RKC Monday Meets (5/2/11 & 5/9/11)

Looks like the post got deleted when blogspot was updating.  The RKC MN Monday meets are back on again at MAPerformance.  If you have free time on Mondays, come check them out.  The cars this year seem to be better.  The meets are pretty laid back, and a good way to spend an evening.  While the lot at MAP is not the best, they offered a temporary location since RKC losing their old spot.  Hopefully they'll have a new spot soon.  Either way, MAP has been a great host.  Anyways, enjoy the pics.  Link to gallery at the end.

The i'mSTANCED crew had good representation

 Clean S14.  Heard it got shot for Super Street

 Can you tell I like this G?  Shoot coming soon!

 New turbo on the Supra.  Shoot this weekend!

 Bagged

 That GTI again!

 Friend AJ brought out his Maserati

Check out the gallery!  Monday Meet Pics

RKC MN Monday Night Meet 5-31-10

Another good showing, even for Memorial Day.  It was a goodnight with a good mix of old faces and a lot of new ones.  BWW afterward was great too.  The meets are rolling right along.  Now if we could just get the weather to cooperate for Tuesdays.

Album:  Photos by Kaien

NC Trip: Rally Cars and Street Cars

There are first times for everything and yesterday was my first time up close and personal with a full blown rally car.  One of Foxglove's good friends races local rallies and has a pretty awesome car to do it in.  Being a Toyota nut, I was very pleased to see that the car of choice is a st165 All-Trac Celica.  Completely decked out for rallying, I couldn't even tell you everything that I saw.  Besides the spec-suspension and the intricate roll-cage, the rest was beyond me.  I was very impressed to say the least.  Unfortunately, the head is being worked on so I was unable to get a ride this time around, so you all will have to deal without seeing a video of me screaming my lungs out.  I was promised next visit though.

Of course there were a few other cars there.  His other toy was a rather mild looking 5th gen F-body, that is until you looked inside.  Completely stripped to the metal (that includes no glass either), this car is all business with a single OMP seat, 10-point cage, oh and the big bottle mounted in the hatch compartment.  Running a stock bottom-end with a nice sized cam and some heads, this nitrous-fed Camaro can certainly get down (a little demonstration proved that).  Surprisingly though, the car is used for road-racing.  I heard some great stories from the owner about some track experiences.

The other car was of course Foxglove's SBM IS300.  At the beginning stages, but I'm sure that he will turn it into something special (with a little help from this husky!).  You know, it's nice to be able to ride in something so mild compared to mine.  I forget how nice these cars are.  Foxglove has a great example and I can't wait to see how it changes over the coming months.  Hopefully soon our two IS300s will finally meet in the metal.

RKC MN Tuesday Night Meet 5-18-2010

Following a successful Monday meet up in Fridley, the Tuesday meet had an equally impressive turnout.  While not near the numbers of Monday's meet, nor the variety, it was still nice to see roughly 60-70 cars show up to hang out and have a good time.  The lighting issues were solved by some spotlights generously donated by RMS Lighting.

Some cool cars showed up including LJ, the owner of Full Blown Motorsports, and his 750rwhp, stock-block S2000.  There was a good mix of old and new, import and domestic, with more than a few Euros showing up from Eurowerks to come see what the events were all about.  There were also a few nice bikes out with some of the choppers that frequent McKracken's deciding to check out the meet as well and bring their bikes back to the event parking area. 

All-in-all two great back-to-back meets.  The weather was absolutely gorgeous yet again making things that much more enjoyable.  Of course, NOS Energy was out handing out free drinks, lanyards, and stickers.  They are doing a great job at the events, helping support the local community.  Inside, more food specials were to be had.  We had a few sizable groups go inside to get their grub on.  My recommendation; take advantage of their wing specials:  25 wings for $7.99 or 50 wings for $14.99.

So, what to do if you missed out?  Wait till next week unfortunately.  Hop on RKC MN's forum and join up to keep up-to-date on the events.  Also, keep posted here on Project Spartan 117 and check the upcoming events section.  There are links to the meets there as well.  There are big things going on including RKC MN's 1st car show coming up on June 5th.  It should be a blast.  Stay tuned.

More pictures here:  Photos by Kaien