Under Pressure > After some
Evo Lovin yuh bound to get a Blow-off!!!
 Well,
Carnival is definitely over and Trinidad is supposed
to be observing the 40 day lenten period beginning
on Ash Wednesday, the day after Carnival Monday
and Tuesday. Since our last EvoLovin
outing on Valentine's Day 2004 we knew the other
Evolution and Subaru drivers got a wee bit jealous.
Like typical hot-blooded Trinis they had some extra
steam to blow off with the Soca shutdown in effect.
It was for these reasons we decided to revisit Wallerfield
with no less than seven Evo VII's including a GT-A,
three Evo VI's, two Evo V's, a GSR / Evo V hybrid,
a Galant VR4 and four Subaru Imprezas. Just to be
fair we threw in a moderately tuned S-15 Silvia
and an SOHC VTEC turbo Civic Hatch into the mix...
We
began with a bit of a briefing to let the drivers
know what the plan was and to invite everyone to the
planned driving school programme. Today we were going
to find out who really needed the training. Cameras
were set up at some of the more exciting corners and
one mounted through the sunroof of a Mitsu Galant
GDI (hazard lights on of course). We started off by
setting up a mock-JDM garage sale (read cars parked
on the grid shots) then slowly got moving, trying
our best not to instigate a breakaway.
 After
the third photo lap, that was it... Drivers adjusted
their boost settings and floored it! In the corners,
the real skills showed up as drivers proceeded to
put the balls to the wall– SIDEWAYS! On more
than one occassion there were seemingly close calls
as the limits of tire adhesion were left behind and
counteracted by years of rally experience, raw talent
and in one case just plain luck. It was pure madness!
Like Soca warriors on the track, these turbocharged
animals blew off a storm! Taking these photos was
pure exhilaration, as each machine blew past us in
an attempt to catch the next man that just rocked
our cameras as we puttered along in our pace wagon,
trying not to wet ourselves...
We
definitely plan to do this again, some couldnt make
it and others we couldnt get in touch with in time
- Next time will be bigger.
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