Vape Corps Grand Opening- Preview

Just in case I don't get around to editing all the photos from the Vape Corps Grand Opening meet, hosted by Fit Mob and Street Refined, here are some of the photos I've worked on. 

To help with the grand opening of Vape Corps, Fit Mob and Street Refined held a car meet+ car limbo contest on the night of their grand opening. Some very nice and interesting cars showed up, and the car limbo competition was intense. When I get to editing some more of the photos, a full write-up of the event will be posted, so stay tuned.

Keaton's WRX

As mentioned in Milo's Impreza, I went to No Fly Zone with a group of people. Keaton, a very close friend of mine I met in the beginning of college, was another person in our group, driving his WRX. And, as stated before, when a Subaru and some dirt combine, rally drifting ensues. Milo and Keaton drove together, however, due to all the dust kicked up, I could only photograph the lead car, which was always Milo because he has more experience than Keaton. However, that doesn't mean I couldn't snap a photo of his WRX as it emerged from the dust. Look forward to an actual feature of Keaton and his WRX soon.

Milo's Impreza

I'm working on No Fly Zone and Cars and Coffee photos, but first, I wanted to share some pics Milo's Impreza. We went to No Fly Zone together with some other people, and after we were done spectating, we set out to a power plant we spotted in the distance to get some photos there. While we couldn't find a way in/couldn't find a suitable location, there was a nice dirt circle by the entrance. When dirt and Subarus combine, you get off-road drifts. Plenty of them. What do you do when this happens and you have a camera? Take some photos. 

Since this was a spontaneous thing, I didn't get to do an "interview" per se with Milo about himself and his car to write about as a feature here. However, from the small talk we've made, Milo has plenty of racing experience, racing karts as a kid and cars like his Subaru in autocross and track events. Hence, when photographing him, everything felt completely controlled and comfortable. His car makes "unknown power"; I didn't as about what's under the hood, but it isn't stock, either. Clearly though, his skill and the car's unknown power showed itself in our little drift-photoshoot. Which, by the way, was on a dirt loop with only one entrance and exit that we blocked off, so it was a closed course, in case if anyone was wondering. We're professionals, folks.

Ronn Scorpion

Cars and Coffee, as I've said plenty of times in the past, is special. Cars of all types come out, pleasing and exciting any and all people brave enough to wake up early on a Saturday morning and make the trip to Gainey Ranch. This month, though, two new types of "special" showed up, one being a 2012 spec Sprint Car NASCAR (more on that in a future post), and this. This car drew the quizzical looks of almost everyone who looked at it, unsure of what it is. "It looks kind of like a McLaren." "Must be some kit car." "What is this thing?" All of these were common utterances I heard. Luckily, I met the man behind this machine, named the Ronn  Scorpion, Mr. Ronn Maxwell himself, the CEO/Chairman of the Ronn Motor Group, Inc. I got to talk to him for a while and he told me a lot about this car and the company.

Built in 2008, the Scorpion completely designed and built by the Ronn Motor Group (hence making the "is it a kit car?" question a "no") and is powered by a 3.5L V6 sourced from an Acura (my guess is the TL Type-S) and twin-turboed, around 600hp, if I remember correctly. The Scorpion also has a hydrogen injection system that injects hydrogen into the engine to reduce emissions and increase fuel economy. It was a light, powerful, fuel-efficient supercar. But, timing was bad; shortly after this prorotype was made and displayed to the public, the Economy Crash of 2008 took place, and Mr. Maxwell said that with the downturn in the economy it wasn't possible to produce this car anymore. But, he said, they've moved from their original base in Austin, Texas, to here in Scottsdale, Arizona, and that he plans to make an updated version of the car with hybrid systems and more power and sell it again. Here's to another supercar to add to the New Age of Performance Cars. I can't wait to see it, Mr. Maxwell.

Automotive Photos from the Past Month

I'm not dead, I promise. Just super busy and slow at editing photos. Here are the pictures I've posted on my Instagram/Facebook, I posted these thinking I would be done with the rest in a week and I would have all photos and a write up on the blog, but clearly that hasn't happened. I promise I will work on them as soon as possible though.