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Our friend Alexi gets a special package from us! Also, why people wear face masks in Japan!

What an incredible looking Civic. This was top three one of my favorite cars at Tokyo Auto Salon this year and probably one of the harder times I had shooting a car at this year’s show. Even though I was there on media day, there were plenty of people to get in the way of the pics – but, I can’t blame them when it comes to this clean Pandem Civic EG (I’m sure I was in the way as well  This kind of fan base is usually reserved for the models! Anyway, please enjoy these seven photos of this...

While I was in Japan, I tagged along with the guys from D-Sport to Mobara Twin Circuit which was about an hour away on buss from our hotel next to Shinagawa Station. I’m glad I did as there were plenty of JZX100 Chaser’s there which happen to be my favorite cars at the moment. I really like four-door drift cars like the Chaser and Cressida. Here are a few photos of most of the JZX100’s that were in attendance. I do not have much info on any of these cars other than the obvious features so I’ll just give my...

Sometimes the best cars at Tokyo Auto Salon are in the parking lot. I’ve made it a custom to walk the parking lot on my way out every year to see what I find. Sure they’re not as flashy and put together as the ones inside but they’re absolutely worth the walk in the cold. Everything from crazy modded vans to classic Mazda RX7FD’s, to street driven NSX’. This blue Nissan R34 was extra clean. I love Skylines but more of a fan of the “common man’s” car… like 240’s, E30’s, Miata’s, etc. Cars that are easily attainable if that...

Written by Dave Bell - Photos by David Karey The 2017 Formula Drift season is now well on the latter half of the championship now that Round 6 in Seattle has concluded. For 11 years FD has been visiting Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington. Sitting just outside of Seattle, it is by far one of the favorites on the series schedule, given it has not only a high-speed bank after the initiation zone, but allows for several dramatic zones as the course wraps up. Evergreen Speedway already had smoke in the air from the nearby wildfires, and Round 6 surely wasn’t...