Life of a Nissan

It's quite funny how a lot of people say that Nissans break a lot & most of the time I find that true.

At a recent drift day, Dave was only just starting to get the hang of the big track in his R32 when I didn't end up seeing him again.
 It was about 3:30PM when I headed back to the pits & didn't spot him, that's when I thought something had gone wrong. At the end of the day, drifting is drifting, shit happens, you fix it & learn from it. I contacted him the next day & asked what had gone wrong with his car & he replied, it just wouldn't start.

So that Sunday Aytac & I headed over to Dave's house to try & figure out what was wrong with the car. We tried to clutch start the car, but it just wouldn't crank. So upon doing that, we jacked up the car & then removed the starter motor.

Another week went by & within that week, Aytac made the trip to Skyline Spares & picked up an R33 starter motor for Dave.
Got them gloves on for protection & ready to work on the car.
And the bonnet was up again ready to get into it.
The usual Aytac with his cigarette & Redbull.
Dave getting into it, putting the R33 starter motor in.
Aytac doing someone with one of the washers.
THE NISSAN LIFE! Up on jack stands, bonnet up, you know what it is.
Almost done!
So, starter motor was in & the car still wasn't starting, shit go. So it's back to square one & trying to figure out the problem.

Driving Sports Day of Drift 7th July 2012 Part 2

So continuing on, we then made our way up to turn 12 slowly, stopping to take pictures at turn 10 & 11.
And once again the drifting was delayed so we decided to take some happy snaps. This is my cousin who came to the event with me, visit his tumblr for some more shots on the big track.
This particular RPS13 was making some serious smoke. It was pretty sick how he was doing some zig-zag drifts in between turn 9 & 10, the smoke display was just awesome.
Blaze Unit Drift Team & W3 Slide
This Skyline DR30 looked pretty sick on the track.
Drifts were delayed once again! Kory & his mate probably got sick of waiting or they must've gotten enough shots.
I've seen this car before, but he was drifting on the peanut at the previous event. Good to see him give it a go on the big track.
Take a closer look at this photo... Do you see it? LOL, check out the passenger's hand gesture, it cracked me up when I saw that.
Dave was getting better & better from what I saw. Hoping that he will have a cage in by the next drift event so I can sit in passenger, would be SICK MOITE!
There were so many people getting good angles on the day, awesome for photos I tells you.
You see what I mean?
And of course, the marshalls doing their jobs. If we didn't have them around, everyone would be crashing into each other.
"Burn rubber, not your soul"
Wernz kicking it sideways.
This R32 looked so simple, yet so awesome. He had some pretty sick skids going aswell.
Driving Sports R32 drift car, Driving Sports FD3S drift car & a Driving Sports FC3S chase car.
Tyler the lone wolf.
And then drifting, nekminit...
Poor guy, sad to see these things happen, but that's drifting for you. You put yourself at risk & things do happen. From what I've been told, the damage has been fixed & it's all good now. See you at the next track day dude!
 Having a smoko break since the drifting stopped for abit.
Cameron Mote having the time of his life! I would be too if I was in his position.
I'd hate to be behind this guy, gravel in yo face!
Boats can drift too. He was getting pretty good angles at turn 4.
Coloured smoke, pretty awesome! I like seeing these kind of stuff at drift events, it's something different.
Doing what I do best, does you knows?
Biggie drifting in between turn 9 & 10, nekminit...
 Another car that loves the wall. Lucky he's going widebody, he'll be back before we know it.
Checking if they're okay. This was probably the last shot on the big track that was grabbed before my cousin & I headed back to the pits.
A Strawberry faced S13 awaiting to jump on the big track.
Also this IS200 with the passenger getting ready. Upon closer inspection...
It was a female that was driving it! So awesome seeing girls getting into the sport because it isn't just an all boys sport.
Jacked It mate!

So after I finished snapping this picture, my cousin & I headed to where the skidpan/peanut cars were lining up. And the worst thing happened, my battery decided to crap itself, which meant I wasn't able to get pictures on the skidpan or peanut. Sorry guys!

So that about wraps up my coverage of the event, leave a comment, post them of Facebook, do as you wish with the photos, just be sure to link it back to my blog. So keen to get out to the next day event, love 'em. See you guys next time! Cheerio.

Driving Sports Day of Drift 7th July 2012 Part 1

Another fun packed drift day at Eastern Creek Raceway hosted by Driving Sports. So if you've been following this blog, you'd know that I dislike taking pictures at Eastern Creek during the night, reason why is the lighting is just horrible. So I'm a sucker for these day events, because that means I'm able to get some shots on turn 11 & 12 (you aren't allowed out there during the night events).

I've been wanting to get out onto the big track for a while now since the last time I was out there, which was at the end of last year. So, the day before the event there was overcast & it had light rain on some parts of the day which was a bad sign. I told myself if it was going to rain on the day of the event I would not go & it wasn't looking too promising.

So the next day, I woke up & went straight to the window to check how the sky was. And again, there was overcast, but it wasn't raining/sprinkling. I got ready, headed to pick my cousin up & we were then off to Eastern Creek Raceway. Upon arrival we had our names signed off & headed inside to where all the action was.

We parked our car, grab all our gear & started to walk inside the venue. When we got there we had a quick look around where all the skidpan/peanut cars were lining up & headed straight to the pits area.
And this is when I spotted Jack checking the tire pressure of his 180sx.
 Some of the guys lining up to head out onto the big track, I bet you they were eager to get out there.
Dave, a friend of mine & the owner of this R32. It was his first time on the big track that day with his new turbo setup.
Tyler talking to one of his friends while standing infront of his KE70. My ninja snapping seemed to fail this time as she spotted me taking a photo.
An AE71 that just finished up a session of the big track.
I spotted a gearbox in one of the garages. Not sure if it was broken or a spare, but if it was a spare, he sure did come prepared, I also like his gearknob.
As my cousin & I had a quick flick through the pits & garages, we headed to corner 4 where we were right infront of the action. Biggie's 180sx rocking his new "paintjob", apparently he ran out of paint so he could finish the car off.
This relatively stock S13 was getting some pretty good angles during the day.
Ryan's JZX90 sounded pretty metal. I was hoping to see more of his car, but I only saw him out for about two sessions or so throughout the time I was there.
Reverse entry? Nah, he spun out.
We had two Strawberry faced RPS13's that day. Both of them were drifting really well.
Rip the hand break cuz!
And of course Wernz followed shortly after Jack, Hit and Run sticking together.
I wish I was sitting as a passenger in one of the cars, it looks like so much fun!
It took me by surprise when I saw Beau Yates drifting on the track. I guess he's just practicing for the Tectaloy Drift Challenge which is only a month away!
Another AE71 out on the big track. Good to see other car manufacturers out there besides Nissans.
That's something you don't see everyday, an R32 ute, that's drifting!
This particular FD3S was owned by what I believe to be one of the organisers of Driving Sports, although I'm not 100% sure. But whoever owns this car, the person sure drifts awesome!
 This R32 sounded amazing, he was hitting limiter most of the time I was at that corner, it was awesome!
Dave getting use to the big track before he goes all out since it's his first time.
Nissans are taking over!
 I could be wrong, but looks like James “Jabbit” Abbott's S15 from the Blaze Unit Drift Team got a little make-over.
And again, the drifting was put on break so the marshalls can fix the cones.
Hit and Run Drift Club.
Ending the Part 1 with this. Click here for Part 2!