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Daigo Saito’s Fat Five Land is AMAZING!!…

I’ve been to some pretty cool places in my lifetime but seeing Daigo Saito’s playland in Saitama in-person was truly something unique. Over the past year or so, I’ve seen photos and video of his “Fat Five Land” completed but never thought I’d have the opportunity to see it. My fascination of Japanese drifting has always been more from the perspective of someone looking in from the outside. I don’t really know any Japanese drifters personally and I’ve only watched them on streams and in competition. Fat Five Land was a place I wanted to visit, but it never seemed like it was in the realm of possibility. When Sara hit me up to see if I wanted to go, I was honestly pretty surprised! Of course I said yes and here is another checkmark on a long list of places I have longed to see!…

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Formula D RD 1: Streets of Long Beach 2014…The Paddock….

I always feel a little out of place at Formula D…. Not because I don’t understand drifting, because I do, I just don’t…ummm…keep up to date with all the happenings in FD. When drifting was first introduced, I was completely enthralled. I love everything about Japanese car culture so when […]

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Formula D Long Beach 2013 Coverage…Part 3 of 3…

Happy Thursday everyone… I’m just gonna go ahead and dive right into the third and concluding portion of the coverage. Can’t say there is is anything else that needs to be said that hasn’t been covered in the previous two parts. As always, I’ve attached the links to the previous […]

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Formula D Long Beach 2013 Coverage…Part 2…

Welcome back to The Chronicles’ ongoing coverage of the 2013 Formula D Long Beach event. This is the second of three parts and like yesterday, will be pretty random. It’s just a collection of photos that I took in sequence that day. Anything that caught my eye I shot it […]

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Formula D Long Beach 2013 Coverage…Part 1…

Formula D Long Beach is one of those “can’t miss” events annually in the SoCal tuner scene. It serves as the season open for the event series and is held on the streets of Long Beach, CA where the Long Beach Grand Prix also occurs. I’ve made it a point […]

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SEMA 2012 Coverage…Part 7 of 7…Finale…

Alas we are at the final phase of our 2012 SEMA coverage… SEMA is a blast every single year and it’s one of those events that I always make sure to mark down on my calender. What is great about the SEMA show is that it helps open my eyes […]

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