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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Support Taka Aono to compete Formula D East Coast!!

Posted 22 Apr 2009 in News

Driver Taka Aono…He did great as 5th place @ the Formula D RD 1 @ Long Beach. Now, he really wants to compete @ the Formula D Atlanta & New Jersey…

However, he became a privateer…and sadly, he won’t have enough fund to get there in this point.

If anyone is interested in supporting Taka, please make some donation/chip-in/gas card/etc.

The Detail will be like:

For Atlanta
Total $4750
Registration Fee: $300
Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150
Gas for Towing: $ 2000
Race Gas for the weekend: $300
Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to hom): $500
Food & Drink: $500
Tires (including the Thur. practice if they have): $1000
Corolla Podium Finish: PRICELESS!! HAHAHA

For New Jersey:
Total $5250
Registration Fee: $300
Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150
Gas for Towing: $ 2500
Race Gas for the weekend: $300
Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to home): $500
Food & Drink: $500
Tires (including the Thur. practice if they have): $1000
Corolla Podium Finish: PRICELESS!! HAHAHA x 2

UPDATE 4-22-09:

Great news, Falken Tire will provide the hotel room @ Rd. 2 Atlanta.

I posted like below for Atlanta, and red letters are additional info…

For Atlanta
Total $4750

Registration Fee: $300
Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150
Towing Expenses: $ 2000
Race Gas for the weekend: $300
Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to home) (Planned for 7-8 nights for a whole trip): $500
**Atlanta hotel will covered by Falken Tire. So…less than $500 for sure.

Food & Drink (For Taka & Yoshie for 10 days round trip): $500
Tires (including the Thur. practice if they have): $1000
Corolla Podium Finish: PRICELESS!! HAHAHA

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

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