The LEE Collection at the Bend Motorsport Park

It’s a funny thing old social media and I had it come full circle on me recently. I have been seeing all these amazing cars pop up in Perth recently, finally when a new model Ford GT arrived I did some further digging. Turns out a lot of these cars belong to one man, a gentleman by the name of Laurence Escalante. Anyway a short Instagram stalk later and I was soon following @theleecollectionperth (that is the Lance East Exotics Collection in case you are wondering). Anyway I had been bugging my mates saying ‘follow this guy’ and ‘did you see that latest story’ when I noticed they were at the Bend Motorsport Park….

All Japan Day 2021

With the way the world is at the moment (I am trying to avoid the dreaded C word – you know what I mean) I just want to thank everyone involved in hosting All Japan Day (AJD). It is not hard to imagine that the 2021 version could have been cancelled, a victim of the C… but it wasn’t! So let’s give thanks to the volunteers who gave up their time and come with me for a day out featuring some of the best Japanese cars Adelaide and surrounds has to offer.

Track Day – The Bend Motorsport Park

It was a very early morning wake up call as my alarm started blaring at 4.45am – of course I was up immediately as I was heading to The Bend Motorsport Park. I have been there before but this time was a first for me, I was entered to complete laps in my own car!

Rs Meeting 2020… Kind of!

2020 Has been something else, among everything else going on I want to take a break for 5 minutes and focus on Rs Meeting. Another event that had to radically change for 2020, it was essentially a closed event with no spectators and only 400 cars being eligible for the traditional photo shoot. Obviously travelling to Japan was out of the question for me as well. So with that in mind let’s go on a virtual trip to Fuji Speedway…

Sportscar Sunday – Sept 2020

I don’t want to drone on about 2020 so let’s take a minute or two to have a break! Sportscar Sunday (SCS)is an event I have been looking forward to for months, so it was exciting to get out of bed early on a Sunday morning, head along, look at and talk cars! The fact many car events have been cancelled recently just added to the excitement.

Cars & Coffee Blackwood – July

Cars and Coffee Blackwood returned in these strange times to a rapturous applause – well in a car kind of way! The weather was as good as one could expect for July… but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm.

RWB – Hanzo

There are some events, people and brands that transcend the various sub genres of the modified car scene and it is fair to say Rauh Welt Begriff (RWB) is one of those. Personally, whether it’s your number one style or not is a bit irrelevant as you can appreciate, the dedication, work and passion. Hearing that Mr RWB himself, Akira Nakai, would be here in South Australia to create the first RWB build of 2020, I knew I would have to witness it myself. With that in mind I took the hour or so drive from Adelaide to the Bend Motorsports’ Park.

All Japan Day 2020

No doubt about it, All Japan Day (AJD) is Adelaide’s premier JDM event, held every year for as long as I can remember, it is always a great day and this year was no different. You might remember last year I entered and covered the day with a disposable camera (if you don’t recall you can check it out here) but unfortunately this year I wasn’t entered. In fact, for various reasons I only got 45 minutes to rip around AJD so here it is:

Porsche Spotting Adelaide Fundraiser

As I have mentioned in previous posts, it has been a horror season of bushfires across the country and here in South Australia. With that in mind @porschespottingadelaide along with @fuddsburgers and other generous sponsors, got together to hold a fundraising event. I headed along with a few mates, here is how the day went down:

Jaf’s Last Cruise

This will be my last post for 2019 (if I can get it done before midnight!) so before I jump into it – just a quick thanks to everyone who has read, viewed, commented, liked, etc. it has been a pleasure!