For the past year, everywhere I go people are asking me if we can go back to Turner Field. My answer has always been no. After the success of the Thomson Airport event we reconsidered the possibility.

Chad Copeland, Howard Smith and Myself ( Mostly Chad) have successfully negotiated with Turner Field to be able to put on 3 events before the end of the year. We have the approval of Turner Field and the Fire Marshall. We have a lock on 3 dates the FOERST being in August so we have to work fast.

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Read the rest of Bringing back Turner Field events. You’re welcome.

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Its seems like a lot of people will be missing FD Atl this year. If you are one of those poor, unfortunate souls, you may be happy to know that I’ll be uploading pictures (perhaps some video) live from the track all weekend on behalf of MotorMavens. To see them, simply follow me on Twitter and/or watch my Twitter Pics page for updates.

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The Icebreaker colisuem is super tiny compared to what Im used. But the upside is that every seat is a good seat.

WTF? I looked completely cracked-out.

Blackberry cameras suck so hard in low light; blurry.

This wall was too bare. We gave it some color.

Oh hey, LOOK! People standing up, cheering because the Icebears scored a goal. Quite a concept, right? Well, some ass-clown several seats over didn’t like the fact that we were standing up cheering after the goal so he decided to complain. Long story-short, he waved a cop over and told her that he couldn’t see because we were standing up. I told the cop that there were 3,000 other people standing up too. She didn’t like that too much and escorted me out. I don’t blame her, but she obviously had a complex. The other dude got kicked out too. Too Rowdy.

After the game we took Blevins’ lady, Celena, back home so she could get up for work the next morning. On the way back out, I noticed this dude on the refrigerator. He has a lot of secret admirers.

We dropped in at the Knoxville Horror Film fest.
Local producers submitted their films for this public screening. Surprisingly they were all (except one) were very good and very inspiring.

My favorite was probably DEUS IRAE. (short clip below)

I had no idea Yuengling made a porter. Good stuff.

Chillen at Latitude which had some really rad art up on the walls. Most of which cost well over $900.

Derp.

In case of emergency.

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Ken Blocks Gymkhana THREE (Part 2) drops on Tuesday (9/14). After watching the mockery that was Part 1, my expectations for Part 2 are VERY low. Regardless of how it turns out, I think its safe to say that Ken Block has ‘jumped the shark’.

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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. The last time I road shotty while on the Dragon was in Ryan‘s Prelude. It was a little sketch to say the least. But Blevins CRX, which was sitting on Tein coilovers, was really damn impressive. Made me miss FF a bit. Anyway, I got some pics from the trip including some sunset pics from Lookout. Click on each image to read/see a description about it.

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

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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.

Rock Slide closes Tail Of The Dragon:
Work to clear a rockslide that closed U.S.-129/SR-115 is expected to begin early April. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will let an emergency contract to clear the slide on Monday, March 29. TDOT qualified two specialty contractors, Pacific Blasting Demolition Ltd. and Phillips & Jordan, Inc., to bid on the project. Both contractors offer specialized experience in rockslide clearance and stabilization that is needed to repair the substantial and complex slide on U.S.-129/SR-115.

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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 cover.

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