illmotion x Drift Practice July 21, 2010

So yesterday evening was my first time attending the Drift Practices that is held every other Wednesday down at Race City. You guys might remember Chad Gibson’s coverage of some of the drifting from a few weeks back. I thought it’d be a good idea to head down there and see what it was all about.

Enough of the babble.. I got quite a few pics. I apologize in advance to anybody who was out last night that didn’t get a shot. I did have shots of everybody, but some just didn’t turn out. I’ll get you guys next time.

It was my first time to shoot drifting so I’m not gonna lie – I did have some struggles finding the right spots and such. It’s different because it’s an entirely new set of faces. While I am personally into the show and grip scene, it’s a nice change to see these guys pushing their cars and not really caring.

Congratulations to Steve Poyntz for taking 1st in the little pylon tapping competition!

Thanks to Eric and Aaron that let me sit shotgun for some ride alongs – Now I want to drift and great job to everybody that was out there! Looking forward to shooting some more practices this summer.

Chad Gibson x Drift Practice

Hello all,

As a new photographer to illmotion, I’ll make this my introduction post as well as host some shots I took this evening at Race City’s drift practice that happens every other week.

My full name is Chad Gibson and I’m a recent graduate of SAIT Polytechnic’s Photojournalism program. As I continue my search for a job in my field, I am trying to shoot as much as possible before I find my time limited by a career. The illmotion crew was awesome enough to let me on board, and by being a part of the community I hope to get to know the car community in Calgary better as well as forward my experience and contacts.

For those interested, I drive a 4-door Nissan Skyline that is staying as close to stock as possible for reliability and driveability purposes. Mostly though, I have no freaking idea what I’m doing. I am trying to learn though, and maybe one day my car can hang with the rest of the crew and look like it belongs.

Anyways, as mentioned above, every other Wednesday night Race City holds an open drift practice event where anyone can bring their car and do runs on the oval and infield. Tonight was my first time shooting drifting and I’m not happy with a lot of the stuff I got, but by the end I was getting a little better. I should also mention that there were rumors they may stop this recurring event if attendance doesn’t pick up, so get out there and drive or support the sport. My condolences also go out to Rob who had a spectacular crash in his camo-painted 240SX. I’ll let the pictures do the talking from here on out.

Cheers!

























iM: Dorifto Fun

I was sitting here all day trying to partition my mac hard drive to get windows to run on it but it just hasn’t been my day.
Eric messages me and says he wants to go cruise or do something. I’m down – I need to get out of the house anyway and the damn mac boot camp was frustrating the hell out of me LOL

This is the first time I’ve seen Eric’s car since it’s been done for this season. I think the biggest additions to his arsenal this year are the Rays Victrix Kreutzer’s.
18×9 +26 with a 15mm spacer (Effectively, +11) in the front
18×10 +26 in the rear
And his custom purple sparkle 6pt Cusco cage. Check it.