It had been 3 years since my last drift event, some friends of mine decided they would make it out to this drift clinic last December and I tagged along. I was mainly there to document the stuff on the track, off the track, and get to shoot cars doing things we really don’t see down here in the valley. Another thing we don’t see too often down here are fully kitted cars, let alone a car this like that that actually gets loose on the track. Me being the type of guy I am, I kept to myself and just took a few photos of Hunter’s car – posted them on the blog, and saw him share a few over different social networks. When I found out we’d be back up for the Lone Star Drift series for round 1 – I had to take a shot and see if he’d be interested in a feature.

This shoot has pretty much been years in the making, since early 2011 if you want to get a bit more technical. I’ve known Steven and the rest of the ZeroGrip guys for years- and the last 240 he owned got sold well before we were able to setup a shoot and get it featured here on the site. It was the first V8 swapped 240 here in the RGV, yes…the first- and we have photos of it at the Gillmans’ First Annual Showoff -aka- HondaFest to prove it (go check out page 14). It’s been 4 years since, and just like the last, builds like this seem to mean more and go much smoother when you have the help, support, and the push from other like-minded enthusiasts.

Like typical “Gear-Trends Feature” fashion- it’s a few hours til I’m scheduled to put up a feature and I’m still figuring out what to write- but hey we’re all here for the photos most times right? Now this classic, yet awesome, Yoda quote popped into my mind while thinking over themes for this feature- and it could be because of all the heat my body absorbed yesterday at the beach…or it could just be a perfect fit. “Do or do not, there is no try”; those of us Star Wars fans know exactly what this translates to and for those that don’t well, it should all make sense after all this.