Chicago heads celebrated the return of Lil Phil. Looked like a great BBQ. Check out the both the CrazuKnights Blog and Risky Devil Blog.

Real Race Cars get driven HARD. If you’ve got the race look, it’s gotta be tested. All that money spent without track time seems to do the car not much justice..

The Fatlace Sponsored Speed Element’s Evo hit the streets of Fontana this weekend at the Redline Time Attack and was able to come home with 2nd Place. Not bad after losing the front bumper to the extreme downforce of just going too fast. Piloted by Andrie Hartanto in the Modified Class, the Evo came in 2nd by .198 sec to MFQ reaching a top speed of 171mph on the straights. Not bad for an Evo

Our fellow Fatlace Blogger and Sponsored Driver, Calvin Wan was running well in practice and qualifying - he ran well enough in his FD to be the only driver from Team Falken to make it into the Top 16! Even though he was still running on his old original 13B Type RZ engine setup from 2004 - the rebuilt rotary engine that was scheduled to go into his FD didn’t arrive in time to be installed and tuned before the Las Vegas round.

Calvin attributed much of his success during this round to the fact that he had the full attention and trackside support from the ASD mechanics, who normally concentrate on JR Gittin’s Mustang and Darren McNamara’s Sky also. They helped Calvin tune the chassis and suspension settings for the Las Vegas track in between runs, which helped greatly in negotiating the technical course.

On top of that, Calvin’s old FD motor received a new engine re-tune from Frank Siharath from Garage Boso in Gardena, California. Frank was actually able to make more power out of Calvin’s existing setup from 2004, which really surprised Calvin! He said Frank’s knowledge and tuning really helped him extract the most out of his RX7 - which, by the way, was the only RX7 to make it into the Top 16 during this round of Formula D!

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To kick off the 1YR Fatlace Store Anniversary, we’re introducing the ARC: A custom built track bike concepted by the fatlace crew to be spec’ed out like a traditional keirin frame and engineered and built by Nemesis Project. Built to handle the roughest streets of San Francisco. Available only to friends and family. Quantity 12 / 2 Colors Available. RAW or WHITE.

Check out Antonio’s awesome action shots and coverage of ASB4 at Speed Hunters. Looked like a fun event!

Round 3 Winner - Tanner Foust

After a very exciting competition, Tanner Foust stood once again on top of the podium. The defending Champion beat out a very fast and determined Tyler McQuarrie. Teammates Rhys Millen and Daijiro Yoshihara battled it out for 3rd with Team Owner Rhys Millen earning his 2nd podium in the last 2 events. The chase for the Castrol SYNTEC Powercup continues to Las Vegas next month.

There’s many more reasons to go to the Motoring J-Style Expo but here’s our top 5.

5. BRE 510 / 240
4. Drifting
3. Project Cars
2. Skyline GTR 2008
1. Original Restored Classics

Setting up the course.. More on this later!

Learn some driving tips here. You can use them anywhere from daily driving, track day, indoor karting or even racing simulators. Key is to be smooth… Physics is the same, pulling G’s is the same. Speed is an exact science. Happy Friday, enjoy!

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Drive Safe out there!

It’s been a while since there’s been drifting in the Bay! Don’t miss out. This will be the 2nd time we’ll be out there. Swing by the Fatlace tent and say hello to Kenta, Antonio, Calvin, Kenny, Phil and the rest of the Fatlace Crew! We’ll also be part judging the drift event so don’t miss it!