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FRI, JUNE 12TH, 2009
Fundraiser for USA Olympic Athletes | Driftstar Clothing | Cook Out | June 14th
-by Anh-Tuan Tran

One of our team mate, Harry Vogel (A-fairlady) is a professional ice skater that is training to compete in the upcoming winter Olympic. He is currently holding several world records in skating and will be training to become an Olympic Gold medalist, but he needs your help. Driftstar Apparel is currently helping to support his dream and they are putting together a fundrasing cookout. The fundraiser is for Not 1, but 2 superstar athletes, Harry Vogel and Mariah Richardson, both are Team USA Athletes. They will be moving to Wisconsin to the Olympic training center.

Harry's 350z will be the Driftstar promo-car, and will be featured next to all of the newest Driftstar's apparel fresh off the press. There will be a cookout with burgers, hot dogs, and drinks for sale.  The money will go towards the the fundraiser.

There is no charge to get in, its simply a car meet with food, drinks, and a spot to chill with no issues. This fundraiser will be held at the training facility where Harry and Mariah practice so please be respectful.


Everyone is welcome!!!

June 14th 8pm until....
Location-
200 Stage Coach Trl
Greensboro, NC 27409
(336) 855-1669
SkatelandUSA.com

Here are some pictures of Harry's sexy 350Z:

















*photos taken by Kyle McManus
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FRI, MAY 8TH, 2009
HIN Sponsored UTI Roundup 09 Show
-by Anh-Tuan Tran

The good people putting together HIN will be putting together a FREE show on June 20th at the campus of UTI (Universal Technical Institute). UTI is a big sponsor of the HIN events, and they want to put together this great gathering for all the tuners in NC.

This show is an awesome deal for us, because they will be giving away all kinds of free stuff.

*There are FREE giveaways (tires, clothes, ect.)
*There will be FREE food and drinks
*It's a FREE venue, the whole freaking show is FREE
*Complimentary dynos (which typically costs $60)
*Just a great FREE event for everyone to enjoy

As if this isn't enough incentive for people to come to this FREE show, they're giving us a promo code to knock off $10 on registration fees for all cars entering HIN.  Definitely come through if you can.

Congratulations to Justin for finishing 3rd place in his autoX competition in Georgia.  Justin finished 3rd out of 11 drivers, missing the 1st place title by just one cone in his final run.  Justin is 12th in PAX out of 250 drivers, which is a great start since he's competing in the tough FSP class.  Here's a sweet picture of Nikki wedging a cone under the FrakenProtege.  Nikki also did very well herself, finishing right outside of the trophies in the open class.  With more time getting use to the car and tuning it, Justin and Nikki should make a killing in the autoX competitions to come.



If you would like to check out the FrankenProtege in action, Justin will be at these upcoming autoX events:

[] May 30th, 2009:  SCCA National Tour @ Blytheville, Arkansas

[] June 6th, 2009:  Blytheville Pro Solo @ Blytheville, Arkansas

[] June 20th, 2009:  DC Pro Tour @ Washington DC, Maryland

[] July 4th, 2009:  National Tour Stop @ Peru, Indiana

[] July 25th, 2009:  last Pro Solo season event @ Toledo, Ohio

[] September 5th, 2009:  Pro Solo Finale & SCCA National Championships @ Lincoln, Nebraska
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SUN, MAR 22ND, 2009
TEAM RPM'S NEWEST MEMBER
-by Anh-Tuan Tran

I would like to welcome our team's newest member, Tonney Neouv.  Tonney sports a super clean 1994 Toyota Supra TT, stay tune for more pictures.  (picture courtesy of Kyle McManus)

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WED, FEB 18TH, 2009
KYLE'S PHOTO FEATURED ON IMPORT TUNER MAG
-by Bowie Tran

Kyle McManus recently has his picture of Harry's 350z featured on the newest issue of Import Tuner.  As you can see, the snap is simple but mag-worthy with a dynamic range of color and a sharp focal point.  Congrats to Kyle for a job well done.

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MONDAY, FEB 10TH, 2009
ZONG'S SKYLINE R33 GTR
-by: Bowie Tran

A shout out to my buddy Zong, he's about to have a baby soon.  Here's his other baby!



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FRIDAY, FEB 6TH, 2009
ALEX PENTO'S BMW M3
-by: Anh-Tuan Tran

The photography and editing skills of Team RPM's own Joe Woo never seizes to amaze me.  Here are some photos he did of Alex's M3:






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THURSDAY, FEB 5TH, 2009
PHOTO EDITING ATTEMPT
-by: Anh-Tuan Tran

I was so inspired by Kyle's excellent photos, I decided to dabble in some photo editing myself.  Here's one that I made of my SC300:



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WEDNESDAY, FEB 4TH, 2009
GREENSBORO RPM PHOTOSHOOT
-by: Anh-Tuan Tran

Here's a recent photoshoot we did with Kyle and Bruno in Greensboro, featuring Stephen's S2000, Bowie's TC, and Harry's 350Z.  The photos turned out amazing, check it out:

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