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2013 BDC Round 2 – Pembrey

5.30pm, last Friday. A quick escape from Japspeed HQ, straight into the S13 loaded with crisps, camping gear and (most importantly) beer. A quick stop off in Gatley to pick up Harley and then there we were, heading onto the M56 and cringing at the journey time remaining on my little TomTom sat nav. As you can probably guess by this point, the journey from Manchester to Pembrey (just outside of Swansea) isn’t a short one, nor is it easy. The drone of a straight-through shotgun exhaust at motorway speeds is hardly a soothing one, and you can never let your eyes wander off the road when it’s hanging precariously under your car just an inch off the floor (along with the chassis rails, fuel lines, fuel tank, etc.). Exhausted, deaf and weary eyed we arrived at Pembrey shortly after 11pm, cracked open a few beers with the Car Loan 4U guys and then realised we probably should have pitched the tent before cracking on with the beverages. Nevermind…

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The Only Way is Backwards

Forgive the clichéd title but you could be forgiven for thinking that that was the mantra that Car Media Racing & Steel Mate driver Mike Gaynor applied to his runs at Round 2 of the 2013 BDC, held at Pembrey circuit over the weekend. With the Wisefab equipped S14 being perfectly setup for such ridiculous entries and, with a driver so determined to tear up the laws of physics, it was only inevitable that a picture like the one below would emerge from the weekend. This was taken during Mike’s lead run during his Top 32 battle against Hugo Fernandes, a battle he ended up losing to much uproar from the crowd. While I didn’t manage to find a concrete answer as to why he was knocked out, it certainly made for some fantastic spectating and picture taking opportunities.

E30 Dreaming

I’m not saying that this is the perfect E30…well, ok, maybe I am. From an exterior point of view at least, it’s absolutely spot on and very, very clean.

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R32 at Skid Risk

I was down at Skid Risk at Birmingham Wheels on Sunday, although for once I was behind the wheel and not a lens (for the most part, at least!). I had a great day and I’ll post some more pictures soon, but for now here is one of the nicer cars that was being drifted on the day. Well-used it may look but, having spent a few minutes having a look around it, it’s definitely a focused, well set up car with everything you need and nothing that you don’t.

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Alex’s Z32

If you own or have owned a drift car, you’ll be all too familiar with how expensive their upkeep is, especially if they remain road legal and are driven on the public highway. Now imagine that you own two drift cars, both of which are road legal, packing the best part of 400bhp and are notoriously unreliable old Nissans. Oh, and one of them is a podium finishing BDC car. As I’m sure you can tell, it wouldn’t be a situation you’d choose to be in should you like your balance to remain on the stable side of zero.

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Japfest 2013 (Part 2)

Aside from the club stands and pitting areas at Japfest, the on-track action was a major attraction for the thousands of spectators.

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Fire in the Valley

Whenever the sun makes a brief appearance in the UK you’ve got to make the most of it, so what better than a camp fire in the picturesque Goyt Valley on a Saturday night? Unfortunately, the never-ending single track lane wasn’t exactly suitable for the Nissan’s ride height but, then again, what is?