Radwood is back for 2019 with an inaugural event at Driveway Austin, a small motorsports park nestled in the farming hills of suburban Austin. The event had over 400 cars, all from the 80s and 90s era, and it was absolutely a joy to attend if you ever unironically try to browse for old tapes at a music shop or have more familiarity messing with an AFM than an OBDII port.
Read MoreAfter the recent death of my 98 Honda integra at Sydney Motorsport park I was left between a rock and a hard place with less than a week till I started my new job and without transport I started hunting for something a little more reliable but still fun enough to keep me satisfied.
Read MoreThere's only street parking, it's not in a glamorous part of town with multi-million dollar condos surrounding on all sides, and the average age of the cars in attendance is older than the average age of the owners that brought them there. In short, it's everything that I find fun about attending car shows.
Read MoreRadwood NorCal was the biggest event — by far — in the show’s history.
Read MoreJust a week ago I was standing track side at the Port Macquarie Kart Racing Club taking photos and hanging with mates while cars belted past spewing smoke from their rear tires. Along with the other almost 50 media people that attended we had the best seats in the house.
Read MoreA rare car by most standards in Australia, the JZX110 chassis is reasonably well known among most JDM car enthusiasts but the Toyota Verossa is not the first car people think of when they hear this chassis code.
Read MoreWednesdays don’t have to suck.
Read MoreNestled away in the shadow of Sacramento is a little college town called Davis. Known mostly for the college (UC Davis) and the town’s obsession with bicycles, it also serves as the home of one of the largest Volvo-only car events in the country.
Yes, you read that correctly. Volvo-only.
Read MoreWatching the Used and Abused guys on Youtube was how I first came to know about the Good Works crew and with the recent Honda Nationals (H-Nats) they had been suddenly pop up all over my feed. I dropped a message to their page simply for a sticker and was a bit surprised when I was invited to come down and check out their little space in the North Rocks area.
Read MoreTo most Australians this is just another Commodore, the last of kind to stay true to the RWD V8 platform with the ability to make lots of noise and burn through some thick rubber. But looking a little closer this one managed to catch my eye.
Read MoreRadwood is, quite simply, a car show for 80’s and 90’s cars. But if you dig a little deeper you’ll find that it’s a little bit more than that. After my experience of visiting Radwood at Hooptie-Con 2018, I can tell you that Radwood is a celebration of a bygone automotive era....
Read MoreAttending the Bring the Bash 2 event hosted by the Cursed Sundays drift crew is where I had the opportunity to reconnect with a cousin of mine. I'd known for many years that he had owned various S-chassis but his involvement in the local drift scene only came to light in the last 12 months or so.
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