Finally the tow truck came and picked up Richards Rawling's car.... by this time everyone had dispersed and was heading to posh-town Beverly Hills, California. We were driving along the freeway only to get over-taken by Bill Wu, and spat at by his 'smoke it' machine!! He has somehow figured out how to send a burst of black smoke out his rear! We kept up with him for a while, goin a buck10 in our Destination X janky jeep, swerving through all of the traffic... LA is a nice city... except the TRAFFIC. This is so horrible it makes you want to drive your car off the freeway, or into the person in front while pounding your head against the steering wheel. After showing us up, Wu called and told us that Richard Rawling got the tow-guy to book it at 80mph down the freeway, while towing his car!! Unbelievable! This is the way I hear its done in the Bullrun!! Richard got to the hotel with his head held high and proud, arriving there in good time with a $3000 bill.

There was a big 944 Magazine Party at 944's headquarters in Bev Hills, lots of pressy paparazzi press and good people. We missed the check-point in the middle of the day, so everyone who stopped for our picnic arrived in Beverly Hills in a timely manner. The 944 party that night was pretty cool, there was a red carpet, a lot of cameras and the desired celebrities like Bill Mauer and Michelle Rodriguez from the Fast and the Furious... the club was absolutely packed, there was a line all the way down the block and most of them didn't get in. I gave Ashley Van Dyke a great interview in front of the 944 Red Carpet. Everybody had a great time, until they ran out of Vodka and ice...thats when the shit hit the fan... hahah just kidding, we all had a great time. Especially when it came to the celebrities gawking over all of the Bullruners sexy machines.

See more in the USA Today article.

Fast and Furious is set to hit theaters on June 5th, 2009.

"Fast and Furious 4" sur Allociné

Above we have the first look at The Fast and the Furious 4...or more confusingly known simply as Fast and Furious. Directed by Justin Lin, he behind FF3 Tokyo Drift, for this we see the return of pretty much  all the stars of the original, and by far the best, of the trilogy. Vin Diesel who mad his name in the original made a very brief cameo in Tokyo Drift and returns here in the starring role once again. His reason for returning in his own words is "I saw how people related to the characters' stories as much as the cars and action."

 Something tells me it has more to do with his waning star power and severe lack of anything approaching a hit since, well, FF1...we will have to see come next summer (2009) if he is still capable of opening a film, though until then we have the oft. delayed (surely a sign of yet another flop) Babylon A.D. currently due out in August.

We flew out to LA and had wanted to treat him to lunch at some swanky Japanese restaurant but it ended up him inviting us to his own restaurant, Saketini, in Brentwood. It was pretty immediate that we knew we were speaking with the right person to represent the brand. We shared with him our history: our beginnings in Asia, how the brand has since traveled to over 30 countries and our vision for the US market. We discussed our brand philosophy driven by family values and how we wanted to transcend the realm of mere shoes but to extend the brand to other aspects of culture and global consciousness. We left lunch feeling not only extremely satisfied and full (his food, by the way, is exquisite) but also feeling great about the partnership. It felt like he had already become one of the Jump family. We had some great ideas on the table and from there we knew it would only burgeon into something bigger.

Man, did he feed us. We must've gone through like 10 courses.

After our return to New York, we began brainstorming. I soon discovered that contrary to what you might think of most actors, Sung could do a lot more than just act. I suppose the fact that he owned a restaurant and built his own original menu was already a testament to that. He'd become our Hollywood ambassador, wearing our shoes in all his films including Fast and Furious 4 directed by Justin Lin, the prequel to Tokyo Drift that tells the story of Han and Dom, played by Vin Diesel also starring Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster. In Berlin, he introduced the Wachowski Brothers (Matrix) and Rain to Jump while shooting Ninja Assassin.

But one of the things that impressed me the most was that he owned a high degree of innate creativity and self-awareness of his talents and was able to tap into it to help us formulate some really great ideas; things we would've never come up with!

Internally, we had developed a dossier to help us categorize our wide breadth of product. We decided that in order to make this palatable and understandable both internally and for our customers, we should categorize it. We decided that the best way to do it was to create a character or a persona for each category, then write a story about each one. Here's what one very creative weekend yielded us.

We had a great time writing these. We wanted to make each of these characters cool but hilarious at the same time. Who would you identify with?

With these characters and Sung's talents as an actor, we now had the tools to create some really cool stuff. But what? We began throwing ideas back and forth and came up with two really good ones. The first would be a series of short films produced by Arowana Films starring Sung playing each of the characters we'd come up with. The next would involve traveling half way around the world to Taiwan to work with my old friend Jeff Wang, owner of the creative agency, Blanq to create a collection pieces that would serve as our premier brand campaign. The stage was set for a host of exciting developments. Stay tuned.

Vitoria, Spain was our last stop on the tour and certainly the LIVEST spot. The picture above reveals a somewhat "Fast and Furious" cult-like privacy. As a matter of fact, the "Fast and Furious" comparison is pretty accurate now that I think about it in hindsight. This club location was soooo hidden and nondescript that we were RIGHT in front of it and had no clue as to the directions that the Club owner was trying to convey on the Promoters' speaker phone. So here we are, finally in Vitoria after a 5 hour ride, right on time for sound check, sitting in a truck parked at the curb of an obviously and regularly busy street lined with high, wired fences with unmarked factory buildings on each side for as long as you could see, only broken by traffic light intersections. We tell the Club owner that we aren't moving until he comes to get us, for it was way too confusing to follow his directions in risks that we would miss the rehearsal (sound). So literally in less than 2 minutes or even less, this white, tricked out civic comes speeding in the traffic lane going opposite of where we are pointing and "drifts" or whips towards our truck in a quick-turn about (180 degree) and stops a few feet short of the curb. It was the club promoter, (definitely "Fast and Furious" insipired)... He put his hand out the window and hinted that we follow. Within seconds we were winding through alleys that he knew like the back of his hand, and BAMM!!, we were at the club in no time at all, just like he said.

This was a private club with members only like a motorcycle gang, but this place was Hip-Hop Cultured to "death..or Def!! Crazy graffiti and great music throughout the night. And guess what?? NO violence or fighting. While here in the states, we tend to associate hip hop with violence, ALL the time...so as Don King would say "Only in America!!"

So the news on Transformers 2 has been kicking up.  Most of the original cast is back with a few extras.  Truthfully I don't care.  I just want more giant fucking robots.  Nothing else.  Supposedly according to numerous sources, that's what we're getting.  Pictures of Ironhide holding a motorcycle (Arcee?) in his truck bed have shown up in PA where they are filming.  Also a three-wheeled bike has shown up as well on the same trailer (speculations say Ravage).  My feeling is that as long as things go boom more, there are less humans, and Peter Cullen makes a return, then I'm good.  I had huge doubts as many are away of for the first one.  Not this time.  In Michael Bay I trust.  I'll post pictures if I get more.  I got some of Ironhide and the 2 bikes in my e-mail a few days ago, but they are everywhere on the net (or here www.seibertron.com).

Now, for a movie I'm concerned about is Fast and Furious (The Fast and the Furious 4).  Supposedly Dom (Vin Diesal) is rocking a new Mustang and Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) is rolling a Subaru Impreza Outback Sport.  Yeah, a damn station wagon.  Whatever.  Looks lame, but like Transformers, I'll go see it.  I've seen the other 3 and I'm a sucker for cars and their movies.  Especially cars I can afford in my lifetime.

Lots of new games coming out.  Far Cry 2, the sequel to Beyond Good and Evil, Metal Gear 4, etc.... The list goes on.  Tom Clancy's HAWX and Splinter Cell: Conviction are on the top of my lists.  They both look great and I need my Clancy fix.  Vegas 2 is finished and really, I need my realistic killing/stealth action.  I've missed Splinter Cell, since Double Agent kinda stunk it up with a crappy story.  At least the other 3 tried to tell a story.  Double Agent went off the deep end.  Plus it was still realy clunky.  This is next-gen people.  Smooth and realistic movements/physics is the future.  Better graphics no longer cut it.  Just ask Tony Hawk.

Ok, before I check out, I think I'm going to add in classic reviews of games that may be old, but you should check out, or really avoid.  I go through periods where I play older games and this has made me want to write up a few reviews.  I think I will.  Drop me a line if this is a bad idea but I think it would be cool and would expand the blog.  I may do classic movies and albums too.  Not sure.  Depends on how much time I have in the coming weeks.

Anyway, I'll check in a few times this week and then after I get back from training.  Lates.

Here's my top 10 list of most annoying people, complete with no pictures because I am lazy tonight:

10) People who give their babies names that are from TV shows or are stupid surfer/OC California names

What's the deal with these assholes? They think they are all progressive and give their kids names like Rider, Logan, or worse yet, I've heard of people calling their kids "Ashton" now. Seriously..........ASHTON? As in, Ashton Kutcher, the stupidest and most annoying fuckhole on TV? Parents, please don't disgrace your children by giving them such horrible names. Give them some dignity, and just settle for Mike or Matt or something like that.
9) Guys that are either named "Jesse" or "Jamie"

Maybe this is just a regional occurrence, but it seems as though every guy with either of these names is always a huge piece of white trash. It's almost as if their mothers were too worried about their crack habits to actually notice that their babies were males, so they just left them with their female names. I've known of several guys named Jamie, and they were ALL big time fuck-ups. Same goes for the guys named Jesse. I've always wondered if a guy is named Jesse, does his full name read "Jessica" on his birth certificate?
8 Fans of Philadelphia sports teams

Since I live in a college town in PA, I have to deal with the unfortunate presence of sub-human beings from Filthadelphia infesting my town. The worst part about them is that when you see a group of say, white dudes with Philadelphia Eagles jerseys on, gold chains and sideways hats at a bar, they are the biggest cocksuckers in the world and always try to talk like violent gangsters to us about why the Eagles are better than the Steelers. The standard response is telling them: "Oh yeah? Well, perhaps we should do the math: Steelers, 5 Super Bowl wins (then you show them 5 fingers); Eagles, ZERO Super Bowl wins (then give them the middle finger)".

It goes well beyond this though. Philadelphia fans are the only fans I've ever heard of to actually CHEER when a player on the opposing team sustains an injury, a very classy move in my opinion. Recently, there was the "Pennsylvania Cold War", where the state's 2 hockey teams, The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Filthadelphia Flyers, played one another in a best of 7 playoff series (which Pittsburgh won in 5 games). I saw some fan interviews on TV before one of the games. When asked their predictions for the game, Pittsburgh fans would say stuff like: "I look for a hard fought game, with the Penguins coming out on top in the end ". On the other hand, Philly fans would say stuff like: "I hope a bunch of the Penguins get all bloody and are taken off to the hospital on stretchers".

Good god, these people are full of spite and hatred! Perhaps due to Philly's geographic proximity to the state of New Jersey, some of that Jersey attitude has worn off on them. To be frank, both places are for the most part sewers, and the only discernable difference between the 2 is that Jersey smells like urine and B.O., while Philadelphia smells like poop.

7) Old people that vote in record numbers

They have a very strong influence on our elections, and their views are very conservative and resistant to change. The problem I have with this is how so many of these old people won't even live to deal with the consequences of the elections that they so strongly influence! Meanwhile, us youngins have to deal with the fact that they still think it's 1950, and vote accordingly. I call shenanigans! In my opinion, if you are 80 years old, you are already well set in your ways, and beyond needing health care, there really aren't too many issues that apply to you, as you just sit around all day and watch Matlock for a living. So ummmm, if you're living on a fixed income and sitting on more cash than you'll ever need, and you're probably going to die soon, why vote?

6) Young Republicans

Young people are supposed to question authority and rebel against the machine, but there are some certain preppie douchebaggy young people that buy into everything that Republicans say. Why is this? Because they listen to every single thing that their mommies and daddies tell them. When I think of the young republicans that I have known, they are always total straight-edged pussies that obey their parents' every command. A recent survey revealed that 80% of young republicans breastfeed until the age of 15. As for the other 20%, they are simply imbeciles. I remember a couple of times a few years back when I talked to a few of my conservative friends about why they were for invading Iraq. All of them said: "because they blew up the World Trade Center." Of course, these people were most likely under the assumption that all Muslims are terrorists. They were also all from Evangelical-esque religious fanatic families, which explains a lot. I really don't think I need to say more here. They suck, case closed.

5) Wiggers

I'll let white people that are actually from the ghetto slide here. I'm not from the ghetto, and neither are any of the wiggers that I've ever known. They are usually either rednecks from the sticks, or spoiled rich white kids. They embody absolutely nothing about being a thug from the hood. The worst part is, NONE of these guys are ever even remotely tough! They are always scrawny little pussies, yet they dress and talk like they are thugs. They wouldn't last in an actual ghetto for more than 30 minutes.

4) Frat Flamers, aka: Frat Boys, aka: Douchebags

Oh my FUCKING GOD do I hate frat flamers! These guys really take the fucking cake. They are characterized by a unique combination of trying to be both tough guys and pretty boys at the same time, just like Justin Timberlake. Ok, so not all frat guys piss me off, but most of them do. They are generally morons. From what I've seen in most cases, they are guys who were not really popular at all in high school, so they think that they'll get a chance to finally be "cool" in college. In other cases, they are the guys who were so hung up on being popular, that they feel as though they must continue on their perpetual path of maintaining coolness. Yeah, you're fucking cool alright......it's really cool to not only pay just to have friends, but to withstand homoerotic hazing as well. Yep, that's really fucking cool in my book (***the sarcasm meter has just exploded***).

They wear puffed up collars, gel, bleach, and spike their hair, and wear really stupid necklaces.

I wasn't trying to make a joke. They really do this.

I really could write a novel about how stupid these people are. For now, I'll just leave it at what I've already stated.

3) Fast and Furious Fags

I'm sorry if I offended anyone by using the word fag, especially homosexual people who would be insulted by the notion of having any sociocultural relation to Fast and Furious people, but "Fast and Furious Fags" is what these folks are called where I live. It's a fact of life. I'm not referring to gearheads in general. I'm referring specifically to the douchebags who are totally hardcore into buying "performance" parts to pimp out their Pontiac Sunfires and Acura Integras. These people don't actually know anything about cars, but will attempt to deceive you into believing otherwise by regularly using phrases such as "Catalytic Converter" and "Manifold".

They buy special mufflers to make their sporty subcompact Japanese cars sound like monster trucks. They use up all of their trunk space on expensive speakers so that they can blast their Insane Clown Posse and Eminem CD's while driving through areas with large amounts of pedestrians at 55 miles per hour in-between stop signs. They drink alcohol, but it's usually Mike's Hard Lemonade and Smirnoff Ice. They smoke dope, but it's always schwag. Their fenders are never any higher than 3 inches off of the ground, unless they have hydraulics. They pass people on 2 lane roads at every chance they get because they are such badasses.

In essence, Fast and Furious Fags are a clan who have subscribed to a lifestyle that's based around the primary activities of pimping out their car so it goes really fast even though there are things called speed limits that prevent them from driving as fast as they can without losing their licenses, and they all have murals of Paul Walker in their closets that they ritualistically masturbate to 5 times a day just like a Muslim praying to Mecca.

2) People named "Tom Green"

I know of one person named Tom Green, and he is the single most annoying fuckbag piece of shit that I've ever seen in my life. I was once forced to watch "Freddie Got Fingered" with people who thought that the movie was actually funny. I have never been so close to killing myself in my entire life, and thankfully have never seen any Tom Green movie or talked to those people in at least 5 years.

Wow, so I've really went off on a lot of people. But who could actually be worse than Tom Green, or wiggers, Fast and Furious Fags, and Frat boys?

I'll tell you who, but this one might just hit a little too close to home for a lot of you, so be warned..........................................

1) Any female who has ever married, dated, fucked, sucked, kissed, or given any sign of positive encouragement whatsoever to Tom Green, Wiggers, Fast and Furious Fuckbags, or Frat Flamers

Call be a chauvinist pig all you want, but...................WHY exactly do you think that these fucking assholes behave in the fucktarded manner that they do?

It's because some girls actually LIKE them! They dress the way they do, drive the nice cars and drive them fast, act like complete fucking dipshits, and paddle each other's asses because they think that it gives them a better shot at getting laid, and there are a lot females who re-enforce this theory by actually fucking these scumbags.

The above groups of males are generally the type who hit on every single female in sight when they are out in public, and there's always eventually some poor, unintelligent and confused girl with no self-esteem to facilitate their needs. Hell, I can remember a time when I was hanging out with a girl that was my friend, and a wigger came up to her and hit on her. She talked to him for at least 20 minutes, with a fake smile on the entire time. I asked her why she didn't tell him to fuck off. She replied by saying "Well, he seemed nice, and I didn't want to look like a bitch."

To that I say: LOOK LIKE A BITCH! BE A BITCH! DO NOT GIVE THESE DOUCHEBAGS ANY IMPRESSION THAT YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THEM AT ALL!

How the fuck else are we to put a stop to their behavior? If they were put in their place by females more often, they would cease their douchebaggery!

Well, I think my work is done here. Which of my stated groups do you agree or disagree with? Do you have any groups that you'd like to add in?

It is test time at school.  I must read listening scripts into the school intercom and hope the students understand.

Sample 1^st grade sentences:

“Are you Masahiro?”

“No I’m not.  I’m Shingo.”

This sentence reminded me of my pal Shingo.  He plays on my football team and is by Japanese standards, raucous.  His car looks like Kit but has a big flame motif on the bonnet.  Inside there are speedometers and valve gauges that are straight out of ‘The Fast and the Furious.’

Last Sunday I saw him at the local skate park (a few portable rails, a metal sided box and a self made ramp in a car park).  Him and his mates were practicing.  It was hot so I sat in the shade with some of the others who were not skating.  They had a bunch of tools lying around including an electric drill, a saw and a crowbar - they are predominantly tradesmen.  

Shingo took a break from kickflipping and pick upped the saw and began cutting branches from the vines shading the benches.  He asked how one would describe his actions in English.  He shouted “Tree saw,” until I left.  

I thought of tree saw as I read the 1^st grade test and did not laugh.

Yup, that just about says it all.

For my generation, it’s obvious…stimulation, over-stimulation, hyper-stimulation…

Remember Atari? It was cool. I got in on the gaming revolution way to late, but it was really cool. There was this one game, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, with its synthesizer theme “music” and brick-like pixel snakes to be avoided, I was completely amused. But then came the Sega-Genesis and Sonic the Hedgehog, always moving, and if you weren’t moving then you lost the game. So, my mind had to speed up in order to keep up. Skip a decade (because I did) and suddenly there is the multiplayer James Bond phenomenon…again, constantly moving, frantically fast paced. My eyes actually started to hurt after playing it for a while. Then X-Box came and with it we got, Halo…big…better…faster…more painful for my eyes…

But that’s just talking about games…

Movies are the same way…I remember watching Chariots of Fire when I was about 10 years old, one of the first movies I ever saw…I was riveted; the characters, the plot line, the breathtaking melody…Funny thing, recently I tried to watch it again, I barely made it through the first hour…slow, monotone, bland colors…nothing like the blockbuster Pirate extravaganza Hollywood had just put out for summer consumption. Our cinema is a thing of booming, exploding, crashing, flashing, and constant excitement.

And then, there are slogans… A good politician used to be memorable by his speeches; leaders were immortalized by their exquisite oration…now it’s all about catchphrases, blips, and even single watchwords. The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair began one of his addresses by saying, “Now is not the time for sound-bites. I can feel the hand of history on my shoulder”…Hellooo?!?! That’s one of the most amazing sound bites I have ever heard! But, even that feels a bit wordy. Today on the political front whole campaigns have been reduced from a pithy slogan to solitary names that say it all… “BUSH”…or equally to the point “GORE”. It’s ironic that in this age of mass marketing and advertising extraordinaire a really good point can’t actually even be made…no time…no patience…no toleration for the long winded explanation…so just flash a face in front of me, wave a color next to their head, and say their name clearly and deliberately so it can be understood…now that is a successful political canvassing.

The iPod has allowed us to create the portable soundtrack for our life…My friends make fun of me that the first thing I do when I get into my car is turn it to the day’s fresh Playlist. But they are the same way…ear buds always in…sound on.

Do you see what I’m getting at?

Our culture, like the movie, is fast and furious…our need for speed is farther reaching than just in the car world. Say it fast, think it fast…and make sure it keeps my attention!

Christianity isn’t much different than the world around it in this respect.

Die Story ist so egal wie austauschbar: Toretto und Brian treffen sich in L.A. wieder und müssen sich gegen einen gemeinsamen Gegner zusammentun.

Naja. Hier gibts n Video mit schicken Autos zum Film. Und am 5.06.09 in Amerikas Kinos.

Das alles fand sich natürlich auch alles schon hier. Aber hey - hier steht was zur Story... und der offizielle Filmtitel *g*

Mostrato il trailer 3 del Cavaliere Oscuro
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Prima immagine di Street Fighter
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Ecco titolo e trama di Fast and Furious 4
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Ecco il teaser trailer di The Spirit!
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Michael Stahl-David parla di Cloverfield 2
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Arriva Ghost in the Shell... dal vivo in 3D
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Spoiler dal casting call di Angeli e Demoni!
Inizieranno a giugno le riprese di Angeli e Demoni, l'atteso adattamento dal romanzo di Dan Brown: ecco il casting call del film, con tutti i personaggi che appariranno, le loro scene e la loro descrizione!

P.D: A mí aparte de risas, me provoca meterle la  patada del segundo 51 en sus mismísimos.

At ASI it was confirmed that Raw Thrills' would release a conversion kit for their racer Tokyo Drift and now we have the official word that the kits are now available. As we have stated before, the kits will go for a little over $2000 (price depends on the distributor but expect between $2200 and $2600) and can go into any Crusin' USA/World/Exotica, California Speed or Off Road Challenge cabinet. I was also told that they can go into SF Rush 2049 cabinets but that is not in the press release. From what I saw at ASI, as long as the person who does the conversion does a good job at fitting everything correctly and cleaning the cabinets up properly, it can appear to the untrained eye that these are new cabinets but your results will vary from one arcade to the other obviously. Hit the post break for the full release.

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The Fast and The Furious DRIFT Conversion Kit Announced

CARLSTADT, NJ, April 15, 2008 –Betson Enterprises is pleased to announce that the #1 Driver in the industry, The Fast and The Furious DRIFT, is now available as a full conversion kit. This full conversion kit featuring a Dell PC with pre-loaded software will allow operators to convert some of their tired older driving games into high earning, revenue producers.

With just a screwdriver and drill, operators can easily convert any Cruis’n USA, Cruis’n World, Cruis’n Exotica, California Speed and Off Road Challenge into a DRIFT! A full Graphic package included in the kit, will give that old cabinet a brand new look! With a small investment and minimal conversion time, operators will enjoy increased revenue while their players will enjoy the best driver on the market.

“The DRIFT conversion kit will allow operators to inject new life into their out-of-date driving games.” Said Bob Boals, Executive VP of Betson Enterprises. Betson would like to thank the Raw Thrills team for their efforts in designing this much anticipated conversion kit!!! Please contact your local Betson Raw Thrills distributor for product availability. For more information on the conversion kit, please contact us at 800-524-2343 or visit our web site at www.betson.com to find your local distributor.

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Now known as X-Files: I Want To Believe.

And in the blue corner, previously known as 4 Fast 4 Furious, 2 Fast 4 Fury and and merely The Fast & The Furious 4.

Now titled Fast And Furious.

We think the Diesel/Walker moniker gets it, if only because the title will cause soooo much confusion to stupid people once its part of the 4-disc box set. Which we will all want for Christmas 2009.

Fast and Furious. FAF. Three words.

It sounds a bit odd coming off the tongue, especially since most have known it as the 'Fast and THE Furious' franchise.

Anyway, IGN Movies reports that it's all about Diesel and Walker's characters not liking each other and united against a common enemy! WOAH! How innovative!

What a stretch of the imagination there, huh!? Well, let's hope there's a bit more depth to the plot.

Okay, okay, I know the, uhh... FAF/FATF franchise is all about speed and cars, but please... I'd like a bit of a plot this time. The first one is a classic, it started this thing off and launched tuner culture into the mainstream. The second was okay, highlight was Eva Mendes personally, but that Eclipse Spyder was as sexy as her. Almost.

Third... well... I don't know how you get a muscle car to drift. Let's just leave it at that.

They're looking to rake it in with the cast of the first movie though, so let's see if Fast and Furious can live up to the original.

They are filming again tonight in downtown LA. Base camp is 1st and Beaudry and it looks like they will be filming around 1st, 2nd, Beverly and Glendale Blvds. I just saw LA traffic starting to block the streets. Again, not a fan of the series but I just thought the fans of the series would like to know.

Centerville Dragway is awesome. We took our family last Friday night and had a blast. Anyone can race and you can race your family car or minivan if that is what you want to do. Every now and then someone does just for fun, I am sure they never expect to win. All I heard from my husband is how much he would like to buy a something he can fix up to race. I wouldn't mind I think I would be a rush to speed down the track. A full-size Blazer races there but it is modified and suprisingly fast. I was surprised by all the different types of vehicles there to drag.    

There are many different catagories to enter and lots trophies to be won. There is also motorcycle racing too, some hit 130+ mph. The season just started but there were still many vehicles racing. Later on many more will come when the weather gets a little warmer. People from the neighboring states come to race here as well as from some of the distant states. We enjoy going when we can. Just wanted to share these pictures and to mention that it only cost $5.00 to get in the gate in case anyone is ever down this way.   

Another stunning effort from rookie Jorge Lorenzo put him on pole for the race making it 3 poles from 3 attempts from the ultra-talented young Spaniard. Compatriot and arch rival Dani Pedrosa qualified in second with Valentino Rossi completing the front row. Curiously, this was Rossi's first front row start on Bridgestone tyres with the next Bridgestone shod bike being Casey Stoner back in 9th spot. Stoner had a pre-race to forget as Ducati continue to struggle with set-up issues.

                                             Jorge Lorenzo takes his maiden Moto GP win!

With all eyes on the weather light rain began to fall as the riders were making their way around for the warm-up lap with Rossi pointing to the sky. With the mechanics in the pits frantically preparing wet set-up spare bikes Loris Capirossi managed to line up in Casey Stoner's grid spot causing both riders to dismount their machines and push their bikes to the correct position while the whole field waited. After Casey Stoner's latest string of woes he must have been wondering what else could go wrong!

When the lights finally went out it was Dani Pedrosa who led the pack into the first lap with Lorenzo and Rossi hard on his tail. A cracking battle raged between the trio with Dovizioso in tow in fourth. The Honda rider was soon taken by both Yamahas with Rossi leading briefly until Lorenzo made an audaciously brave move at the uphill chicane to take Rossi. The Doctor had no remedy for Lorenzo's pace and dropped back to be hauled in and passed by Pedrosa soon after and fading to a distant third.

                                                  The action was fast and furious.

Pedrosa mounted challenge after challenge on Lorenzo but the rookie had an answer for every gain his bitter arch rival made. Pedrosa would pull Lorenzo back by a tenth and Jorge would reply by setting  new fastest laps and pulling out 2 tenths. He went on to comfortable victory with Pedrosa second and Rossi third. Dovizioso crashed out of fourth as did Nicky hayden with Colin Edwards taking that spot.

It was an eventful race for Casey Stoner for all the wrong reasons. Something had come loose on the bike around the left handlebar and was flapping in the wind with Stoner seen grabbing it several times and stuffing it back into the bodywork. It was later reported to be one of the onboard cameras that all bikes are obliged to carry by Dorna. Stoner clearly unhappy said later that the loose component was getting caught up in his clutch lever and was interfering with the bikes steering. Not what you need while racing at over 300 kph! He finished a credible 6th after languising around in 11th for most of the race. Needless to say Stoner and the Ducati team will be hoping for better fortune for the next round.

                   The patience of a saint. Casey Stoner must be wondering what else can go wrong!

So with Lorenzo and Pedrosa joint leaders in the championship and Rossi in third the Moto GP circus heads to Shanghai in China. A fantastic sweeping track with that 1.2 km back straight will perhaps suit the Ducati more than the last two venues. Will Lorenzo continue his dream run? Will The Doctor regain his winning ways or will Pedrosa and Honda top the podium? We'll find out on May 4th when hopefully we here at Gadget Freaks will have recovered sufficiently from last nights race!

                               Get used to this! Jorge Lorenzo celebrates his "Dream" victory.

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