I took one last photo before the drive up to South Haven. This is the shiniest this car has been in a long time thanks to Tyler. He stayed over late into the morning hours doing a real professional quality wash and wax job. I helped. In the morning, the trunk was loaded with products to finish some details before the show officially started around noon. There were also tools in case of a breakdown and a cooler full of cold drinks.

Here are some photos from the show. There were around 200 cars entered. I saw some great builds.

Fortunately, the line to get in was not too long.

I spent a lot of time sitting on a shaded hill looking over the show. It was a hot day.

The car is parked.

I popped the hood. I didn’t notice that I had popped off an intercooler coupler until I got home.

The new tires were mounted on the new wheels at Garage Oneway.

Nice, quality build in this S14 engine bay.

I’ve always liked the S13’s set up for drift.

This was such a clean car. It’s great to see attention paid to non-Impreza Subaru’s.

Street drift style on a Forester; not something you see everyday.

I’d really like a wagon like this someday. Maybe on air suspension.

It seems like any VW is a classic once it reaches a certain age.

This might be a real Silvia, not sold in North America.

This should’ve been out on the track.

Here’s the guy who took the win for the Mazda category.

Straight across from my Mazda was this VIP-styled Lexus. Great build.

This is my kind of minivan.

Unique, VIP-styled Honda Fit.

The show was good, but what I really like to see are the cars that go out on the track. Here are some photos from the paddock and around the grounds.

Here’s how you make a top mount intercooler more effective.

This is probably the cleanest track car that was out there.

I love FD3S track cars.

This diffuser is serious business. Really, the whole car is serious business.

How about a Cummins diesel-powered Miata? I think it was built by a high school auto shop class.

Here’s a Honda K-powered Miata. Tyler and I talked with the guy. Reliable power, aftermarket support, use of factory transmission. The only downside is that there is now a Honda V6 swap with the same pro’s and similar cost.

I’ve never seen a Honda Street anywhere. Compare it’s size to the golf cart next to it.

KP Starlets are not easy to come by in decent shape.

This is one of my favorite cars out on the track. I’ve seen it before, but the mega front splitter is a new addition.

There were at least 3 S15 Silvia’s at the event. They’re awesome cars, but not yet legal to import for road use. Great build here.

Another S15, but with a Toyota 2JZ turbo motor on the hood. I like the purple valve cover inside a black engine bay.

This tire swap station was in full operation for the drifters out there.

The Proceed drift team has the coolest drift cars. They’re all quality builds with graphics that look straight out of Japan. I’m wondering where the Lexus Aristo/GS and Toyota Cressida are.

If there was a hood for the Miata with this design, I would search the world to find it.

Drift damage. In all reality, this is just a flesh wound. There were several bumpers lost by other cars over the course of the weekend.

Inside Rob “Chairslayer” Parsons’s drift S14.

Ryan Tuerck had some trouble with the differential in his 2JZ-powered Scion FR-S. Understandable with upwards of 600hp pushed through it. Here he is talking with the Chairslayer.

This is all fairly peaceful. Check out some photos of the action in the next post!