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Chase Jarvis, Lego Camera - DigitalRev TV

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Pro photographer, cheap camera is back. This time the crew had invited one of the most successful international photographer Chase Jarvis for this challenge. He was given the worst cheap camera in the challenge, the Lego camera. Chase's thinking out of the box and working attitude is really inspiring. KYTong

WRC 2011 - Season Review

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Another year about to goes by, so let take a look at a long 2011 season of fast and furious world of rallying. KY Tong

Random Snap - Ultra Racing S13

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Nice graphic, loud car, NA SR20DE powered S13 drift car and a cute driver in Leona Chin. It only can be a good combination. This picture was taken during Gymkhana 2011 Round 3.

Super GT 2011 Season Review

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Super GT race for season 2011 had ended in October with S ROAD MOLA GTR took the GT500 title and HATSUNEMIKU GOODSMILE BMW Z4 took the GT300 title. So now let us review back each round of the series. KY Tong

Gymkhana 2011 Round 3

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Event : Gymkhana 2011 Round 3 Date : 23 Jun 2011 Location : Cyberjaya A little intro for this event. Gymkhana series was launched in Malaysia early of 2011. After 2 round of event held this year, finally i decided to pay a visit to an event that is inspired by Ken Block's version of gymkhana.

How To Build A Super Car (Documentary McLaren 2011)

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McLaren a name that is very close intact with Formula 1. With over 50 years of racing experience, McLaren newest creation MP4-12C finally making it appearance and challenge the others supercar maker in creating a prefect super car. In pursuit for perfection, every detail in the MP4-12C is carefully check and manufactured in a very high tech and laboratory style factory. McLaren are so confidence that their latest creation will be a success and so they had invested well over 800 million pound in this project. In this video, it will bring us in deep on Mclaren marvelous facility and passion to creating one of the world perfect super car. KY Tong

iPhone 4S Camera Hands-on Review

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With newest lineup of Iphone the Iphone 4S, i had been said that it has a great video and camera function. DigitalRev Tv had done a review on the Iphone 4S and it is a bad news for compact camera.

Marco Simoncelli crash in Sepang

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After the loss of Dan Weldon in Indy last week, yet motorsport suffer another blow as Honda rider Marco Simoncelli pass away after suffer a big crash in MotoGP Malaysia 2011 in Sepang International Circuit. The race was red flag and cancelled after that incident. Above video will show how it happen and my condolence to Marco's family.

Ford's Rally HQ

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At every race weekend, the ford rally team crew build this high tech rally HQ in service park to give the best possible environment for it rally team to work in and entertain their VIP. After the race, they dismantle it apart and ship them to the next race location. That is hell a lot of work and coordination. Well done Ford!!

Super GT Malaysia 2011 - Day 2 (Race Day)

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Event : Super GT Malaysia 2011 - Day 2 (Race Day) Date : 18 - 19th June 2011 Location : SIC Just a quick recap for Super GT 2011 Malaysia round, Team Weider HSV-010 took the win in GT500 while Team S Road MOLA GT-R and Team KEIHIN HSV-010 took second and third place. Nevertheless, it is a good weekend for Honda in Sepang Circuit.

Drift Muscle Round 1 2011

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Drift Muscle series is a break away series from D1GP aiming more on grassroot level. It is the way that Keiichi Tsuchiya and Daijiro Inada always want a drift event to be more focus on driving skill rather than the car performance. Above video are the clip of the round 1 in Maze Circuit.

Formula Drift Malaysia 2010

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Just found this video on youtube about the final round of Formula drift Asia - Formula drift Malaysia 2010. Here are the link of my story about the event. Click here

Ferrari Enzo crash into water at Targa Newfoundlnd 2011

What a heartache. Million dollar price car crash into water. Anyway, that is part of racing.

Super GT Malaysia 2011 - Day 1

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Event : Super GT 2011 - Day 1 Date : 18 - 19th June 2011 Location : SIC Again thanks to Buggershot, i finally had the chance to shot on this event. It was one of those event that i always wanted to attend. Aside from the large pool of pretty model (Japanese and Local malaysian girl), it was the car that really attracted me. The wild wide body kit, striking livery and crazy car design were the criteria for Super GT race car.

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Gull wing door, long front end and loud 6.2 liter V8. This is what made the SLS so special. The AMG SLS GT3 for sure had attracted a lot of attention and increase the already competitive GT3 segment even further. Porsche, Ferrari, Audi and Lamborghini watch out the Mercedes SLS GT3.

The LFA Nurburgring Edition Lap in 7.14

The LFA Nurburgring Edition lap Nurburgring in a astonishing time of 7.14. Here are the video to back their claim. Well done Lexus

Formula Drift Insider - Episod 1

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Formula D USA are approaching the season ending. Here are Formula Drift insider bring you the highlight of each round.

Scorch Racing S15's best lap footage in WTAC 2011

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Scorch Racing S15 best lap run in World Time Attack Competition 2011 in Eastern Creek. Driver, owner, and builder Suzuki-san or better known as under-Suzuki managed a very good timing of 1'31.4560 and fifth place overall. This video show what is like to be in the driver seat when attacking corner after corner in a properly built time attack machine.

Behind the scenes - AFOS 2011

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During the event i was stationed to cover the pits activity and nearby track action. Shooting in the pit area could sometimes give you some surprises which you don't get to see often as all will be focus on the activity in the track.

Mighty Car Mods - How to paint your wheels

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The DIY guys back with another episode This time their are painting Marty ugly subaru STI wheel. Enjoy!!

Random Snap - Old School Toyota Celica

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Old school Toyota Celica is quite a rare sight in Malaysia. I found this in Sepang Circuit parking lot during AFOS 2011. It look abused and with oil cooler in front of the bumper it look aggressive and cool..:)

Basics of HDR Photography

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Keen to know what is HDR photo? Here is a guide from DigitalRev TV show us what is HDR in a more hilarious way....enjoy :)

AFOS (Asian Festival Of Speed) 2011

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Event : AFOS 2011 Date : 28 - 29th Apr 2011 Location : SIC Sorry for the late posting but late better than never. Finally i had time to blog about AFOS 2011 event which i attended in April. I was seriously tied up with all my day works and shooting. AFOS or Asian Festival Of Speed is a event where consist a few races such as the main race GT Asia Series, JK Racing Asia Series and Asia Touring Car Series. For this event, i was helping my buddy from Buggershot to cover this event and thanks Buggershot for the media pass.

Drift Monkey in Gatebil

Gatebil Norway's craziest motorsport event on newly rebuilt Rudskogen track. Some of Formula Drift USA personnel were present in the event such as voice of Formula D Jarod DeAnda, Ken Guchi and Norway very own drift king Fedric Aasbo... Monkeys and Bananas - Gatebil | Drifted from Daniel Hovdahl on Vimeo .

Formula Drift Seattle 2011

Formula Drift had some of the best film makers covering the event. Here are an example from Mark Lenardon showing us the Formula Drift Seattle 2011.

Mad Mike new 5th Generation MadBul

Mad Mike MadBul had been reverted and upgraded. With new Peripheral Ports 4 rotor and new livery design, the madbul look much better than before.

Behind the smoke Series by GTChannel

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These video produce by GTChannel is all about the life of Dai Yoshihara as a pro drifter in USA. It will cover the whole Formula D season that Dai will be competing and all his racing activity beside drifting. The series were at episode 11th now. So click read more to view the rest of video.

Monster Tajima record breaking Pike Peak Run

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In recently Pike Peak hill climb event, Monster Tajima had smash the event record with a 9 minutes 51 seconds. Finally the 10 minutes barrier had been broken and thanks to GoPro cam, we can enjoy the blistering speed of Monster Tajima's run.

KBS Drift 2011 - Round 3

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Event : KBS Drift 2011 - Round 3 Date : 1 May 2011 Location : PutraJaya, Presint 2 KBS or Kementerian Belia dan Sukan had organized a drifting event recently in Presint 2 Putrajaya and it is round 3. To be frank, I had no idea it had held so many round previously prior to this. Anyway, it was a sudden call from my buddy Wingz to come over for some fun shooting. So here are my coverage of the event.

HKS R35 GT-R GT800

HKS once again show the world what they are capable of. Their latest creation the HKS R35 GT-R GT800 racing spec have a crazy 900ps and 100kg-m on board. Soon we might see over 1000ps GT-R as these tuners continue to refine the GT-R performance. The task of driving this beast was given to non other than HKS favourite driver Nob Tanaguchi.

Allan McNish Huge Crash 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours

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Allan McNish in number 3 Audi R18 crashed in the opening hour of 24 hours Le Mans. He was trying to overtake a slower ferrari but made contact with it and head straight to the barrier. It is a huge crash and luckily those media personnel and marshal behind the barrier was unhurt.

GRA Season 2010

GRA 2010 from Tong Koh Yiaw on Vimeo . This is the summary of what i had capture during GRA (Grass Racing Autosports) Season 2010. It was suppose made for the season ending dinner gala but sadly time wasn't on my side. Therefore, all GRA kaki out there, sorry and here are my noobie creation and collection. I had learn a lot and improve my weakness while shooting you guys. Thanks for the opportunity.

FIA GT3 Silverstone 2011

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Talking about real wheel to wheel racing, you have to watch this video. In FIA GT3 race in Silverstone 2011 produce one of the most exciting battle of the day. Although it is not a battle for the first position but 6 cars have a chance to snap up 4th position. Overtaking take place at almost every corner and one mistake will cost a placing. Hat off to these guy. Great race and great to see Mercedes SLS and Ferrari 458 italia in GT3. These car are great!!

Stefan Mücke vs Richard Westbrook - FIA GT1 Silverstone 2011

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This is a act of stupidity. Stefan Mücke take action on his own over the incident where he was bump off the track and spin by Richard Westbrook and wrecked his Aston Martin. I wonder how would Stefan Mücke's team manager react against Stefan stupidity action.

2011 FIA GT1 World Championship at Silverstone Final Laps

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Wheel to wheel racing in FIA GT1 Championship. Three cars having chances to take the win. The end of day, it was Car number 23 Nissan GTR took the win after a hard fought battle with Aston Martin DB9.

Chevrolet Cruze Road Show in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

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Event : Chevrolet Cruze Road Show in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur Date : 3-Apr-2011 Location : Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur Apr 3rd 2011, Chevrolet sole distributor in Malaysia Pavilion Crest Sdn Bhd had organize a roadshow Pavilion Kuala Lumpur to promote Chevrolet latest model Cruze. Chevrolet Cruze is widely use in Touring car competition and was the 2010 champion car in BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) which was driven by Fifth Gear host Jason Plato. The new Chevrolet Cruze is powered by a 1.8 liter DOHC 4 cylinder output 140HP and 179Nm. The engine has chevrolet DCVCP (Double Continuous Variable Cam Phrasing) and VIS (Variable Intake System) to improve emission and drive ability.

DriftColors.com: Episode 4 - Ebisu Circuit Meet The Drivers Part 2

Driftcolors series continue with episode 4. This episode continue to look at sort of people that come to Ebisu which include D1 driver Daigo Saito. Enjoy..... Source : Driftcolors

Marty from Migthy Car Mods Reshelling his Subaru Liberty

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Backyard DIY mod is back. This time Marty had an shell issue with his trusty old Subaru Liberty wagon. He had to choose whether to repair it or completely reshelling it. He chooses to reshell it as it is more economical than repairing the damage shell. This video consist of all the reshelling process. After watching this video, it make me want to work on my car even more..... Source: MightyCarMods

ABT R8 LMS demo run in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

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Event : ABT R8 LMS demo run in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur Date : 3-Apr-2011 Location : Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur Federal Auto Holding, Malaysian exclusive distributor of ABT Sportsline, had organized a demo run of ABT latest race ready car, the Audi R8 LMS. It run in conjunction with Red Bull Speed Street demo run in Bukit Bintang and thanks to www.drivingmotion.com for the exclusive media passes. The event was held in downtown KL, Jalan Bukit Bintang. The whole road was close and traffic free which was very rare as this road usually flooded with traffic.

Red Bull Speed Street Demo in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

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Event : Red Bull Speed Street Demo in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur Date : 3-Apr-2011 Location : Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur Red Bull F1 car is in town. In conjunction to promote red bull latest energy drink, Red Bull had bought out their F1 car to Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur to perform a demo run in front of a pack Malaysian crowd. I will be again represent www.drivingmotion.com to cover for this event. It will be driven by F1 legend David Coulthard. It is old Red Bull F1 car which if not mistaken it is RB7 car.

FXOpen Drift Final 2011 Malaysia - DragTimesInfo

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Wrap up video of FXOpen Drift Final 2011 Malaysia by DragTimesInfo. DragTimesInfo

DriftColors.com : Episode 2 – Ebisu Circuit Meet The Drivers

DriftColors.com : Episode 2 - Ebisu Circuit Meet The Drivers Part 1 from Luke Huxham on Vimeo . The Driftcolor series continue. This time the episode 2 titled Ebisu Circuit Meet The Drivers will get down in touch with all the grassroot driver from the Matsuri. Source : Driftcolor.com

DriftColors.com : Episode 3 - Sumika Kubokawa Team Orange

DriftColors.com : Episode 3 - Sumika Kubokawa Team Orange from Luke Huxham on Vimeo . Latest Driftcolor series interviewed a special driver from Team Orange. Sumika Kubokawa of Team Orange will share about her drifting experience and career. She regards as the very best female drifter in Japan and international level. A 3rd placing in last season D1SL proved it all. Soon, she will step up to D1gp level competing with world class drifter such as her team Suenaga and Kumakubo. Enjoy... Source : Driftcolors.com

2012 Nissan GT-R : The Promise Fulfilled

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In September 2010, lead designer Kazutoshi Mizuno handpicked a team to redesign and refine the 2012 Nissan GT-R. That mean they are back to the Nürburgring for testing and development work in a quest to reaffirm its status as the world's fastest production car. Video above show what they had come out with. Awesome!!! Source: GT Channel

FXOpen Drift Series 2011 - Round 3 (Girls)

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Event : FXOpen Drift Series 2011 - Round 3 Date : 26th - 27th Mar 2011 Location : Speedcity KL, Turf Club Nothing complete a motorsport event without some beautiful girls. Here are some. First up girls from main sponsor FXOpen.

Mad Mike New 4 rotor FD in D1 NZ

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4 rotor goodness.....mad mike had a new 4 rotor setup in his famed madbull RX7 FD. Do turn up your speaker volume and listen to the 4 rotor sing. Source: SBPNZ

What is street photography?

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What is street photography? Here are the answered by DigitalRevTv .

SHIFT 2 Unleashed - Real Racing in Video Game

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Greatest Simulation Racing Game? This look promising. Can't wait to get one for my PS3.

GRA Autocross Championships 2010 Wrap Up Video

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One season had passed. A new season still to come.....above video is a wrap up of Malaysia largest AutoX series. Enjoy!!!

FXOpen Drift Series 2011 - Round 3

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Event : FXOpen Drift Series 2011 - Round 3 Date : 26th - 27th Mar 2011 Location : Speedcity KL, Turf Club After a long wait, FXOpen Drift Series finally underway it final round in Speedcity KL in Turf Club Kuala Lumpur. I will be covering this event for Drivingmotion.com again after manage to secure a media pass from the organizer. FXOpen Drift Series offer rm100,000 for it winner and it is the highest prized money offer in a drifting event in Malaysia. So expect all driver to go all out to gun for the final winner spot. Tengku Djan Ley again be the favorite to win this round but he will facing tough challenge from other drifter such as Seh Ming Hui (Ah Fai), Ivan Lau and Tan Tat Wei.

Team Orange Kumakubo's Laurel C33 Shake down session

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It is done finally. Kumakubo's latest D1 drift machine Laurel C33 is out and running. Highly tuned RB26 with dry sump powered this machine which some predicted to produce 1000hp. It is amazing that the guy in K-Style maintain the factory look of the car with only a few aeroparts add on. Here are a few video of the car and enjoy the RB26 scream!!!...... Source: Powervehicles

Juicebox video production on Irish ProDrift

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The guy from juiceboxforyou.com produce an awesome video on Irish ProDrift. Nice color and theme........well done.

DriftColors.com : Episode 1 - Ebisu Circuit Course Introduction

Found this nice cool video by Drift color. Enjoy!!

Falken Drift Team USA off season testing for FD 2011.

2011 Falken Formula Drift Test from Falken Tire on Vimeo . Big budget, awesome car, awesome crew and awesome driver. Watch out for Falken Drift Team in Formula Drift 2011 season

The Spirit of King of Europe Series 2010

The Spirit of King of Europe Series 2010 from katana team on Vimeo . Found this awesome video in vimeo by katana team. Thumb up!!!

Vettel explains KERS and adjustable rear wing

Sebastian Vettel explain the use of KERS and adjustable rear wing in above footage. It is quite unfair to have these variables that will change the race. But for the sake of entertain, these variables do add on some spice to the race.

Onboard video with Jenson Button in Bathurst

Onboard lap with Jenson Button!!!

Dutch Time Attack Assen 2011 by Remi Schouten

Battle of the fastest, Dutch Time Attack Assen 2011 from Remi Schouten on Vimeo . Curtain raiser event in Dutch Time Attack in TT circuit Assen. Awesome video covering by Remi Schouten. Thumb up!!! Source: okidokyo.com

Rotax Max Challenge 2011 - Round 1

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Event : Rotax Max Challenge 2011 - Round 1 Date : 12-13 Mar 2011 Location : Speedway plus Track, Elite Highway Speedway plus Track, Elite Highway: Rotax Max Challenge 2011 round 1 was held in Elite Speedway Plus Track on 12-13 Mar 2011. It is a 20 lap race which divided into 4 categories which are Rotax DD2, Rotax Senior, Rotax Junior and Rotax Micromax. The highest point collected in both Pre-Final and Final race with be declared the winner of the round in each class.

Formula Drift Qatar 2011

Qatar was the latest location to held a Formula Drift event. It was part of Formula Drift expansion program to the rest of the world. Some of Formula Drift USA drifter such as Tanner Foust, Fredric Aasbo, Daijiro Yoshihara, Tony Brakohiapa and Michael Essa make the trip to Qatar and was join up by some of South East Asian finest such as Tengku Djan Ley and Kiki Sak Nana. It was Tanner Foust last outing in Formula Drift and he bow out in style. He took the win over Tengku Djan Ley after a nail biting battle. Having driving the most underpowered vehicle in the event with just under 400bhp on tap, Tengku Djan Ley proved that he had what it take to compete with top drifter in the world. However, second placing was a good finish for Djan. Fredric Aasbo took the last spot of the podium. Below are the highlight videos: Part 1 Watch live video from driftstream on Justin.tv Part 2 Watch live video from driftstream on Justin.tv

FXOpen Drift Series - Round 3 Poster

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Tanner Foust leaving Formula Drift 2011

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After seven wonderful year of competing in Formula Drift, the two time Formula Drift champion and one of the most recognized face in Formula Drift, Tanner Foust will leave Formula Drift for 2011 season to focus on rallycross and television commitments. He will continue as one of the host of the second season Top Gear USA and participating in numerous Rallycross event in USA and Europe. Sadly, the famed Nascar V8 powered Rockstar Energy Scion TC will be temporary retired from any form of drifting competition. He will be driving Rockstar Energy Drink Ford Fiesta in Rallycross events. Source Tanner Foust website

Racing in Slow Motion video by Mattzel89

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Racing in Slow Motion I Racing in Slow Motion II Racing in Slow Motion III Motorsport in slow motion. Thumb up for the creator Mattzel89. Do subscribe his channel in Youtube RacingInSlowMotion

James Courtney vs Jason Bright 2011 V8 Supercars at Abu Dhabi

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Talking about real racing. This is one good example of pure and real racing. Wheel to wheel and bumper to bumper racing. Enjoy!!

Mighty Car Mods - Show Car Build

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Guys from Mighty Car Mods Moog and Marty had put up a project for the Sydney Auto Salon. With limited budget and with the helps from members of mightcarmods forum, they managed to turn a stock beat up daihatsu cuore to a Autoshow show car material. They had replace the engine, turbocharged the engine, convert it to manual transmission, fitted a custom made bodykit, custom paint, recaro seat, convert it to a Ute and big ass rims from Japan. The magical journey as Moog mention was separated into three episode. Enjoy!! www.mightycarmods.com Mighty Car Mods - Show Car Build Part 1 Mighty Car Mods - Show Car Build Part 2 Mighty Car Mods - Show Car Build Part 3

Dalston & Georgia Wedding Day

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Event : Dalston & Georgia Wedding Day Date : 26 Feb 2011 Location : Malacca Another friend of mine finally get their knob tie together. Dalston & Georgia Wedding Day. Congrats to you guys and i really enjoy the day very much. Below is the slide show and picture.

Ebisu: Damage in recent earthquake

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In recent japan earthquake, the holy grail of drifting, Ebisu had suffer quite severe damage. Many event had been halt and repair work had been carry out. This amazing video is serve as a memory of what this amazing track can offer to the drifting world. Please visit Kumakubo-san's blog for more Ebisu update. All the best Ebisu and Kumakubo-san. Kumakubo-san's Blog

Mclaren MP4-12C GT3 first testing on video

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Mclaren latest race car from it road car division since the Mclaren F1 GTR. It have a lot to live up to compare to it predecessor the F1 GTR. Nevertheless, it is a nice looking car. Head over to http://mclarengt.com/ and http://www.media.mclarenautomotive.com for more information on the car.

Shot of the day - Ferrari in KLIMS 2010

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Keiichi Tsuchiya Announces New Drift Series

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After months of silence finally the drift king had something to cheer up the drift fans. The new drift series that he and Dai-chan is working on will be named as "Drift Muscle Series". A little weird choice of name. But nevertheless, the machine will be based on D1SL machine standard and focus more on grassroot. Track layout will be more technical rather than high speed track and favor more on smaller tight track. It was rumors the event will kick start on 2012 but the truth is this event will kick start this year 2011. There will be 5 rounds this year. Detail as below: 1 – May 8th, Nihonkai Maze 2 – June 6th, Bihoku Highland Circuit 3 – July 17th, Nikko Circuit 4 – October 10th, Suzuka Twin 5 – November 3rd, Sportsland Sugo West Source Tsuchiya's Blog 7tune.com

Shot of the day - Nissan S15 in Time To Attack Finale 2010

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Shot of the day - Lotus Exige in Time to Attack Finale 2010

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NISSAN GT-R by FORMAT67.NET

NISSAN GT-R | THE PERFECT WEEK BY FORMAT67.NET from FORMAT67.NET on Vimeo . Nissan GTR had become the new yard stick machinery. This car had raise the automotive world to a new level. The guy from FORMAT67.net had come out this awesome video in promoting this amazing machine.

Honda NSX by FORMAT67.NET

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The guy from FORMAT67.net had come out this awesome video in promoting the legendary machine Honda NSX. Honda NSX is well build and design machine and regards as one of the best machine that come out from Japan. And some said, the legendary F1 driver Aryton Senna had help Honda in NSX initial development. In this video, shows 7 different lifes getting in touch with NSX. Each with their own perception. Among them a Honda NSX driving from Frankfurt to Green Hell "Nuerburgring".

D1GP new judges line up

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Since the departure of D1GP main judges Tsuchiya and Inada, many fans had doubt over the future of D1. Many had said D1 won't be the same without Tsuchiya and Inada. After month of searching, finally the decision had made. D1GP had announced it new judges line up to replace both Tsuchiya and Inada. The guys for that mammoth task are Time Attack Champ "Tarzan" Eiiji Yamada, Drift Tengoku editor Ryusuke Kawasaki, D1 assistant judge Hisashi Kamimoto, former Super GT driver and ex-D1 assistant judge Shinji Yamaji and ex-Super GT driver as well as Hot Version/Best Motoring presenter Akira Iida. Each individual had vast experience in motorsport. But the real question, do they able to win the Japan top drifter respect? Do they able to bring D1 to higher level? We will wait and see. Source D1GP

Ayrton Senna - The Movie International Trailer

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Ayrton Senna who pass away at the age of 34 in Imola 1994 San Marino Grand Prix that had left a big hole which consider as impossible to be filled till today. He regarded by many as the world greatest F1 driver of all time. On his funeral, million lined the streets of his hometown of São Paulo to offer him their respect for the great driver. His death was consider by many of his Brazilian fan as national tragedy and to the extend that the Brazilian Government declared a three day national mourning. He is more than just a driver. He been regards by many Brazilian as the national hero. He had donated million of dollar to charity back at his hometown. His driving style make him so special among the pool of great driver at his time. Furious and great sense of grip before a corner that make his rival fear. He also famously known as wet condition master. His spent 10 years in F1 before his death in 1994 while driving for Williams. His most successful year he had was with Mclaren whe...

Shot of the day - Aston Martin in Super GT 2010 Malaysia

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Number 23 Aston Martin in Super GT 2010 Malaysia

Formula 1 2010 Season Summary - Highlights by FIA

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This video is to show those who said F1 is boring. F1 is still the pinnacle of motorsport no matter how much it change over the years. This video summarize the 2010 season in F1 racing. Great Video!!!! Thumb up for the producer.

Shot of the day - Bad Boy Ben in Time to Attack Finale 2010

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The famous Bad Boy Ben's with his Lotus X BBB Exige S in ZTH Time to Attack Finale 2010.

Rotax Invitational Race 2011

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Event : Rotax Invitational Race 2011 Date : 8-9 Jan 2011 Location : Sepang Go Kart Track Sepang Go Kart Track: Rotax Invitational Race 2011 is a invitation only race and mark as a start for Rotax Race calendar in 2011. Thanks to Ben from KRS motorsport for the media pass access. This was my very first taste of competitive kart racing. The race was divided into several categories such as DD2 Karts, Senoir Karts, Junior Karts and Micro Max Kadet Karts.

Shot of the day - Kok Lai T in Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1

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Kok Lai T in Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1

J’S Racing President Junichi Umemoto arrested

In a very bizarre moment, J's Racing president Junichi Umemoto was arrested on 22nd January in Osaka for a murder charges. He would have not been charges the murder attempt had not he flee the scene. Umemoto initially brushed a pedestrian with his car, but flee the scene thinking it was a serious accident. One of the victim friend 39 year old Eiji Fujikawa, tried to stop Umemoto from leaving by jumping onto the car and holding onto the car side mirror. Umemoto continued to drive approximately 100 meters with Fujikawa hanging from the mirror. Fujikawa suffered a fractured skull from the incident and now remains in hospital, unconscious and in critical condition. Fujikawa pass away a few days later. More bad news follow that Hot version DVD had decided to remove the entire CR-Z Battle segment in which the J’s racing CR-Z and Umemoto were present. My condolences to Fujikawa's family. Source 7Tune.com J's Racing Official release

Tokyo Auto Salon 2011

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Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 is one of most eagerly waited motorshow event. Tuners all over Japan and manufacturer will showcase all their latest creation in this show. I have wish i able to attend this show one day. Till then, here are some cool video by GT Channel covering the show. Do enjoy and subscribe their youtube for the latest update!!

Babes of Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 - Video by GTChannel

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Babes of Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 - Video by GTChannel

Tsuchiya's message to fans and drivers on new drift series

Following Tsuchiya departure from D1GP, here are the latest update from the Drift King. 1st Jan 2011, on his blog ( www.k1planning.com ) he left a message to all drift fans and driver on a new drift series that he are currently working on. Tsuchiya and Dai-chan are currently working on detail of the new drift series and will associate it with the team that produce Hot Version and Best Motoring. They aim to create the best drift series of it kind. Tsuchiya will not appear in Option Video, D1SL and Doriten video as all of them associate with D1. On an exclusive interview with Tsuchiya by 7tune.com, the drift king have release one or two teaser about the new drift series that he and dai-chan are working on. The new drift series will have car similar to D1SL level and will have a power cap to maintain the level of competition. He also comment that, Mana-p and Team Orange’s Nobushige Kumakubo will remain in D1. For the media format, there will be a Hot Version Drift DVD for new drift se...

Motorsport Every Second Counts - Video by Annti Kalhola

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Motorsport Every Second Counts - Video by Annti Kalhola

Autoworld Car of the Year Awards 2010 - video by Drivingmotion.com

Autoworld Car of the Year Awards 2010 - video produced by Ian Khong from Drivingmotion.com

Shot of the day - AE86 in Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1

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AE86 in Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1

Shot of the day - Fazreen Ismail in Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1

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Fazreen Ismail with his Nissan Cefiro in Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1

Shot of the day - Tan Tat Wei in Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1

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Tan Tat Wei with his rotary powered Toyota AE86 coupe in Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1

Saturday Night Fever Preview Video by Ignition.my

Saturday Night Fever is back and it is tomorrow at Sepang International Circuit. For information ignition.my

Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 - Round 1

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Event : Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 - Round 1 Date : 2-3 Jan 2011 Location : A'Famosa Resort, Alor Gajah, Melaka Alor Gajah, 2-3 Jan 2010: Kendall Ace Drift Challenge 2011 started it drifting series in A'Famosa Resort, Alor Gajah and it is the first drifting and motorsport event in 2011. In this round, a total of 55 cars participated which include sponsored pro drifter and privateer. With an affordable participation fee, Kendall Ace Drift Challenge serves as a good platform for pro drifter to test the new setup on their car and hone the skill of the privateer.

Video of Ace Drift Challenge 2011 - Round 1 by thefederationd

Awesome teaser video by thefederationd covering the Ace Drift Challenge 2011 Round 1 held at A'famosa Resort Malacca.

Shot of the day - Ee Yong Cherng in Formula Drift Malaysia 2010

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Ee Yong Cherng with his V8 powered Nissan Skyline R32 in Formula Drift Malaysia 2010

Shot of the day - Ariff Johanis in Formula Drift Malaysia 2010

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Ariff Johanis with his Nissan S13 (aka onevia) in Formula Drift Malaysia 2010

Formula Drift Malaysia 2010

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Event : Formula Drift Malaysia 2010 Date : 18-19 December 2010 Location : Dataran Merderka Kuala Lumpur: Formula Drift Malaysia 2010 is the final stop of Formula Drift Asian tour. Previous round was held in Thailand and Singapore. Formula Drift Malaysia 2010 took place in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Dataran Merdeka. The city view added the color to event and created a great motorsport carnival weekend. Defending champion Tengku Djan Ley was leading the scoring board period to this event. A debut appearance for 2008 D1gp champion Daigo Saito whom will be driving Hong Kong Team Type R Toyota Aristo.

Formula Drift Malaysia 2010 - Girls

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Event : Formula Drift Malaysia 2010 Date : 18-19 December 2010 Location : Dataran Merderka This post is dedicated to those Girls and models in the event. More update on later post. Picture Gallery

The Season Finale Movie - Time To Attack: Sepang by ZTH

The Time To Attack: Sepang 2010 season has been a major hit with the track enthusiasts since May 27th. The 3 Preliminary rounds determined the fastest men in Sepang and at the Finals is when the cream finally rises to the top! For information please login to www.timetoattack.net

John Russakoff at Ken Block's Gymkhana Grid by Anton Duong

A video about a new unattached star driver in Formula D. John Russakoff takes 2nd place RWD at ken Block's Gymkhana Grid. This is the first Gymkhana Grid event in America and has proved to be successful with numerous professional competitors attending for a chance at claiming victory. In this exciting racing circuit, John and the team fought hard to climb up the ranks to prove the skilled privateer can compete amongst the big leagues and accomplish victory at the podium. However John lost to Dai Yoshira in the final. John Russakoff at Ken Block's Gymkhana Grid from Anton Duong on Vimeo .

Lotus Exige S @ ZTH Time To Attack 2010 Final

A video put up by WhatsGood for Lotus X BadBoyBen Exige S at Zerotohundred.com's Time To Attack 2010 Final on 12 Dec @ Sepang International Circuit. The car is only on the road for 2 weeks. The car was prepared for racing by Lotus Cars Malaysia and the whole project is spearheaded by head of Lotus Malaysia, Oh Kah Beng. Lotus used this event primarily as a shakedown for the car and to give Ben some much needed seat time and practice at Sepang since prior to this, he had only driven a handful of laps there. Ben & Lotus will be campaigning this Exige S in selected Time Attack and Gymkhana events around the region in 2011 and beyond. For more update on the superb Lotus Exige S please visit Ben's blog www.badboyben.com

Time To Attack 2010 Sepang Round 4 - Final

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Event : Time To Attack 2010 Sepang Round 4 - Final Date : 12 Dec 2010 Location : Sepang International Circuit Sepang : It is time attack fever again. It is the last round and invitational round only. Time To Attack 2010 had come along way and when they look back on what they had achieve, it will put a big smile on them. Since it is the last round, many invited driver are getting more serious and determine to become the fastest in Sepang. Kazama Autoworks look to defend or maybe better their record 2:28:249 lap times set in the previous round. However, all eye will be on Farriz Fauzy in the Links-Mofaz Racing Nissan GT-R. He is back for the final round. Usual contender HKS dual Lim Ken Ji and Ee Yong Cheng as well as Lotus team are present.