Safety first.

This broke while coming out of the sweeper at ESN. Thanks to NSP for letting me borrow a wheel off their show car. And to Chad for letting me use his extra Momo wheel until I can get a new one.
Note to self: Stop buying cheap shit!

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Crazy Finns Crashing 2

Live by Sisu. Die by Sisu.

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UnF-ck The Gulf

BP’s oil spill has really f–ked up the gulf. Birds, fish, dolphins & sea turtles are f–ked. Whole communities are f–ked. Together we can hold big oil accountable. Together we can unf–k the Gulf.

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In the passenger seat at Ebisu.

Amazing.

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Ken Block’s Gymkhana THREE: Part 1

I want those 3 minutes 59 seconds of my life back.

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Ken Block’s Gymkhana THREE drops tomorrow

Ken Block’s Gymkhana THREE drops tomorrow. There doesn’t seem to be as much hype around this one. Not sure if thats a good thing or not. I hope he has better luck with the video than he did in WRC Rally Germany this past weekend. …

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Cody Wellons’ S13 For Sale in Atlanta

Cody is looking to sell or trade his S13 hatch and move on to a new project. I’d really like to trade for a 1J/2J swapped SC300 with a manual transmission, although I may be interested in other RWD cars as well (350Z, GS300, etc).

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Rhoad Rash at ESN

The shocks in the Corolla have been fighting a losing battle every since I bought the car. They finally gave out at the Elite Summer Nationals event.

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A less-shitty DIY Home Depot lip option

Most “Home Depot” lips looks terrible. Here’s a better (cheap) alternative.

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Resurrection is a beautiful thing.

For every end, there is a new beginning. The new DMGG2 Hood.

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New England Forest Rally vid

New England Forest Rally Promo

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Elite Summer Nationals this weekend

Yep. Thats where I’ll be this weekend. We are providing them with event insurance so I’ll be there doing the ’safety’ thing, but it should still be fun. If you are in the area, come say h

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I got the last laugh.

Getting the USDM bumper brackets off this damn car have seriously been the vein of my existence but I finally got the last laugh.

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Shotgun on The Dragon

Blevins stopped by this past weekend to help me finalize the D680. Afterward we jumped in his B16 powered CRX and headed to The Dragon.

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Sisu Xbox

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WRC Game launches Oct. 8th

WRC Game launches Oct. 8th and I, for one, CANNOT WAIT.

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Category: News

Cody Wellons’ S13 For Sale in Atlanta

Posted 20 Aug 2010 in News

Cody is looking to sell or trade his S13 hatch and move on to a new project. I’d really like to trade for a 1J/2J swapped SC300 with a manual transmission, although I may be interested in other RWD cars as well (350Z, GS300, etc).

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New England Forest Rally vid

Posted 10 Aug 2010 in News, Videos

New England Forest Rally Promo

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Shotgun on The Dragon

Posted 29 Jul 2010 in News

Blevins stopped by this past weekend to help me finalize the D680. Afterward we jumped in his B16 powered CRX and headed to The Dragon.

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WRC Game launches Oct. 8th

Posted 27 Jul 2010 in News

WRC Game launches Oct. 8th and I, for one, CANNOT WAIT.

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Tail Of The Dragon trip is a bust until September

Posted 27 Mar 2010 in News

For the last few weeks now, a few of us have been planning a trip to the Dragon. Well after receiving news from the guys at XS Power it turns out we are going to be waiting a bit longer.

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Buy Import Tuner. Flip to the last page.

Posted 12 Mar 2010 in News

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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Drifting loses one of the greats.

Posted 03 Feb 2010 in News

RIP Atsushi Kuroi.

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Your browser sucks. Kick it in the junk!

Posted 26 Jan 2010 in News, designDestruction, driftmechaniks

Your browser sucks. Kick it in the junk with a driftMechaniks Firefox Persona made by yours truly. Just upgrade to Firefox 3.6 to reep the radness.

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Really late Christmas post

Posted 18 Jan 2010 in Battle Wagon, Family, News

After several weeks, I finally got access to our websites again. We didn’t fix the router though. Instead we just bought a new one. LOL Whatever works right?

Time to catch up….

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A better use for post it notes

Posted 15 Dec 2009 in News

I had a stack of post-it notes lying around, so Amanda’s 6 year old, Allie, and I put them to good use. We built the Mario above on the office wall. In the middle of building it, I started to feel a little bad …

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Smoke and mirrors.

Posted 25 Nov 2009 in News

Picked up a manual steering rack and FC side mirrors for the Corolla from my good buddy Andrew. Can’t wait to bolt them on.

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Help out the bRad.

Posted 17 Nov 2009 in News

I had the privilege of meeting bRad this weekend. Hell of a guy and a hell of a driver. He deserves our support.
For all you guys that know me and some who dont Ive been invited to the pro am nationals in Irwindale Ca for Formula …

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New chrisRhoad.com design!

Posted 21 Oct 2009 in News, designDestruction

The old chrisRhoad.com design just wasn’t cutting it anymore. Additionally, a lot of people (who apparently are still stuck in the ice age) still use Internet Explorer (looking at you MartyMartyMarty). And well, the old site design wouldn’t load in Internet Explorer.

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Dragon slayer! – Preview Vid

Posted 08 Oct 2009 in News, Rhoad Trips, Videos

Its been about 6 years since Ive been to the Tail Of The Dragon. I could kick myself for waiting so long to return. I forgotten just how much fun it can be. Thankfully the fellas at Contour.org help me refresh my memory this past weekend with a two day trip. Its was nothing short …

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The move in picture form.

Posted 13 Sep 2009 in News, Rhoad Trips, driftmechaniks

While I maned the Flip Cam, Chad took a couple of snaps during our move to Knoxville. Here’s a few of them.
I want to thank Andy, Chad, Kathy and Jason again for all their help.

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Flip battle. Loser licks hippo poop.

Posted 10 Sep 2009 in Family, News, Rhoad Trips, Videos

We’re finally moved into the new place but we couldn’t have done it without the help of Andy, Chad, Kathy, and Jason. Thank you guys so much for you help. Unfortunately, my Flip Cam was starting to mess up later in the trip but here’s some clips of what I did get

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