Sparky’s Speed Shop – Grand Opening Coverage

This past Saturday we were invited out to the Grand Opening of Sparky’s Speed Shop in Taylor, Texas. The city of Taylor is a small town of 13,575 people located outside of Austin, Texas. Sparky’s Speed Shop is owned and operated by Josh Mcguire. Josh is a Professional Formula Drift Driver who has won drifting awards such as Sonoma Drift and Lone Star Drift. Enjoy the pictures below from the event!

P.S. If you happen to live or be around Austin or Taylor, Texas please do drop by check out their facility for any of your automotive needs and tell them Auto Essence & NonStopTuning sent ya!

Sparky’s Speed Shop
203 Washburn Street
Taylor, TX 76574

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Round 4: Lone Star Drift Pro-Am Series (Josh Mcguire Mix)

We put together a compilation video mix of the Josh Mcguire and Friends runs. We have a lot of videos to shift through so I decided to create this mix. The location is Texas Motor Speedway near Dallas, Texas and usually plays host to NASCAR and IndyCar races. Lone Star Drift series visits TMS once a year and it does create a lot of smoke for the drifters.

Texas Motor Speedway track for drifting normally creates 60-80 mph turns in between the strange turn 1 and turn 2 entries; at turn 3 (the last turn aka “the bank”) consists of 80-100 mph drifting that produces the majority of the smoke on this track. TMS attracts the best drifters around the world as it does take quite bit of skill, speed and car control for a consistent drift run.

 

Round 3: Lone Star Drift Pro-Am Series

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Despite unpredictable weather conditions during Round 3 nicknamed, “Game of Cones,” the drifting continued as all competitors braved the storm through out the weekend. The event concluded as Kevin Williams grabbed 1st place in Pro-Am and Shaun St. Pierre won … Continue reading

Door Jamz – Round 1: Lone Star Drift Pro-Am Series

We weren’t able to make it to Round 2 in Mineral Wells, Texas; but here are some of our greatest hits from Round 1 in which I call “Door Jamz.” Enjoy!

 

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Houston Coffee and Cars: A Place For Supercars

Enough with the talk, here go the pictures.

 

CREDIT – Houston Coffee And Cars

 

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