By the Numbers: 3,892
The number of Falken Azenis RT-615s burned off in competition by Falken Drift teams last year.
News Of The Not So Bright
As a well-known macro-brew ad campaign states, sometimes it really is "all about the beer." But not when driving. And a Northern California man's actions leading up to his near-fatal, one-car crash do well to illustrate this point. While driving down a desolated Citrus Heights, Calif., road after procuring a 12-pack of un-named beer, suspected drunk driver Alexsandr Gritsyuk lost control of his car, veered off the road, and slammed headfirst into a tree. Not having buckled his seatbelt prior to the collision, Alex sustained serious bodily injury, but his front-seat passenger, the 12-pack, was found buckled in and unharmed.
Update
Import Tuner Remains Calm As Rival Magazines Cement Their Plans; Let The Ass-Kicking Begin!
So here's the deal: Castrol Syntec has officially invited yours truly to kick the asses of all other magazines by building the ultimate power-producing engine. Actually, the other guys get to try building one too, but as you'll see in a minute, that means nothing. The short end of it is: Whoever builds the baddest engine (us), wins. And it seems we're in a pretty good spot so far (see sidebar); especially when the other mags are either blowing up family sedans on the autocross course, installing hydraulics on God-knows-what, or struggling with B-series swaps in their EF hatches. Not namin' any names, of course
We're going straight for the jugular with this one; four-figure power from an SR20DET. And with the support we've got, we'll hit the mark without breaking a sweat. Sure, we'll have to deal with the forced-induction penalty that essentially means our 2.2L SR20 will be judged as though it were a 4.4L...but we're still talking about 227 hp-per-liter here-Ass-kicking guaranteed! Still, just for the hell of it, let's look at what the other guys are doing, and have a good laugh at why they think they have even a snowball's chance in hell of defeating us.
Don't forgot to tell the world how much Import Tuner is going to rule this competition; log onto www.syntectopshop.com and cast your vote for us today - you even get a shot at winning the monster engine we're gonna build!