[COVERAGE] MPACT 2016 Motorsports Festival and Car Show
July 15th, 2016 by Elusive MediaOne of the best events of the year! Car Show, Track Day, Burnout & Rolling Races; something for everyone! Weather wasn’t too cooperative this year with the dense fog throughout the day, but it did make for some interesting photos! Enjoy!
Date: July, 9th, 2016
Location: Pocono Speedway, Long Pond, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] M Invasion
June 10th, 2016 by Elusive MediaThis is the 2nd year running of M Invasion. For owning a ///M car, i somehow missed the first year, but happy to put this on my schedule for events to cover. All ///Ms everywhere, what isn’t there to enjoy? Great sponsors, cars, music, giveaways, and people. As much as everyone loves to watch everyone exit from the show, a local cop sat outside the exit to keep everyone safe and make the day without any incidents!
Date: June 6th, 2016
Location: Riverdale, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals
May 24th, 2016 by Elusive MediaCarlisle is back at again and trying something new. Last year Performance & Style moved to a mid-summer date and this year it moves back to the spring, but with a twist! Performance & Style and Import are now combined. I personally love this idea. Being a car enthusiast, i enjoy taking photos of any well kept car and having a mix of cars that i normally don’t see at the shows i cover, this was a exciting add to the scenery. The only gripe with the whole weekend, Friday was a perfect day, while Saturday & Sunday weren’t anything close to car show weather. After all the years going to Carlisle, i’ve never had such a rainy day. Once i arrived to the fairgrounds, it rained from start to finish. Despite the weather, plenty of fellow enthusiast with pristine cars braved the weather and still came to show off their pride and joy. Burnout, Miss Carlisle, Limbo, Drift, Awards, etc, all still carried on so there was plenty to keep you distracted all day long! Already looking forward to next years show, just not a repeat of my shooting all day with an umbrella tucked under my arm!
Date: May 20-22, 2016
Location: Carlisle Fairgrounds, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] Gumball Meet & EuroJam Fairground Showdown
November 3rd, 2015 by Elusive MediaThis was one of my first Gumball Meet to check out. There were over 1000 people confirmed for this event, so i was hoping to finish this season withe a great local show. Not a chance of rain in the forecast, but with cold temps throughout the day and mostly cloudy, it seemed to have many car enthusiast cancel last minute. It’s too bad because the location has plenty of room and to get to the fairgrounds it’s a fantastic scenic drive with the fall colored leaves. With that said, the show was scheduled til about 4pm but shortly after 2pm, the fairgrounds were cleared out. I ended up hanging around after and capturing a quick impromptu photoshoot with some cars! It was still a good day and i got to test out my new 14-24 lens, and I must say i love it!! Hopefully Gumball Meets and EuroJam will give this location another try next season! Until then enjoy some of the shots!
Date: October 24th, 2015
Location: Augusta, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] First Class Fitment ’15
October 30th, 2015 by Elusive MediaFor the Sixth year running, Canibeat presents First Class Fitment at a unique venue Princeton Airport in New Jersey. The backdrop of the location is a great change from shooting events indoors or in a parking lot. Cars are lined up next to the airport’s runway, inside airplane hangers, and along the the roads in the airport; and of course having airplanes lines up behind, along with a helicopter taking off all day makes for some fun shooting! The location makes for a limited space, which gives the show a bit of an exclusive feeling to the cars in their selection. After experiencing the show, I’m sad to say this has been my first time covering this event. It all came about after speaking with a Canibeat member at the FormulaD Canada event outside of Montreal. He mention he drives down each year to help put on this amazing event and i can see why. This show will be on my musts to cover next year; lets just hope it’s warmer next year!
Date: October 17th, 2015
Location: Princeton Airport, Princeton, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] FormulaDrift World: Canada Round8
September 14th, 2015 by Elusive MediaWhat an exhausting, exciting, & fun filled weekend! I was lucky enough to get invited to cover this year’s inaugural Formula Drift World Championship in Canada. The event took place at the Autodrome St. Eustache, just 30 or so minutes north west of the beautiful city of Montréal. I’ve been covering FormulaD events for the past 10yrs in New Jersey and the crowd and atmosphere at this event like no other; a very European feel. Arriving early to kick off the two day event, we were greeted by eager drift fans that had been camping out the night before at the track. Everyone had their campers and tents all setup to enjoy the whole race weekend, amazing! From the fan turnout the first day, you would of thought it was the start of the top16.
Nearly 40 driver from 8 different countries showedto compete in Round 8 of Worlds. Out of those 8 countries, Canada had a strong showing in drivers and they weren’t going to make it easy for anyone to walk in and take the top spot. Kevin Morin trying to battle for the top 32, gave Veteran driver Kean Kearney in his Oracle Lighting/Achilles Motorsports Dodge Viper a run for the next round as the judges and crowd went for “One More Time!” twice before it was decided that Kearney had won the battle.
The crowd was already on cloud9 from the exiting and some nail biting battles, but GoFast Energy Drink & FormulaD want to step it up with a tricked out Semi-Truck, carrying a guy with a Jetpack! Before the start of the top16, this guys shoots into the air and circles the track and lands safely back onto the Semi-Truck. Wow…what a way to start off the final part of this weekend! Now lets get on to some exciting Battles! Canadian drivers continue to impress and you can hear the locals cheer loud and together when one of their drivers enters the track. Tho Toronto driver Pat Cyr driving the Eneos Oil/Yokohama Tire Scion FR-S battled hard, has mechanical damage from a previous battle and is forced to retire claiming 10th.
As we work our way up to the podium battles, Canadian driver Tomy Boisvert-Bellemare(Canadian Local) in his Signature KCS Nissan S13 give Marc Lanreville and Matt Field a great battle and ends up winning and continuing to race for top position, WOW… Canada could take this!! While the final battles came down to the wire, and with all of Canada routing for Tomy, Fredric Asabo in his Rockstar Energy Drink/Hankook Scion tC take the final top step on the podium. It really was a fierce battle and props to both drivers for finishing the weekend as it started.
I can’t wait to cover another Canadian Round after this weekend. Well worth the drive! Check out the nearly 550 photos in the gallery for you enjoyment!
Date: September 6th-7th, 2015
Location: Autodrome St. Eustache, Québec, Canada
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] WEKFest East ’15
August 30th, 2015 by Elusive MediaWEKFest has another great show in store when the overflow of cars outside the show are an LFA, ACR Viper, F430, Alpha16 Skyline, and the McLaren P1. Inside you are greeted by a jam packed venue of the cleanest cars the East has to offer. After all the shows this season, WEKFest still brings out cars that you haven’t seen all year and with the vast amount of cars its a show not to be missed. Enjoy the photo coverage, because there are no cars that doesn’t deserve to be there!
Date: August 16th, 2015
Location: The New Jersey Expo Center, Edison, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP
August 14th, 2015 by Elusive MediaWe return after a three week summer-break with Movistar Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo only separated by 13 points and excited to see them continue the fight at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway. While Ducati and Honda are not currently fighting for the lead, both Italian riders, Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso have had a stronger first half of the season. At the Honda Team, they have had a rocky start to the season, but IMS has always been good circuit to both Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez, who has never lost a round on the American soil.
After media day, a lot of talk has been going around with some riders and the track. Will Indianapolis be on the schedule next year? Is this the last home race for Nicky Hayden in MotoGP? Aprilia makes debut at IndyGP with Stefan Bradl after his team has financial issues. It’s exciting to see a new manufacture join MotoGP; good years ahead for Aprilia and MotoGP. This will be the second year on the resurfaced track and the weekend looks to be in the mid 70’s all weekend; everyone is looking forward to the free practices!
As expected, the first day of free practice(FP1&2) go to Jorge Lorenzo with Marquez on his Repsol Honda less than three thousands of a second behind! And it looks like the Ducati team has continued their good fortune after the break following in third and forth on the day. All eyes are on the Doctor though and he has some work to do as he finished the day in tenth. Qualifying day quickly arrives and FP3 the riders do some shuffling in the standings. Marc Marquez ends up finding an impressive four tenth of a second while Jorge Lorenzo is on par with his times as yesterday. Bradley Smith on his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 has an amazing lap and almost takes the top of FP3 with only three hundreds of a second behind Marquez. Rossi still hasn’t found what he’s looking for, though he just gets into Q2 in ninth. As we move into Q2 and find out our top ten, the Repsol Honda team clinches both top spots. As expected on American Soil, Marquez yet again find himself at the top and alone in the 1m31s, finishing at 1m31.884s. He clenches his 5th pole position his season. Dani Pedrosa get in a great hot lap and secures the 2nd position on the grid with a 1m32.055s. To finish the front row, Lorenzo on his Movistar Yamaha MotoGP grabs the last important front row position, 1m32.186s. Cal Crutchlow riding his CWM LCR Honda almost takes that last front row spot from Lorenzo, but ends up being two hundredths behind Lorenzo’s Yamaha. Danilo Petucci and Bradley Smith have an impressive lap time as well while picking up fifth and sixth. Less than a tenth separate third to sixth on the grid! The Ducati team(seventh/tenth) and Valentino Rossi(eight) can not seem to find the time needed and fall back to the middle of the 3rd row. Championship leader Valentino Rossi on his Movistar Yamaha will have to fight through some stronger riders ahead of him tomorrow; the start will be key!
Party Cloudy skies in the low 70s start off the morning warm-up for the MotoGP riders. While it’s a quick session, they can dial in those last minute adjustments. Lorenzo and Marquez found the limit and end up low siding; both riders OK. Now we fast forward to the start of the main event. With nearly 68,000 fans present at IMS, we are ecstatic to see the green light and put behind the three week summer break. The light turns green and we are off! Everyone gets away cleanly and Lorenzo is able to takes the lead into turn 1. He knows on a track like IMS, if he doesn’t attack first and Marquez in front will make things much worse! Rossi has a fantastic start and climbs up to fifth positions after the first lap is completed, while Marquez, Pedrosa, Iannone finish off the top 4. Rossi has clearly found something in the morning and is able to keep a competitive lap time in the beginning stages. Lorenzo also find a favorable setting and just starts grinding out the laps. Are we about to see Marquez finally lose his first American track!? While Lorenzo and Marquez fluctuate between .350 and .100 of a second each lap, that battle behind for third start to pick up. Prior to lap 10, Dani Pedrosa is able to keep a good distance from Rossi at about three seconds, but after six laps, Rossi closes the gap to a mire .144! As the last laps continue, Rossi and Pedrosa keep attacking each other for the last podium position. Back up at the front, lap 23, Lorenzo is still a quarter of a second ahead of Marquez. But Marc Marquez digs deep on the remaining last laps and tries to surprise Lorenzo and it works! By lap 25, Marquez leads by .100 of a second and increases that lead up to the finish line on lap 27, .688 seconds in front of Lorenzo. Marc Marquez on his Repsol Honda has once again won the Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP race and still comes out undefeated on the United States circuits all while setting a new lap record(1m32.625s) on his 23 lap! Rossi ends up battling with Pedrosa til the end and is able to holds onto third position. Andrea Iannone on Team Ducati finishes off the top 5. Sadly the only American left on the MotoGP grid, Nicky Hayden on his Aspar Honda finishes in 16th.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway has yet again shown us a spectacular race and with growing numbers in attendance at nearly 146,000, we hope this won’t be the last time we return to this legendary flat track. It’s been an superb eight years so far! While Marquez was able to secure the top spot on the podium, this means the championship is even closer than ever this season! Jorge Lorenzo many only have gained a few points, but it cuts the lead to nine points! Tho Valentino Rossi has been on the podium every around, Lorenzo has been able to slowly chip away Rossi’s lead. Rossi will need to push harder if he wants to see that 10th MotoGP Championship Victory! I have a feeling we will be in for an exciting second half of the season and I’m hanging off the chair in suspense!!
Date: August 7-9th, 2015
Location: Indianapolis, IN
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] Hot Import Nights – Philadelphia
August 10th, 2015 by Elusive MediaHot Import Nights returns to the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia! If you missed last year Reunion show in New Jersey, HIN brings new class competition along with over 30 models to the Model Lounge, Bikini Contest, Freestyle Dance Competition, & the Miss HIN PA Model Content. Not only could you win a trophy this year for your car, but you could also walk away with over a $1000 in cash! Everything from lighting(Presented by Sylvania Zevo), Engine(Presented by Valvoline), trunk, Top Honors, Audio, and of course “Best of Show”; all came with cash prizes! Hot Import Nights was bringing their “A Game” to the Tri-State area. With some many great categories and contests to compete in, it brought many types of great rides to check out along with the beautiful women, so enjoy the coverage!!
Date: July 25th, 2015
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center – Philadelphia, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] Tuner Evolution – Philadelphia
August 10th, 2015 by Elusive MediaTuner Evolution has always been one of those shows we all count down the days for, why? We know it will be well organized, plenty of entertainment, vendors we are interested in, beautiful ladies in the model lounge, and only the best cars make the cut. This year Tuner Evolution invited back the Drift RC Comp/Demo along with the popular Breakdance Comp/Demo. The main stage also had live music and DJs throughout the day, until the Bikini Contest and Awards finish off the night. Because the show attracts such a wide audience of enthusiasts, the show also expanded into another section of the Expo Center, which allowed more car builders to show off and unveil their builds. We also had fire alarm go off which sent us all outside for about an hour. While this was a minor inconvenience, we all just continued to chat with our friends before getting the all clear to reenter the building. The show is not only organized car enthusiasts but the staff live the lifestyle every day. They know what their fans what to see and for almost 10 years, i have left the show disappointed. Thanks to the Tuner Evo Staff for another successful year that we will all remember!
Date: August 1st, 2015
Location: The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, PA
By: Erik
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