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 the day was a Mk3! Leg0man filled us in on the details for the car:

“The winner of the event, with the fastest time and highest speed this year was a mk3! It’s a car from a shop local to me, AutoXtrem. Their best pass was a 10.36 @ 143.29mph.”

Upon further inspection, it looks like AutoXtrem is located up in the Great White North (Quebec to be more specific).

Since I don’t speak or read French (Marc Hubert recently confirmed for me that he and the Autoxtrem team speak English just fine), I can’t make much out of their website, but they do have some project photos and a video of their 10-second dragstrip pass.

UPDATE 07/23/08: Here is the video of the 10.36 run at 143.29mph at Waterfest this past weekend.

Below is another one of their many videos hosted out at YouTube.

Check these guys out and be sure to hit them up for some work if you’re in the area. It looks like they know Mk3s pretty well.

We have Radames Torres to thank for all the great photos from the event. AudiVWCrewPR also has their own event gallery with more.

The Mk3s at the show very similarly resemble the styling seen throughout the United States. Clean exteriors, smooth or textured stock bumpers, smoked lighting and roof racks.

Unique features at this show included several cars with yellow or amber lighting (which is starting to grow in the US scene).

Someone from NewBeetlePR put together a video of the event (11 minutes) and captured a few of our own members. Anarchy is seen around 8:00 and roly_vr6 at about 9:32. The video is hosted on DailyMotion.

Thanks to our members from PR for letting us know about the event and linking us out to the great show coverage.

If you are attending a show in your area and want us to feature your photos, please send show details, links to event coverage and your own comments or thoughts about the event,

Source: http://urltea.com/2z7g

I thought I had seen some bad speed bumps in my day, but this is just ridiculous.

From the Studded website:

E.T.C. Productions L.L.C. (Euro Tuners of Colorado) is a group of volunteer Euro car enthusiasts hoping to grow and expand the European auto sport scene in Colorado and abroad. Studded, our first project, is going to be a full-length, all-Euro Colorado action video showcasing local auto sports and events, not to mention the vehicles we love so much. Everything from car shows to drives to drag racing and track days. Any Euro is invited to attend any of our tapings and photo shoots. Studded is set to be released late 2007.

And the deeper meaning behind the project:

Our goal with Studded is to raise money in order to get Euro Tuners of Colorado from an LLC to a full-fledged Non-Profit Organization. Several of us are already involved in local charity and fund-raising events to help the community, but we saw the need to create an organization to unite the various smaller factions of Euro car groups throughout the state and offer a state recognized body to plan large events and shows with. If successful, we will expand the resources to raise money for local charities as well as offer a group of like-minded people an outlet to share interests.

Studded is set to be released on December 7, 2007, (just in time for the holiday season) and you can find their three pre-release trailers on YouTube.

Trailer 1 . Trailer 2 . Trailer 3

YouTube. 480p. 720p.

Like Ray mentioned, there is some awesome Mk3 coverage in the video, and like all the other stuff that wagenwerks has done, this video will not disappoint.

Yesterday I logged on to my MySpace account (which I very rarely use) and saw a bulletin posted by Kennon Fleisher. The bulletin was titled “waterflix.net” and was announcing the launch of his new website. waterflix is a film production group dedicated to the art of Volkswagen and Audi films. The group was started by Kennon Fleisher and Jeff Whittington.

Check out their videos here: http://www.waterflix.net/films.html

Unlike some of the other VW/Audi videos out there, the films from waterflix are easy to download. Dub.addiction was one of their first videos and really shows off the talents that this group has. From rolling shots to scrolling closeups and music choice to scene changes, these guys have thought of everything and they keep you entertained. I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on them to see what they put out next.

Taken from their website:

“We’re very excited to be attending V.A.G. Fair on Saturday August 4th on our turf of Central PA. Jeff and Kennon will be out collecting as much footage as we can, and editing a video for it. Expect the video to be done within a few days following the show and up on the website.”

V.A.G. Fair is slotted to have a great turnout and I’m sure the waterflix guys will make you wish you were there when the video is released. Stay tuned to waterflix.net and spread the word about these up and coming filmography geniuses.

The new video, “A Lot to Cary,” was put together with footage from BFI’s grand opening at their new location in Cary, NC. I remember seeing a thread about the event on Vortex, but I wasn’t aware of the collaboration between ww and BFI. I’m glad they got together to film this event though. I can’t wait to see the next killer video they release.

wagenwerks is fairly well known in the Volkswagen world due to their videos “Organized Religion” and “Significant Addiction.” They are available to watch on the wagenwerks website as well as on YouTube (in much lower quality.)

If you’ve got a few minutes to spare, head on over to their site and go through their videos. They’re definitely worth your while.