Check out our FD Seattle Offset Kings car show coverage. No other drift event held at Evergreen Speedway produces as much smoke, noise, and excitement as Formula Drift. When round 5 returns, people from all over the northern and western US make the journey to Washington State. This is the drift event to attend in the northwest and the thousands of spectators that show up for the main event know that it can’t be missed. Photos by TK Akiyama. Text by Matt Haugness.
Author: Matt Haugness
Matt Haugness
Matt created ImportMeet.com in 2011 after noticing a lack of media websites dedicated exclusively to import cars. Although he's employed as an engineer and has no formal training in journalism, his skills continue to develop as the editor for the site. He enjoys writing feature car articles, technical build/project articles, and organizing events. Matt drives a 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road and a 1990 LS-swapped Mazda RX-7.
Check out our FD Seattle drifting competition coverage. Round five of the Formula Drift Championship returned to Monroe, WA for the fifth straight year last weekend. With every round of the tour, Fatlace produces an “Offset Kings” car show on Saturday of the two day event. There is so much coverage overall we feel that the best way to present it is in two posts. Below you will find a gallery of some of the highlights of the car show as well as photos taken in the pits. Our full drifting coverage will be posted soon! Photos by TK Akiyama…
For the last six years, Acura of Lynnwood has had a meet or car show at their dealership in Lynnwood, WA. This year they approached us and wanted us to bring an even wider variety and quantity of cars. We had always heard great things about the event so we decided to join on board and try to make it even better. Text by Matt Haugness. Photos by TK Akiyama.
In addition to sponsoring our Import Meet Street Car Competition this year with some awesome prizes for the competitors, Hawk Performance is also providing us a $100 credit to give away to followers of the event. We’re going to select ONE lucky winner from all of the entries this Friday July 25, 2014 at 6pm. Follow the simple steps below to enter into the contest. We also have a promotional code below that anyone can be used to save 25% off of any order on the Hawk Performance website (promo code effective until 12/31/2014). USE PROMO CODE ‘RACEIMSCC’ TO SAVE…
StanceWars 2014 was once again held at Bellevue College in Bellevue, WA on July 5, 2014. This was personally my first time at the event and I was thoroughly impressed. Mike Tolliver and his crew at Happenstance Event Productions did an awesome job of bringing together some of the best stanced cars in the region (and some from even further away). This year they brought a mobile dyno to the event and this was an added form of entertainment for the thousands of spectators. I will definitely be making an effort to attend future StanceWars events as this was my…
Forum Fest has been THE automotive event to attend in the northwest for the last four years. It combined a large car show, drag racing, and drifting – essentially something for everyone. This year (because of regulations imposed by King County) drifting was removed and replaced with lead/follow laps around the track. It didn’t seem to change attendance numbers leading up to the event and everyone was optimistic that it would be another successful event despite the lack drifting. It wasn’t until a few days before when the weather forecast was published that people started to have flashbacks of the…
Competitor number five for the 2014 Import Meet Street Car Competition is Dan Nguyen and his 2010 Nissan GT-R. The IMSCC is an event that will compare some of the best import cars in multiple categories (drag racing, autocross, dyno, car show, etc.) on August 8-10 in Seattle, WA. Other competitors will be announced leading up to the competition so be sure to check back regularly. Join the Facebook event page for notifications. Dan Nguyen’s fascination with import cars started while working his first job as a clerk at a grocery store. When he was pushing carts in the parking…
Our fourth competitor for the 2014 Import Meet Street Car Competition is Blake Henney and his 1990 Honda Prelude. The IMSCC is an event that will compare some of the best import cars in multiple categories (drag racing, autocross, dyno, car show, etc.) on August 8-10 in Seattle, WA. Other competitors will be announced leading up to the competition so be sure to check back regularly. Join the Facebook event page for notifications. Blake Henney has always enjoyed owning cars that most people don’t usually consider fast. He loves being able to show up to a track and prove that…