Speed Life to Take Over Florida
Officials from Toucan Industries recently announced that on July 19, they will be taking over the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, for what seems to be the largest import car/lifestyle party known to mankind, giving tuners and the industry's movers and shakers a place to connect and discuss tuner-related topics, such as the proliferation of acronyms, the objectification of male drag racers, and always a favorite, Super Street's world domination. The event will be called SpeedLife, which will include a car and fashion show, interactive zone, live entertainment, and free prizes. For more information, go to www.speedlife.com.
Drift D1 Contest in Full Effect
You've seen them in this magazine. You've heard of them through a misinformed message board. In fact, you may have even watched a bootleg video of them. No, we're not talking about Jonny's escapades with the 18th Street Locos, we're talking about the 2003 Professional Drift D1 Grand Prix. For this month's contest, we are giving away the only video that covers the 2002 D1 GP season with interviews of the winning drivers and the judges. As much as this is worth more than your '85 Honda Civic, you'll be much surprised when you hear that it is signed by the Drift King himself, Keiichi Tsuchya, making the net value of the video worth more than Ricky's mansion, Roel's collection of signed Mr. T action figures, and John's DKNY sandwiches combined. To win this prized video, we need to see cars with the sickest negative cambers to commemorate the beauty and art of drifting. So please do not send us pictures of slight negative camber because you cut your springs too low. Naw, we want crazy, change-your-tire-in-a-week, drift-style camber. Send in hi-res images (no stupid print-outs from your weak printer) or photos of your negative camber to Super Street Camber Contest, 6420 Wilshire Blvd., 9th flr., Los Angeles, CA 90048 or e-mail them to sstreet@primedia.com. For more information on other Option2 videos, contact Toyama Group, 713/731-2671, www.v-opt-usa.com. The deadline is June 1, 2003. Also, for those who are still sending in jokes for the Joke Contest, it's freakin' over already so stop sending them.
To Err Is to Be Human, to Be Curious Is to Be Jonny Wong
It's rare when Super Street admits to any wrongdoing, but we've been known to fess up on occasion. Cases in point: 1) John Naderi, in an uncanny R. Kelly similarity, tells the judge: "She said she was 18, Your Honor." 2) Jonathan Wong admits to enjoying some franks-and-beans once in a while. 3) Ricky Chu has confessed to yelling (with his fingers) at fellow drivers on the road for driving too slow, even though it's gridlock traffic and nobody is moving. 4) Roel Concepcion has pleaded guilty to enjoying the sounds of one Justin Timberlake. 5) Russell Brock has owned up to spitting at random people, more specifically Reggie the parking attendant, from the 16th floor of our building. However, these confessions don't even compare to what Super Street did to April's Interactive Wheel CD. Case in point: The Enkei ZR1, featured as one of the many wheels in the CD, is not the real Enkei ZR1. We accidentally snapped the wrong Enkei wheel. As a result of our complete stupidity, we are now showing you the real Enkei ZR1. In fact, why not just check out it yourself at www.enkei.com. OK, you can stop laughing at us now.