iM Event Coverage: Garage Box Track Day

With some what of a summer finally upon us the track at Race City is starting to see some action. There have already been a few track days this year, but this marks the first track day held by GarageBox

The day, Monday May 23rd, started out with a lot of rain but that didn’t stop all the people from coming out and ripping it around. There was a great turn-out with some cars freshly out of their hiding spots from the winter. It was definitely great to see everyone enjoying themselves regardless of the cold and wet conditions and we look forward to seeing everyone at the next one!

Now onto the good stuff, the pics!



















As usual the parking lot is full of sick rides as well.





For the rest of the pics be sure to check them out HERE

iM: Eibach Meet 2011

In the process of planning a Vegas trip with some buddies I realized we were going to be in Vegas only a couple days away from when the annual epic Honda meet know as ‘Eibach’ was going to be taking place. After checking some flight prices it was a done deal. Eibach + Vegas trip, yup!

As for the event let me start off by saying that I have never seem anything like this. Being from Canada our scene or whatever you want to call it isn’t even close to being on the level of Cali (although we still try). Shit was packed full of cars, and even more packed full of people. Pure and utter chaos of people and magazine cover cars haha.

The pics speak for themselves…. the quality of Cali’s Hondas is unmatched. I highly recomend everyone start planning their Eibach 2012 flights or road trip. What a blast!

See more here

iM Event Coverage: ClubVeeDub x Fifth Avenue Auto Haus…

A few of us from the illmotion crew had an opportunity to check out ClubVeeDub’s 5th Annual “Close To Home” VW Show held at Fifth Avenue Auto Haus on Sunday May 1, 2011 here in Calgary.

The weather was beautiful as Volkswagen enthusiasts had an opportunity to get together (after a rough wintery start to spring), show off their veedubs and have family, friends and guests partake in contests and activities.

As we checked out everybody’s Volkswagens there is no doubt that the VW enthusiast community is very tight-knit. With Old Schoolers and New Schoolers enjoying each others company, and cars done up in every which way from form to function.
ClubVeeDub’s “Close To Home” Show definitely had something for everyone.

Enjoy the pics!

























iM Event Coverage: 2011 Calgary International Car and Truck…

The illmotion crew got the chance to finally head down to the 2011 Calgary International Car and Truck show this weekend to get some coverage of the sickest cars of the year.

With sick cars from left to right and way too many to even begin to get pictures of, we’ll be splitting this up into many parts so that we don’t overwhelm you. Look for my part II and the other guys’ parts this week. Enjoy!

iM Event Coverage: 2011 World of Wheels

This past weekend (Feb 18-20, 2011) was the 45th annual World of Wheels show. One of the first shows in Calgary for the new year, so we decided to check out the show and spent a few hours snapping pictures and meeting some new people. The show consisted of a vast variety of cars including classics, hot rods, bikes, and much more.

Another reason we went to the show was to support our good friends Steve and Errol that had been practicing to compete in a engine building contest. They would go head to head against another team with 183 pieces. Whoever could build the motor the fastest and let it run for 5 seconds would advance. They built their engine in 9:45 which is quick. They finished in second place, great job guys.

Anyways enjoy the pictures, we had a great time at the show.

Check out the rest of the photos HERE


iM: Rev Speed Super Battle TA

A good friend of ours, Zack Hafler recently moved to Tachikawa, Japan and since then he’s been living the true JDM life. It’s rare to see shots from true Japanese race events and he has given us the pleasure to have some of the pics he took while he was down at the Tsukuba Circuit during the Time Attack Rev Speed Super Battle on December 10th.

The event was sponsored and organized by Rev Speed Magazine – A Japanese tuner magazine no doubt. The cars competing in this race ranged from A to E. This means cars from straight-up race machines and street legal civics and K-cars like the Suzuki Swift and Mitsubishi Colt’s.

I just wanna take this time to thank Zack for the pics and letting us showcase them. For more information, check out FindingJDM and SpeedHunters for details of the owners of the cars, team names and lap times.

iM: UCCC Meet – October 23, 2010

This past Saturday, I had a chance to drop in on the University of Calgary Car Club (UCCC) Halloween Cars & Coffee meet. It was a bit chilly out, but was fun to just hang out nonetheless. Got a few snaps of the cars and of people just hanging out.













Thanks goes to Terence for his work in putting this together. Please check out their webpage which also has links to their forums, and their Facebook page (click in their logo):

iM Event Coverage: ZR Auto Track Day

We were at the track attending the Spec D’s ‘Sunday Funday’ on October 3rd, and it just so happen to be the ZR Auto Track Day as well. So while the drifters were warming up I snapped a few pics of the super cars on the other track. There were a lot of nice cars and they were driven like they are supposed to be, but there was a fence in the way so I only was able to get panning shots of the cars. Enjoy.







iM Event Coverage: Spec D’s ‘Sunday Funday’

I got a chance to attend Spec D’s ‘Sunday Funday’ on October 3rd. Although the clouds were covering the sun, it was still fairly warm out, and a great time was had by all. I believe it was Spec D’s last event of the year considering the snow can descend upon us at any time.

Special thanks goes out to Spec D for organizing the event, and letting us in to get coverage on the event. Get out and support these guys next year by attending their events, they do not disappoint.