truck — Just another reason why this truck was awesome

drift_smoke_2 — Dylan on the left ended up going until his tire blew sending chunks of rubber my way

demo_silvia — One of my favorite photos of the day

Time Attack

The biggest buzz around the track at this round of CSCS was whether or not the unknown, rumored Chinese Grand Prix competition driver, would be able to take the track record (1:13.9) from Sasha Anis.

With no practice ‘Racer-X’ manged to get the fastest lap of the day (1:16.9) but wasn’t able to topple Sasha, I am sure he wasn’t two sad though as he brought two Ferrari Scuderia’s along with him and his own entourage of women.

Looking forward to seeing the battle for top spot continue at later CSCS events.

pan7 — This car would link turns on three wheels it was pretty crazy

pan12 — Looks great, performs even better

pan8 — Took a lot of pictures of this car actually

pan2 — Defcon Racing put down the fastest unlimited FWD time at 1:17

pan9 — Congrats to them, running that fast is no small feat

pan6 — This JRP/HSD FD is always a consistent runner and fast car

pan3 — So fast in fact I couldn't get it all into frame most of the time

pan5 — The aforementioned unknown driver going after the crown

Show & Shine coverage should be up tomorrow, with Fitted coverage the following day.

6 COMMENTS

josh Jun 5, 2012 At 3:25 pm

your pics turned out great, dave! excellent coverage so far.

Riley Jun 5, 2012 At 4:20 pm

Great pics, thanks for getting so many of my truck. 🙂

eddy Jun 6, 2012 At 6:50 am

No drag coverage?

- DaveT Jun 6, 2012 At 7:03 am
  
  Sadly no not at this round, when I wanted to head over it had shut down for the day.
  
keeping it neil Jun 6, 2012 At 4:46 pm

That truck is unreal. Sorry to hear about Chris de la Cruz, Ive been in that car passenger seat for roughly 6 years now. Love that POS lol

Good coverage!

Ben Jun 6, 2012 At 7:14 pm

That was actually a Fearless Motoring car, the yellow S13! The Drifters Anonymous cars were the white and black 240 that didnt qualify, Miguel in his 180 and Marin.