Interest thread-Team Sahlen Car Show and Shop Tour

[Coppertone]

hot dog and ketchup ~ because she's always running to catch up ... so cute!

Marlon showing Wes the TWM Performance short shifter that will be going into the Mazdaspeed 3 ...

Ivan checking out the fit in the speed3

and the rest ...
http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/Haasesum1/Mazda Meet at Team Sahlens Oct 01 10/

 

[fishdonotbounce]

Awesome! Definitely looking forward to more events like this in the future.

 

[Coppertone]

here's the link to Team Sahlen's photos - it took me a few mins to find them, so i thought i'd help you all out ... had a GREAT time ... thanks to Will and Jay, et al for the wonderful mazda family hospitality ... a new friendship has blossomed ...

http://www.teamsahlen.com/index.cfm?template=pa&pa_id=5815

 

[jri4]

My pics will be up first thing on Monday morning--sorry for the delay guys! Oh, and circular polarizers on camera lenses are like making your camera wear sunglasses--great for noontime sunny shots of race cars going around the track, but not so great for shots indoors...

This was awesome, and again thank you!

 

[PrinceValorum]

Circular polarizers on camera lenses are great for noontime sunny shots of race cars going around the track, but not so great for shots indoors...

I wondered why your shutter sounded so slow, even with the flash!

 

[jri4]

Yeah, but I didn't want to take it off because I have no way of storing it without it getting dirty/scratched...I dunno, photography on a budget sucks big time! LOL

 

[PrinceValorum]

Yeah, but I didn't want to take it off because I have no way of storing it without it getting dirty/scratched...I dunno, photography on a budget sucks big time! LOL

Haha, yup. I would have taken it off and clipped it to the lens cover and then put it in my pocket with the uncovered side towards me so if I forgot and leaned on something it wouldn't explode.

 

[jri4]

Clipping it to the cap is a good idea--I'll try and think of that next time! The pics don't look terrible, I just have to do more work to them in editing...

 

[jri4]

Entire photoset available here: Team Sahlen Shop Tour-Flickr Photoset

Just a few favorites:
Team Sahlen Shop Tour_004 by JRI Photography, on Flickr
Team Sahlen Shop Tour_017 by JRI Photography, on Flickr
Team Sahlen Shop Tour_021 by JRI Photography, on Flickr

 

[PrinceValorum]

Everything looks good, thanks for sharing!

 

[o0n8]

i don't know what to think of the last picture of me. i have a kinda blank stare right at the camera. maybe i was thinking go open the garage door, i'm taking this home.

 

[Lewis7789]

Nice shots, Chipmunk! Those pics of all of us sitting in the car are hilarious. We all have huge grins.

 

[jri4]

It was definitely a good time! It was fun to not have anything to do or running around, we just sat in business executive chairs and stuffed our faces then sat in race cars... All the pics look great--some are hilarious! So many funny captions could be had...

 

[Lewis7789]

I'm just a little surprised no one else made race car sounds when sitting in the Speed3... Am I the only kid who needs to grow up? Haha!

And I agree, Nate. I think we were all thinking about how to get that beast on the street. That whole evening was so much fun.

 

[o0n8]

i made them in my head when i was playing with the shifter in the car

 

[thejeans]

too bad we wouldnt have gotten very far... haha

no headlights on the ms3 + how dark it was out there = very very short ride haha

 

[THE Phen]

They should have head lights... you'll see them flash them from time to time on the track.

 

[o0n8]

the speed3 had carbonfiber peices in place of the head lights. it races in the ST class in continental series. the rx-8's had their head lights

 

[fishdonotbounce]

I thought those cf pieces were just covers?

 

[thejeans]

there was no headlight behind the cf pieces on the speed....