A few things come to mind when you think of Subaru; rally racing, AWD, and the rumble of a Boxer engine. While most Subaru owners modify their cars for daily road use, the aftermarket support is astounding, causing a large number of enthusiasts to heavily modify their cars. There is one event every year in New England that fuels this passion within the Subaru community... Wicked Big Meet.
In the past there have been numerous traveling import car shows that have come and gone. Hot Import Nights brainwashed an entire generation, including myself, into modifying their car. They offered a space where modified cars could live and breathe, in the habitat made to show their alterations. With the HIN now defunct, a new show has climbed the ranks as the highly anticipated traveling car show — Wekfest. Their most recent stop at their home base in SoCal, specifically Long Beach.
In past years thousands of BMW enthusiasts flooded the grass lot H of the Rose Bowl. Bringing with them some of the highest quality Bavarian builds this country has to offer. However, a new venue this year had the 2015 Bimmerfest attendees hitting the pavement of Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA.
There are different car show atmospheres that come with any region inside the United States. The western states have a deep-rooted aesthetic competition seen at car shows, where claiming an award is the priority. However, elsewhere stateside there is a greater sense of camaraderie and relaxation among show entrants. They may build their car with the goal of claiming an award, but they’re still at the show to engage with like-minded enthusiasts. Evidenced most recently at the Atlanta, Georgia stage of the Fatlace presented show Offset Kings.
Whoever came up with the nickname “Hotlanta” could not have been more accurate. Home to its own genre of rap music, humidity, and a legendary racetrack; the “dirty south” city of Atlanta, Georgia played host to the second round of the Formula Drift series under sweltering heat from the sun.
The dividing line between performance and fashion is rarely skewed in the automotive culture. We gear heads, as a whole, tend to cling to one side or the other with aspirations of crossing over to dabble in our counterpart. That dividing line became physical in Long Beach, California where a barrier of fencing separated the temporary Long Beach Grand Prix track from the Fatlace presented car show – Offset Kings.
In the relatively short span of 12 years, Formula Drift’s diversity has crossed planes many other tenured racing series have not. With drivers hailing from numerous overseas countries, engine transplants into every chassis under the sun, and race locations that require air travel. FD consistently draws sell out attendance at each event.
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