My girlfriend grew up in a small town near London called Dorchester and would spend many a weekend at the Grand Bend Motorplex, her fond memories of the venue had me looking forward to going for the first time at last Sundays ‘Beach Burnout’ event hosted by CSCS.
While like all CSCS events (when it doesn’t rain) it was a good time I think the turnout was definitely hindered by the fact that Grand Bend is quite a ways from the city, which is a shame because Grand Bend is a great race facility with reportedly one of the fasted quarter miles around and has food far superior to Cayuga.
Show and Shine wise many of the people who opted to stay home, or attend a closer show like the Niagara Truck and Tuner Expo covered yesterday, were replaced by owners of cars I had personally never seen before.
I was wondering what became of last years Top Tuner CarsI am sure there is some stipulation that they can’t ever be plated so I wouldn’t be surprised if it just vanishes in a yearMarble paint is slowly but surely starting to cross the border…Speaking of new things in the scene, I have now seen 3 modified Rukuses this year which is 3 more than last years 0That’s what happens when you get into an accident with a Drag wheel I guessClean row of DC’sFocal Point Concepts on hand180 on VSX wheelsThe brushed aluminum finish almost makes it look like barrels as lipsSkyline I don’t believe I have seen beforeTSX using basically the same color pallet as the car aboveThe owner of this RX-8 seemed pretty stoked I was taking a photo of itRX-7 on bright blue Rays G-Games, not a wheel I see a whole lot of these daysThis car seems to bounce back and forth between AMF and Ertefa boothsLoved this. Reminded me a lot of this Civic in terms of period correct and cleanlinessReally well maintained, cars like this make me think I should clean my bay more than never.
Once the track festivities started to wind down I decided to head through the pits and take a closer look at some of the cars that were tearing up the road course, drift track, and 1/4 mile. A lot of these cars were ones that I have seen at every round of CSCS proving that racers and drifters are a little bit more willing to travel far distances than the show and shine crowd.
The emblem and what I can see behind the grill makes me wonder what’s going on under the hood of this Crossfire another swapped one perhaps?I seemed to somehow miss every single one of this cars runsLooks like it means business thoughJDM Rides splash page Type RGot a few shots of this out on the track, fast carPlated ‘Slowbaru’ this car was going for a world record (not sure which), the run I saw it did 10.26 at 137mphGreat to see this car at back to back events, now if only I could get a good photo of it runningThis e46 just looks rightThink I might have a photo of it on the track for part 2 as wellThis car laughs at your Carbon Fiber splitter, “it’s the wood that makes it good”More accustomed to seeing 240s on the drift course than the road courseGrip for daysHella FunctionalKen Wagan’s Stage Four Rx7No LS hereSeems to change every yearChris was able to get his e30 back together again to competeRiley on the other hand ran into some fuel delivery problems that kept him sidelined after the finalsHe had his bed off and a lot of you were asking about his rear setup so here’s a pic, it’s no longer on leafsHis motor setupClose today out with the party truck
Part 2 should be up either tomorrow or Saturday, and will consist of entirely track coverage.
Just to let you know, the Crossfire always came with an old Mercedes lump, as it was made when Merc and the Chrysler-Daimler Corp. were close. So it’s probably not swapped, just the owner wanted to make note of the link and up his car’s ‘status’ at the same time, much like the Japanese guys do badging Nissans as Infinitis and so on…
Just to let you know, the Crossfire always came with an old Mercedes lump, as it was made when Merc and the Chrysler-Daimler Corp. were close. So it’s probably not swapped, just the owner wanted to make note of the link and up his car’s ‘status’ at the same time, much like the Japanese guys do badging Nissans as Infinitis and so on…
I’m aware (though I was previously unaware) that they came with Merc lump but the one I linked to in the caption actually had a different Benz mill. 🙂
I didn’t know my TSX was actually a TL =’]
Lol My bad.
Nothing to worry about, amazing pictures like always.
Man, I’ve seen a gaggle of really sweet GC Subarus in the last week, making me regret selling mine… Looks like a fun event.
You also mislabeled the white E46 as a E36.