EVENT – Showcased Presented By The-Lowdown.com

It was a beautiful sunny day in Sydney, Australia as it played host to the one of the best meets Sydney has ever seen; Showcased presented by THE-LOWDOWN.com. This was the perfect opportunity for enthusiasts from all over Australia to come together and share their love for cars, whether it’s a time attack machine or a show car on bags, this meet had it all. With cars from interstate driving more than ten hours to attend and workshops working overtime to get their car ready to be debuted at Showcased. Read more

EVENTS – 24 Hours of Racing, 36 Hours of Fun! – PT3.

Let me take you back to the Nurburgring 24 hour race once more. Due to the trip both Allard van Grafhorst and myself made to the Le Mans 24 hours these photo’s have been laying around catching dust. Here is more on the Sunday of the race. Read more

FEATURE – THE FAIRLADY ZED 432R

I simply could not believe it. I just stood there staring at it in disbelief, wondering if it was really the genuine holy grail for all Zed lovers. Could it be the rarest and most valuable Fairlady Zed in the world; the Fairest Lady of them all?

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EVENT – IMPORT MONSTER SKYLINES AUSTRALIA NATIONALS 2011

I’ve been looking forward to this event for a while and now the Skylines Australia Nationals 2011 is officially over and what an event it was! Listening to RB motors screaming all day around a track to a nice and quiet Show n shine the day after at Shepparton Showground was quite the contrast… Read more

FEATURE – KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – A LITTLE SLICE OF JDM PART 1

From the moment you arrive in Kuala Lumpur, you see nothing but Protons and Peroduas. But in the right place, at the right time and suddenly you are overwhelmed by what you can see. But once in these little oasis areas you feel the joy of seeing hundreds of JDM cars packed together. A little slice of Japanese automotive heaven in hot and humid Kuala Lumpur. From this clean Mitsubishi Evolution VI to an immaculate workshop, which we will be showing more of later, Kuala Lumpur has it all. Check out the wheels on that R34.

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EVENT – FORZA MORTORSPORT 4 NIGHT AT ZEN GARAGE

With the release of the newly anticipated Forza Motorsport 4 on the Xbox 360 console Zen Garage hosted a Forza night at their new warehouse space in Sydney, Australia. It was an industry night and we at 7Tune were there to bring you coverage of the whole event.
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WTAC NEWS SCOOP – CYBER EVO LAUNCHES PROTEST

In the wake of Sierra Sierra’s stunning 1:29.024, the Cyber Evo team has launched a protest, claiming that the American team is running NOS; a claim the Sierra Sierra team deny.

Sierra Sierra has invited the Cyber Evo team to come and inspect the car but as of this moment no one has visited.

This news has come as a surprise to the paddock as the Sierra Evo has blasted out of the box to take the top time by a long way, leaving the Cyber Evo team to make up almost a second over the next 3 sessions.

Just to add a little more drama to the situation, the Sierra car is currently out of the running for sessions 2 and 3 with a blown head gasket but they expect to run for the final session which is sure to be a blockbuster ending to a fantastic event. Crucially, the weather has cleared here and the rain clouds that threatened the event have been blown upwind meaning there is plenty of action still to come.

7Tune is live on hand with the latest news and we’ll be back soon with more from a bright and sunny Eastern Creek raceway with more news, entertainment and information.

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Words – Adam Zillin

Photos – Adam Zillin and Brendan Mok

WTAC 2011 – SATURDAY TIMES: PRO CLASS SESSION 1

There’s been a big upset in the first session for the Pro class with David Empringham taking the Sierra Sierra Lan-Evo to top spot with a commanding 1:29.024; some 7 tenths faster than the best Tarzan Yamada could muster with a 1:29.791. Empringham’s stunning time was made when everybody believed that the track would be at its best and with the threat of rain closing in for the afternoon, there is every chance that we already have our final result. Read more

WTAC 2011 – THE FRIDAY RESULTS

The 2011 WTAC has already heated up and the pace was frantic from the very minute the lights went out in all three classes. There were plenty of surprises today and none more dramatic than the way Tarzan Yamada clinched top spot in the dying moments of the final session with a 1:30.369 smack-down to his nearest rivals; the Revolution FD RX-7 and the Sierra Sierra Evo Lancer… Read more

WTAC 2011 – PREVIEW

Welcome to Eastern Creek Raceway, the home of World Time Attack 2011 for the next three days. Over the next three days we will be bringing you all the action straight from the track, pit and all the action behind the scenes. Be sure to check in regularly to keep up to date with what’s happening at Eastern Creek and watch the event unfold from the comfort of your own home. Read more

FEATURE – N24 VS JAPAN

With over 200 cars battling each other at the Nurburgring 24 hour race it will not come as a suprise that among them were several Japanese machines. 370 Z’s, S2000′s, a variety of Civics, a single GTR and an Impreza made their way through the twisty curves of the Eiffel tarmac. Read more

PRODUCTS – GT-R COMPLETE FILE IN ENGLISH!

“Can’t get enough of the Nissan GT-R? The “R35 GT-R Complete File” should satisfy your hunger. It’s a comprehensive look at the car that turned the sports car world upside down. Created by the editors of Option magazine, the JDM tuning oracle, this magazine is 160 pages of in-depth reporting, comparisons, track testing and tuning secrets. There isn’t a topic related to the GT-R that isn’t covered. And there isn’t another publication of its kind, anywhere…” Read more

FEATURE – PLR ON THE 2010 NISMO FESTIVAL

Are you up for another tour of the Nismo Festival 2010 ? As Adam was roaming all over the Fuji Speedway on the day, shooting away at the track and pits alike, I was doing the same on a slightly different timing and itinerary. Here is my take on the event to complement his.

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FEATURE – ADAM ON THE 2010 NISMO FESTIVAL

I ran a minor marathon at the 2010 Nismo Festival today and in the process, I’ve put at least 25 more kilometers on the body and shed 3 kilograms! Fuji Speedway is a major feat for any photographer to try and cover but with so much on offer at events like the Nismo festival, it is physically impossible to get it all done yourself so for part one in a series, 7tune ‘togs will share their own experiences from the event the way they experienced it, starting with yours truly… Read more

Random Snap – Hakosuka Paradise

It wasn’t meant to happen like this…or was it? I wasn’t really paying attention to the surroundings, just minding my own business, listening to a little Grover Washington Jr when I spot a silver Hakosuka chassis on a hoist in a random shop on the road I was taking home. Of course you know how these things end… Read more

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