Posted on 22 July 2008
Today I caught on to a discussion in the Waterfest 08 thread talking about the drag racing action from this past weekend.
In the thread and in his blog post, GT R4C3R mentioned that he was fairly unimpressed with the drag racing portion of Waterfest. What he failed to mention was that the fastest car of [...]
Posted on 20 July 2008
Text and Photos: George “GT R4C3R” Smolar
I just got back from my first Waterfest and boy was it hot. It must have been 95 degrees with 97% humidity. Either way, it was crazy fun. I cruised to the show with DubsOfQueens, a local group of VW and Audi guys I’ve started hanging out with lately.
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Posted on 25 June 2008
Two weeks ago, Lincoln, NE, played host to over 40 cars at the first annual Dub Center car show. VWs, Audis and BMWs cruised in from around the midwest (plus Georgia!) to converge on Pioneers Park, about an hour outside of Omaha.
Since Mk3Love was sponsoring both Mk3 classes at the show, I drove out to [...]
Posted on 11 June 2008
This weekend is the Dub Center event in Lincoln, NE, where Mk3Love is sponsoring 1st and 2nd place trophies in both Mk3 classes, Golf/GTI and Jetta.
If you’re in the area, please stop down at the show on Sunday, June 15. I will have shirts for the 1st place winners in each of our classes and [...]
Posted on 08 June 2008
The Schwab VW Tuning Day is still a relatively new event to the German Volkswagen community - first established in 2007, the event organized by Volkswagen dealership Autohaus Schwab proved to be quite the success and was sure to make a repeat performance this year. And by no means did it disappoint!
Held on the grounds [...]
Posted on 26 May 2008
A few forum members tipped us off to a huge Porsche & VW show that went down last month in Puerto Rico. On April 27, car enthusiasts from the local AudiVWCrewPR and EuroCrewPR clubs gathered from near and far for what appeared to be the 9th annual event.
We have Radames Torres to thank for all [...]
Posted on 22 May 2008
Primer, an event put on by Yarrow Thorne’s Yarrowsport, has roots all the way back to 2004 when his company opened its doors at their new location in Providence, RI. This year’s event on May 10-11 went off in a fashionable sense with new classes and just as many cars as ever.
One of our forum [...]
Posted on 12 May 2008
NE Dustoff show took place just a few weeks ago on April 27. Mk3Love’s very own Tom Whitaker (thewhitsnpt) was there staffing the show and representing his local club, Ocean State Dubs.
Tom is a moderator on the forum here and was charged with running the gate at the show. Mk3Love sent a shirt and a [...]
Posted on 23 March 2008
Official as of an hour ago, Mk3Love is now sponsoring both Mk3 classes (Golf/GTI 1st and 2nd place, Jetta 1st and 2nd place) at Dub Center 2008.
Dub Center is taking place on Sunday, June 15, at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, Nebraska. Pioneers Park boasts 1,100 acres of open-air and grassy fields with access to 37 [...]
Posted on 03 March 2008
Team VW-Speed.nl 6th Annual Midwintermeeting
Holding a car show in February is not all that usual, but the guys and gals from Team VW-Speed.nl didn’t care about that and created their Midwintermeeting. This time was actually the sixth time the show was held, and judging from the big turn out of cars, it was quite the [...]