Adventure Time! Earlier this week we hit the road to discover Catalina Park, a disused motor racing venue located at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains.
So special, so emotional. Check out the entire feature here: http://zengarage.com.au/2014/01/catalinaraceway
Anton’s new watch from Deus. Face is MASSIVE. Have to admit I’m jealous of people who can wear big faced watches… my wrists are just too thin!
Danny’s GSXR. A WIP but it already sounds and looks amazing.
Ved’s incredible Chicken Schnitzel.
A snippet of a video that Anastasios Velliss took last Friday at Wakefield Park. Watch the Polo lose it in front of me (pretty scary shit!).
The tiniest puff of smoke ;) hehehehe so cute!
Love this shot of me sliding turn 2 in the MX-5 at Wakefield last Friday. Love Sam’s shots, always. Check out his facebook page for more: https://www.facebook.com/streetfans.net
Same time as last time.
I signed up for the House of Stance track day late last year, it was held last Friday and to be honest it crept up so fast I was nowhere near ready, and had myself wondering why the fuck I even agreed to be on the track so early in the year (I feel like I’m still recovering from New Years!).
In typical fashion I rocked up late (stuff being at Wakefield at 8am!!!). I drove in to Zen to get my MX-5 and got to Wakefield by about 10.30/11AM.
Garages were completely full and there were no House of Stance guys to be seen, turns out it was a John Boston Track School Day, not a House of Stance track day. LAME! I was hoping for hilariousness! I saw a couple of the JDMST Forum guys who thankfully lent me a garage for the day (thanks Sam!). And it turns out all of us sharing a garage had similar speeds so a lot of fun was had out on the track each session.
The day was hot, lots of people were struggling with the heat and general consensus was cars were slower due to the heat (with lots of cars overheating on the day). I did shorter sessions so the MX-5’s clutch held in there (was slipping badly last time), car is still shit; understeer on the way in, oversteer only if provoked with braking whilst cornering. Front suspension is making knocking noises on hard turns now. I expect it’s the extremely worn bushings in the arms, or something.
A few good things:
– Got sideways and nailed a couple of corners drifting before the apex, always worth it!
– Harness + bucket seat were great, not so tired on the drive home, no body aches next day either.
– Going through turn 2 in 3rd gear much faster than ever.
Bad:
– Car is still shit. Not neutral, steering feels way too light. Needs new bushings and alignment.
– Came off at the fish hook and damaged front guard (easy fix with a guard roller).
– Need harness strap pads as they’re so sharp they’re cutting into my shoulder.
Midnight Zen.
A while back Serg started posting a babe at midnight every night on the Zen Garage facebook page. I posted up the Sasha Larina photo above and it was taken down by facebook and I’ve been banned for 24hrs.
It’s apparently against their community standards. I read their document and in regards to nudity it states:
Facebook has a strict policy against the sharing of pornographic content and any explicitly sexual content where a minor is involved. We also impose limitations on the display of nudity. We aspire to respect people’s right to share content of personal importance, whether those are photos of a sculpture like Michelangelo’s David or family photos of a child breastfeeding.
I consider the image I posted to be sexy, but it’s classy as well and nowhere near as cheeky as some of the stuff we’ve been posting on a daily basis. I’m not so upset about being banned, more upset about not knowing exactly why the image I posted breaks the rules, and more concerned about the threat from facebook to delete the Zen Garage page for good if I keep breaking the rules… that would be fucked up!
PS: Check the stats on this midnight zen post, nuts right? Over 7 million views!
Black Star Pastry Rosebery. Love the spacious, high ceiling space.
Love a good pie. Jess and I shared a lamb shank and red wine pie as well as a beef brisket pie.
As pretty as it gets?!
Something I’ve been wanting to do for a bit. Thought I’d combine my fave instagram shots into one Flickr album. Check: http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinfox/sets/72157639375291865/
Forget the so so chocolate cake in the background, the strawberry thing was where it was at.
Finally got to his shop just up the road from me in Waverly. It’s so close! Will have to visit some more for sure!