The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at the Long Beach Grand Prix featured celebrities galore, from ex-Laker Karl Malone and Clipper-fan Frankie Muniz to beautiful swimming Gold Medalist Amanda Beard to singer/songwriter/blob Meat Loaf. Super Street was invited so they could take caption-ready pictures of celebrities doing celebrity things while trying to drive Toyota Celicas on the streets of Long Beach. Even drift guru and race driver Rhys Millen came out to school the celebs.
Meat Loaf ordering another cheeseburger.
Toyota Nation Unites!
The 10th annual Toyota Fest was held in Long Beach, California recently, bringing in more than 250 Toyotas, thousands of Filipinos, and a countless number of lumpias atop the Queen Mary's front lawn. Hailed as the country's largest Toyota-only car show, Toyota Fest celebrates the finest cars ever made, from AE86s and Mangos to Scion and Lexus. Organizer Joji Luz expects next year's event to be even bigger. Visit www.toyotaclub.org for more information.
Karl Malone showing off what the Lakers are missing and what Kobe Bryant's wife needs in the bedroom.
Frankie Muniz's ballin' skillz are up to par with his acting skills.
BFG N' DA WRC
Much like the D-R-E to the C-P-T, B-F-G is heading for the W-R-C. That's right, acronym fans, BFGoodrich recently announced that it will be throwin' down with the big dogs in the 2006 World Rally Championship. BFGoodrich will be partnering with the Ford and Skoda teams. To celebrate we're offering this very exclusive, very limited, very choice BFGoodrich WRC edition iPod shuffle and Oakley crew shirt. But you have to have strength of street knowledge to earn this schwag. The first person who can tell us the names of both of the Ford WRC drivers for the 2005 season will win the O shirt and the i, er, Pod. Snail mailers need not apply, but then if you're not online you wouldn't know what to do with an iPod anyway. Send in your random guesses to news@superstreetonline.com with "BFG N DA WRC" in the subject line. For more info on BFG's lunge for rallying's top rung check out www.bfgoodrichtires.com.
Amanda Beard is fully shaven...because she's a swimmer! Get your head out of the gutter!
Stillen 350Z/G35/300ZX Customer Day
Do you drive a late model G or Z? Do you live in the oh-so-cool OC? Do you wish you could claim allegiance to either group? If you're like us and live in low-rent housing with an even lower-grade hooptie at least you could have rubbed your ashy elbows with the hipsters at Stillen's annual open house. The event featured dyno runs, shop tours, performance seminars, and a garage sale-alas, no lawn flamingos or broken Thigh Masters. If you missed this one you must hit next year's deal, because it will be Stillen's 20th Anniversary. Bookmark www.stillen.com for more info.
Hail Mary For Salvation
Because we've wasted most of our lives consumed with the selfish pursuit of hedonist acts of debauchery, we thought it was about time for one last desperate grasp for a better seat on that big bus ride to the afterlife. Our chance for a "get out of Hades free" card came when we were invited to bring a car to the Miller Children's Hospital in the LBC for a car show for the kids. It was all for fun and we were even awarded an up-close look at Mario The Toe's super fly SR20ed 510. If you want to help or you just feel guilty like us check out www.memorialcare.org/miller/about.cfm.