Buy Import Tuner. Flip to the last page.

If you happened to pick up the latest copy of Import Tuner, then you may have seen some familiar faces on the very last page. Our good pals, Andy Sapp and Will Roegge have been featured in the Long Shots section. Go check it out but please over look the horribly, over-photoshopped chick on the …

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RALLY VID OF THE WEEK: 22B love

Subaru Impreza WRC + tarmac = perfection A compilation of Subaru Impreza WRC in action on tarmac during the 1999 French Rally Championship and driven by the late Mark Champeau.

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Out of hibernation.

After 8 months of sitting in a garage, Amanda’s has finally come back to life.

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Rearranged the office.

I don’t know if its just me or designers in general, but I have a never ending urge for a change of scenery. And its since the office has looked the same since we moved in last year, I felt a change was due. Truth be told, I rearranged it a couple of weeks ago …

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Rally Video of the week: the best sounds of the 90´s

Why not “drifting videos of the week”, you ask? Because, Team Rowdy has that on lock down….

Popularity: 34% [?]

FJ Cruiser of death.

Ive been meaning to post pics of this FJ ever since I saw it in Charleston, SC last year. Im a huge FJ Cruiser fan so when I saw this thing, I about shit myself. It encompasses everything that a FJ should be. I will own one and it will destroy souls.

Popularity: 21% [?]

Dinosaurs museum with Lily

Took Lily to the Dinosaur Expo at the Columbia museum this past weekend. The expo was kinda small but it was still a lot of fun. The Pterodactyl with babies was her favorite.

Popularity: 16% [?]

Riley Racing hood design to be on SPEED!

The hood design I did for Riley Racing will be on SPEED Channel this Saturday at 7pm. Watch it.

Popularity: 100% [?]

1000 interweb stalkers.

Reached 1,000 followers on Twitter. Not sure why you’re following me but thanks

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She’ll be back in a few weeks.

After 3 months of neglect, the Corolla will finally have some work done to it. But not by me. LOL. She’ll be back in a few weeks. That’s all the info you get for now.

Popularity: 15% [?]

Team KY. Keepin it tight.

Keepin it tight with Team KY.

Popularity: 32% [?]

Drifting loses one of the greats.

RIP Atsushi Kuroi.

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25 automotive people worth following on Twitter

Posted 03 Sep 2008 in Featured, Misc

Most people in the automotive world haven’t heard of Twitter. But those who have discovered it realize just how useful it can be. If you are one of the unfortunate souls that hasn’t, then I suggest carrying your happy little ass over to Twitter.com and get a free account. And when you do, go “follow” these 24 25 automotive based people who are worth following. Who knows, you might learn something from them. But if nothing else, you’ll be able to stay up to date with the industry faster than ever before. Oh…. and download a free desktop client. It makes tweeting much easier; trust me.  Ok, onward to the cool car-tweeting people……..


David Thomas - auto journalist for Cars.com, blogger and advid poster on Twitter.
Currently has 148 followers.


Jalopnik – A very popular blog with a barrage of car culture articles ranging from news to wrecked exotics.
289 Followers


Erica Ortiz – Drag Racing Gal taking on the big boys at 200+mph
705 Followers


Open Road Blog – Toyota’s Official Tweets
135 followers


BMWblog – BMWBlog is the house for all the bimmer related news, stories and photos.
85 Followers


Car and Driver – Car and Driver is the worldwide leader in providing objective test results and expert vehicle reviews, and it’s here that you can get the inside scoop.
258 Followers


InsideLine – General auto news from the writers at Edmunds.com
108 Followers


Jill Anne – A girl who writes about cars for a living. She doesn’t have very many followers compaired to the others listed here, but Jill seems to post very content heavy material.
29 Followers


MissMotorMouth – Miss Motor Mouth is Michelle Naranjo likes cars & is editor at mota.net/blog
1,378 Followers


RideStory – Loves to talking to his followers about anything automotive; design, philosophy, etc.
127 followers


Car Connection – offers a complete editorial source for news and reviews, shopping guides, tips and more.
308 Followers


Griot’s Garage – premiere source for auto enthusiasts, car care perfectionists, and garage dwellers everywhere.
32 Followers


Top Gear – Tweets and news from those crazy Brits of Top Gear Mag
92 Followers


IndyCar Series – The latest from the IndyCar Series
73 Followers


F1 – This should need an explanation.
259 Followers


Tarokoki – Just a bottom dwealer at GT Channel ;)
35 Followers


GT Channel – Cars, cars, cars. GTChannel is all about professionally produced car videos on racing, drifting, testing, impressions and battles.
132 Followers


MotorTorque – An online automotive site based in the UK.
57 Followers


Bristol Motorspeedway – Live updates and a behind the scenes look into how the track is opereated from an employees perspective.  Amanda and I were lucky enough to meet Ben during our recent visit to Bristol. Although he was extremely busy, he took the time to hang out with us for a little while. So I tip my hat to him and the BMS crew.
181 Followers


Female Racing News – All the latest news regarding females in motorsports
80 Followers


TeslaMotors – The official Tesla Roadsters twitter
849 Followers


SPRskip – Has been traveling with NASCAR Teams for the last 19 years. But more importantly…. he loves to build Rat/Hot rods.
76 Followers


backedNthefence – A fan created account that gives live, up to the minutes updates during NASCAR races.
46 Followers


Nascar Insider – A 20 year old tire changer for a NASCAR team gives us an insider’s view point.
160 Followers


Michael Banovsky – Auto journalist / writer / photographer extraordinaire. He’s one of the few on this list that actually tweets what he’s driving. And he drives some pretty damn nice stuff and is a solid dude. Give him a look.
328 Followers

EDIT: Make that 25. Just added Michael Banovsky

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Posted by Chris
http://www.chrisrhoad.com/bio/

2 Comments

  1. Nascar Racing (16 Feb 2009, 18:13)

    Nascar Racing…

    Most stock car races follow standard NASCAR qualifying to set their field of cars, but when you’re the richest prize and biggest fame race like the Daytona 500, you can do things your own way……

  2. Formula Drift drivers on Twitter #followfriday #formulad (05 Jun 2009, 12:35)

    [...] I write about Twitter last year, Im please to say that many more automotive people are jumping on board. And to my surprise, there [...]



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