It was September 27th, a Tuesday, when I got the email; “Welcome to Super D Matsuri at Grange Motor Circuit…If you are receiving this email, your media application has been accepted and approved”. I don’t think I’ve re-read anything more times just to be certain I wasn’t seeing things, this was the final piece missing from the planned trip some friends and I had decided to take for a few months now. We had our plane tickets, hotels reserved, car rental all good – and now I had confirmation I would be one of the few media guys out there on the track. This would be my first time in California, and the first big trip for any Gear-Trends coverage.

At this rate I’m sure moving to San Antonio seems like a more logical option haha. I’ve been lucky enough to make it out to another San Antonio Drift event, this time Round 2 of the USA D1 Series! It’s starting to becoming easier to remember the cars, some of the drivers, and how close I can get to them thanks to their consistency (the gf still isn’t to hapy about that last part- I don’t blame her). No matter how many events I get to shoot up here, each time seems to be different.

I always wanted Gear-Trends to not only post up features, but to also cover different types of Motorsport events. I finally made it a point to start attending some of these events and getting some coverage so people can see all aspects of racing that goes down here in the RGV. Now the majority of people here already know about drag racing, there are a select few that have gone up to several drift events, but in our own back yard we have an entirely different type of racing going on