InMotion at Evergreen Speedway

For the first time in what seems like years I got to sleep in on a saturday, by sleep in I mean 8am…..

After my usual drive down to evergreen speedway I was greeted by the big man, Matt Faraca and the rest of the NWMotiv crew as they funnelled piles of cars into the event center to get their show set up. I stopped by the staff tent and picked up my Media credentials before checking out a few cars in line and heading to the pit area to talk to some drivers.

Galen Callaghan came out in a blaze of glory! After a year full of ups and downs he truly seemed comfortable in the car and turned the smoke machine onto full!

Kelly Thorpe was out in his 1UZ powered sporting a near gear set in the differential, looks like he had a lot more wheel speed!

Cameron Moore brought his Lexus up from Oregon, Smoke’em if you got’em!

Some more of the Galen smoke machine…. I love the sound of JZ in the morning!

Mr. Mike Phillips brought his Formula Drift Machine out to play and clearly he loved to hear that motor rev…. V8 power!

A little intermission fun between Kelly Thorpe and A local Drag bike to raise some money for a local boy fighting Cancer. Wasn’t much of a competition (7 second bike vs drift car) but the guys put on a hell of a show for the crowd!

Victor Moore is one of the craziest drivers I know… How he sees over the hood with all the smoke… we’ll never know!

The ever Famous Forza Contest car…. I’m sure you’ve all tried the Primo Drift Challenge by now but watching Primo challenge his competitors is sooo much better!

Roland Gallagher drove the wheels off his 240sx! Can’t wait to see him take on Irwindale!

As we got into the Top 16 we started to get some more exciting action like this battle between Kelly Thorpe and Mike Phillips! These guys were leaving nothing on the table with the Pro-Am season over it was an all out fight for the $2500 first place prize!