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 6-7-2010

Another decent turnout this past Monday.  Good weather, some nice cars, and good food afterwords at Bdubbs.  Some good variety showing up in Fridley.

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

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

RKC MN Monday Night Meet 5-17-2010

RKC MN's Monday Meet brought in over 100 cars, everything from Mustangs and Vettes, to 240SXs and VWs, every marquee was represented well.  The NOS crew was out, handing out free energy drinks, and had Eric's, from EP/DC, 240sx on display.  It is really exciting to see these meets getting bigger and better with more and more people showing up and a wide variety of cars.

Tomorrow will be the Tuesday meet at McKracken's in Burnsville, and with more great weather, is shaping up to be quite the meet.  I'm sure the turnout will be just as good as tonight.  So, if you didn't make it out to Fridley tonight, you better stop by Burnsville tomorrow!

Check out the rest of the pictures here:  Photos by Kaien

RKC MN Inaugural Tuesday Night South Meet 4-27-2010

This past Tuesday, RKC MN launched their new South of the River meets at McKracken's Bar & Grill in Burnsville.  Just last year, the thought of having two meets was in no ones' mind as everyone was trying to figure out how to get the current meet bigger and better.  Well, 2010 is the year of change it seems, and the launch of the new meet was quite a successful one.  I hadn't seen so many new faces or cars since I started these meets 3 years ago in MN.  With NOS Energy representing at every meet, and more and more sponsors jumping on board, things look to be big for the MN region in 2010.  The party continues inside at McKracken's with food and drink specials, pool, darts, and live music.  What else do you have going on on a Tuesday night?  Dallas, TX, what?  RKC MN is bringing the heat for 2010 so stay tuned.

For more info, check out:

RKC MN Forum
McKracken's Pub

More Pictures:  Photos by Kaien

Friday Night Lights

So, a little impromptu photoshoot with a couple of 'Vettes tonight.  Met up at Porky's earlier to hang out and chill, then rolled out to a few of the spots to see what was going down.  Well, nothing was going down, but I kind of liked the location where we were and how we were all parked so I grabbed the camera and started snapping away.  Okay, two things though; the lighting was TERRIBLE.  Some of the worst lighting I have shot in.  Two, I forgot my tripod.  =(  It crossed my mind to bring it before leaving my house, but I didn't think I would be pulling the camera out tonight.  So, to compensate, I had to shoot on a high ISO, so the pics, honestly, are not that great. 

Next time I will be better prepared.  I also have been planning a photoshoot with some of the local 'Vettes since most are good friends of mine.  The two pictured here are quite the cars.  Anyways, enjoy:

RKC MN Monday Night Meet 4-5-10

Well, at the persistence of my loving mate, I am here to bring you some coverage of the Ricekiller.com Monday Meets here in MN.  Despite the name, I started these meets 3 years ago in MN and they have been going strong ever since.  Even though I'm no longer running the meets, they are in good hands and I still stop by and kick it with my friends.  Hey, it makes Mondays that much more enjoyable.  The meets have a very laid-back atmosphere where all makes and models are welcome and the owners can just sit back and talk about whatever.  I brought the Lexus out and a lot of people got a kick out of the hood and some new things were added to it at the meet.  After standing around for a bit, we migrated to Buffalo Wild Wings down the street for some good food and drinks.

More pictures can be found here:  Monday Meet Photos by Kaiyin

If you are local to the Twin Cities, feel free to check out the MN section of RKC.