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| I just wanted to take pics of that GT300 car but this was as close as I could get. | Check out some of the serious rigs these guys tote. | A mouthbreather convention. |
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| Its usually easier to get pics of the girl's backs. | What a mob. These girls were wearing belly dancer outfits, I dunno what was up with that. |
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| This is media day? |
Race Queens
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| I got this girl to pose and a camera boy jumped in ruining the picture. |
The Camera Boys primary target is the race queen. Race queens are the spokesmodels hired by companies to do things like look pretty in product booths, hold umbrellas at the races, etc. For some reason in Japan the Race Queen is the biggest thing about the whole automotive scene or it at least appears that way. Do guys drool over the crazy JGTC GT cars? Do they dream of drifting with the D1 Stars? Do they want to drive a Time Attack car? No, it appears that many males just want to get close to a race queen and take her picture.
This phenomenon is beyond me, there are booths where you can get a signed poster from the top JGTC drivers and D1 drifters but they are lightly populated. More guys are simply interested in the Queens. See above about camera boys. The Japanese ideal beauty is a little different from ours, these girls are SKINNY. Like starve yourself but don't work out skinny. Not curvy, healthy looking skinny like our models. Straight teeth are not worshiped in Japanese culture either like in American culture. The girl's outfits are straight out of sci-fi anime. At least this year I noticed that the outfits waistlines are getting somewhat lower, still about 2 inches north of ours. I didn't notice as many cases of obvious granny panties as in years past. Apparently underwear and waistlines are getting somewhat more westernized. JDM boobies are getting bigger as well. I don't think genetics progress this fast so I believe that these are some sort of body kit. I looked at some of the girls and wondered how they were models because they were not so hot. Still despite these differences due to culture, there are still many models that are gorgeous by American tastes.
For a gallery of Race Queen shots look here
Cars
Oh yeah, TAS is primarily a car show so look at some of these cars.
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| Ron was tripping out that he found a Buzz Lightyear on one of the cars. |
