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MotoIQ Radio: AEM’s Paul St. Clair, Playboy MX-5 Cup’s Beth Chryst, and Global Time Attack’s John Naderi

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MotoIQ Radio: AEM's Paul St. Clair, Playboy MX-5 Cup's Beth Chryst, and Global Time Attack's John Naderi By Justin Banner & Kerryann De La Cruz AEM's Paul St. Clair will join us…

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Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate’s 2012 Scion tC

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Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate's 2012 Scion tC By Justin Banner When I first saw Michele Abbate and the Gruppe-S 2012 Scion tC at Buttonwillow for Round 1 of the MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car…

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MotoIQ Radio: Formula Drift Driver, Danny George, TORC Driver Casey Currie, and AEM’s Paul St. Clair

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MotoIQ Radio: Formula Drift Driver Danny George, TORC Driver Casey Currie, and AEM's Paul St. Clair By Justin Banner & Kerryann De La Cruz You've seen him in action, you've seen…

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MotoIQ Radio: Yukio Taira of Garrett Turbos, driver Corry Weller, Dieter Heinz of HG Motorsports, and driver Christy Carlson

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MotoIQ Radio: Garrett Turbo's Yukio Taira, Weller Racing's Corry Weller, HG Motorsports' Dieter Heinz, and Christy Carlson By Justin Banner & Kerryann De La Cruz On This Week's Show we'll have Garrett Turbo's…

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Sneak Peak: Forza Horizon

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Sneak Peak: Forza Horizon By Justin Banner Honestly, every game has to do it. Change the norm to keep the audience going and racing games are no different. You have…

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MotoIQ Radio – Shea Holbrook, Fredric Aasbo, Jarod Deanda, and Jim Liaw

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MotoIQ Radio: Shea Holbrook, Fredric Aasbo, Jarod Deanda & Jim Liaw By Justin Banner & Kerryann De La Cruz On This Week's Show we'll have World Challenge Touring…

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Formula Drift Round 6 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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Formula Drift Round 6 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway By Justin Banner I keep saying it, but this season in the Formula Drift Pro Championship has been one to remember.…

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Team Garrett Turbo NMCA West Race Report

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Team Garrett Turbo NMCA West Race Report By Justin Banner It was scorching. That was the best way to describe the conditions at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Pomona,…

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Feature Car: Edik Stepanyan’s DA-Chassis Acura Integra

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Sneak Peek: Edik Stepanyan's DA Integra By Justin Banner I have to be the first to admit, this little car surprised the hell out of me when I first saw…

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Formula Drift Round 5 – Evergreen Speedway

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Formula Drift Round 5 – Evergreen Speedway By Justin Banner Anyone who says that this 2012 Formula Drift season hasn’t been interesting is not really being honest with themself. At…

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Formula Drift Round 4 – Wall Speedway, NJ

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Formula Drift Round 4 – Wall Speedway, NJ By Justin Banner You know, I’m really starting to wonder what it is about Formula Drift, weather, and Wall…

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Global Time Attack Round 2 – Road Atlanta

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Global Time Attack Round 2 – Road Atlanta By Justin Banner A field of 23 cars took to Road Atlanta for the Two Day event to find out who…

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Formula Drift Round 2 – Road Atlanta

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Formula Drift Round 2 – Road Atlanta by Justin Banner Now, let me first start off with an apology. For those of you who don’t follow me on twitter (@jb27tt)…

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Killer Scooter SoCal Super Sunday

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Killer Scooter's SoCal Super Sunday By Justin Banner So, what is it? What is Super Sunday and why is it so special? Why would anyone want to come out and…

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Formula Drift 2012 Round 1 at Long Beach

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Formula Drift 2012 Round 1 at Long Beach: Finals! By Justin Banner We had such a quiet off season, no real big rumors or big deals seemed to really pop…

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Formula Drift Round 1: Long Beach Qualifying

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Formula Drift Round One at Long Beach: Qualifying By Justin Banner A new track can be a pain to drive or drift on, but what about a mostly repaved street…

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A Look at Dai Yoshihara’s 2012 Formula D S13

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A Look at Dai Yoshihara's 2012 Formula D S13 By Justin Banner The Falken Team was spotted at Willow Springs Balcony a few days ago shaking down Dai Yoshihara's 2012…

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Formula Drift 2012 Rules

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Formula Drift 2012 – New Year, New Rules! by Justin Banner Formula Drift, and drifting in general, is possibly the most unique motorsport in the fact that many of the…

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Top Drift Round 1

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Top Drift Round 1 By David Karey A whopping 60 drivers registered to compete in the first round of the popular Formula Drift recognized Pro-Am series, which as always was held…

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2012 King of Hammers

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The 2012 King of the Hammers: The Ultimate Desert Race! By Justin Banner The 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers is an off road special of which many have never…

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Jim Wolf Technology Nissan Valve Spring Removal Tool

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Doin' WORK! The Jim Wolf Technology Nissan Valve Tool By Justin Banner Being able to remove a valve spring or even the retainer can be a bit of a challenge. Add to that fact when Nissan…

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100 Drifters of December

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Christmas Comes Early! The 100 136 Drifters of December By Justin Banner The 100 Drifters of December at Summit Point Motorsports Park is quickly becoming a legend in East Coast Drifting. Sanctioned by Drift…

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Project Defiant1: KA24DE Build-Part 2

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Project Defiant1: KA24DE Built Part 2: The Devil's Details By Justin Banner The KA24DE, the engine that Nissan should have installed in the 240SX from the start and where many should have started with…

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Project Defiant1-KA24DE Build-Part 1

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Project Defiant1: The KA-Engine Build By Justin Banner With time ticking and the S12 not getting much of anywhere, it's going to be amazing if Defiant1 and I reach our goal. I…

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Forza Motorsport 4 Review

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Sim-Speeding: MotoIQ Reviews Forza Motosport 4 By Justin Banner When Turn 10 Studios brought Forza Motorsport out in 2005, it was a refreshing change from not only Gran Turismo,…

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Dai Does It!- Formula Drift Round 7 at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, CA

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Dai Does It!- Formula Drift Round 7 at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, CA By Justin Banner For such a wild season, everyone was expecting the same old Toyota Speedway, the…

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Crew Chief Profiles: Costa Gialamas

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Crew Chief Profiles: Costa Gialamas By Justin Banner 1. Profile Information Name: Costa Gialamas Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ. Hometown: San Clemente, Ca. Age: 32 Nickname (If you have one): None Company…

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Driver Profiles – Kyle Mohan

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Driver Profiles – Kyle Mohan By Justin Banner 1. Profile Information Name: Kyle Mohan Birthplace: Long Beach, CA Hometown: Long Beach, CA Age: 29 Nickname: Kyle “The Menace” Mohan, per…

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Formula D Behind the Scenes: Round Six Las Vegas

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Formula D Behind the Scenes: Round Six Las Vegas By Justin Banner Being able to come in on the Thursday of a Formula Drift weekend kind of gives you the…

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Formula Drift Round Six – Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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Formula D: Round 6 – Las Vegas by Justin Banner Thursday practice started out the weekend and a few cars got mangled. Formula Drift Asia drivers Emmanuel “Dio” Armandio and…

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Project Defiant1: Introduction & Concepting

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Project Defiant1: Introduction & Concepting By Justin Banner When I first bought this $250 S12, I intended to use it as a Rallycross car, but it just remained an…

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Driver Profiles: Joon Maeng

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Driver Profiles: Joon Maeng by Justin Banner Another fan favorite, Joon “Gentle” Maeng is the driver of the Nitto Tire/Bergenholtz Racing Mazda RX-8! While he was given the nickname, has he…