Night Shift: Chicago @ Toyota Park; 8/23/08

Normally I'm skeptical of HIN out here in the Midwest, but Toyota Park was a new venue to check out and a few Risky Devil cats were to be running the drift demo at this year's Night Shift, so it was certain atleast a few cool kids would come out to the event. I ended up heading up there with my buddy Young in his black'd/Stance'd out G35, cop'd my comp industry ticket and roamed around slamming free shots of NOS, snappin' shots of some of the better representation in attendance.

Some quality cars came out from Risky Devil and D* Squad that were chillin' by the Works Aero booth, GTMotoring had some nice time attack cars by their booth (and it was nice running into Greg from GTMotoring, who I bought my suspension from more than a few years back, and I finally got a T-shirt to rep the shop), proper fitment also coming from an OG Chicago crew, Team eXhilerate, and there were some pretty nice hidden jems around the show in general, namely Honda/Nissan. Ran into an old friend, Ashley Sarto, which was nice to catch up a little bit, haven't seen her in almost two years. Can't help but love that girl (you can peep her in the current issue of Super Street, on stands now).

And then, I also got a few shots hangin' out in the pit area with the regular, whos who of homies. Meanwhile, even though the course layout was a bit too short for any ridico high speed entry action, Josh, Chob, Tall Mark and the rest of the guys did their thing, and put on a great show for those who came out.

Here are the photos; we lost sunlight pretty quick and I didn't feel like bringing my tripod (which I now regret), hopefully you enjoy anyways:

-Nick

Edit - Jamie just sent me this youtube link that pretty much wraps up the drift demo side of things from the day. Josh/Chob, you sick ass mothas.

Enjoy:

C16 / Emily

I was cleaning my closet the other day and came across a few of these and started to wonder, "What ever happened to C16 magazine?" I remembered them changing layouts awhile back and becoming less interested in it as a whole, but wanted to see if it still existed. So, I went on Google and did a simple search for the old website and found out it linked straight to autofiends.com. Not a bad automotive news blog by any means, pretty good coverage and some insightful reads, but unfortunately it wasn't nearly the same content as C16 used to have (Automotive/Lifestyle). It'd be nice if someone put out a mag similar to this style, or if Option had translated versions of their print into English.

Anyways, here are a few quality street/cover cars from passed issues of C16, and one pretty good prediction:

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Oh, and my car will be back soon. The previous motor took a turn for the worse and it really was only a matter of time before the inevitable would transpire. But she's in good hands now, and I can't wait to have her back. I hate waiting.

Peace
-Nick

ILL Photography x CrazuKnights

A few of the CrazuKnights cars were up at what appears to have been quite the gathering at Omega this passed Sunday night. Thanks to Aj Gillet of ILL Photography for getting some quality shots:

Unfortunately Michio and I were not in attendance, but a ton of hot cars showed up. More photos from the meet, and ILL Photography in general, can be found on the Risky Devil blog. Be sure to check that shit out.

-Nick